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These POWERUp Sessions Are About the Recent IBM i Announcement

May 15, 2019 Alex Woodie

Disneyland didn’t complete construction of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in time for next week’s POWERUp conference. But luckily for you, IBM did finalize its IBM i announcement soon enough for COMMON’s annual extravaganza, making next week’s show in Anaheim, California, a great chance for you to learn about the new releases of the operating system, including IBM i 7.4 and 7.3 TR6.

According to COMMON’s online session guide, there are at least 16 sessions at POWERUp 19 having to do with IBM i 7.4, IBM i 7.3 Technology Refresh 6 (TR6), or the new software that will arrive with …
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IBM Bolsters ACS with Database and Administrative Goodies

May 15, 2019 Alex Woodie

Amid the many enhancements that IBM has delivered with IBM i 7.4 and IBM i 7.3 TR6 is a new release of Access Client Solutions (ACS), which has become the go-to client interface that many IBM i professionals use to access the system for a variety of tasks. Database engineers and system administrators are the big winners with this release.

There’s no denying that IBM delivered a whopper of release with IBM i 7.4 and its sidekick, IBM i 7.3 TR6. There’s been so much news – starting with the availability and security enhancements in Db2 Mirror and Authority Collection …
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Raz-Lee Offloads Virus Scanning from IBM i with ICAP

May 15, 2019 Alex Woodie

Raz-Lee Security is providing IBM i shops another option when it comes to anti-virus software by offering an ICAP client that offloads CPU-intensive virus scanning activities to an external server. The new solution is being sold as an extension to Raz-Lee’s existing Anti-Virus solution.

While the IBM i operating system is essentially immune to PC viruses, they still pose a threat to IBM i shops, which typically have a smattering of Windows desktops and servers on the network. The problem is that Windows viruses (and assorted other malware) can infect the IBM i server’s Windows-like Integrated File System (IFS), where …
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Four Hundred Monitor, May 15

May 15, 2019 Jenny Thomas

This weekend, the IT Jungle team will head to Anaheim to cover POWERUp 2019. It’s always good to get out of our chairs and get our feet on the ground for some face time with our IBM i community. We hope to see you around the House of the Mouse but if you can’t make it out to the conference being held at the Disneyland resort, just stay tuned. We will be bringing you all of the latest news and happenings directly from the show floor. Until then, check out all the latest news and happenings around our industry at …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 19

May 15, 2019 Doug Bidwell

So, here’s the deal: There is a new IBM i 7.3 Cume! 19116! C9116730! Have fun with the latest cumulative release on the newest shipping variant of IBM i, all rolled up and ready to rock. Also, SAP on i PTF links have been added to each release and, by the way, I installed Technology Refresh 6 for IBM i 7.3 earlier this week at a customer site and there were no issues, which is a good thing indeed. There is also a new DB2 Group for IBM i 7.3.

Be sure to check out the SAP on i Blog, …
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These POWERUp Sessions Are About the Recent IBM i Announcement

IBM Bolsters ACS with Database and Administrative Goodies

Raz-Lee Offloads Virus Scanning from IBM i with ICAP

Four Hundred Monitor, May 15

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 19

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