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IBM i 7.3 And 7.4 Get Their Autumn Tech Refreshes

October 9, 2019 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Big Blue is hosting its IBM Systems Technical University this week, and used the occasion to quietly launch the Technology Refreshes, or TRs as they are known, for IBM i releases 7.3 and 7.4. If you were running around the Venetian Hotel, you could probably stitch together the extent of the updates to the platform, and to be honest, we are still trying to get all of the details, which were not available as we went to press.

We will tell you what we know now, and then circle back and drill down into the details as appropriate.

First of …
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Raz-Lee Asks ‘What If’ With Firewall

October 9, 2019 Alex Woodie

Security administrators who feel challenged to keep up with the volume and variety of log data emanating from the IBM i server may be interested in the new “What If” features that Raz-Lee Security recently added to Firewall, its exit-point management solution for IBM i.

Firewall helps to guard network access points to IBM i servers, including TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, DHCP, and other protocols. The software lets administrators set global and specific access rules for groups of IBM i servers and users, as well as controlling access to IBM i objects and providing the ability to set exceptions for specific …
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IBM i On Google Cloud Not GA Yet

October 9, 2019 Alex Woodie

IT Jungle has learned that the IBM i portion of the IBM Power Systems for Google Cloud offering that IBM and Google jointly unveiled earlier this year is not yet generally available. The AIX portion, however, is ready for customers.

We have been tracking the progress of IBM i and Power Systems in Google Cloud since June 2018, when IBM i Chief Architect Steve Will mentioned during a panel discussion at the inaugural POWERUp conference that IBM was in close discussions with the Web giant to bring IBM i to its public cloud.

In April at the Google Next 2019 …
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Four Hundred Monitor, October 9

October 9, 2019 Jenny Thomas

The term “DevOps” dates back to 2008. The idea behind the word is that organizations bring together development and operations teams to create and improve products at a faster pace than they can with traditional software development approaches. DevOps on IBM i certainly isn’t a new concept, but it seems to be on everyone’s minds this week. As we look at the news of the week, “DevOps” kept popping up and this seemed like as good a time as any to take a look at why it’s gone from a concept to mainstream priority in IT departments everywhere. Check out …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 40

October 9, 2019 Doug Bidwell

It’s time once again to peruse and ponder the updates Big Blue is making to the IBM i stack. As we report elsewhere, the Technology Refreshes have been announced for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4, which are coming out in the middle of November. And as always, there are some things to check out inside the IBM i PTF Guide for other stuff that is going on – and in this case, this was stuff that happened before the TRs were announced on Tuesday concurrent with IBM Systems Technology University, or TechU, being held in Las Vegas.

The big warning …
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IBM i 7.3 And 7.4 Get Their Autumn Tech Refreshes

Raz-Lee Asks ‘What If’ With Firewall

IBM i On Google Cloud Not GA Yet

Four Hundred Monitor, October 9

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 40

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