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Where Is IBM i?

May 13, 2020 Alex Woodie

If you’ve worked with the IBM i platform for any length of time, you realize that it can be hard to find. That’s true in the field, where companies sometimes aren’t even aware their applications are running on an IBM i system. But it’s also true when it comes to IBM’s own website, where you’d think i might be easier to find.

Finding the IBM i homepage by navigating IBM’s website (www.ibm.com) is a bit like searching for the bathroom in the mall by walking the entire length of every floor. You know it has to be there. …
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PowerHA Updates Focus on Integration and Automation

May 13, 2020 Alex Woodie

Despite the introduction of Db2 Mirror last year, PowerHA remains a critical component ensuring the high availability and disaster recoverability for thousands of IBM i shops around the world. Recent updates, including the delivery of PowerHA version 7.4 in the second half of 2019 and a minor update delivered in March 2020, have focused on bolstering the product’s integration with Db2 Mirror, as well as HyperSwap in the DS8000. Automation, monitoring, and usability have also been improved.

Brian Nordland, the PowerHA technical product manager with HelpSystems (which develops the product on behalf of IBM) recently updated the IBM i …
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Idera Bolsters Visual LANSA 15

May 13, 2020 Alex Woodie

Idera last month issued the first major announcement for its LANSA product lineup since it bought the application development toolmaker last year. With Visual LANSA 15, the company has delivered more than 500 enhancements, including a new API creation experience, native chart controls for Web apps, and a host of sample apps, among many other new features.

Before LANSA sold itself to Idera in January 2019, Visual LANSA was the company’s flagship integrated development environment (IDE) for creating modern graphical applications that run on IBM i, Windows, and cloud platforms.

While Visual LANSA users can get down and dirty …
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Four Hundred Monitor, May 13

May 13, 2020 Jenny Thomas

I thought it might be nice this week to scour the headlines for some non-COVID-19 related stories as a bit of a respite from the ongoing pandemic. That didn’t work out so well, despite the fact that many states are beginning to slowly allow businesses to open back up and restrictions are starting to ease. This week is a little different, though, as much of the news is about how businesses are adapting, and we are seeing many changes in the Calendar as organizations bring their events online, postpone, or even cancel. The day has not yet come where the …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 19

May 13, 2020 Doug Bidwell

The big news this week in IBM i PTFs is that there is a new security bulletin that is out relating to Python that affects IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4. You can read about Security Bulletin: Vulnerability CVE-2020-8492 in Python at this link.

There are no new or updated links in the IBM i PTF Guide sheet this week, so steady as she goes on that front.

And now your weekly tip: Talk to people, take the extra time, we all need to talk to each other at this time.

The Guide at a …
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Where Is IBM i?

PowerHA Updates Focus on Integration and Automation

Idera Bolsters Visual LANSA 15

Four Hundred Monitor, May 13

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 19

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