TFH Volume: 30 Issue: 58 Archives

Modernization Trumps Migration for IBM i and Mainframe, IDC Says

September 23, 2020 Alex Woodie

Organizations that modernized their IBM i and System z applications not only had higher satisfaction rates and lower costs than organizations that migrated off those platforms, but they also benefited from higher levels of innovation in things like AI, IoT, and mobile enablement, according to an IDC study commissioned by Rocket Software.

In “The Quantified Business Benefits of Modernizing IBM Z and IBM i to Spur Innovation,” IDC analysts Peter Rutten and Randy Perry set out to quantitatively measure and compare various aspects, ramifications, and results of modernization and migration projects involving big iron from IBM. The analyst group …
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From Here To There: Securing Your Future On IBM i (And In The Cloud)

September 23, 2020 Steve Grzybinski

The Connectria team presents a three-part series addressing concerns IBM users have about the platform and its future. Part Two: Security And Disaster Recovery.

Last month, we kicked off our discussion of common concerns about the IBM platform by taking a close look at the shrinking system admin pool and how to leverage remote administration to offset that risk. This month, we dive deeper into another area of concern for Power Systems platform users: Security (and I’m not talking about social security for all of us about to retire).

Security is a broad and extensive topic, so let’s break it …
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An Update On Java for IBM i

September 23, 2020 Alex Woodie

Java is alive and well on IBM i, but it’s in a state of change at the moment, thanks to changes Oracle made to how it licenses and develops the popular technology. Meanwhile, IBM is getting ready to exploit upcoming Power10 capabilities with its server runtime for Java.

In late June, IBM quietly released an early access version of Java 11 through its RPM process. The release, which IBM i shops can access via yum or through ACS, is not production ready, and is only intended for testing purposes.

“We have, however, done thorough functional testing of various workloads, including …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 23

September 23, 2020 Jenny Thomas

It’s been a busy week for IBM and you’ll see a lot of activity from them in this week’s Monitor. Some of the news isn’t directly related to the IBM i, but still important to us as the overall direction and health of IBM is directly related to our ecosystem. The IBM i does get some love this month, however, including a free webinar coming up next month (October 21) that will give you to get the latest updates and information about IBM i, which you can find details about in our Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings section …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 38

September 23, 2020 Doug Bidwell

All is mostly quiet on the Eastern and Western fronts of IBM i Land. There are some PTF patches for the Db2 for i database integrated into the IBM i operating system and there are also some High Impact and Pervasive, or HIPER, PTFs that customers need to pay attention to with IBM i 7.4.

Here’s the PTF rundown by release:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs
- DB2 for IBM i
PTF Groups 7.3:
- DB2 for IBM i
PTF Groups 7.2:
- Nadda, nothing, zilch.
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Nothing here, and if there is something here at this point, then it must be
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Modernization Trumps Migration for IBM i and Mainframe, IDC Says

From Here To There: Securing Your Future On IBM i (And In The Cloud)

An Update On Java for IBM i

Four Hundred Monitor, September 23

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 38

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