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‘Alarming’ Security Gaps Exposed in IBM i Marketplace Report

February 10, 2021 Alex Woodie

If you’ve ever met Ian Jarman, you’d know that the IBM Power Systems business unit executive for IBM Lab Services is not a man who gets easily excited. So when the longtime IBM Rochester executive said he was “alarmed” by the decided lack of basic security precautions in IBM i shops during the recent webinar to discuss the HelpSystems IBM i Marketplace Report, you might get the sense that something is quite wrong.

Once again, security was at the top of the list of top concerns of IBM i shops in HelpSystems’ annual survey and report, which is now …
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Skytap Offers Deals and Discounts in IBM, Azure Clouds

February 10, 2021 Alex Woodie

IBM is offering up to $500 in free money for new customers who sign up for Skytap on IBM Cloud, a joint infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offering between the two companies that allows customers to run IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads in the IBM Cloud. Meanwhile, Skytap is offering a free upgrade to enterprise support for the remainder of 2021 for customers who sign up for its Power on Azure cloud IaaS offering.

Skytap landed on IT Jungle’s radar in late 2018, when it announced it was building a “true cloud” offering for IBM i. …
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Four Hundred Monitor, February 10

February 10, 2021 Jenny Thomas

We’re only three days in, but it’s already been a long week. We’re busy in the Jungle, but the news outside – at least in the world of computing – has been decidedly slow. Still, we have culled the best of it and hopefully you will find it a welcome distraction from the pandemic and political happenings outside our little ecosystem. If you’re still in parts of the world where you’re still stuck at home, be sure to check out our Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings section below for some great opportunities for learning and networking that you …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 6

February 10, 2021 Doug Bidwell

For those of you who are enthusiastic about the feed and speeds and slots and watts of machinery like we are, you will be happy to know that there is a new Redbook publication called IBM Power Systems S922, S914, and S924 Technical Overview and Introduction, Featuring PCIe Gen 4 Technology, which does exactly what the title says and you can see at this link.

Also there is a new Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime affect IBM i, which you can read about here. The latest Java Group for each …
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‘Alarming’ Security Gaps Exposed in IBM i Marketplace Report

Skytap Offers Deals and Discounts in IBM, Azure Clouds

Four Hundred Monitor, February 10

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 6

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