TFH Volume: 32 Issue: 14 Archives

April Fools, Or Not: IBM Raises Power Systems Prices

February 28, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

In an inflationary environment with all kinds of parts shortages, it is no surprise when IT suppliers raise their list prices and/or cut back on the depth of their discounts as they negotiate deals. We are certainly in that kind of environment, and we are also on the cusp of new Power10-based entry and midrange server announcements from IBM as well.

Given all of this, we expected Big Blue to be announcing some price increases on older Power9 iron, which might be in short supply and therefore might be subject to “opportunistic pricing” as too much demand is chasing too …
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Maxava Monitor Mi8 And The Cloud Fuels Expansion

February 28, 2022 Ash Giddings

Let’s face it – IBM i used to be an island. Set adrift from other platforms due to its loveable quirkiness and frequently managed by a separate team. It was often considered a real outlier. In recent years IBM has worked tirelessly to make IBM i running on Power Systems feel part of the mainstream server ensemble and is now thought by many as a normal server while managing to maintain what had previously made it unique.

As a result, IBM i is now much more likely to be managed alongside other infrastructure than ever before. The green screen only …
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Guru: Would You Rather See a Fire Marshal or a Fire Fighter?

February 28, 2022 Bruce Bading

While there are similarities between the two, a fire marshal has a preventive role and focus on preventing fire, whereas a fire fighter has a reactive role and focuses on the putting out the smoldering ruins.

When it comes to your firm’s cybersecurity practices, would you consider yourselves to be proactive or reactive (Fire Marshal or Fire Fighter)? The biggest difference between the two is your level of vulnerability when an attack does happen.

There are ongoing practices that you can do to reduce your risk. One thing that we recommend is included in every proactive cybersecurity strategy is a …
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As I See It: A Second Life

February 28, 2022 Victor Rozek

These days it’s not unusual for high school students to be computer savvy to a degree their parents could only dream of. But that wasn’t the case in 1972 when Jay Brandt attended high school.

Oregon-based Benson Polytechnic High was conceived as a trade school, but over time adopted a pre-engineering curriculum. There, students could build a rudimentary foundation in a technology that would shortly transform the world. Jay quickly mastered the Four Horsemen of ancient IT: Basic, Fortran, COBOL, and Assembler; and when school broke for the summer, he had a novel idea.

Although the high school had a …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 9

February 28, 2022 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to this week’s edition of the IBM i PTF Guide, and we start off with this notice from the support people at IBM, which indicates that a HIPER PTF patch may include longer Abnormal IPL times during C9002C20 SNADS recovery. We also wanted to point out that we have added two new tabs to the Guide, QMGtools and ACS-Navigator for i. These are links we have found when troubleshooting and are useful for a more global look at those products.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published: …
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April Fools, Or Not: IBM Raises Power Systems Prices

Maxava Monitor Mi8 And The Cloud Fuels Expansion

Guru: Would You Rather See a Fire Marshal or a Fire Fighter?

As I See It: A Second Life

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 9

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