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Infor Moves IBM i Products to New ‘Compass’ Group

April 27, 2022 Alex Woodie

Infor is taking a new approach to managing many of its IBM i-based ERP systems and supporting the customers that rely on them to run their businesses. Called Compass, the new group is tasked with revitalizing Infor’s relationships with IBM i customers by catering to their unique needs, according to the company.

Infor created the Compass group about 10 months ago, soon after Koch Industries finished its acquisition of the company, according to Stewart Applbaum, the executive vice president and general manager of Infor Compass, who took over Compass about a month after it was created.

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Shipped Tape Capacity Up 40 Percent, LTO Program Says

April 27, 2022 Alex Woodie

LTO tape providers shipped 148 exabytes of total capacity in 2021, representing a 40 percent increase over the previous year, the LTO Program announced last week. The number shows how far data growth bounced back following the slowdown during the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

The total amount of compressed storage capacity delivered to customers jumped from the previous record of 114 EB in 2019, according to the LTO Program. The shipped capacity figure fell to 105 EB in 2020, an 8 percent drop from 2019.

“Despite the significant business disruptions and uncertainty in 2021, LTO tape …
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mrc Fills Reporting Gap in Product Lineup

April 27, 2022 Alex Woodie

Finding the right reporting tool can make you feel like Goldilocks searching for the right bed or bowl of porridge. Some of the reporting tools are too technical and hard to use, while others are too simplistic and don’t offer enough functionality. Chicago-based software developer mrc thinks it has found just the right combination of functionality and ease of use with its new Report Designer.

m-Power is a low-code development platform that supports IBM i and other Java platforms. While the software is not a full-blown integrated development environment (IDE), it can provide the capability to quickly generate Web interfaces, …
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Four Hundred Monitor, April 27

April 27, 2022 Jenny Thomas

It has been hard to miss this week’s biggest story, which would be that Twitter is under new ownership. Now, while we like to keep our focus on the IBM i ecosystem and keep our toes out of other ponds, this did seem like a good time to remind you that we do have a nice little presence going on Twitter. In case you didn’t know, you can find us under the username @ITJungleNews. We like hearing from you, and it’s another avenue you can use to stay in touch and in the loop on industry breaking news.

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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 17

April 27, 2022 Doug Bidwell

It was a pretty quiet week in PTF Land, which stands to reason given the various holidays and the Spring Break that a lot of people had last week. It probably won’t last long, so take the downtime while you have it. There is stuff you need to deal with, of course.

One reminder: A new build for Access Client Services (ACS) 1.1.9.0 is available for download (2170).

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs
- Security
- Backup Recovery Solutions
- TCP/IP
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs
- Security
- Backup
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Infor Moves IBM i Products to New ‘Compass’ Group

Shipped Tape Capacity Up 40 Percent, LTO Program Says

mrc Fills Reporting Gap in Product Lineup

Four Hundred Monitor, April 27

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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 17

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