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The Power10 Machines That Will Take IBM i To 2025

July 12, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

IBM i shops that have been waiting for an upgrade path that will take them to the other half of this decade do not have to wait any longer. Finally, after a change of foundry (to Samsung) and process technology (from 10 nanometers down to 7 nanometers) as well as a new implementation of the Power instruction set packed with all kinds of vector and matrix math goodies that are perfect for embedding AI into commercial applications, Big Blue is ready to start shipping the entry and midrange Power Systems machines based on the Power10 processor.

We made it, despite …
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Thoroughly Modern: With Cloud, You Need To Crawl, Walk, Then Run

July 12, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The idea that all workloads are going to move to the cloud is a fallacy, and so is the idea that there will be only one cloud.

Some workloads will, by necessity due to issues of governance and data sovereignty, remain in the corporate datacenter; some will run in hybrid mode across local and cloud infrastructure; and some will be in the cloud for the rest of their electronic lives. And because of the breadth and depth of applications in the enterprise and the long-established relationships that companies have with their IT suppliers and business partners, there will be many …
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Merlin Development Framework Now Supports IBM i 7.3

July 12, 2022 Alex Woodie

Big Blue has decided to support IBM i version 7.3 with Merlin, the new application development framework that was introduced in May as part of the IBM i 7.5 launch. The decision should help widen the potential user base for Merlin, even while discouraging operating system upgrades.

Merlin is a new software package from IBM designed to enable IBM i developers to create new ILE programs from scratch or to modernize existing ones. The software, which is officially called Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration, is based on a mix of open source and proprietary tools from IBM, Red Hat, …
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Reader Feedback On Guru: The Finer Points of Exit Points

July 12, 2022 Bruce Bading

Hey, Alex:

Hope you are doing well. I was reading this article about exit points and found some technical inaccuracies.

The Socket Exit can be used to cover the following: You can use exits block all unwanted ports blocked. I will be happy to talk with author of this article to explain how this works.
- Not all services have exit points available.
- User defined ports do not have exit points associated.
Best regards,

— Tony Perera, Trinity Guard, a division of Fresche Solutions

Hey, one and all:

As the article states, exit points are an enhancement to cybersecurity on the …
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The Power10 Machines That Will Take IBM i To 2025

Thoroughly Modern: With Cloud, You Need To Crawl, Walk, Then Run

Merlin Development Framework Now Supports IBM i 7.3

Reader Feedback On Guru: The Finer Points of Exit Points

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