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Pen Tester Silent Signal Targets IBM i

September 28, 2022 Alex Woodie

If you’re in the market for penetration testing services, you might be interested in hearing about a relatively new player in the market named Silent Signal. The Budapest, Hungary-based outfit has been offering IBM i penetration testing for the past year, and it’s already found security vulnerabilities in its clients’ systems.

Silent Signal has been providing penetration testing, IT security assessments, and training since it was founded by a trio of security experts in 2009. With around a dozen security certifications to their credits, the security experts are well versed in the standard methods companies use to block hackers and …
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Smart Modernization Is The Answer To IBM i Talent Shortage

September 28, 2022 Jose Caso Jacobs

When we are at the COMMON POWERUp 2022 conference a few months ago, we were amazed by the number of IT managers that approached us because of a shortage of IBM i programming talent. The dearth of programmers that are experienced with the business as well as legacy and modern programming techniques has pushed a lot of businesses up against the wall, with lost agility and in some cases delayed projects.

As bad as that is, the situation could be worse. We have all heard the horror stories, where the executive suite or upper IT management push to switch away …
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Remain Hooks TD/OMS Into Azure DevOps

September 28, 2022 Alex Woodie

Remain Software’s change management suite for IBM i, TD/OMS, will soon gain support for Microsoft Azure DevOps, providing another code repository for IBM i shops. The Dutch company has a host of other enhancements for various DevOps products — including a new analytics dashboard for KPIs, enhancements to Octo, and new features for its API product — that it’s looking to deliver with next week’s release of Milestone 1. This company is also working on developing an alternative to IBM’s Merlin.

Remain delivers updates to its various IBM i DevOps products on a regular cadence that starts in early summer, …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 28

September 28, 2022 Jenny Thomas

Podcasts are all the rage right now. You can find one on most any topic, and it seems just about everyone has one. Podcasts aren’t just for the famous, anyone can have one. But if you’ve visited your favorite platform for music and looked at the podcast category, you probably felt a little overwhelmed. There are so many podcasts out there, it’s hard to know where to start. So to that end, in this edition of Monitor, instead of Top Stories, we sought out some podcasts relevant to our industry that you might want to give a try during your …
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Take A Minute, And Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

September 28, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Hey, you. Yeah, we mean you. You have something we need.

It’s information. You know, the currency of the modern era. Without it, we can’t figure out where you are and where you are going, and that means we can’t figure out where the IBM i base is and where it might be going. The 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey sponsored by HelpSystems every fall is open, and we need you to take a few moments right now to take the survey and tell us about your IBM i shop.

This survey, which was conceived of by …
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Pen Tester Silent Signal Targets IBM i

Smart Modernization Is The Answer To IBM i Talent Shortage

Remain Hooks TD/OMS Into Azure DevOps

Four Hundred Monitor, September 28

Take A Minute, And Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

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