TFH Volume: 32 Issue: 66 Archives

Are Code Freezes a Thing of the Past?

October 5, 2022 Alex Woodie

After months of work on your modernization project, the consultant helping you is almost done. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the consultant is now asking you to put a code freeze on changes to your old application. It’s not clear whether the code freeze will lasts two months or two years, but it’s absolutely necessary, you’re told.

That’s the scenario that many enterprises have faced over the years. Whether it’s a monolithic RPG application running on IBM i or a distributed Node.js application running in the cloud, if there are tight dependencies in the components that …
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Like Tupperware, Think About Storage When You Move To The Cloud

October 5, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It would be hard to find a company that knows more about storage than Tupperware Brands, which has a globe-spanning $1.6 billion business that designs and manufactures myriad containers to store food and beverages and has famously sold them through Tupperware parties for the past 75 years.

For the past several decades, Tupperware operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa have run their manufacturing and back-office operations on IBM’s AS/400 (now known as Power) systems and their progeny, just like countless other manufacturers and distributors have done around the world. The choice of the AS/400 was driven by a …
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HelpSystems Goes on the Security Offensive Again

October 5, 2022 Alex Woodie

Just when you thought HelpSytsems had bought enough companies, the Eden Prairie, Minnesota, company cranks up the acquisition machine again and gobbles up a few more vendors. Like with previous acquisitions, its recent targets are in security.

The most recent buy was completed a month ago, when HelpSystems bought Outflank Security Tooling, which it describes as “an IT security leader with deep expertise in adversary simulation, specialist cyber security trainings, and a unique cloud-based software offering for red teams.”

Penetration testing has become popular as security vulnerabilities in corporate systems have become more apparent. Adversary simulation, or “red teaming,” …
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Four Hundred Monitor, October 5

October 5, 2022 Jenny Thomas

To some people, October means pumpkins, apple picking, and cozy sweaters. But in this world, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which was launched by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October 2004. “Awareness” is the key word describing the “holiday,” the point being you want to create cyber awareness to help your organization manage risks and change employee behavior. We write about cybersecurity here in the Jungle quite a bit, basically for the same reasons. We hope by keeping you informed that you, and your organization, will take steps to be safe. Happy October. …
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The IBM i Marketplace Survey Is Open For You

October 5, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

How many times a day do people tell you what you know matters? Well, it does, and I am telling you. But that knowledge of your IBM i environment is not doing anyone any good, stuck inside of your noggin. To get a realistic sense of what is actually going on out there in IBM i Land, we need you to pipe up.

The 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that HelpSystems does every fall is open, and will be for a few more weeks. But we don’t want you to wait until the last minute to participate. Please …
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Are Code Freezes a Thing of the Past?

Like Tupperware, Think About Storage When You Move To The Cloud

HelpSystems Goes on the Security Offensive Again

Four Hundred Monitor, October 5

The IBM i Marketplace Survey Is Open For You

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