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IBM i Subscription Pricing Comes To All Power9 And Power10 Iron

February 20, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Big Blue has been gradually “cloudifying” the packaging and pricing of its Power Systems hardware and IBM i software stack as an alternative to buying hardware outright and acquiring perpetual licenses to the operating system and pay Software Maintenance. Subscription-based pricing came to hardware and software for the Power10-based Power S1014 server running IBM i 7.5 last year, and now IBM i subscription pricing is more widely available.

As outlined in announcement letter 223-030 on Valentine’s Day last week, IBM i subscription pricing is now available on all Power9 and Power10 servers, top to bottom, and on the four current …
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RPG Use “Skyrocketed” Says IBM i Marketplace Report

February 20, 2023 Alex Woodie

RPG has always been the number one development language on IBM i, the platform with which it is most closely linked. But as open source languages like PHP and Java spread on IBM i, some speculated that RPG’s popularity would begin to slip. That hasn’t happened, according to Fortra’s most recent IBM i Marketplace Survey Results report. In fact, usage of RPG has “skyrocketed,” it says.

From 2015 to 2020, the percentage of Fortra (formerly HelpSystems) Marketplace Survey-takers who chose RPG as one of their development languages stayed steady, hovering around the 84 percent to 89 percent level. Structured Query …
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A Hodge Podge Of Power Systems Stuff

February 20, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Sometimes Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday and ends up being a kind of lightweight Power Systems announcement day. That happened last week as IBM’s top brass in the Power Systems division discussed the priorities for the Power Systems line in 2023, which we covered in the top story in last Wednesday’s issue, and the subscription-based pricing for IBM i on all Power9 and Power10 machines, which we covered in this week’s top story.

There is always some other stuff that IBM does on Power Systems announcement day, and February 14, 2023, is no exception.

Announcement letter 120-017 has …
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As I See It: On the Chopping Block

February 20, 2023 Victor Rozek

I remember the first time I witnessed someone getting fired. He was called into his manager’s office where a short, occasionally animated, conversation ensued. By the time he got back to his desk, two security guards took his badge and keys, handed him a cardboard box, told him to pack his belongings, and escorted him out of the building. No goodbyes, no parting words, no well wishes from colleagues. Though he had worked there for some years, in the end he was as disposable as a used Kleenex.

I thought about him recently as Tech sector headlines reported massive layoffs. …
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IBM i Subscription Pricing Comes To All Power9 And Power10 Iron

RPG Use “Skyrocketed” Says IBM i Marketplace Report

A Hodge Podge Of Power Systems Stuff

As I See It: On the Chopping Block

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