TFH Volume: 33 Issue: 22 Archives

IT Modernization Goes Beyond The Apps, Kyndryl Says

April 17, 2023 Alex Woodie

When the word “modernization” is said in the midrange and mainframe circles, it usually means application modernization, or transforming your older RPG and COBOL applications to look and feel like they just came off the Java or C# assembly line. But there’s another view of modernization that encompasses more than just the apps, and according to a new report from Kyndryl, there’s quite a bit of work to do.

While Kyndryl is certainly familiar with the application modernization needs of IBM i and System Z shops, the company (formerly IBM Global Technology Services) takes a broader view of the term, …
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Thoroughly Modern: Why Modernizing IBM i Applications Is Important And Where to Start

April 17, 2023 Pete Czornohus

I always like starting with a quote: “Everybody seems to talk about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” The funny thing is that it’s starting to feel like it relates to IBM i application modernization.

Companies have talked about modernizing their RPG, COBOL, and CA 2E (SYNON) applications for decades, but a recent Fortra study said that 64 percent of IBM i shops are still considering IBM i modernization as one of their top five concerns. It’s worrisome that so many companies are considering it but not actively engaged in it.

In this article, we are going to …
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Greymine Launches PerfScan To Monitor And Manage IBM i Performance

April 17, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It is not every day that the IBM i market gets a brand new vendor with a shiny new product, and so today we are celebrating the official launch of PerfScan, a new performance management and monitoring tool aimed at the IBM i market that will expand out to cover all of the platforms running on IBM’s Power Systems – that means AIX and Linux – as well as running on adjacent systems in the datacenter – that means Linux and Windows Server and any weird legacy stuff that customers might ask for.

PerfScan is the first product – and …
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As I See It: Greetings, Comrade IT Professional

April 17, 2023 Victor Rozek

During the Covid pandemic a phrase was popularized and became widely used as an acknowledgement and an expression of gratitude: Essential Workers. Nurses and doctors topped the list, but it soon expanded to include many occupations previously taken for granted: farm workers, truck drivers, supermarket employees, garbage collectors, and others who were finally receiving acknowledgement for just how essential their jobs actually were. Beyond their contributions to stabilizing a shaken nation, workers became “essential” simply by virtue of the fact that their jobs could not be performed from home.

Which may be why IT professionals didn’t make the list. Regardless …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 16

April 17, 2023 Doug Bidwell

In a rare occurrence, there are no updates to the PTF Groups for the currently supported releases – IBM i 7.5, IBM i 7.4, and IBM i 7.3 – but there sure are a whole bunch of security vulnerabilities that IBM i shops have to deal with.

First, there are two of them dealing with WebSphere Application Server Liberty. In PH50863:IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service, which you can find out more about here and which deals with CVE-2023-24998 CVSS 7.5. Then there is PH52739:IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a privilege …
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IT Modernization Goes Beyond The Apps, Kyndryl Says

Thoroughly Modern: Why Modernizing IBM i Applications Is Important And Where to Start

Greymine Launches PerfScan To Monitor And Manage IBM i Performance

As I See It: Greetings, Comrade IT Professional

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 16

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