TFH Volume: 33 Issue: 26 Archives

OpenShift Can Be The New PASE For IBM i Shops

May 1, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

If you can’t beat ‘em, encapsulate ‘em. That is not the official rallying cry of the IBM i platform, but that certainly has been the philosophy of the Private Address Space Environment that was cooked up by the techies in IBM’s labs in Austin, Texas, home of the RS/6000, and Rochester, Minnesota, home of the AS/400. The marketing people eventually changed its name to the Portable Application Solution Environment, which we know as PASE either way. We have a great PASE, but it is time to make a new one that is more relevant for the time. We are …
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The IT Balancing Act

May 1, 2023 Bill Langston

Medical research suggests that how well you can maintain your balance is a powerful predictor of your longevity. Balance is also a good indicator of longevity for your IBM i environment. The challenge is striking the right balance between “vertical” technology that helps your company work efficiently and accurately, and “horizontal” technology that reduces risk.

Over the past few years, unprecedented forces shifted IT priorities and may have knocked your company’s IBM i environment off balance.

Enabling IT Balance

IBM i exists because of how well it runs complex business applications and manages data. We take for granted that the …
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IBM Looks To Grow New Power College Program From The Ground Up

May 1, 2023 Alex Woodie

The “DANGER” sign is flashing red when it comes to IBM i skills. There simply aren’t enough people with IBM i skills to fill the market need, and the situation seems to be getting worse year by year. The good news is that IBM is aware of the problem and has launched a new program that executives hope will lead to more students learning IBM i skills and getting good jobs in the industry.

The worker shortage is a nationwide problem and is impacting multiple industries. From waiters and truck drivers to teachers and programmers, there just aren’t enough workers …
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IBM Updates Performance Guide For Latest Power10 Iron

May 1, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

No matter what system you are talking about, no matter what kind of applications you are running, there are always ways to squeeze more performance out of the system. The IBM i platform running atop Power10 and earlier processors is no exception, and to that end, for several years now Big Blue has provided some guidance on pushing performance with each new CPU family and as new features are added to the OS/400 and IBM i software stack.

The latest such update, according to Steve Will, chief architect of the IBM i platform, has just been published, and you can …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 18

May 1, 2023 Doug Bidwell

A new week, a new security vulnerability in the IBM i platform. This time around, we have Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libtasn1 (CVE-2021-46848) affects Power HMC, which you can read more about at this link. The Affected products and versions are: HMC V10.1.1010.0, HMC V10.2.1030.0, and HMC V9.2.950.0. The remediation/fixes for the vulnerability are:
```
Product	VRMF			APAR		Remediation/Fix
Power HMC	V9.2.950.0 SP3 ppc	MB04397	MH01954
Power HMC	V9.2.950.0 SP3 x86	MB04396	MH01953
Power HMC	V10.1.1020.0 SP1 ppc	MB04388	MF70701
Power HMC	V10.1.1020.0 SP1 x86	MB04387	MF70700
Power HMC	V10.2.1030.0 ppc	MB04401	MF70890
Power HMC	V10.2.1030.0 SP1 x86	MB04400	MF70889
```
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OpenShift Can Be The New PASE For IBM i Shops

The IT Balancing Act

Enabling IT Balance

IBM Looks To Grow New Power College Program From The Ground Up

IBM Updates Performance Guide For Latest Power10 Iron

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 18

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