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A Slew Of Power Systems Features Are Being Sunsetted

July 17, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Big Blue has long since stopped selling Power8 machinery and has been winding down sales of Power9-based systems as its Power10 machines, which made their debut in late 2021 and early 2022, are ascending. So, it is natural that features for Power8 and Power9 machinery are being withdrawn. But even some features with the newer Power10 machines are also being withdrawn, in some cases because supplies are running out and in other cases because better features have been introduced.

You have to keep up with these things so you can get what you need before IBM stops selling whatever that …
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SoCal Gears Up for OCEAN Tech Con 23

July 17, 2023 Alex Woodie

Southern California’s IBM i community is getting ready for the biggest event on its calendar: OCEAN Tech Con 23. The three-day, in-person event kicks off next week with a full slate of speakers and presenters who will discuss the latest advances in the platform.

The OCEAN user group’s annual summer soiree starts the morning of Thursday, July 27, with a one-hour keynote by IBM’s IBM i chief technology officer, chief architect, and distinguished engineer Steve Will. The title of the address, “IBM i @ 35: integrate + innovate,” gives you an idea what Will will talk about.

The educational component …
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The Majority Of Large Enterprises To Boost IT Staff This Year

July 17, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The sample is small, the data is a little bit musty, but the news is good.

Back in October and November last year, the market researchers at Gartner did a survey of chief information officers at large enterprises and 501 people responded from all over the world; 182 of them were from North America, Europe/Africa/Middle East, and Asia/Pacific, which means by definition that Central America and South America were over-represented a bit in the survey. So take these results with a grain of salt, and maybe some pepper.

By Gartner’s definition, a large enterprise is one with $1 billion or …
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As I See It: Chasing Eternity

July 17, 2023 Victor Rozek

When I was a kid, my parents enrolled me in a parochial grammar school. One day, my teacher was expounding on the joys of spending eternity in heaven. I didn’t know much about eternity – or heaven for that matter – except that eternity seemed like a very long time. So, I raised my hand and asked her what heaven was like, what would I spend all that time doing? She thought for a moment, no doubt straining to conjure a simple answer that an eight-year-old might understand.

Then she said, “Imagine your very favorite thing to have for dinner. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 29

July 17, 2023 Doug Bidwell

This is important, so we are going to remind you about a security vulnerability for the IBM i platform. Check out Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to an attacker executing CL commands due to an exploitation of DDM architecture (CVE-2023-30990), which you can find out more about at this link and which we reported on in detail in last week’s issue of The Four Hundred.

The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 will be fixed. The IBM i PTF numbers for IBM i 5770-SS1 Base …
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A Slew Of Power Systems Features Are Being Sunsetted

SoCal Gears Up for OCEAN Tech Con 23

The Majority Of Large Enterprises To Boost IT Staff This Year

As I See It: Chasing Eternity

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 29

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