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Kyndryl Inspects The Modernization Plans Of IBM i And Mainframe Shops

November 6, 2023 Alex Woodie

What paths are IBM i and mainframe users taking in terms of application modernization and digital transformation, and what sorts of results are those efforts producing? Those are good questions, and they are ones that Kyndryl, the former IBM Global Technology Services arm, provides some answers to in a new report.

Kyndryl commissioned Coleman Parkes Research to survey 500 IBM i and mainframe shops from around the world about their plans for application modernization and transformation. The survey results form the basis for its appropriately named 2023 State of Mainframe Modernization Survey Report, which you can download here. …
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Thoroughly Modern: How X-Analysis Transforms IBM i Challenges Into Solutions

November 6, 2023 Ray Everhart

All the modernization conversations I have had over the years with IBM i clients seem to have one common theme: velocity. Or the lack of it, to be specific. Over 70 percent of them reportedly have a tough time managing their systems while embracing modernization, driven by valid reasons like a rapidly evolving business landscape, the need to become more agile and efficient as they expand their business, and a considerable number of IBM i staff retiring.

But the fact remains that they can’t get the changes they need in place fast enough. How do we address this problem in …
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Power Systems Software Gets Its Updates And Tweaks

November 6, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It would not be a spring or fall IBM i Technology Refresh cycle if there were not some improvements to the auxiliary systems software that is an adjunct to the Power Systems stack. By which we mean the PowerVM server virtualization hypervisor, the PowerVC custom edition of the OpenStack cloud controller, the Hardware Management Console, the Cloud Management Console, and the system firmware for the Power iron itself.

In announcement letter AD23-0498, you will see that all of these have been updated and you will also see how they are all intertwined with each other, cross-supporting their respective updates. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 45

November 6, 2023 Doug Bidwell

What is new this week, you ask? Well, in IBM i PTF Land, there is a PTF patch for IBM i 7.2 – yeah, you heard that right – that was released on Halloween day and that addresses a security vulnerability that was made public on October 6 (CVE-2023-40377) relating to IBM Backup, Recovery & Media Services for i. Because of this flaw, the IBM i stack is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation, which is not a good thing.

The security vulnerability patch is being made available even though IBM i 7.2 was taken off regular Software Maintenance on …
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Kyndryl Inspects The Modernization Plans Of IBM i And Mainframe Shops

Thoroughly Modern: How X-Analysis Transforms IBM i Challenges Into Solutions

Power Systems Software Gets Its Updates And Tweaks

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 45

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