TFH Volume: 33 Issue: 77 Archives

In The IBM i Trenches With: LightEdge Solutions

December 13, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The nature of the IBM i market is changing as the nature of the IBM i installed base is changing. With skills in short supply – and getting shorter by the day – and the work piling higher and higher as companies try to tackle application modernization and integration, different ways of acquiring and consuming compute and storage, and modern data analytics and artificial intelligence, we are entering an age where managed service and cloud suppliers will usurp the position formerly held by the business partners who worked downstream from IBM peddling and supporting on-premises Power Systems machinery.

Because variety …
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2023: An IBM i Year in Review

December 13, 2023 Alex Woodie

With another year nearly in the books, it’s time to take a stroll through the IT Jungle archives and reconsider some of the 728 stories we published in 2023. Here’s a look back at the biggest IBM i news stories of 2023.

January

The top concern of IBM i professionals, according to Fortra’s annual IBM i Marketplace Study, was once again security, a position it has held for six straight years. The latest crop of IBM Champions unveiled in January featured about 90 members from the IBM i community, out of a total of 839 for the year. Is …
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Rocket Launches CM-Kit for Continuous Modernization

December 13, 2023 Alex Woodie

You’ve read about continuous integration and continuous delivery, or CI-CD. Now Rocket Software wants you think about a related topic called continuous modernization, which refers to an uninterrupted re-invention of your applications via Web enablement and APIs. It recently launched a new suite of software, called the Continuous Modernization Kit, to help customers deliver that on their IBM i servers.

Web-enablement of greenscreen 5250 applications has been a thing since at least the late 1990s, when the dot-com boom drove the initial commercialization of the Internet. That was followed closely by mobile enablement, which Apple turbocharged with its 2007 launch …
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Four Hundred Monitor, December 13

December 13, 2023 Jenny Thomas

This is the last issue of The Four Hundred for 2023. And while we are very excited for the break from the daily grind that is publishing, it is always bittersweet to say goodbye to another year. Our team remains grateful to be here, and for all of you who rely on us for news and insight into the IBM i ecosystem. Our editor, Tim Prickett Morgan, explains it best, and you can read his holiday message as our Top Story below. We hope you all enjoy the holiday season, and we look forward to reconnecting in the new year! …
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Townsend Security Calls It Quits

December 13, 2023 Alex Woodie

After 40 years in business, Townsend Security will cease operations at the end of the month, the company’s principal, Patrick Townsend, announced last week. “It has been my honor to serve you and work with you for these many years, and I know that our security solutions have kept many safe from harm,” he wrote.

Townsend Security traces its roots back to 1984, when Townsend created a consulting team to provide network and communications solutions for a global chipmaker, according to Patrick Townsend’s LinkedIn page. Townsend formally founded Townsend Security in 1991, and has served the IBM midrange community …
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In The IBM i Trenches With: LightEdge Solutions

2023: An IBM i Year in Review

January

Rocket Launches CM-Kit for Continuous Modernization

Four Hundred Monitor, December 13

Townsend Security Calls It Quits

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