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More Db2 Web Query Alternatives, And An Update

March 11, 2024 Alex Woodie

It has been five months since IBM abruptly killed off Db2 Web Query, the IBM i-based suite of business intelligence tools that Big Blue OEMed from Information Builders. Some customers have already settled on a replacement, but many others are still combing the market looking for a good fit.

The product that is arguably the most well-positioned to replace Db2 Web Query is WebFOCUS, the Information Builders product on which Db2 Web Query is based. IBM had an OEM agreement with the New York-based company for more 15 years before it abruptly ended in October.

IT Jungle has asked Information …
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Thoroughly Modern: A Practical Primer For The IBM i Cloud Journey

March 11, 2024 Lief Morin

Cloud has evolved significantly from its roots in the shared services era of IBM mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s. While some parallels can be drawn, today’s cloud landscape emphasizes flexible capacity and pricing models over traditional outright purchases of computing resources like the IBM i platform. The prevailing trend towards major cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud has underscored the importance of a shared architecture approach for cost-effectiveness and business prosperity.

Most businesses rely on heavily modified solutions for their core business applications, so they find significant benefits in a shared …
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It Would be Uncommon For IBM Announcements To Not Be In May

March 11, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

For as long as we can remember, there is a general trend of spring and fall announcements for the IBM midrange. It is not a perfect correlation, of course. The original AS/400 announcement was done on the summer solstice on June 21, 1988, which does not fit the pattern we are talking about. But in general, the spring-fall pattern is something that goes back long before enterprise Linux releases and OpenStack releases all shifted to an April-October cadence.

This being a new year and the POWERUp2024 conference being held May 20 through 23 in Fort Worth, Texas, we are …
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The Long And IBM i Road That Leads To Your Door

March 11, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It is hard to find a modern platform that has such a long heritage as the machine on which your company’s business runs. Depending on when you want to draw the lines, the IBM i platform running on Power Systems iron dates back to the System/3 in 1969 or the System/38 in 1978 or the System/36 in 1983 or the AS/400 in 1988. No matter which line you want to draw, that is a long time for a continuously upgradable and upgraded operating system and database platform combination and its underlying hardware.

Not only do the predecessors of the IBM …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 10

March 11, 2024 Doug Bidwell

The beat just keeps on rolling for IBM i 7.2, which is now four releases back from the current IBM i 7.5 release and which is still getting updates. There is a new Group HIPER again this week after there being a Group HIPER only a week ago, and there is also a Group Security set of patches, too, for IBM i 7.2.

To be precise, there is a new 720 Group HIPER, level 243, rolled up in PTF patch SF99719, which you can read about here. There is also a new 720 Group Security, level 130, rolled up …
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More Db2 Web Query Alternatives, And An Update

Thoroughly Modern: A Practical Primer For The IBM i Cloud Journey

It Would be Uncommon For IBM Announcements To Not Be In May

The Long And IBM i Road That Leads To Your Door

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 10

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