TFH Volume: 34 Issue: 18 Archives

Details On The IBM i Subscription Conversion Deals For P05 And P10 Tiers

April 8, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

As you are well aware by now, Big Blue is in the middle of changing from perpetual licensing plus Software Maintenance for the IBM i stack to subscription pricing that includes licensing and tech support for the software all in one annual subscription. And this is happening at the same time that IBM has raised software prices and maintenance prices for that software across the board, which we will report on separately, and the company has said that it will withdraw new perpetual software license software sales for IBM i on its Power Systems line on May 27.

That withdrawal …
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Thoroughly Modern: Proceed With Caution With AI In The Landscape Of Cybersecurity

April 8, 2024 Pauline Brazil Ayala

In the fast-evolving realm of technological innovation, AI has emerged as one of the most compelling yet controversial advancements. Its potential spans industries, revolutionizing not only how data is processed but also how ideas are conceived.

A recent study by PEW Research indicates that almost a quarter of employed Americans aged 30 to 49 have used ChatGPT for work, up from 8 percent last year. Its allure lies in automation; augmenting tasks like writing contracts and analyzing data with speed and efficiency that far surpass human limitations.

However, with innovation comes the need for vigilance – particularly in the realm …
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IBM Hardware, Software, And Support Prices Hiked

April 8, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Last fall/summer we caught wind of the fact that IBM was going to raise prices on hardware and software effective this year, and then we never saw the announcement letter from Big Blue on General Price Harmonization or the one on price increases relating specifically to Power Systems and IBM i.

As it turns out, those announcements were made on September 1 last year and they went into effect on January 1 – something that was not apparent to us (or the business partners that we talk to from time to time) until we were reviewing the subscription pricing deal …
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Precisely Streams IBM i Data Into Amazon’s New Db2 Service

April 8, 2024 Alex Woodie

Amid the torrent of news that Amazon Web Services unveiled at its re:Invent show four months ago was RDS for Db2, a new hosted relational data service based on IBM’s database. Amazon Web Services offers the Linux, Unix, and Windows (LUW) variant of Db2, but thanks to a new connector unveiled by Precisely last week, IBM i and mainframe shops have a way to replicate their data into it.

Amazon RDS is among the cloud giant’s most popular services, and likely one of the most popular IT services ever created. According to one estimate, Amazon RDS brings in $7 billion …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 13

April 8, 2024 Doug Bidwell

Three is the magic number, as we all know. This week, there is another trio of vulnerabilities in parts of the IBM i software stack. And all three currently supported IBM i releases all have a slew of group patches as well. Let’s start with the vulnerabilities because these are always important to know about and deal with.

First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (CVE-2024-27270), which you can find out more about at this link. The affected products include IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, versions 23.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 – who …
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Details On The IBM i Subscription Conversion Deals For P05 And P10 Tiers

Thoroughly Modern: Proceed With Caution With AI In The Landscape Of Cybersecurity

IBM Hardware, Software, And Support Prices Hiked

Precisely Streams IBM i Data Into Amazon’s New Db2 Service

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 13

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