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Private PowerVS Pods Now Available For On-Premises Power10 Iron

October 7, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The number of system vendors that also run clouds, or cloud vendors that also sell systems, is very small because doing both is exceedingly capital intensive – one for research and development, and the other for acquiring gear and deploying it so its capacity can be rented to others.

Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the two biggest server OEMs in the world, both tried to build clouds and failed, and so did VMware now that we think about it. Oracle bought its way into the systems business with its 2009 acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and while it no longer …
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Thoroughly Modern: Why Now Is The Time To Transform Your RPG/COBOL To Modern Languages

October 7, 2024 Chris Koppe

RPG and COBOL run some of the most important systems in business. But while your competitors release new products and features in weeks, you wait for months. That lag time is a silent threat – one that slowly erodes your competitive edge.

Every hour spent waiting for an update, every feature delayed, is a lost opportunity. Your systems – once considered state-of-the-art – are now rigid, slow to evolve, and difficult to integrate with new technologies. While RPG/COBOL still power critical operations, they no longer support the speed and flexibility required for today’s business. The world moves faster now, and …
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The Many Faces Of IT Modernization

October 7, 2024 Alex Woodie

The clarion call of modernization has been heard loud and clear among IBM i and System z shops for decades. Old IT is hampering your competitiveness, they’re told, and something must be done about it. In reality, there’s no single path to modernization, which is a multi-faceted phenomenon that can have wide ranging impacts on the business, Rocket Software says in a new report.

Business transformation is separate from IT transformation, but the two are linked, according to Rocket Software’s new study, titled IT Modernization Without Disruption, which is based on a survey of 309 decision-maker at System …
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What Exactly Is IBM Cloud Pak System Software Suite 2.3.5?

October 7, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

When I moved to New York City back in 1989, I didn’t have to worry much about directions. Like most new New Yorkers, I built a small town of my own out of the locations of my apartment, my work, a few restaurants, and a few bars, and the rest of the vast island of Manhattan was a big, living movie set.

It wasn’t until I had my first child a decade later that I was in a car and understood how maddeningly bad signage was in the Big Apple, and indeed in many other places. And it was so …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 38

October 7, 2024 Doug Bidwell

There is a hodge podge of stuff that you need to deal with this week when it comes to patching your IBM i system.

First, there is a security vulnerability. Read all about it in Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Node.js affects IBM Rational Developer for i RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java Edition (CVE-2024-36138), which you can find out more about at this link. The issue can be fixed by loading an interim fix. IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to Node.js 18.20.4. Please follow Upgrading the Node.js that is used by Cordova or NodeRed …
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Private PowerVS Pods Now Available For On-Premises Power10 Iron

Thoroughly Modern: Why Now Is The Time To Transform Your RPG/COBOL To Modern Languages

The Many Faces Of IT Modernization

What Exactly Is IBM Cloud Pak System Software Suite 2.3.5?

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 38

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