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Another GenAI-Powered Testing Tool Comes to IBM i

November 6, 2024 Alex Woodie

IBM says it’s bringing a new AI accelerator to the Power line to drive compute-hungry generative AI workloads, such as the new RPG coding assistant that it’s also developing. But IBM won’t be the only source of such GenAI-powered coding assistants, as a company called Abstracta recently announced another one.

There’s a lot of interest in the Spyre accelerators that IBM announced earlier this year for the System z mainframe and which IBM announced last month during its TechExchange conference will be coming to Power. Considering the massive demand for Nvidia GPUs, which could plug into past generations of Power …
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The Power Of Hybrid Cloud In Digital Transformation

November 6, 2024 Tom Horan

Digital transformation has evolved from a trendy buzzword to an essential strategy for businesses striving to stay ahead in today’s fast-paced environment. At the heart of this transformation lies hybrid cloud solutions, which offer the flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency modern enterprises crave. This article delves into how hybrid cloud solutions revolutionize various sectors and share best practices for seamless implementation.

What Are Hybrid Cloud Solutions?

Hybrid cloud solutions seamlessly blend on-premises infrastructure with public and private cloud services, creating a unified and adaptable IT environment. Unlike traditional setups confined to on-premises or fully cloud-based solutions, hybrid cloud combines the best …
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Slicing and Dicing the Future of the Cloud ERP Market

November 6, 2024 Alex Woodie

The cloud looms large in the world of enterprise software. Nearly all ERP vendors offer their software in the cloud, and some, such as SAP, are even planning to end support for on-prem deployments. But how big is the market for cloud ERP, who are the leading providers, and what does it all mean for IBM i customers?

For starters, how big is the global ERP market? This is an important question, but there is no exact answer. The definition of what is enterprise resource planning software is a little bit amorphous, and amortization schedules can make assigning spending to …
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Four Hundred Monitor, November 6

November 6, 2024 Jenny Thomas

Plans are already in the making here in the Jungle for 2025. We have a generous holiday schedule as the news cycle begins to dwindle toward the end of the year, and we have just two more issues of your favorite Four Hundred Monitor planned before we stop the presses for 2024. But before we go getting too jolly, let’s get back to the matter at hand, which is the news of the day. It comes as no surprise that the focus continues to be on AI, but we also have several new resources for you to check out, as …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 43

November 6, 2024 Doug Bidwell

It is one of those quite weeks in PTF Land, and that is not surprising given the election that was underway as we went to press with this edition of The Four Hundred. This week, there are a bunch of PTF patches for the core IBM i releases that are still supported by Big Blue, but no security vulnerabilities that we could find and no weird things, either. Go figure.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.5:
- Memo to Users
- RPG Café
- PowerHA Tools for IBM i
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Another GenAI-Powered Testing Tool Comes to IBM i

The Power Of Hybrid Cloud In Digital Transformation

What Are Hybrid Cloud Solutions?

Slicing and Dicing the Future of the Cloud ERP Market

Four Hundred Monitor, November 6

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 43

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