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And Then There Were Two: Big Blue Withdraws IBM i 7.4

September 22, 2025 Timothy Prickett Morgan

If you have a compelling reason to stay on IBM i 7.4 and need a license to it for a machine, or if IBM i 7.4 is the last release you can get your applications to without a major change in that code, then you have better shake a leg. Because IBM i 7.4 is only going to be sold for a few more months.

In announcement letter AD25-0894, which was dated September 16, Big Blue said that it would stop selling the IBM i 7.4 operating system on April 30, 2026. A bunch of other related system programs are …
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Crossroads RMC Shows Off New AI Dashboard at inPOWER 2025

September 22, 2025 Alex Woodie

Crossroads RMC will be showing off its new AI-powered dashboard at Infor’s inPOWER 2025 event this week in Wisconsin. The new offering, dubbed the NextTrack Analytics Dashboard, allows users to ask questions about data residing in ERP database using plain English, thereby broadening the availability of actionable information to new groups of users.

Crossroads RMC has built a name for itself within the Infor ERP community thanks to its solutions for manufacturers. The company’s manufacturing execution systems (MES) offering sit comfortably atop ERP LX, M3, and other ERP systems, providing access to shop floor scheduling capabilities that do not exist …
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Guru: When Attention Turns To You – Writing Your Own ATTN Program

September 22, 2025 Gregory Simmons

Most IBM i users press the Attention key without much thought. They’re used to the familiar system-supplied menu popping up, or maybe a command line depending on how their profile is configured. But buried in the system is a powerful customization point: you can assign your own ATTN program. Doing so gives you the ability to intercept that key and provide functionality tailored exactly to your shop’s needs. There are three main ways to establish an attention program, each with its own strengths and tradeoffs.

The most obvious method is at the user profile level. Within the profile’s attributes is …
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Rocket Taps IDC To Assess The Benefits Of Full Scope IT Modernization

September 22, 2025 Alex Woodie

It wasn’t long ago that the words “IT modernization” conjured images of old, clunky 5250 screens becoming nimble, fresh Web interfaces. That is one form of modernization, but today the phrase can refer to a gamut of upgrades across applications, infrastructure, skills, processes, and people. So what defines success with IT modernization in 2025? Rocket Software recently commissioned IDC to find out.

To understand what modernization means today and how well organizations are pursuing it, IDC polled 822 IT modernization decision-makers at organizations in North America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. The surveyed firms included companies in financial services, healthcare, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 38

September 22, 2025 Doug Bidwell

It’s another quiet week in Lake Security Vulnerabilities Be Gone, with the drought on the Eastern seaboard meeting a cold snap that is bringing autumn colors to the leaves a bit earlier than many had expected or liked. It is better than rain, mind you, except when it starts fires.

The good news is that there were no security vulnerabilities this week. So all secure there if you are up to date.

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

PTF Groups 7.6:
- SAP support required PTF list for IBM i 7.6
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And Then There Were Two: Big Blue Withdraws IBM i 7.4

Crossroads RMC Shows Off New AI Dashboard at inPOWER 2025

Guru: When Attention Turns To You – Writing Your Own ATTN Program

Rocket Taps IDC To Assess The Benefits Of Full Scope IT Modernization

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 38

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