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Bang For The Buck On Entry Power10 And Power11 Machines

November 10, 2025 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Back in early October, after IBM released detailed performance specifications for Power11 machines running IBM i, we put together a detailed matrix of processor configurations from Power8 through Power11 machines, marking every different processor combination for all machines. There are dozens of possible server form factor and processor configurations across those four generations of machines, and it would be very difficult to get pricing information out of Big Blue for all of them.

We poked around the IBM site for Power10 many months ago ahead of the Power11 announcements in July and then did it again after the Power11 …
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A Hardware Refresh Is The Perfect Time To Re-Evaluate Your HA/DR Strategy

November 10, 2025 Ash Giddings

For most IBM i shops, hardware refresh cycles arrive with a mix of excitement and apprehension. New generations of IBM Power Systems like the recently announced Power11 machines offer the chance to increase power, improve efficiency, and take advantage of the latest features.

But along with the upside, upgrades also trigger some tough decisions, particularly around software licensing. High availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solutions are often near the top of that list. These tools are critical for helping businesses to maintain resilience and continuity, yet many customers find themselves paying significantly more for their HA/DR software after a hardware …
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Fresche Taps AI For New RPG-To-Java Conversion Tool

November 10, 2025 Alex Woodie

Fresche Solutions has launched X-Modernize AI, a new offering that uses generative AI technology to convert legacy RPG and Synon code to modern Java. The software, which is based on large language models and its X-Analysis cross-reference and code understanding tool, will speed up code conversion projects by a significant amount, the company claims.

Fresche Solutions is no stranger to legacy modernization projects and tools that convert RPG code into languages like Java, PHP, and .NET. In fact, the company’s very first announcement after it changed its name from Speedware to Fresche Legacy way back in 2012 was the acquisition …
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Gartner Raises 2025 IT Spending Forecast, Puts Out 2026 Prediction

November 10, 2025 Timothy Prickett Morgan

If you have your boss pegging your pay increases to the growth in the IT market, you are going to outpace the inflation that is helping to buoy IT spending worldwide. The spreadsheet wizards and economists at Gartner have just raised their forecast for IT spending for the third time this year for 2025, and have also recently put out an initial forecast for what IT spending will look like in 2026.

As a refresher, here is how Gartner pegged IT spending by the major categories back in its July forecast for both 2024, which had ended, and for 2025, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 45

November 10, 2025 Doug Bidwell

It has been a while since we saw new security vulnerabilities, and when you thought that, you jinxed the enter IBM i community. So thanks for that, and specifically, for the three new vulnerabilities we will tell you about now.

First, we have Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to the October 2025 CPU, which you can read more about here. The affected products are:
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Affected Product(s)			   Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Application Server	   9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server	   8.5
WebSphere Application Server - Liberty	   Continuous delivery
```
Second, …
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Bang For The Buck On Entry Power10 And Power11 Machines

A Hardware Refresh Is The Perfect Time To Re-Evaluate Your HA/DR Strategy

Fresche Taps AI For New RPG-To-Java Conversion Tool

Gartner Raises 2025 IT Spending Forecast, Puts Out 2026 Prediction

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 45

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