2025 IBM i Marketplace Study Archives

FAX/400 And CICS For i Are Dead. What Will IBM Kill Next?

May 19, 2025 Alex Woodie

A number of IBM i products and functions were sunsetted and are no longer supported with IBM i 7.6, including some of the greenscreen Application Development ToolSet (ADTS) tools like Screen Design Aid (SDA) and Report Layout Utility (RLU), and more than two dozen others. This shouldn’t come as news, as IBM previously announced its intent. But what products and functions will IBM kill with the next release of IBM i? A cryptic post by IBM on its website has the community talking.

As part of the May 2024 Technology Refresh (TR) cycle for IBM i 7.4 and 7.5, Big …
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What The Marketplace Study Says About IBM i Migrations And Outlook

March 10, 2025 Alex Woodie

One of the values that Fortra’s annual IBM i Marketplace Survey brings to the table is to function as a forward-looking indicator. If something is stirring in the IBM i installed base – say, that a large chunk is looking to mosey off the platform – then it likely will appear in the data. So when we analyze the data from the 2025 report, that’s something worth looking for.

The good news from the 2025 IBM i Marketplace Survey results is that there’s nothing to indicate any mass migrations are under way. Companies will always come and go on IBM …
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State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Systems

February 17, 2025 Timothy Prickett Morgan

In last week’s issue, we talked about the upgrade cycle for the IBM i operating systems over more than a decade based on the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey done by Fortra and pretty heavily massaged by us to reflect what we think is closer to reality for the IBM i market at large.

No matter if you look at the raw data from the survey or the more elaborate model we have built derived from the past eleven surveys, one thing is clear: There is a regular pattern for Power Systems upgrades among OS/400, i5/OS, and IBM i shops …
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State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Operating Systems

February 10, 2025 Timothy Prickett Morgan

What is more important: Keeping a server platform current or keeping its operating system current?

That is a trick question, and it is tricky in two ways. First, you should keep both hardware and software current, or more precisely, keep both as current as the applications, the budget, and good sense permits. A server older than five years is going to start having component failure (usually with the disk drives and fans), and one that is 10years old has the chance of a much more catastrophic failure. However, with a machine that is five to ten years old, you can …
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What Do IBM i Shops Use To Write Applications These Days?

February 3, 2025 Alex Woodie

When it comes to languages and tools for developing applications on IBM i, there are a ton of options available for customers. Thanks to the PASE runtime, a variety of open source languages and runtimes have been brought to the platform, not to mention the time-tested ILE technologies from IBM. But what do IBM i shops actually use to write new apps? For answers, we look to Fortra’s 2025 IBM i Marketplace Survey results.

Fortra recently released the results for the 11th installment of its IBM i Marketplace Survey, which is based on surveys it conducted in late 2025 …
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Cybersecurity Still Top IBM i Concern, But AI And Others Are Creeping Up

January 27, 2025 Alex Woodie

Fortra last week formally released its 2025 IBM i Marketplace Survey results, which marks the start of the second decade of analysis into the IBM i community. In the closely watched Top Concerns component, there were minor changes in the top four items, led by cybersecurity for the ninth straight year. But what’s notable in 2025 is that there’s movement at the bottom of the list, indicating heightened interest in items such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

IBM i users from around the world took Fortra’s annual IBM i Marketplace Survey in late 2024 – 250 of them …
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FAX/400 And CICS For i Are Dead. What Will IBM Kill Next?

What The Marketplace Study Says About IBM i Migrations And Outlook

State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Systems

State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Operating Systems

What Do IBM i Shops Use To Write Applications These Days?

Cybersecurity Still Top IBM i Concern, But AI And Others Are Creeping Up

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