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  • Connectria Bringing IBM i Workloads Closer to AWS

    November 11, 2020 Alex Woodie

    Organizations that want greater integration between their IBM i and cloud systems may be interested in a new offering unveiled yesterday by Connectria. In January, the private cloud company is planning to launch a new hybrid cloud offering that delivers a low latency connection between its hosted IBM i environments and AWS data centers located on the East and West coasts.

    Connectria says its new hybrid cloud offering provides an “ultra-low latency direct connection” between its IBM i and AIX resources and Amazon Web Services’ US-East-1 and US-West-1 regions. With just 2 milliseconds of latency between Connectria’s Power Systems …

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  • Your CIO Wants To Move To The Cloud, Here’s How You Really Get There

    October 28, 2020 Dave Wiseman

    The Connectria team presents a three-part series addressing concerns IBM users have about the platform and its future. Part Three: How to work with your CIO who wants to move to the cloud.

    (Sponsored Content) Last month, we continued our discussion of common concerns about the IBM platform by examining security as it pertains to Power Systems. A third and final concept to unpack is a big one – it’s how to address your CIO who wants to move to the cloud.

    When we think about digital transformation, yes, the esoteric buzzword we despise, does that concept fully …

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  • Profound and Connectria Hook Up in Cloud-Modernization Push

    October 21, 2020 Alex Woodie

    IBM i modernization tool provider Profound Logic and Connectria, one of the biggest private cloud providers for IBM i, announced a strategic partnership last week. The goal of the union, representatives with both companies say, is to give their respective IBM i customers a leg up as they seek to streamline their IT systems.

    Matt Biegacki, the vice president and chief marketing officer for Connectria, and Michael Killian, the vice president of strategic accounts for Profound Logic, shared their thoughts on the partnership during a call with IT Jungle this week.

    From Profound Logic’s perspective, the partnership with …

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  • From Here To There: Securing Your Future On IBM i (And In The Cloud)

    September 23, 2020 Steve Grzybinski

    The Connectria team presents a three-part series addressing concerns IBM users have about the platform and its future. Part Two: Security And Disaster Recovery.

    (Sponsored Content) Last month, we kicked off our discussion of common concerns about the IBM platform by taking a close look at the shrinking system admin pool and how to leverage remote administration to offset that risk. This month, we dive deeper into another area of concern for Power Systems platform users: Security (and I’m not talking about social security for all of us about to retire).

    Security is a broad and extensive topic, …

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  • Can You Get There From Here? The Road to the Cloud

    August 31, 2020 Pete Czornohus

    (Sponsored Content) The Connectria team presents a three-part series addressing concerns IBM users have about the platform and its future. Part One: System and remote administration.

    Digital transformation, modernization, application agility, blah, blah, blah.

    While esoteric buzzwords seem endemic of our times (see what I did there?), we’re all tired of them. Digital transformation is more than a trending buzzword or common phrase. It’s a lengthy and involved process. Before getting started down that road, ask yourself these questions: How old are your applications? Are they older than your kids? How about older than your married kids? …

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  • There’s Always A New Last Laugh With Legacy

    January 13, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    On my bookshelf beside my desk is a shelf that has all of my relevant AS/400 books and copies of the first decade of The Four Hundred, back when it was a monthly newsletter printed on paper. Sometimes, when I get stuck for ideas, I page through my history and yours, and I am often amazed at the wealth of information that myself and my colleagues – as well as many, many sources – helps us to create. AS/400s were a lot more expensive than IBM i machines, and helping people save money was our primary mission, and there …

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