• Join The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Webinar Tomorrow

  January 25, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Last fall, many of you took part in the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that is done by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems. And on Thursday, January 26, Fortra will host the webinar covering its results at 10 a.m. Eastern. A whole bunch of us will be on hand to present historical trends and analysis on those results.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour.

  Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to

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• 2023 IBM i Predictions, Part 2

  January 23, 2023 Alex Woodie

  Two thousand twenty-three is shaping up to be a transition year of sorts in the IBM i community, with midrange Power10 servers hitting the market, IBM i 7.3 (finally) meeting its end, and an economic recession looming. We tapped our network of IBM i prognosticators to help fill in the particulars with part two in this annual series.

  There’s been a security awakening in the IBM i community, and Robin Tatam, director of security technologies with Fortra (formerly HelpSystems), sees that translating into greater security controls as threats to the IBM i proliferate in 2023.

  “The IBM i community is …

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• Participate In The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Discussion

  January 23, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It is late January, that means it is time for a discussion about the results of the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. The survey is performed by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems, and the webinar talking about the results of the survey will be held on January 26 at 10 AM Eastern.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour. Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to support remote workforces
  • The trend towards

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• Tune In To The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Webinar

  January 16, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Last fall, many of you took part in the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that is done by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems. And on January 26, Fortra will host the webinar at 10 a.m. Eastern time that will unveil the results of the survey and present historical trends and analysis by a collection of experts.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour.

  Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to support remote

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• IBM Welcomes COMMON Advisory Councils to Rochester

  December 7, 2022 Alex Woodie

  One of the hallmarks of a good company is listening to customers. A company may not do everything that its customers wish, but it must show that it’s listening to maintain the relationship. This dynamic was in play during an IBM i meeting that took place last month in Rochester, Minnesota, between IBM and the advisory councils for both COMMON North America and COMMON Europe.

  The three-day meeting that took place November 14 through 16 involved a handful of members from the COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) as well as the COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC). Both advisory councils had …

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• How HelpSystems Became Fortra

  November 9, 2022 Alex Woodie

  HelpSystems, a longtime provider of utilities for IBM i servers and their predecessors, has been on the security warpath of late, using private equity funding to acquire dozens of security software and services firms. The Eden Prairie, Minnesota, company officially completed its pivot to security last week by changing its name to Fortra.

  HelpSystems started life back in 1982 when it was founded by Dick Jacobson, who created the first Robot/38 product. Over the years, the company (then called “Help/Systems”) would expand its well-respected suite of general-purpose Robot utilities, such as job scheduling, backup and recovery, and system monitoring, for …

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• It’s Your IBM i Marketplace, And This Is Also Your Survey

  October 26, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  We are coming into the home stretch of the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. That means time is running out for you to participate and have your voice heard and your IBM i shop to counted. And as we have been doing for the past couple of weeks, we are once – and finally –asking you to take a moment and take the survey.

  This survey was conceived of by the late Dan Burger of IT Jungle and Tom Huntington of HelpSystems, and the data that it gathers is invaluable. Like other members in the IBM i community, …

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• Survey Says: You Need To Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

  October 19, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  The 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that occurs every autumn is open, and time is running out for you to have your voice be heard and your IBM i shop to be counted. And so we are asking you to please take a moment – you can even stop reading The Four Hundred to do it, so long as you come back and finish reading.

  This survey, which was conceived of by the late Dan Burger of IT Jungle and Tom Huntington of HelpSystems, was started nine years ago because we were all frustrated by the lack of …

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• HelpSystems Goes on the Security Offensive Again

  October 5, 2022 Alex Woodie

  Just when you thought HelpSytsems had bought enough companies, the Eden Prairie, Minnesota, company cranks up the acquisition machine again and gobbles up a few more vendors. Like with previous acquisitions, its recent targets are in security.

  The most recent buy was completed a month ago, when HelpSystems bought Outflank Security Tooling, which it describes as “an IT security leader with deep expertise in adversary simulation, specialist cyber security trainings, and a unique cloud-based software offering for red teams.”

  Penetration testing has become popular as security vulnerabilities in corporate systems have become more apparent. Adversary simulation, or “red teaming,” …

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• The IBM i Marketplace Survey Is Open For You

  October 5, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  How many times a day do people tell you what you know matters? Well, it does, and I am telling you. But that knowledge of your IBM i environment is not doing anyone any good, stuck inside of your noggin. To get a realistic sense of what is actually going on out there in IBM i Land, we need you to pipe up.

  The 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that HelpSystems does every fall is open, and will be for a few more weeks. But we don’t want you to wait until the last minute to participate. Please …

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