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  • Shaking The IBM i Magic Eight Ball For 2026

    January 26, 2026 Alex Woodie

    After one more trip around the Sun, the IBM i community is back at it for another turn. What will become of our favorite box in 2026, let alone the people who work on it? That is not easy to say. As the great ballplayer/philosopher Yogi Berra once said: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” But we try anyway.

    We kick off 2026 IBM i predictions with some targeted insight from Bill Langston, director of marketing, New Generation Software:

    “I feel like 2026 will be a quiet year with the most adventurous IBM i customers …

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  • 2025 IBM i Predictions, Part One

    January 13, 2025 Alex Woodie

    The new year is shaping up to be a big one for IBM i. A new release of the operating system is expected, as is a new processor and new servers built with them. Old utilities are slated to get the axe, but no one is quite sure how far IBM will cut. And then of course there’s what will happen in the IBM i community, which is where we turn for insight into what comes next.

    We start this year’s batch of IBM i predictions with Charlie Guarino, the president of Central Park Data Systems and the resident expert …

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  • 2021 Predictions for IBM i: Part Two

    January 20, 2021 Alex Woodie

    The response from the first batch of IBM i prediction we ran last week was superb. Here’s hoping that the community finds the second batch of predictions equally as worthwhile.

    Chris Wey, the president of the Power Business Unit at Rocket Software, wonders if crystal balls have any power left following the events of last year. “After an unpredictable 2020, the very notion of predictions is called into question,” Wey says. “Still, as an optimist, I believe we will see some incredibly positive outcomes of the past year’s turmoil in the coming year in our space.

    “First, Power systems …

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