Informing the IBM Community

Author: Staff Reporter

  • Selling your expertise

    You’re brought in to help because you know something that they don’t. You’ve got a world of experience and an old-school, belts-and-braces approach that makes it much less of a risk for a project if the company has you around. Now, the very fact that—to them—you’re an expert (don’t argue!), means that you can very…

  • Syncsort High Availability Webinars Announced

    Following the success of the Fast Friday 15 minute webcast series on GDPR, Syncsort is continuing with a mini webcast series around IBM i security issues, kicking off on Monday  30th July with Accelerating Regulatory Compliance for IBM i Systems the series continues throughout August and September: Taking Control of Access to Your IBM i…

  • Proximity strengthens IBM i development portfolio by partnering with Remain Software

    Proximity and Remain Software have announced a partnership to market and support Remain’s market-leading change and workflow management solutions for the IBM i, Windows, Linux and Unix in the UK and Ireland. Based in Leeds and Nottingham, Proximity has over 40 IBM i specialists who develop, support and maintain solutions and applications for a diverse…

  • IBM i OS Journaling and High Availability

    IBM’s midrange computers, from the earliest System/38 to today’s Power Systems servers, have a reputation for reliability. That reliability is in great part due to the journaling features that have been present in all variations of its operating system. Every system event and configuration change is journaled (logged) so that recovery from application errors or…

  • News from Common Europe

    2018 Common Europe Congress Concludes; 2019 Congress 16-19 June in Berlin, Germany announced; Common Europe President Re-elected. Luxembourg, Europe; 21 June, 2018.  The Common Europe Congress (CEC), a technical association event centered around IBM i technology, concludes its 2018 Congress resulting in participants leaving the event with a high regard of community and enthusiasm.  The CEC event,…

  • What JDK 9 means for your Terminal Emulator

    What is JDK 9 and why does it matter? JDK stands for the Java Development Kit and the 9 refers to the version of it which was released on September 21st 2017. Oracle have stated that as JDK 9’s September release they will be removing support for the Java Applet and WebStart functionality, including the…

  • Raz-Lee Security Announces Anti-Ransomware

    Raz-Lee Security Announces Anti-Ransomware, the first module of iSecurity ATP – Advanced Threat Protection for IFS. Nanuet, New York – May 17, 2018 – Raz-Lee Security Inc announces the release of Anti-Ransomware, the first component of iSecurity ATP – a comprehensive advanced threat protection solution for defending IBM i IFS files against ransomware and other…

  • Liam Allan celebrates IBM i’s 30th anniversary

    Liam Allan, IBM Champion and Fresh Face of IBM i spent some time in Austin, Texas, with Steve Sibley and Pepper the robot to celebrate IBM i’s 30th anniversary. Watch the full video here  

  • Syncsort Addresses Intensifying IBM i Data Availability Challenges with New Release of MIMIX

    Advances in Leading High Availability and Disaster Recovery Software Portfolio for IBM i Enable IT to Ensure Business Continuity & Manage Escalating Data Protection Priorities Pearl River, NY – May 15, 2018 Syncsort, the global leader in Big Iron to Big Data software, today announced delivery of new innovations in MIMIX, a flagship product line…

  • Dr Frank’s IBM i Brand

      George Willmott from Dune Group wrote the following lyrics celebrating the 30th anniversary of IBM. Read it to the tune of Sgt Pepper. Its great and George, you are a talented man!   It was almost thirty years ago today Dr. Frank thought he had something to say computers had been going in and out…

  • French server manufacturer, OVH, installs third Kimla fibre laser system

    10 May 2018 – French server manufacturer, OVH, has invested in a third fibre laser system from revolutionary laser cutting equipment firm, Kimla, after experiencing unprecedented success with its first two Kimla machines. Following the installation of two Kimla fibre lasers, OVH was so impressed by the capabilities of the machines – from speed and…

  • HA4i Multi-Node

    Toronto, Ontario, May 2018 – Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd, leading providers of High Availability software for IBM i today announced a new version of their premier solution HA4i.  The new version HA4i Multi-Node allows multiple copies of the data and objects to be kept in sync in a one to many or many to one…