Informing the IBM Community

Author: Staff Reporter

  • The Business Impact of Losing Your Critical System

    The more critical a project is to a business, the greater attention it deserves. Which is why it puzzles me that many companies have little or no appetite for discussing the most important IT project of them all: disaster recovery. DR is the set of policies and procedures that will allow vital technology and infrastructure…

  • Remain Software announces a major step in global expansion

    Remain Software stands together with Japanese resellers to support application development and modernization among IBM i teams in Japan and APAC Remain Software announces a major step in global expansion and boosts their presence on Asian market. As of May 2016 the Remain Software IBM i Application Lifecycle Management tools TD/OMS and Gravity will be…

  • JT4i—Job tracking for IBM i

    Press Release: Shield Advanced Solutions, leading providers of High Availability software, announces a new product JT4i. This job tracking solution for IBMi brings a fresh approach, and is a complete re-write of Shield’s long-standing product JQG4i. “JT4i’s new code and design brings to the table a solution that is faster, more efficient, and is a…

  • Common Europe welcomes its newest country member

    Luxembourg, Europe; Common Europe is pleased to welcome its newest country member into its user group community. AIX Portal, of Russia, joins 15 other country user groups belonging to Common Europe which together represent thousands of IT professionals practicing technologies surrounding IBM Power Systems™, IBM i™, AIX™, and Linux. Common Europe continues to strengthen and…

  • Press release: ARCAD Software launch new subsidiary.

    Stockholm, 10 March 2016 – ARCAD Software, leading vendor in Enterprise Modernization and DevOps solutions for IBM i, today announced the launch of a new subsidiary, ARCAD Software Nordic. The creation of this new subsidiary in the Nordic region closely follows the launch of ARCAD’s German subsidiary in late 2015.  ARCAD Software has been active in…

  • Press Release: Maxava launches a brand new product – Maxava Monitor Mi8

    Philadelphia, PA., March 2, 2016:  Maxava is delighted to announce the release of its latest product, Maxava Monitor Mi8. The brand new product is a multi-platform, cloud-native monitoring solution that is easy to set up, easy to use and incredibly cost-effective to operate on a flexible monthly fee. Nathan McClintock, Director Technology commented, “At Maxava,…

  • HelpSystems Meets Growing Demand for Cybersecurity on Multiple Platforms

    HelpSystems Meets Growing Demand for Cybersecurity on Multiple Platforms Minneapolis, MN, March 1, 2016—HelpSystems, a leading provider of systems management, business intelligence, and security solutions, today announced the release of Policy Minder, a new security administration and reporting solution for the Linux, AIX, and IBM i platforms. Policy Minder helps IT teams harden system security…

  • Be the Exception. Become an IT Monitoring Hero.

    Today’s businesses must be available 24/7 with fewer people having to manage more complex systems and processes. IT departments receive a constant bombardment of information from a diverse variety of operating systems, business applications and critical processes and support a complex array of servers and devices running across their entire network. To monitor every application…

  • HelpSystems Marketplace Survey

    It’s 2016. Is anyone expanding their IBM i footprint? Now you don’t have to guess. The answer’s right here! Check out the second annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results from HelpSystems. Now in its second year, HelpSystems, in conjunction with IT Jungle and PowerWire.eu, surveyed over 800 IBM i users from around the world to…

  • Time for IBM to Stage an Intervention?

    Let’s start with an old joke: Q. How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: One, but the lightbulb has to want to change. This, in essence, is the problem with collaboration software adoption. The technology keeps improving, with more choices and better design. Unfortunately, adoption is held back due to resistance…

  • HelpSystems Acquires Tango/04 Computing Group

    HelpSystems Acquires Tango/04 Computing Group to Meet Growing Global Demand Companies combine to help organizations in Europe and Latin America automate systems management, strengthen security, and deliver simple data access. Minneapolis, MN, February 25, 2016—HelpSystems announced today the acquisition of Tango/04 Computing Group, which has built a strong presence in Europe and Latin America providing IT…

  • Press Release: TD/OMS integrates with WebSmart PHP

    TD/OMS integrates with WebSmart PHP to enable robust PHP web applications lifecycle management on IBM i. The Remain Software IBM i Application Lifecycle Management solution, TD/OMS is now integrated with WebSmart PHP from BCD Software to enable PHP and RPG developers to deliver high quality and modern web applications quickly, within budget and according to…