Blue Chip, a leading provider of data centre services, has further strengthened its relationship with IBM. The company has been accepted onto IBM’s new Power System Cloud Provider programme, and has also achieved Gold Level in IBM’s enhanced PartnerWorld Programme. Blue Chip is the UK’s largest IBM power systems managed services provider. It has over…

Cybercrime is, sadly, an ongoing everyday worry to all companies nowadays and can be a challenge for IT Professionals who need to develop security for their IBM i systems. Help is on hand with a series of events specifically designed to prioritise aspects of IBM i security. These webinars are being organised by HelpSystems and…

Ambitious software company OpenGenius announces recruitment plans after joining the 2017 Digital Dozen Accelerator programme  OpenGenius, the creators of iMindMap and DropTask, has announced that they will be creating thirty new high tech jobs within the next two years. OpenGenius, which also owns Tec Marina in Penarth, recently became the first company in Wales to…

New web interface for IBM i performance management solution makes it easier to keep a continuous eye on performance. SUPERMON® for iSeries provides an at-a-glance view of IBM i system health for remote and mobile users. PETERBOROUGH, NH – July 26, 2017 – The new web interface for SUPERMON for iSeries, the IBM i performance…

Combination forms unique scaled infrastructure software leader and “Big Iron to Big Data” powerhouse. Santa Monica, CA – July 6, 2017 – Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) today announced a definitive agreement to merge enterprise software providers Syncsort Incorporated (“Syncsort”) and Vision Solutions, Inc. (“Vision”) as well as the simultaneous sale…

IT Security investment drives a unique convergence of business resilience solutions – high availability, disaster recovery and security – to envelop and protect companies. IRVINE, CA (July 5, 2017) – Vision Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of business resilience solutions for IBM Power Systems and a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., announced it…

5 New and Unique Ways to Use the IBM i Audit Journal In this session Carol Woodbury will first describe the basic use of the integrated IBM I Audit journal. Then she’ll describe how she and the HelpSystems Professional Security Services team use the IBM i audit journal to help clients discover things about their…

Over 90 per cent of IBM i shops recognize the need to introduce new customer engagement channels, suggests new survey by SoftLanding … but costs, lack of IBM i skills and fears about disrupting existing systems are among their main concerns  PETERBOROUGH, NH – June 27, 2017 – 91 per cent of IBM i users…

An event that truly represents the European IBM I community. Common Europe re-elects Executive Committee with new Treasurer. Luxembourg, Europe; 21 June, 2017.  The 2017 Common Europe Congress (CEC) concludes as one of the best IT events in recent Common Europe history.  It was held in Brussels, Belgium from 18-21 June.  The Congress hosted 250…

  PETERBOROUGH, NH – SoftLanding® Systems, the IBM i software division of UNICOM® Global, will preview new interfaces for its solutions for enterprise content management, performance management, application lifecycle management and automated operations when it exhibits at the International i-Power conference on June 13th and 14th 2017. The new interfaces, which will be showcased at…

Stockholm, Sweden, 30 May 2017 – ARCAD Software, leading vendor in DevOps and Modernization solutions for IBM i, today announced its partnership with Apper AB, to support major expansion of ARCAD operations in the Nordic region. Founded in 1987, Apper AB is an IT service company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with over 50 staff specializing…