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  • IBM i Conference in the UK

    i-UG’s International i-Power is the largest IBM i Conference of the year in the UK and they will have a whole host of topics to choose from, looking at many key aspects of today’s IBM i installations. Here are just some of the topics being covered this year…. Day 1 Workshops (Half day/full day) Zero to…

  • Programmers Comments

    This is a light hearted article this month while I prepare for my Node.js on IBM i workshop at the UK International i Power conference 2019. Over the 40 odd years I have been programming, I’ve come across some fantastic comments in source code.  They certainly make code maintenance a lot more enjoyable. These are…

  • ‘i’ will emPOWER the new generation of techs

    For as long as I can remember, the Holy Grail of IBM i computing has been to engage with the younger generations and to bring them into the safe and secure IBM i fold; and it has been a tough journey. Until now! This just got a whole lot easier! With the latest explosion of…

  • The 2019 Common Europe Congress

    The 2019 Common Europe Congress adds IBM experts to agenda including the latest announcements and education on OS 7.4 and Db2 Mirror; Luxembourg, Europe; 20 May 2019.  The Common Europe Congress (CEC), a technical association event centered around IBM i technology, has newly added more world-known IBM experts to their annual Congress agenda.  Steve Will,…

  • IBM i Security Best Practices – Presented by Jeff Uehling

      Security best practices and regulatory compliance are a constantly moving target. In this webinar, Syncsort’s Product Management Director for Security Solutions, Jeff Uehling, shares what he’s learned over the past 30 years regarding IBM i security best practices. Key topics include: Why you need to run at security level 50 – and the exposures…

  • Raz-Lee Security Announces ICAP Client for iSecurity Anti-Virus

    iSecurity Anti-Virus has been enhanced to support the new ICAP Client. With this solution, the actual virus scanning is performed outside the IBM i, by organizational servers. This solution is important for organizations with multiple LPARs (logical partitions), especially if these LPARs are using parts of a processing unit. ICAP, the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol…

  • Say Hello to IBM i 7.4

    Say Hello to IBM i 7.4 It’s time to meet the new kid on the block, as IBM announces the latest version of IBM i.  IBM i 7.4, announced today and generally available from June 2019. The arrival of 7.4 in 2019 is no surprise, for the last year senior IBM executives have described “The…

  • Raz-Lee Security Announces iSecurity Safe-Update

    Raz-Lee Security Announces iSecurity Safe-Update: Regulate the Use of File Editors in IBM i Production Environments. Nanuet, New York – April 4, 2019 – Raz-Lee Security Inc announces the release of iSecurity Safe-Update, the solution that protects production environments against updates made by unauthorized programs such as file editors or the interactive Start SQL (STRSQL)…

  • i-UG’s International i-Power is back and this time it’s bigger than ever!

    International i-Power is returning to Milton Keynes on the 11th & 12th June and this year the agenda is the largest it has ever been! Continuing with the great success in 2018 the System i-Developers (SiD for short) team are returning this year to deliver lectures to developers who work on IBMi and POWER systems.…

  • 48 Hours in POWER

    There is a great Travel Guide to IT Transformation that IBM Power Systems are presenting where you can virtual travel around the globe and visit companies / organisations that are employing POWER Systems to deliver technology solutions that are quite honestly ‘eye opening’, and at the end of each short story there are links to…

  • IBM i: The Most Amazing IBM Product We Have Heard Of

    Today I read an article in eweek about IBM i from a reporter who had attended the IBM Think 2019 conference in San Francisco, encountered IBM i for the first time and thought he had stepped into an alternative universe. It was a nice article to read because it was from an ‘outsider’ or to…

  • Fifth Annual IT Marketplace Survey Reveals Ongoing Reliance on IBM i to Support Critical Business Needs

    HelpSystems announced today that its fifth annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results reveal not only that the IBM i platform continues to be a top choice for IT professionals, but also that investment in the platform is growing. More than 750 IT professionals from around the world participated in the annual survey, which has become…