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  • A10 NETWORKS THUNDER® CONVERGENT FIREWALL SELECTED FOR 5G NETWORK DEPLOYMENT

    A10 Networks Thunder® Convergent Firewall selected for 5G network deployment by major Japanese mobile carrier Theale, UK. – 9th January, 2019: A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a leading provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced a major Japanese mobile carrier has selected the A10 Thunder® Convergent Firewall (CFW) Gi/SGi firewall solution for its 5G production network, to support…

  • Bring simplicity and affordability to HA with PowerHA for IBM i

    System stability is one of the main reasons that IBM i continues to be a force in the market almost 30 years after the launch of the AS/400. Over the years, many anecdotes have circulated about i machines continuing to support the core business despite floods, fires or even being walled up during data centre…

  • IBM i: Reflections on Mirroring

    Every organisation running its core business on IBM i, regardless of size, must be able to keep its system and business application up and running during planned and unplanned outages, caused by events like application failure, data corruption, power outage or extreme weather events. Depending on the criticality and size of the business, some organisations are…

  • Potential Impact on Processors in the POWER Family

    On January 31st, IBM announced that its POWER family of processors are potentially impacted by the vulnerabilities popularly known as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”. These vulnerabilities do not allow unauthorized external parties to gain access to a machine, but they could allow a party that has access to the system to view and manipulate data they are not…

  • Gain the power to reduce TCO and serve the business better

    Fresh challenges and opportunities are constantly emerging in the digital economy, however disruptive competitors are appearing just as fast. To compete in this new world, enterprises need IT systems that offer high levels of flexibility, can generate rapid insight from large and fast-growing volumes of structured and unstructured data, and preserve optimal security – all…

  • IBM and Red Hat Join Forces to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption

    Companies expand collaboration to target hybrid cloud sector through technology and services integration. SAN FRANCISCO – RED HAT SUMMIT – MAY 8, 2018 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today announced a major expansion to their long-standing relationship, which will enable IBM and Red Hat customers to benefit from the combined power of…

  • IBM i professionals reveal security and compliance concerns with legacy enterprise applications

    New survey by SoftLanding® Systems outlines key barriers that stop IBM i shops retiring legacy applications PETERBOROUGH, NH – October 16, 2018 – 63 per cent of IBM i users in a new survey reveal their organizations are keeping legacy IT applications alive – either on IBM i or other platforms – because the historical…

  • 2019 IBM i Marketplace Survey

    Last year, nearly 650 IBM i users from around the world shared information that gave our community a better understanding of the state of the IBM i platform. The results led to many insightful conversations about the future of the technology so many rely on. With this year’s survey, we aim to build on that…

  • Common Denmark Annual Event 2018

    Tidspunkt: 24. Oktober 2018 kl. 15:00 til 25. Oktober kl. 17:00 Sted: Hotel Comwell Køge strand, Strandvejen 111, 4600 Køge Så er speakere på plads til vores store event og kan præsentere en række top speakere og interesante sessioner. Vi har bl.a. 3 IBM Champions på plakaten,  speakere fra USA, UK, Frankrig, og tilmed sessioner med…

  • LANSA Raises Bar for Low-Code Software Development with New Release of Visual LANSA

    London, UK —31 July 2018 — LANSA (www.lansa.com), the original low-code vendor, has announced a major new release of its software development platform, Visual LANSA. This raises the enterprise app development bar by delivering the ability to build scalable mobile, web and desktop applications significantly faster than before. This latest release will accelerate customers’ digital…

  • HelpSystems Acquires Midrange Performance Group to Expand Capacity Management Portfolio for IBM i

    MINNEAPOLIS August 22, 2018—HelpSystems announced today that it has acquired Midrange Performance Group (MPG), a company whose solutions enable organizations to optimize their IT environments. MPG’s expertise and products have been especially popular with IT professionals running IBM i, and the acquisition expands and strengthens HelpSystems capacity planning and monitoring portfolio. Nearly 1,000 companies rely on…

  • New GDPR poll by SoftLanding Systems

    IBM i shops suggest mixed success with GDPR compliance, with challenges still afoot for some, new survey reveals New poll by SoftLanding Systems outlines top GDPR challenges among IBM i users Peterborough, NH, August 9, 2018 – Half of IBM i users questioned in a recent poll  are confident¹ that their organizations are totally compliant…