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 […]
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 […]
IBM i Marketplace Survey goes multilingual
Once again, PowerWire is getting behind HelpSystem’s mission to find out what’s going on in the wonderful world of IBM i. Yup, it’s time to fill out the 2016 IBM i Marketplace Survey. The multifaceted midrange specialist’s annual questionnaire provides an intriguing snapshot of the global i ecosystem. What’s more, this year you can choose […]
HelpSystems adds SkyView to security line-up
IBM i solutions giant HelpSystems has acquired midrange security specialist SkyView Partners. SkyView is the fourth IBM i-focused security firm HelpSystems has bought in recent years. The Minnesota-based company took over American firms PowerTech and Bytware in 2008. It purchased Sheffield, UK-based Safestone Technologies in 2012. All the brands involved in these earlier deals live […]
Webinar to dissect Europe’s IBM i market
PowerWire will team up with HelpSystems on May 7 to present a live webinar and you are invited. With the self-explanatory title “IBM i Marketplace Survey Reveals Key Differences between Europe and the Rest of the World” the online session will feature Help’s Tom Huntington and PowerWire’s illustrious editor Seamus Quinn. The webinar will be […]
Europeans like it bigger, newer and with more Linux
HelpSystems’ first IBM i Marketplace Survey reveals that Europeans run bigger boxes, use more AIX and Linux and are keener on VIOS than their North American counterparts. The survey was run in conjunction with our good friends at IT Jungle in the States and, in October, PowerWire got involved too. You can check out the […]
New product round-up: IFS gets multi-threaded replication and better monitoring
As previewed exclusively by PowerWire back in November last year, Maxava has released a new version of Maxava HA with fully dynamic multi-threaded IFS replication. Replication speeds have long been an Achilles heel for some real-time solutions that have only been able to run IBM i IFS replication in a single-thread mode or with very […]
Survey shines light on Power i in Europe
Back in October, PowerWire.eu urged our readers to take part in a new survey of the IBM i market conducted by HelpSystems. The reason was simple. Since the i was subsumed by the wider Power Systems brand and midrange publishers both in Europe and the States fell by the wayside, there had been a dearth […]
HelpSystems buys Halcyon Software
America’s HelpSystems has bought British systems management specialist Halcyon Software for an undisclosed sum. In a press statement yesterday, HelpSystems, which is headquartered in Minneapolis and has its UK offices in Fleet, Hampshire, said that the acquisition would strengthen its range of solutions for managed services providers. The purchase also expands its cross-platform systems management/monitoring […]
All about you: PowerWire backs IBM i user survey
PowerWire.eu is backing a new survey of IBM i users and we urge all our readers to take part. PowerWire will share the European findings from HelpSystems’ new IBM i Marketplace Survey exclusively with our readers in early 2015. Our friends at IT Jungle will release the findings in the States. HelpSystems will then publish […]