February 3, 2026
For years, many IBM i teams treated updates as optional housekeeping. In reality, the PTF debt crisis is the new dividing line between safe environments and exposed ones. When I […]
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January 7, 2026
If you run IBM i environments long enough, you start to see patterns that should keep every CIO and IT director awake. The most persistent one is the backup illusion. […]
January 7, 2026
If you have run IBM i environments long enough, you have seen the legacy programmer trap play out repeatedly. Many CIOs inherit a 20-30-year-old system that quietly powers everything from […]
October 23, 2025
Rising IBM Subscription Licensing costs are squeezing SMB budgets. Discover how cloud solutions stabilize costs and simplify compliance.
October 2, 2025
Most IBM i environments today are running on hardware that’s 10 to 20 times larger than what the actual workloads require. Not because IT leaders want that much horsepower, but […]
September 25, 2025
Most CIOs assume that paying for extended hardware support keeps them safe. The logic seems simple: when a system board fails, IBM will send someone to fix it. The reality […]
September 4, 2025
When CIOs and IT leaders think about risk, they tend to focus on hardware refresh cycles, software licensing, or vendor contracts. But the single greatest vulnerability in the IBM i […]
October 18, 2017
Our Cloud400 client has requested us not to disclose their identity. We can, however, tell you about their move from their IBM i (iSeries/AS400) production server to Cloud400. Disclaimer: […]
April 19, 2016
I am shocked how many “IT experts” miss the mark for successful software selection and implementation without surprises. This probably explains why Gartner estimates approximately 75% of all ERP […]