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July 13, 2026

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IBM i V7.4 End of Support Requires an Active Transition Strategy

IBM i V7.4 reaches end of software support at the end of September. After that date, IBM stops issuing security patches for the platform. Here is what the PTF exposure means for your environment and how to plan the upgrade before the window closes.

July 9, 2026

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IBM i Total Cost of Ownership Changed When Perpetual Licensing Ended

IBM's 2025 elimination of perpetual software licensing changed the buy-versus-host calculation for IBM i shops. A new entry-level Power server now represents an $80,000 to $100,000 five-year commitment. Here is what the current IBM i total cost of ownership math actually looks like.

February 7, 2026

The AS400 Check Engine Light Problem and Why Most Outages Are Preventable

If you have supported IBM i environments long enough, you already know how the story unfolds. The system runs flawlessly for years, sometimes decades, and then one morning it stops. […]

February 3, 2026

The PTF Debt Crisis: Why Falling Behind Now Creates a Security Liability

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 […]

January 30, 2026

The AS400 Skills Collapse: Why Black Box Thinking Became Midmarket IT’s Biggest Operational Risk

Walk into almost any midmarket shop still running IBM i, and you’ll hear the same line: “Our system just runs. It never breaks.” As a CIO, I used to take […]

January 27, 2026

High Availability Reality Check: Why SAN Snapshots Beat Traditional AS400 Recovery Every Time

Most IT leaders still treat AS400 recovery like it is the early 2000s. Long backup windows, tape restores, weekend outages, and a sense that this is simply how IBM i […]

January 17, 2026

The Two-Year Payback CIOs See When They Compare Cloud Hosting to New IBM i Hardware

Do you have an aging IBM i environment? Are you weighing hardware renewal against cloud hosting? A pattern we see repeatedly is that the payback period for cloud hosting is […]

January 14, 2026

Most ERP and system replacements take 2–7 years. Learn why IBM i environments face long timelines and how CIOs can modernize without stalling.

The 2–7 Year Problem: Why New System Implementations Fail

There is a myth that shows up in almost every steering committee review and budgeting session. People believe that once you pick a new platform, the rest will fall into […]

January 7, 2026

The Backup Illusion That Puts IBM i Environments at Risk

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. […]

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July 13, 2026