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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The purpose of this blog is share insights about IBM servers and hosting that is way more than users need. Disclaimer: IBM i is an operating system. iSeries and AS400 […]
This blog briefly describes IBM’s SWMA (Software Maintenance for IBM Licensed Program Products) price increases beginning April 1, 2020 and an overview of some of your options. Disclaimer: IBM i […]
The purpose of this blog is to explain the IBM i encryption options and factors to help the reader determine when IBM i data-at-rest encryption is cost-justified. Disclaimer: IBM i […]
The purpose of this blog is to briefly highlight the 7 key benefits of online cloud backup. Tape management can be distracting and is prone to failure. Online backup […]
The purpose of this blog is to highlight how excessive frugality and lack of IBM i (iSeries/AS400) expertise can have grave consequences for users. Over the decades I have […]
The purpose of this blog is to provide a high-level overview of 4 key 2020 IBM i trends. Each topic involves more detail than I can provide with this […]