The purpose of this blog is to highlight a subtle yet important nuance that IBM HWMA and SWMA users need to know. Disclaimer: IBM AS400 and iSeries are servers. […]
Please be aware that IBM has announced that they intend to withdraw hardware maintenance (HWMA) for your 8202-E4D effective December 31, 2020. Review Your Options And Start Planning For […]
The purpose of this blog is to stress the importance of monitoring the renewal of your support agreements. Often, IT departments are so swamped that these renewals can get […]
The purpose of this blog is to clarify terms and conditions of cloud hosting agreements, and the differences hosting IBM i vs other platforms. Clarity is essential to a […]
The purpose of this blog is to highlight the risk of running an IBM POWER server without support. While the IBM POWER servers are exceptionally reliable, unexpected downtime without […]
The purpose of this blog is to stress the importance of Disaster Recovery testing. What made this topic important to me is that recently we completed a DR test […]
The purpose of this blog is to highlight some of the challenges you and your hosting provider may face when you move your IBM i (iSeries/AS400) applications to the […]
The purpose of this blog is to highlight many factors that you want to consider when you are about to buy a new IBM POWER server. These factors will […]
The purpose of this blog is to highlight what you need to know about the IBM i POWER (AS400/iSeries) RAID controller cache and battery. I wrote this because I […]