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January 17, 2026
The Two-Year Payback CIOs

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 […]
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October 16, 2025
Cause of Downtime

Understanding the Real Cause of Downtime

Learn the true cause of downtime and how weak firewalls, ISPs, and poor records can lead to costly outages.
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September 18, 2025
First Failover

The High Availability Myth: Why Your First Failover Almost Always Fails

It’s a common belief that high availability and disaster recovery are almost like a comprehensive insurance policy. Buy the right hardware, configure replication, and your continuity is assured. That story […]
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September 11, 2025
Cloud Continuity

Why Cloud Continuity Beats On-Prem Every Time

For years, many IT leaders assumed that keeping servers in-house provided them with more control and security. The logic was simple: if the blinking lights were in the building, the […]
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April 1, 2020

IBM Has Announced BIG IBM i (iSeries/AS400) SWMA Price Increases Effective April 1, 2020

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 […]
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February 26, 2020

4 Expected 2020 Trends For IBM i

  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 […]
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January 28, 2020

New IBM i (iSeries/AS400) User Wants To Be Safe From Ransomware

  The purpose of this blog is to shout from the rooftops we just got a new FIRST-TIME IBM i user! These are rare indeed. When this new client explained […]
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January 7, 2020

5 Big IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Hosting Trends

  The purpose of this blog is to highlight 5 Big IBM i Hosting Trends I expect will continue into 2020 and beyond. Disclaimer: iSeries and AS400 are servers. IBM […]
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December 3, 2019

R2D2 Is Alive And Well – Inside Your IBM i (iSeries/AS400)

  Disclaimer: IBM i is an operating system. iSeries and AS400 are servers. I use them interchangeably so folks can easily find fun stuff like this on the web. R2D2? […]
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