Please forgive me if I sound self-indulgent. But this week I had too many sales calls with low-caliber sales people. I have been in sales since I was 22 … 44 years. Sure, when I started I knew nothing, my selling skills were weak, and I was trained to close hard. Thank goodness I got over that! But I was so insecure about my lack of technical, business and processes knowledge that I worked very hard to understand how my products worked, the depth and breadth of my prospective clients’ … [Read more...]
STD – “Software Transfer Dilemma” and Outrageous Fees
Many IBM i (iSeries/AS400) are considering changing their legacy POWER server because of IBM announced hardware and software support expirations as well as software providers who may longer support older versions of their applications. So, if you can no longer get IBM hardware support, IBM software support or application support from your software vendor, you have to start evaluating your options. Most IBM i users I talk to only consider major hardware upgrades every 7-15 years. In other … [Read more...]
IBM i. Just More Reliable
Running Out Of Kerosene Can Be Worse Than Running Out Of Gas… Much Worse. Have you ever seen someone walking down a road carrying a can of gasoline? Sure you have. Running out of gas is not all that uncommon, and it certainly is a hassle. But when was the last time you heard of an airliner running out of gas? Actually, airliners don’t run on gasoline, they run on jet fuel, which is essentially a grade of kerosene. When an airliner runs out of fuel, it’s more than a hassle, it’s a … [Read more...]
IBM i Security Built In From The Beginning. Integration And Hardware Independence, Too.
A few weeks ago I published a blog about IBM i security built in at the beginning. I want to highlight sections of Frank Soltis book “Inside the AS/400.” Dr. Soltis notes that the AS400 security features were not an afterthought. Specifically, the IBM i has actually 2 operating systems – the IBM iOS and the License Internal Cover (LIC or microcode). IBM iOS runs on top of LIC, which is part of the POWER server hardware. LIC runs “under” iOS. LIC knows the details of the hardware and … [Read more...]
Why IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Owners Do NOT Have to Pay for Custom Programming Every Time There’s a Hardware Change
Hint: The Simple Answer Is Technology Independent Machine Interface (TIMI) You need software to run your business…and you need hardware to run your software. Your software—or more precisely, what your software does—is the reason you spend money on information technology. Some of that money has to go toward hardware, of course, but hardware is, functionally speaking, twice-removed from the “action.” Running your business profitably and efficiently is the “action,” and that’s why you want to … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Cloud400 IBM i (iSeries/AS400) Hosting Is So Popular
What make Cloud400 so POPULAR? The short answer is that Cloud400 IBM i (iSeries/AS400) hosting is Simple and Affordable? As IBM i experts working with AS400 since it was first introduced in 1988, we have designed and refined Cloud400 to be simple and affordable. How can that be? Hosting can be complex. Hosting requires skills and technology for IBM i, networking, security, redundancy, backups, operations, disaster recovery and support. That’s tricky stuff. Well, while it is tricky … [Read more...]
What Is IBM i Single Level Storage? And Why Should I Care?
Well, if you have been working on IBM i for a long time, you already know the answer. And you take single-level storage for granted. Probably don’t give it a thought. If so, the value of this post is to share with others who are unaware of single-level storage and its benefits. So What Is Single-Level Storage, Anyway? Think of single-level storage as ‘unlimited’ computer storage on a single two-dimensional plane of addresses, pointing to pages (or objects). Pages may be in primary … [Read more...]
IBM i Was Designed Secure In The Beginning. Not Added On After The Fact.
How Secure Is IBM i? As we all know, very secure. No IBM i Viruses Let's start with viruses, since they still represent the single largest threat to computer security. In a nutshell, there are no known IBM i viruses. Compared to its main rivals, Windows, UNIX and Linux, this is impressive. For example, a quick Google search for Windows viruses reveals more than 55,400,000 hits. No IBM i Vulnerabilities What about vulnerabilities? Well, one of the most respected information … [Read more...]
If An IBM i Server Could Talk, You’d Never Hear These 5 Excuses
There’s a lot of talk these days about cognitive computing and artificial intelligence. Well, let’s pretend for a moment your IBM i can talk. Here are 5 excuses you will never hear from your IBM i server. 1) “I just froze up and started deleting files because I got hit with ransomware.” The IBM i object–oriented architecture does not permit frightful software like ransomware to exploit an IBM i. 2) “I just got a virus. I won’t be working right.” Again, the IBM i object–oriented … [Read more...]
What Should You Expect From Your IBM i Business Partner
While I am very grateful to be invited to help more IBM i users with new servers or cloud hosting, I am amazed how many of them feel they were taken advantage of by their previous Business Partner. I say this because I commonly see configurations that are over-sized for the workload. In other words, the IBM i user paid WAY too much for extra disk storage, memory, processing and software that was not needed for the business. Also, being involved in many situations where an IBM user is … [Read more...]
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