February 3, 2026
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 […]
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January 30, 2026
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 14, 2026
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
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. […]
January 7, 2026
If you have run IBM i environments long enough, you have seen the legacy programmer trap play out repeatedly. Many CIOs inherit a 20-30-year-old system that quietly powers everything from […]
October 2, 2025
Most IBM i environments today are running on hardware that’s 10 to 20 times larger than what the actual workloads require. Not because IT leaders want that much horsepower, but […]
April 14, 2025
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 […]
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 […]
March 26, 2020
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 […]