IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 9
IBM i 7.2 has been superseded a long time ago, but there is still a lot of it in the Power Systems installed base and Big Blue is still making updates to it for those customers who are stuck on the 7.2...
View ArticleFocusing On People: Strengthening Cybersecurity In IBM Power Systems
In the digital realm, cybersecurity is crucial, particularly for essential infrastructures like IBM Power Systems. These machines support various business functions and are prime targets for...
View ArticleIt Would be Uncommon For IBM Announcements To Not Be In May
For as long as we can remember, there is a general trend of spring and fall announcements for the IBM midrange. It is not a perfect correlation, of course. The original AS/400 announcement was done on...
View ArticleBig Blue Goes After Healthcare With Aggressive Power Systems Pricing
We often gently admonish the vendors in the IBM i market that they have to make news to be in the news and also to do something snazzy, like a special promotion or a price cut to get the attention of...
View ArticleSundry IBM Tape Subsystem Announcements
IBM has been shipping tape drives and tape libraries based on LTO-9 tape cartridge technology for nearly three years, which is why we think it is odd that last week we saw that the TS2290 machine now...
View ArticleYet More Announcements On IBM i Software Subscriptions
In the past two years, Big Blue has done of lot of things to repackage the IBM i software stack, and even its entry Power Systems machinery, to be consistent with the modern world of utility pricing...
View ArticleWhat Do Secondhand Power9 Machines Cost These Days?
Before IBM consolidated its Global Asset Recovery Services arm in the Systems group in the wake of the spinout of the Kyndryl outsourcing and services business, we could go out to the IBM web site...
View ArticleDetails On The IBM i Subscription Conversion Deals For P05 And P10 Tiers
As you are well aware by now, Big Blue is in the middle of changing from perpetual licensing plus Software Maintenance for the IBM i stack to subscription pricing that includes licensing and tech...
View ArticleIBM Hardware, Software, And Support Prices Hiked
Last fall/summer we caught wind of the fact that IBM was going to raise prices on hardware and software effective this year, and then we never saw the announcement letter from Big Blue on General Price...
View ArticleLightEdge Acquires Connectria To Round Out Each Other’s Power Play
If there is a large group of IT customers who pay a premium for a premium product but who are also going to be experiencing a skills shortage in the coming years, then you want to be in the position of...
View ArticleWhat Big Blue’s HashiCorp Buy Might Mean For The IBM i Platform
Here is a riddle for you, or even two. Why did IBM buy systems software maker HashiCorp for $6.4 billion? And what on Earth, if anything, will this mean for IBM i customers, or even Power Systems...
View ArticlePower Systems Poised To Embiggen This Year?
We were away on a hiatus and not publishing last week, and therefore we are now going to go through Big Blue’s financial results for the first quarter of 2024, and take a deep dive into its systems...
View ArticlePower10 Entry Machines: The Power S1012
It has taken almost two years to complete the Power10 server set and it has been almost four years since we first wrote about the details of the Power10 processor, but with the launch of the “Bonnell”...
View ArticleYouthful IBM i Optimism In Fort Worth
The IBM i community showed up in force last month for COMMON’s annual conference. And they sure didn’t drive or fly to Fort Worth for the weather, which was hot and muggy. The POWERUp 2024 attendees –...
View ArticleCelerity Buys Chilli IT To Expand Its Power Systems Business
Like so many companies that have been part of the AS/400 ecosystem, both Celerity and Chilli IT are relatively small firms with long histories in peddling Power-based systems from IBM and who expanded...
View ArticleFans Revving Like Crazy On Your Power10? Check The Firmware
It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes a patch to firmware for Power Systems is defective, and when it does happen, we like to point it out. Defective PTFs happen fairly regularly with IBM i, as...
View ArticlePower Systems Continues Its Slight Upward Trend
There is an old saying: No news is good news, and with a slew of medical issues in our family right now, we get that. But what is also true is that good news is good news, and when it comes to the...
View ArticleIBM Tweaks Power10 Hardware: Fatter Memory, Other Stuff
We haven’t seen a lot of hardware announcements this year from Big Blue for the Power Systems platform, and you really should not expect much in the way of new hardware when Power11 systems are...
View ArticleIBM Kills Off Entry Power Server Hardware Subscription, Old Features
Big Blue has been talking about offering a complete IBM system, including hardware, software, and support, as a single offering and under a single price, for more than two years now. The company talked...
View ArticleHow Managed Service Providers De-Risk Technologies For Customers
When you run your own IT shop, you can only absorb new techniques and technologies as fast as your people can learn about them. Managed service providers, on the other hand, generally have a higher...
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