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A Word from iTech Solutions President, Pete Massiello. Last Tuesday morning I wrote in a tweet “It’s a good day to be an IBM i customer”. Someone replied, “Isn’t every day a great day to be an IBM i customer?” …
Posted in: Newsletter
Someone asked me what my favorite item was on IBM i 7.4, and I thought, “Well, that is a tough one”. I thought instead of picking one, I would start a series over the next few months covering my favorite…
Posted in: IBM i Tech Tips Tagged with: 7.4, IBM i, ibm i 7.4, ibm i os, ibm i os upgrades
Quick Crucial Tips for IBM i Operators and Administrators This overflowing session is designed to help ensure every IBM i administrator and operator has at least a backpack full of valuable tips for when they return home. From command line…
Posted in: Recorded Webinars Tagged with: ibm i system admin, ibm i tips, ibm i webinar, steve pitcher
Last Tuesday morning I wrote in a tweet “It’s a good day to be an IBM i customer”. Someone replied, “Isn’t every day a great day to be an IBM i customer?” I can’t argue with that. But last Tuesday…
Posted in: iTech Announcements
People are always asking me how often they should be performing PTF maintenance, and when is the right time to upgrade their operating system. I updated this article from last month with the current levels of PTFs. Let’s look at…
Posted in: IBM i Release Levels & PTFs Tagged with: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, CR1, CR7, Cumul Pack, Firmware Levels, Grp Hipers, Hardware Management Console, HMC, IBM i, IBM i 6.1, PTF Levels, Tech Refresh
Topics include: Upcoming end of life date review. What happens to my current IBM hardware maintenance contract after P6 & P7 service discontinuation date? What does IBM’s extended hardware support provide & is there anything I should be concerned about…
Posted in: Recorded Webinars
After the dust settles after a security breach, the next logical questions are: “What happened and how can we prevent it from happening again?” We will deconstruct a number of security failures that will provide lessons that you can take…
Join IBM Champions Pete Massiello and Richie Palma as they answer common questions regarding POWER9. This is part two of a two-part series. [Part one]
Join IBM Champions Pete Massiello and Richie Palma for a virtual POWER9 Q&A Session. Topics include: How does the POWER9 compare to previous models? What is the outlook for POWER9 in 2019? The benefits of migrating to POWER9, and what…
If you remember in a statement about my predictions for 2019, I said that the next release of IBM i would contain some of the biggest enhancements ever put out by IBM for OS/400 or IBM i. Well, it is…
Posted in: Blog Tagged with: 7.4, IBM i, ibm i 7.4, ibm i os, ibm i os upgrades
