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A few weeks ago we were tasked with helping a customer log all IBM i user profile changes and deletes for audit and historical purposes....

CIOs are tasked with many important duties and responsibilities, two of which include the management of IT personnel and maintaining IT systems and operations.  The...

Let’s chat a little on the security buzzwords you need to know to access and how it affects Spool files. The good thing is we...

Below is a table of the major group PTFs for the last few releases. This is what we are installing for our customers on iTech...

How good are your backups? Wait, don’t answer too quickly. Today March 31st is World Backup Day.  It’s probably a good day to review your...

Not sure if you should buy a Power 9 now or wait until the Power 10 is announced and shipping?  We’re talking Scale-Out Systems here,...

Keeping your HMC (Hardware Management Console) up to date is not only good for security and for squashing pesky bugs, but it is also good...

Below is a table of the major group PTFs for the last few releases. This is what we are installing for our customers on iTech...

POWER8 (and later) servers include a UAK (update access key) that is checked when system firmware updates are applied to the system. Update access keys...

Below is a table of the major group PTFs for the last few releases. This is what we are installing for our customers on iTech...

Journal management provides a means by which you can record the activity of objects on your system. When you use journal management, you create an...

Over the past few years’ information technology has embraced cloud environments more and more. While many will say that cloud is steadily increasing in adoption...

Many of you (well, hopefully, all of you!) regularly apply PTFs to your systems to keep them current with fixes from IBM.  Doing so ensures...

A few months ago we talked about two very simple core components of our IBM i penetration test: exploiting firewall NAT rules and default passwords....

Besides overseeing the core information technology (IT) infrastructure, the CIO is also a visionary; one that needs to catapult the company to the forefront of...