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Pete Massiello featured in IT Jungle’s 2019 IBM i Predictions Article

Posted on January 23, 2019

With 2019 upon us, it’s natural for one to wonder what’s in store for IBM i in the upcoming year. According to iTech President, Pete Massiello, the outlook for IBM i is looking good for this year. How good? “2019…

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Pete Massiello, Richie Palma, and Steve Pitcher of iTech Solutions Named IBM Champions for 2019

Posted on January 11, 2019

It’s a time to celebrate for the iTech Solutions team. Pete Massiello, Richie Palma, and Steve Pitcher have been selected as IBM Power Champions for 2019. An IBM Champion, according to the IBM Champion website, means to “demonstrate both expertise…

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Richie Palma of iTech Solutions Featured in Fresche Thinking

Posted on December 7, 2018

Dani Szwarc interviews Richie Palma of iTech Solutions. Richie, a Tech Solutions Consultant and IBM Champion, provides Dani with a fresh perspective on IBM Power Systems and the IBM i community as a whole. See the interview here.

Posted in: Blog, iTech Announcements

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End of life for IBM POWER6 and POWER7

Posted on November 26, 2018

If you run IBM i on IBM Power Systems, this will hopefully come as a friendly reminder. IBM will be discontinuing hardware support on POWER6 machines at end of Q1 2019 and for POWER7 at end of Q3 2019. You…

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5 Ways To Protect Your Sensitive Data on IBM i

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Regulations (FISMA, HIPPA, SOX, and more) are forcing companies to evaluate how they protect their sensitive data. Industries such as finance, insurance, and healthcare have the most pressure to comply with these regulations which are geared towards protecting consumers private information. …

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Richie Palma and Yvonne Enselman Advocate for the Future of IBM i in IBM Systems Magazine

Posted on November 9, 2018

iTech Solutions’ team members Richie Palma and Yvonne Enselman have been featured in the November 2018 issue of IBM Systems Magazine, advocating for developing young talent and women in the IBM i community. Richie Palma, who is an IBM i…

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The Scary Truth About IBM i Security Pushbacks

Posted on October 12, 2018

If you’re looking to make improvements to your IBM i security, then you need to be able to get your whole team on the same page, which sometimes can mean common oppositions. But, does your team know the scary truth…

Posted in: Blog, Security
Tagged with: IBM i, ibm i security, IBM Power Systems, Security

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How to Evaluate Your Managed Service’s Needs

Posted on September 25, 2018

Managed Services can be tailored to fit the needs of your business, which means you need to evaluate where a third party provider can provide you with the most benefits. Identifying where you have vulnerabilities or gaps with your system…

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10 Steps to Prepare for a Security Breach

Posted on August 28, 2018

We have to ask ourselves…what can we do to protect our organizations? In his book “Scouting for Boys” (1908), the founder of the Boy Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell said: “Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout…

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Tagged with: IBM i, Security, Security Breach

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Peripheral Support for MSP Customers

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This blog was written as part of the iTech Monthly Newsletter, August 2018, by Yvonne Enselman. Yyvonne will be speaking at the COMMON Fall Conference in Pittsburgh. Join her for her session, Basics of Testing for Programmers. To join 20,000…

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iTech Solutions Group Blog

Pete Massiello featured in IT Jungle’s 2019 IBM i Predictions Article

Pete Massiello, Richie Palma, and Steve Pitcher of iTech Solutions Named IBM Champions for 2019

Richie Palma of iTech Solutions Featured in Fresche Thinking

Richie Palma and Yvonne Enselman Advocate for the Future of IBM i in IBM Systems Magazine

The Scary Truth About IBM i Security Pushbacks

How to Evaluate Your Managed Service’s Needs

10 Steps to Prepare for a Security Breach

Peripheral Support for MSP Customers

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