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iPOWER Hour Episode 24: The Benefits, Features and Functions of External Storage

Posted on October 16, 2020
 
In Episode 24, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Patrick Nip about the benefits, features and functions of external storage.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 23: IBM i Security – Trends & Challenges

Posted on September 28, 2020
 
In Episode 23, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Amal MacDonald about the industry trends and challenges we are seeing with IBM i security.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 22: The Risks of Not Upgrading Your Hardware

Posted on August 24, 2020
 
In Episode 22, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Paul Rogers about the risks and repercussions of not keeping your hardware current.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 21: Disaster Recovery – What’s The Difference Between the Various Components?

Posted on July 23, 2020
 
In Episode 21, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Rick Marcotte about Disaster Recovery and the difference between the various components that make up each DR solution.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 20: The New Virtual Space and The Impact on Events & Engagement

Posted on June 25, 2020
 
In Episode 20 Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Richie Palma about navigating the new virtual space and the impact that it has had on events, customer engagement, and overall industry education.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 19: How to Promote IBM i to Your Business

Posted on May 13, 2020
 
In Episode 19 Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions’ Richie Palma about How to Promote IBM i to Your Business.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 18: IBM i Technologies to Know About When Working Remotely

Posted on April 1, 2020
 
In Episode 18 Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about IBM i technologies to know about while working remotely and some of the best practices to follow.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 17: My Company is Moving off IBM i, Now What?

Posted on March 20, 2020
 
In Episode 17 Laurie LeBlanc talks to Ron Dolan and Richie Palma from iTech Solutions about if your company starts talking about going off platform, what you can do and what you need to think about.

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Should I upgrade to IBM i 7.3 or IBM i 7.4?

Posted on February 26, 2020

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Laurie LeBlanc, iTech Solutions

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive regarding the IBM i OS is, should I upgrade to 7.3 or 7.4? The answer is: it depends.  When it comes to deciding whether you should go to 7.3 or 7.4 you have to take dependencies, features and life expectancy into consideration.

Identify which versions of IBM i your hardware can support

Before you decide, you need to verify which IBM i versions your hardware can support. There are dependencies between the hardware you are running and what OS level it can support.  If you are limited by your hardware, then you don’t have much choice in the matter.  We suggest you upgrade to the highest OS level that is compatible with your Power System.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 16: The Staying Power of Power Systems

Posted on February 19, 2020
 
Maybe you’ve seen the Power Roadmaps, or have even asked: “What’s the future of IBM i and Power Systems”? In Episode 16, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc answer this question and talk about the Staying Power of Power Systems and the future of IBM i. 

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iPOWER Hour Episode 15: FRS reduces their RTO from 48+ hours to 4 hours with iTech Solutions Group

Posted on January 22, 2020
 
In this episode, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with Carl Novit, Vice President and owner of Foodservice & Restaurant Supply (FRS), about his experience with iTech Solutions and how iTech was able to reduce his recovery time objectives when doing his DR and HA.

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iPOWER Hour Episode 14: The Next Generation of IBM i Professionals

Posted on December 19, 2019
 
In this episode, Laurie LeBlanc talks with some of the next generation IBM i professionals; Richie Palma from iTech Solutions, Steven McIver from O’Reilly Auto Parts, Marina Schwenk from Everbrite, and Ajay Gomez from Profound Logic. Listen as they discuss how they ended up working on IBM i, challenges faced on the platform and advice they would other young professionals just starting out in this industry.
 

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iPOWER Hour Episode 13: Women In Tech

Posted on December 3, 2019
 
In this episode, guest host Heather Dinho talks to some of the women on the team at iTech Solutions (Amy Upton, Laurie LeBlanc, Peg Tuttle and Yvonne Enselman) on what it means to be a woman in tech.
 

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My Company Plans to Migrate Off the IBM i – Now What?

Posted on November 20, 2019

Laurie LeBlanc, iTech

Laurie LeBlanc

Many executives talk about moving their business applications off the IBM i.  They think the platform is dead, courtesy of the people who have been saying this for the past 20 years.  While we know, the platform is open and offers businesses rock-solid availability, reliability, and securability.

They could also be thinking they will save money on hardware.  While that may be true, there will be more servers, requiring more space, more electricity, more cooling, and more human resources to support them.  In reality, they save nothing and perhaps spend more.  And they increase their risk of downtime and security vulnerability.

So, now that you have to deal with the board room decision, what should you do?

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Controlling the User Experience in IBM i Access Client Solutions

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Nathan Williams, iTech Solutions

With Client Solutions now being the only IBM-supported client software for IBM i, quite a few organizations have made the switch from the old iAccess products or are in the process of doing so. ACS is as flexible as the old application was rigid, and there are many different ways to configure it on a PC. One of the recurring questions we get from clients who are planning the switch relates to controlling what the end-user can see and use within the application. To address this,  I’d like to discuss a bit about how ACS does configuration under the hood and how administrators can have some control over what can be accessed within the application.

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