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IBM and Cohesity Collaborate to Offer New Security Solution

TechChannel

March 3, 2023

On March 2, IBM announced that it is partnering with Cohesity to offer a new Storage Defender solution that includes IBM Storage Protect, IBM Storage FlashSystems, IBM Storage Fusion, and Cohesity DataProtect. IBM Storage Defender uses AI and event monitoring to combat the impacts of breaches and cyberattacks as security risks rise in today’s data-driven […]

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Feet of Iron, Heads of Clay: The Counterintuitive Persistence of Legacy Technology

Reg Harbeck

March 3, 2023

COBOL and the IBM mainframe are nerds. I’ll explain shortly, but first… The term “feet of clay” has become a common part of our language, referring to leaders, organizations and initiatives that have unreliable foundational traits despite the best and most visionary of intentions. Of course, the subtle implications often include that those very attractive […]

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A Deep Dive Into Deep Fakes With Dr. Ilke Demir

Charlie Guarino

March 2, 2023

Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. This is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB. I’m really thrilled to have join me somebody that I have been reading so much about and have watched so many videos on, and it’s a real delight to have her here. I’m talking about Dr. Ilke Demir, and let me […]

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Teaching the New Class of Mainframe Architects

Beatrice Ogeh

February 23, 2023

For Bobby Houston, hybrid cloud architect at Kyndryl, the best part about the mainframe is the people. Pat Stanard, Houston’s mentor and chief mainframe architect at Kyndryl, is one of those people. Houston and Stanard met through Aspiring Architects, a program started by Stanard that prepares participants for careers in mainframe architecture. Bobby went through […]

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Getting Started with IBM i Navigator System Monitors, Revisited

Dawn May

February 21, 2023

Dawn May explains how to set up system monitors in Navigator for i

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Networking, Hanging NIM Operations and AIX Quirks

Rob McNelly

February 16, 2023

Rob McNelly covers how to troubleshoot common NIM issues and AIX tips and tricks

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The Staying Power of IBM i: Ask ChatGPT, IBM i Users or IBM

Steve Will

February 15, 2023

As I mentioned in my last post, IBM i celebrates 35 years in 2023. That’s 35 years of providing an integrated platform which reliably runs businesses of all sizes—and doing it in a way that not only satisfies our customers, but it does it so well that a vast majority of our IBM i users […]

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IBM Announces 2023 IBM Power Strategy

TechChannel

February 14, 2023

Today, IBM announced several updates to IBM Power, as well as its 2023 strategy for IBM Power clients and partners. Ken King, general manager of IBM Power, says, “It is well known but worth reiterating that IBM Power is designed for mission-critical workloads that require superior availability, reliability, security and performance. In other words, it’s […]

Podcasts

Westley McDuffie on Zero Trust and Data Security

Charlie Guarino

February 1, 2023

Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. Welcome to yet another edition of TechTalk SMB. In today’s podcast I am really thrilled to be sitting here with Westley McDuffie. Westley is an IBM security evangelist working with the federal sales team supporting DOD and the intelligence community clients. Westley is responsible for educating IBM’s federal customers, from building […]

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Alerting for System Limits on IBM i

Dawn May

January 26, 2023

IBM i automatically tracks many system limits and allows you to review these limits using various IBM i services, such as the QSYS2.SYSLIMITS view. There are many monitored categories, such as database, journal, work management and file system limits. See the System Health Services topic in the IBM i Knowledge Center for the full list […]

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Closing the Mainframe Information Gap Through Education

Neil Tardy

January 25, 2023

If you’re reading this, you likely don’t need to be told that a mainframe career is very rewarding. The pay is excellent, the opportunity to work with world-class technology is exciting and the profession is filled with supportive people who are passionate about the platform. Dr. Cameron Seay, an adjunct professor at East Carolina University […]

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Problem-Solving via the Internet, the Importance of Patching and More

Rob McNelly

January 20, 2023

Rob McNelly shares clients’ stories and details how he solved their technical challenges

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The Art of Coding: Teaching the Next Generation of Coders

Julie York

January 19, 2023

Many of today’s most in-demand skills at U.S. organizations are computer science-based, and coding tops the list. However, industries across the globe have voiced their concern over the lack of tech skills among high-school and college graduates. Of course, every country has its own projections for coders: Some project a labor market job growth of […]

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Mainframe, Security and More: A Review of 2022 and a Look at 2023

Trevor Eddolls

January 19, 2023

2022 was the year people decided whether they wanted to go back to working in an office environment, or whether they preferred to work from home. At some organizations, management feared they would lose control of employees they couldn’t see all day. Other companies trusted their staff to complete tasks at times that suited them—given […]

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IBM i 2023: Guided Tours, the 35th and More

Steve Will

January 18, 2023

Happy New Year, everyone! I’ve decided to start 2023 off right by telling you a bit about what’s coming in 2023, while also telling you a bit about some things we did last year that you might want to know about. Let’s get started. In 2021 and 2022, IBM started selling Power10-based servers—with IBM i […]

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Recruiting Untapped Mainframe Talent

Nick Pachnos

January 11, 2023

One of the biggest challenges in the world of legacy technology is the talent gap. While venerable systems such as mainframes still run the world, it is incredibly difficult to find people to run and manage them. This creates a precarious situation for CIOs and CTOs who are under constant pressure to help their teams […]

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IBM, Lenovo and HPE Servers Deliver Strongest Security as Data Breaches Surge

Laura DiDio

January 9, 2023

A 52% majority of enterprises cannot determine the amount of time it took their businesses to identify, isolate and shut down a security attack

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The Evolution of N2i

Emma Pitzl

January 6, 2023

Richie Palma, Marina Schwenk and Anna Marrah highlight the COMMON N2i group—from how it started to where it’s going

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A Look at Upcoming COMMON Events

Dawn May

January 4, 2023

COMMON is the preeminent organization offering the best educational opportunities for IBM Power Systems professionals. We’ve been busy setting up 2023, so let’s look at what is coming this year.  iHAXLABS Kicking off the year is a LoopBack Hackathon that is being held in conjunction with Common Europe and is branded as iHAXLABS. This event […]

Podcasts

Node.js Is Here for the Long Haul

Charlie Guarino

January 4, 2023

Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. This is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB. Today I’m very happy to have with me—well if I look at the bio, I see a software developer at IBM working on enabling open-source software packages for IBM i. But quite literally in the last 30 minutes or so […]

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A Look at the Latest AIX 7.3 Enhancements

Chris Gibson

December 22, 2022

In December 2022, AIX 7.3 Technology Level (TL) 1 became available. Many new features and functions were delivered with this TL. You can find the official list of announcements and “what’s new” information at the following links: I wanted to take a moment to talk about some of the new enhancements that caught my attention […]

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Leveraging AI in the Marketing Realm

Keelia Estrada Moeller

December 20, 2022

I love visiting my Grandmother, and over the years I’ve grown to love Waverly, Iowa. But it’s been even more pleasant visiting over the last few years, ever since a little coffee shop moved in less than a mile from her home. Until then, it was nearly impossible to get a latte or any kind […]

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IBM i Services Update

Dawn May

December 19, 2022

I am happy to announce that IBM delivered another round of updates to IBM i Services with the Db2 Group PTF released earlier this month. This blog reviews my favorite enhancements. QSYS2.COMMAND_INFO is a new service to return command information similar to DSPCMD. With no WHERE clause, you can populate a list of all commands […]

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Delivering Cyberresiliency for Mainframes

Mark Wilson

December 19, 2022

Cyberresilience is essential for operational and business continuity: it’s part-and-parcel of providing continuous protection for the business and maintaining a hardened security stance. How can you develop and deliver the right strategy to ensure this resilience, secure your mainframe systems and data from attack and other threats and, crucially, resume operations quickly and effectively in […]

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Monitoring IBM i With Prometheus

Jesse Gorzinski

December 14, 2022

Jesse Gorzinski on how to use Prometheus to monitor your entire technology ecosystem, including IBM i

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