IBM Introduces Single Frame and Rack Mount IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4
April 4, 2023
Latest servers expand IBM Z offerings to small and medium businesses
ArticlesThe Power of Containers on the Mainframe
March 30, 2023
Acronyms drive me crazy—and having worked more than 30 years for a company that made its living on acronyms…you can understand why. Enter: zCX, or IBM z/OS Container Extensions. It was released for z/OS 2.4 and provides Docker Swarm as support for Docker containers and cluster management. zCX is the vehicle that allows your IBM […]
ArticlesTechChannel Unveils Interactive Content Platform
March 27, 2023
What you need to know about TechChannel's new content platform and partner offerings
ArticlesiChime: A Virtual IBM i Community
March 27, 2023
How a casual Zoom meetup turned into a vibrant virtual community fostering IBM i education and connection across the globe
ArticlesRecognizing TechChannel’s 2023 IBM Champions
March 23, 2023
The IBM Champions of TechChannel offer invaluable insights and guidance that have shaped the platform into a hub for credible, expert IT content
Hanging Out (Virtually) with IBM Champions, Upgrading an Older HMC and More
March 23, 2023
In January IBM announced its latest class of IBM Champions. As is noted in that blog entry, “This year’s 839 IBM Champions come from 60 countries; 68% of them have been IBM Champions before and are returning to the program, including our 30 Lifetime IBM Champions.” That I am one of those 30 Lifetime Champions […]
ArticlesThe Path to an IBM i Career: Lessons from TechChannel’s Rising Stars
March 22, 2023
imPower Technologies’ founders Jim Buck and Michelle Lyons were delighted to see several of their past students on TechChannel’s list of 2022 Power Systems Rising Stars. It was less about their courses being mentioned and more about seeing young developers taking lead roles in the community at large. “We are so proud of these talented […]
ArticlesHMC, BMC, VMI, eBMC, FSP, Oh My!
March 16, 2023
In the beginning of the HMC era life was simple. We had an x86 HMC connected to the FSP (Flexible Service Processor) of the server. You could have redundant HMCs if you wanted, as well. With the migration to the Power HMCs until Power10 we have a BMC (baseboard management controller) in the HMC, and […]
ArticlesDevOps and Hybrid Cloud: A Q+A With Rosalind Radcliffe
March 15, 2023
Much of Rosalind Radcliffe’s career has been spent ensuring DevOps can be cross platform and cross enterprise, including zSystems as part of hybrid cloud. Most recently, Radcliffe, IBM Fellow and CIO DevSecOps CTO, moved to the client side in the IBM CIO organization, a customer of the DevSecOps products. The IBM CIO’s office is responsible […]
ArticlesVisualize System Monitor Data for IBM i
March 10, 2023
My blog Getting Started with IBM i Navigator System Monitors, Revisited explained how to set up system monitors in Navigator for i. Once you have system monitors up and running, you will want to look at the monitor data on a regular basis. There are three options: Visualize Monitor Data, Visualize Monitor Data (new tab) […]