i Can Homecoming: Upcoming COMMON Events
January 18, 2024
My fans may have noticed a lack of i Can blog posts recently, particularly in the latter half of 2023. I apologize and confess that the main reason for my absence is I simply needed a break. The i Can blog started in 2009, and after over 13 years of regular postings, writer's block hit […]
ArticlesEssential Factors for ERP Success in 2024
January 10, 2024
If you desire to enhance your business processes and performance, diminish your IT expenses and labor costs, and furnish real-time data and reporting capabilities, you should contemplate implementing an ERP system. These are some of the top reasons enterprises pursue ERP systems, which gather various functions and departments, such as finance, operations, and human resources, […]
VideoVideo: Supercharge Your IBM i Applications With Generative AI
January 10, 2024
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity. Artificial intelligence has been getting a lot of attention these days. Elon Musk believes that it’s the most disruptive force in history and it’ll eventually take over the workforce. Now, whether or not that’s true, there’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is going to have a big […]
PodcastsModernizing IBM i With Open-Source Solutions
January 2, 2024
This transcript is edited for clarity. Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody, this is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB. Today I'm joined by Mr. Wayne Bowers of IBM. Wayne Bowers is a software engineer for IBM in IBM i, Global Support Center based in Rochester, Minnesota, which is clearly the home of […]
ArticlesPeg Tuttle to Host TechChannel PowerTalk Podcast
December 19, 2023
With the new year come new initiatives for TechChannel. The recent retirement of Paul Tuohy, former host of the iTalk With Tuohy podcast, means two changes are happening to the podcast: a new name and a new host. Starting in January 2024, IBM Champion Peg Tuttle is taking over as host of TechChannel’s sponsored IBM […]
How to Upgrade to PowerVM v4.1.0.10
December 8, 2023
In this article I will go over my recent experience upgrading VIO servers from version 3 to version 4. The process is similar to going from version 2 to version 3, but I did run into a few issues that you should be able to avoid. The first step is to download the code and […]
PodcastsThe Big Secret About APIs
December 1, 2023
This transcript is edited for clarity. Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. This is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB. I’m so happy today to announce that I have as a guest one of the senior developers on our own team at Central Park Data Systems, Mr. Rainier Sajous. I have had the […]
E-Books2023 TechChannel Rising Stars
November 21, 2023
Meet the 2023 class of TechChannel Rising Stars, who have worked on IBM Z or Power Systems for five years or less but are already making a big impact on the mainframe and IBM i ecosystems
E-BooksHarness the Power of DevOps on IBM i
November 17, 2023
Midrange Dynamics’ Donna Westmoreland and Sapan Shah highlight 7 considerations for shifting to a DevOps framework and Profound Logic’s Alex Roytman explains why AI could revolutionize IBM i
ArticlesIBM Unveils IBM Storage Scale System 6000
November 16, 2023
On October 31, IBM announced the release of the IBM Storage Scale System 6000, the latest innovation within the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio. To satisfy new computational demands on account of growing AI adoption, the IBM Storage Scale System 6000 is a cloud-scale global data platform designed to yield greater value from […]