IBMi Blog - You and I
Live Partition Mobility, TR4 and more - IBM i 7.1
Today is announce day for several items that might be of interest to many of you, and one thing that will certainly affect almost all...
IBM PureSystems and IBM i
Today IBM is announcing IBM PureSystems, and as announcements go, it is a major announcement. It touches all aspects of what IBM offers customers, and...
Smarter Computing and Workload Optimized Infrastructure for IBM i
Today's guest blogger is well-known speaker and IBM i expert, Alison Butterill, IBM i Product Manager. Steve and I have been talking with many clients...
A Metaphorical Axe and Your Software
Today’s blog is a metaphor. And a story. It was inspired by conversations at a roundtable at the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professionals Association Conference. Andy...
Operating System, Operating Environment and IBM i
A couple of weeks ago, a discussion started on a LinkedIn group: Is IBM i an “operating system” or an “operating environment?” In the course...
COMMON Europe is 50; COMMON US is Disney
In just a couple of short months, two very important IBM i-related conferences will be held on two continents, and it’s time for you to...
Smarter Planet, Smarter Computing and IBM i
By now, I think most of you have seen the “Smarter Planet” advertisements from IBM. This marketing theme has been the overarching message from IBM...
Designed for Data - IBM i Video
It’s another exciting week for the IBM i community! If you go to the redesigned IBM Power Systems web page, you will get to see...
Software Pricing With IBM i Virtualization
In the past couple of blogs, I’ve written about topics that directly affect a large portion of our IBM i clients, with the RPG OA...
V5R4 End of Service Date Announcement
IBM is announcing today that the effective End of Service date for the V5R4 release of the operating system (known at that time as i5/OS)...
RPG – Open Access for All
IBM is announcing today that Rational Open Access: RPG Edition (aka RPG OA) is being included, at no extra charge, with the RPG ILE compiler...
ERP Solutions – Popular and Optimized on IBM i
Did you know that the biggest business applications in the world are available and optimized on IBM i? For example, IBM i customers can choose...
Off to a Fast Start and Tweets with Good Links
I know, I know. You haven’t read anything new in “You and i” for a while. My fault (obviously) so let me explain. The first...
