In the past few months, my team has been receiving many questions about Java, and especially about the support of Java, because of announcements Oracle has made about changes to how they will be supporting their versions of Java 8. We’ve had enough questions that we thought we ought to just publish something that clarifies what IBM i clients need to know about Java and its support options.
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Posted: December 11, 2018 |
Usually, people wait to write an annual retrospective until December, and it’s only October. But I have some good reasons to write this now, and the first of them is that there are multiple definitions of a “year,” and by one of those definitions, we already have reason to celebrate a year of success for IBM i.
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Posted: October 25, 2018 |
The IBM i OS consists of a unique architecture that not only has enabled it to remain relevant for three decades, but also enabled IBM i development to continue to provide state of the art technology for the users of the operating system. One feature of the IBM i platform often promoted is how the architecture enables companies to preserve their application development investment.
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Posted: October 2, 2018 |
Each year, it seems, I end up creating one or two brand new presentations which become frequently requested for a few years. The presentation I created this year is called “What is a ‘Modern’ Operating System?” One I created last year is now titled something like “IBM i—the Evolving Architecture.”
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Posted: September 10, 2018 |
Last week I wrote the blog I had to write. This week, I get to write the blog I’ve been wanting to write for most of the summer.
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Posted: August 14, 2018 |
Today, August 7, 2018, is announce day for Technology Refresh 5 (TR5) of IBM i 7.3 and TR9 of IBM i 7.2. In line with our IBM i communication strategy, this blog will cover highlights of the announcement, and further information will be found starting today on the IBM i site on ibm.com, the Power Systems site, in Knowledge Center, and on developerWorks. We’ll have more information in blogs and articles to be rolled out over the next few weeks. So, lets’ get started!
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Posted: August 7, 2018 |
Another story I ran into while celebrating the IBM i 30th Anniversary this year comes to us, again, from Belgium. At first, when I heard about it, I thought it would make a great client story for the IBM i 30th site, but, well, it just doesn’t quite fit, so I’ll feature it here instead.
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Posted: July 9, 2018 |
We’ve had almost three months of celebrating IBM i’s 30th anniversary, and while I’ve been busy with clients and user groups, I’ve been collecting several ideas for blogs. Today I’m going to talk about innovation, particularly in solutions developed for IBM i.
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Posted: June 21, 2018 |
Almost a year ago, I wrote about our first “class” of IBM i Fresh Faces—people who’ve joined the IBM i community in the past few years, typically just out of school. That first group of people have great stories to tell, and now they’re joined by another batch of young professionals who are bringing their enthusiasm and skills to our community.
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Posted: June 6, 2018 |
COMMON’s POWERUp18 conference is just around the corner. A large contingent of the IBM i community is in our final preparations for the event. I’m excited, and one of the best things about this particular annual conference is the focus it will have on the future: the future of IBM i as a platform, and the future of the professionals, like you, who are in the IBM i community.
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Posted: May 10, 2018 |
