IBM i 7.3 TR1 & IBM i 7.2 TR5 Latest and Greatest
Fall is in the air, and that of course means it is time for new toys!!! Thought new toys were only a Christmas thing?? Nope, we like to give out new toys way before that. The world of Application Development and Systems Management continues to rapidly change. With this latest Technology Refresh (TR) for IBM i […]
Continue Reading...Open Source and IBM i
With the latest IBM i 7.3 announce, the IBM i platform has continued down the path of transforming the ‘Art of the Possible’ when it comes to developing applications on IBM i for both today and on into the future. A significant part of this transformation is centered around open source. Not just the opportunity to run […]
Continue Reading...Node.js on IBM i
An exciting new day has dawned. The latest in Open Source Technologies for IBM i is now available. It was announced as part of the IBM i 7.1 TR9 and IBM I 7.2 TR1 RFA back in October and it reached GA today Dec 12! The Node.js engine is now available on IBM i. Since […]
Continue Reading...Time to get back to writing!!!
Been a while since I have had or made the time to write about all things modernization. Over the past few months the developers here in the IBM i lab have been pretty busy. We have a very long list of new items, features, and ways to help you with your modernization projects that we […]
Continue Reading...Liberty and Web Services for IBM i
The IBM i operating system has been shipping a web services runtime engine for a while now. We first delivered the Integrated Web Services (IWS) support in late 2009. This web service runtime engine was built on the Integrated Web Application Server (IAS) and the AXIS2 web services container. At that point in time, they […]
Continue Reading...Modernization Redbook has been published!
After many long months of effort by many, the Redbook ‘Modernizing IBM i Applications from the Database to the User Interface and Everything in Between’ has been officially released! The URL for the book is www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248185.html?Open Now that this book has been published, it is available both for download to your PC or favorite mobile […]
Continue Reading...Getting the Word Out
What a fun couple of weeks!! With the IBM i 7.2 announce has come a number of events to help get the word out. I spent a week at the Common event in Orlando and have since traveled to Europe where I am in the middle of a IBM i 7.2 and Modernization tour. Getting […]
Continue Reading...IBM i 7.2 – A New Release!
Solutions for a modern mobile world One of the key areas that we have been focused on over the past several years is ensuring that our users and application developers have solutions that continue to allow IBM i to be relevant in the new modern world. This focus has been especially true for system administrators […]
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