Like anything in IT, eventually there will be a time where applications need updating. Web applications and websites will run for a long time, but there will come a time where these web apps are unable to integrate with newer technologies, run slower than before, or have security issues. Any IT department focused on modernization…
IBM i V7R4 Announcement
On April 23rd IBM announced the release of IBM I V7R4. Don’t bother calling your favorite IBM Business Partner just yet to get your order rolling. Availability date for the release is June 21st. V7R3 was announced along with a Technical Refresh of V7R3 and a new software product that stole the attention of the…
Watson Analytics – Watson for the Rest of Us
A lot of my conversations lately revolve around business analytics and Watson Analytics usually comes up. The question I usually get is – What is Watson Analytics? My simplest, most straightforward answer: Watson is a desktop, subscription-based, easy to use, cloud-based analytics tool. Watson is intuitive and fast and is designed to give you answers…
Disaster Recovery Business Risk Assessment – Know What Before How
In my last blog post I talked about the first step in Disaster Recovery or High Availability planning, Business Impact Analysis – The First Step in DR Planning. The next step in the process is conducting a Risk Assessment. A risk assessment will help you identify the events that could impact your organization. This will…
Business Impact Analysis – The First Step in DR Planning
Disaster Recovery and High Availability have been a pretty common theme in client conversations lately. Most of the conversation centers on the increased awareness of the need by business management and the continued decline in the costs involved in implementing those solutions. In a blog post I wrote a couple years ago I talked about…