If you’ve read some of my recent blog articles, you’re probably well aware that I love configuring hardware solutions. It may even be considered by many as a borderline obsession. Even though we still consider it hardware, 90% of the process is spent dialing into the most cost efficient combination of hardware and software to…
IBM i, WordPress, and Open Source – Changing the local real estate game
Our long time customer, Grand Rapids Association of Realtors, was presented with the COMMON 2017 Innovation Award at the opening session of the COMMON Annual 2017 Conference in Orlando Florida. As I watched the presentation, I took great pride in what they achieved and the role our application development and engineering team played in the…
Arbor Solutions Inc. will donate a min $1,000 to the Common Education Foundation for each new IBM POWER8 Server (Now to 4/28/2017)
We are extremely excited and proud to announce an offering from Arbor Solutions Inc. If you purchase an IBM Power System between now and 4/28/2017, we will donate a minimum of $1,000 to the Common Education Foundation. Common has been a huge part of our 25+ year history and our Arbor Solutions family is looking forward…
Steve Will, IBM i Chief Architect – What’s new in IBM i 7.2?
Steve Will, IBM i Operating System Chief Architect, talks about some of the highlights of IBM i 7.2 and TR 1 that were delivered in 2014. Video Transcription Hi, I’m Steve Will, the Chief Architect of the IBM i Operating System. I’m here today to talk to you a little bit about the IBM i…
Benefit for Mid-Sized Business’s Running on IBM Power8 (S814 & S824) Systems
We have upgraded a fair amount of our customers with older IBM Power Systems to IBM’s recently released Power8 systems. IBM has yet again made big strides in performance, reliability, and scalability within the system unit and the operating systems. Today I will not go into details about the performance specs or harp on the…