When looking for hardware, it can be difficult to find an engaging way to view products and compare them to one another. Every website that compares specs begins to blend together into one blurry image of cores, processors, storage, and bandwidth. IBM has made a resource available that showcases not only the specifications and components…
2022 IBMi Marketplace Survey Results
As 2022 comes to a close, Arbor Solutions wanted to share with you the highlights of IBM’s recent survey within the IBMi marketplace. If you are interested in reading the full published survey, you can find it here. SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS: A look at the overall conclusions from this year’s survey: IBM i IN THE DATA…
Even IBM i shops need to be focused on Security
Today’s IT threat landscape is constantly changing, with more new unforeseen threats each day. Data breaches, hacks, ransomware, and malware are more prevalent than ever before. System monitoring and prevention of these attacks has become a top concern of company leaders. Until recently, security has not been a concern for IBM i shops. Many IBM…
DSC: Running IBM i Software Applications in the Cloud
Since the late 1970s, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial software have comprised the bulk of software applications run on IBM POWER systems — specifically the IBM i (AS/400, i Series, System i) operating system. This should come as no surprise, as IBM was founded on the premise of producing computers and hardware specifically earmarked for business….
Legacy Data – Legacy Code
We’ve had many conversations lately with clients regarding their need to organize, prioritize, or “do something’ with legacy data and sometimes legacy code. The origins of these conversations are varied from moving off a production technology platform, enterprise software migrations, industry regulations, to sometimes corporate bureaucracy demands. The conversations typically center around having large amounts…