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…
Modernizing your DR plan and Backups: Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
Once upon a time, tape backup was the only answer for a Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy. In many cases today, we have found this strategy incomplete and not successful. Often times, tapes are stored next to the system, stored in a closet, in the trunk of a car, or other places where they are unprotected…
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…
Modernization Tips
Like a car, your infrastructure and mission critical applications won’t run forever without some help. It may work for a long time, but eventually you need to change the oil, give it some new tires, or replace your starter. Technology is ever changing, growing, becoming faster, smarter, and more efficient. We all hope this is…
What is your 2018 plan?
With the start of the new year, companies are setting goals and creating plans to make the new year successful. Change is never an easy thing, however it is necessary to facilitate continuous improvement. In the IT world, continuous improvement is another term for modernization. This process can be time consuming, requires the appropriate resources,…