For those who don’t know me yet, my name is Richie Palma and I work for an IBM BP in Grand Rapids Michigan. I’m most likely 15 to 20 years younger than the average IBM i enthusiast, which puts me in a fairly unique position. I’m blessed to work with customers that are using both…
Welcome to Arbor Solutions – Video
Arbor Solutions is a Grand Rapids Michigan based I.T. solutions provider and IBM Business Partner offering IBM Power Systems, IBM i, AIX, and Linux O/S, Licensing & Maintenance, Application Development Services (PHP, RPG, SQL, Java, JavaScript, .NET, & VB), Systems Engineering, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Hosting & Co-Location Services, Cloud (IBM i, AIX, & Linux…
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…
Video – IBM i and POWER8
How does IBM i support POWER8 hardware capabilities? This video highlights the key attributes centered around integration and ease of migration, along with useful resources to help you understand the new breed of IBM Power Systems, built on the POWER8 processor. Need more information on the many benifits of IBM Power8 running IBM i workloads?…
AIX High availability terminology and concepts
Below is a quick list of some of the key AIX concept terminology. Cluster Loosely-coupled collection of independent systems (nodes) or logical partitions (LPARs) organized into a network for the purpose of sharing resources and communicating with each other. PowerHA defines relationships among cooperating systems where peer cluster nodes provide the services offered by…