It’s hard to find someone more knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the IBM i platform than Steve Will, who holds CTO and chief architect titles at IBM. So when Will accepted an invitation from COMMON’s N2i (New to IBM i) group to speak to IBM i newcomers this week, it was a good chance to pick up something new.
One of the first things that IBM i newcomers will notice about the IBM i is that it’s an unusual platform, in several regards. For starters, it’s older than many platforms, being able to trace its lineage back to …
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IBM Patches a Slew of Security Vulns in Db2 Web Query Alex Woodie
If you haven’t started your migration off Db2 Web Query, you might want to accelerate your planning, as IBM last week disclosed a slew of security vulnerabilities in the soon-to-be-discontinued product, two of which are the critical variety and four of which have high severity ratings. IBM has issued patches for all of the flaws for the product running on IBM i 7.4 and 7.5.
On January 3, IBM disclosed a total of eight security vulnerabilities in Db2 Web Query, the IBM i-based data warehousing and business analytics tool that it OEM’ed from TIBCO’s Information Builders subsidiary, and which …
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A Few Power Systems Items At The Cusp Of The New Year Timothy Prickett Morgan
Welcome back, everyone. We hope you had a joyous vacation, and that you took your vitamins and got your rest to take on a new year.
It is generally pretty quiet in the IT racket in late December of one year and early January in the next year, and the bridge between 2023 and 2024 is no different. But there were a few items that came to our attention that we want to make you aware of.
In announcement letter AD23-1087, dated December 12, 2023, Big Blue has put some 5250 Enablement features that were withdrawn from marketing in …
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Four Hundred Monitor, January 10 Jenny Thomas
We’re back! Hopefully you have returned to us well rested from the holidays and raring to go in 2024. The team here at IT Jungle has been excited to get back to what we do best – reporting on the IBM i and all that goes with it. We look to the new year ahead with hope and anticipation of all it may bring, as well as renewed determination to continue to be the best resource for IBM i news and analysis. So let’s get back to it! Catch up on the latest industry news, and keep watch on our …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Numbers 51, 52, And 53 Doug Bidwell
With a holiday that started on December 15, the good folks at IT Jungle have a bit of catching up to do with the IBM i PTF Guide, which just kept rolling through 53 editions in 2023. (Yes, we know there are only 52 weeks in a year, but the way the days line up, you can get an extra edition of the Guide in a year.)
In Volume 25, Number 51, we had Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i is vulnerable to denial of service due to a flaw in handling multiplexed streams (CVE-2023-44487), …
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