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​02 Marina Schwenk is back on The Incredible i Show! She’s an IBM Champion, CAAC member, COMMON board director, and now an international speaker. In this episode, we dive into the latest from WMCPA, the impact of N2i in bringing young talent to IBM i, and COMMON’s growing global presence. Plus, insights on AI, modernization, and what’s next for the platform. Don’t miss it! Marina Schwenk, IBM Champion 2024, Senior Programmer/AnalystEmail: [email protected] – COMMON Americas Advisory CouncilOne incredible Th(i)ng!  Products, gadgets, recipes, music or things we are loving right now.Marina’s pick for this week:IBM Champion Gear!Peg’s pick for this week:Heading south for the winter!Upcoming EVENTS:WMCPA, March 11-13, 2025 NEUGC, April 7-9, 2025 POWERUp 2025, Anaheim, CA – May 19-22, 2025SHOW SPONSORS:LightedgeCOMMONCheck out our website and LinkedIn page, and like and subscribe to all those things!Interested in sharing your IBM i story? Want to sponsor the podcast? We want to hear from you! Reach out to Peg.Email: [email protected] Read More 

​[[{“value”:”Several days ago, I opened a ticket to the IBM support for a problem that was affecting one of my production lpar. The technician ask me to generate a System Snapshot and once uploaded to website an automatic agent warned me about a defective PTF that was installed on my partition. I’ve also read the
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​[[{“value”:”On Tuesday March 4 at @ 6:30 PM CT Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, welcomes Rajkumar Chindanuru as our guest speaker. He will be speaking about modernization using AI & LLMs.
This is FREE, learn more & register ➡️ https://ctxiug.blogspot.com
#IBMi #AS400 #iSeries #IBMiLUG
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​[[{“value”:”If you have been meaning to give VS Code a try, but just haven’t had a chance, I encourage you to avail yourself today. Yes, for you RDi users, it will take a little bit to migrate your favorite settings, code snippets, and compile commands – but I promise, you won’t regret the move.
In my article, Getting Started With The Code 4 i Extension Within VS Code, I offer a few more insights to help get you started. And if you are an SEU user, yes, the switch may seem daunting, but one of the great things about …
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​[[{“value”:”In last week’s issue, we talked about the upgrade cycle for the IBM i operating systems over more than a decade based on the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey done by Fortra and pretty heavily massaged by us to reflect what we think is closer to reality for the IBM i market at large.
No matter if you look at the raw data from the survey or the more elaborate model we have built derived from the past eleven surveys, one thing is clear: There is a regular pattern for Power Systems upgrades among OS/400, i5/OS, and IBM i shops …
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