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​There’s a bunch of stuff going on this week in IBM i PTF Land. So let’s just get to it.
First, we have a security vulnerability, which you can find out more about in Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable due to a flaw in Samba which could allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions (CVE-2023-4091), located at this link. The issues can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 will be fixed. The IBM i PTF number for 5770-SS1 contains the fix for the vulnerability.
IBM i Release 5770-SS1
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​A little more than a month ago, in announcement letter AD23-0691, IBM abruptly announced the end of marketing for all variations of the Db2 Web Query for i data analytics tool.
At the time, neither IBM nor its partner, TIBCO Software – which is part of Cloud Software Group, a conglomerate that owns TIBCO (which bought Information Builders and Spotfire), JasperSoft, and Citrix Systems (which includes products from Citrix, NetScaler, ShareFile, and XenServer) – had anything to say about the partnership between IBM and TIBCO/Information Builders coming undone.
But something has happened between Big Blue on the one hand …
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​IDC Boosts IT Spending Forecasts For 2023 And Beyond  IT Jungle Read More 

​Fortra today announced the availability of its business intelligence solution Sequel as a secure and supported alternative for Db2 Web Query, an IBM i tool recently withdrawn from the market. Read More 

​One of the most efficient methods for improving long-running batch performance on the IBM i platform is multistreaming, involving the submission of multiple instances of the processing program, each handling its own subset of data. Typically, this is achieved by creating a multistreaming wrapper around the original process. While there are various approaches to implement Read More