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- Should I Care About CVEs on IBM i?on 2025-02-19 at 01:08
It is generally recommended that any CVE entry with a score that is 7 or higher be addressed as soon as possible and that a regular schedule of applying fixes be maintained for less-critical vulnerabilities. Here is an example of a CVE report listed in the National Vulnerability Database and the subsequent security bulletin produced by IBM regarding a vulnerability that can lead to a Denial-of-Service (DOS) attack.
- Sequel | Ask the Sequel Expertsby Fortra on 2025-02-18 at 19:39
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- Beyond Modernization: Why Your IBM i Applications Need Futurizationby Profound Logic on 2025-02-18 at 19:38
Mission-critical IBM i systems face unprecedented challenges as specialized developers retire. Learn how futurization goes beyond traditional modernization to secure your business’s future. The post Beyond Modernization: Why Your IBM i Applications Need Futurization appeared first on Profound Logic.
- IBM i User Groups in DFW or Denver?by Acrobatic_Dog_7022 on 2025-02-18 at 00:51
Hey all. A partner and I are working on increasing our knowledge of IBM I and have been lurking on this sub for a bit. I saw the posting for the Central Texas IBM i user group and was wondering whether similar groups exist in Denver (my location) or DFW (my partner’s location). submitted by /u/Acrobatic_Dog_7022[link][comments]
- 02 IBM i Unplugged: Marina Schwenk on Innovation & Community Growthon 2025-02-17 at 23:19
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]
- 01 The Future of IBM i: 2025 Predictions with Alex Woodie from IT Jungleon 2025-02-17 at 23:19
01 What does the future hold for IBM i in 2025? In this episode of The Incredible i Show, we’re joined by Alex Woodie, Senior Editor at IT Jungle, to break down the biggest predictions, trends, and surprises for the IBM i platform. Will AI revolutionize development? Is security the #1 concern? Could IBM i get a rebrand? Alex shares his expert insights, wild guesses, and a few bold takes on what’s ahead.Tune in for a fun, informative, and thought-provoking discussion—and, of course, we’ll wrap up with One Incredible Thing!Alex Woodie, Senior Editor IT Jungle & Managing Editor for Big Data WireEmail: [email protected]: 760-638-0060LinkedIn IT JungleBig Data WireOne incredible Th(i)ng! Products, gadgets, recipes, music or things we are loving right now.Alex’s pick for this week:His son Jonathon – 17 years old, graduating this spring with a 4.5! Amazing!Peg’s pick for this week:Color the Wind Kite Festival Upcoming EVENTS:WMCPA, March 11-13, 2025 NEUGC, April 7-9, 2025 POWERUp 2025, Anaheim, CA – May 19-22, 2025 SHOW 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]
- March CTXiUG meetingby RPGPGM on 2025-02-17 at 20:51
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 submitted by /u/RPGPGM[link][comments]
- Managing Defective PTFs automaticallyby Andrea on 2025-02-17 at 08:10
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 The post Managing Defective PTFs automatically appeared first on All4Power.
- ACS Password Leaks Are A Security Issue On IBM iby Alex Woodie on 2025-02-17 at 05:13
IBM i shops that are relying on the old WINLOGON process with their Access Client Solutions (ACS) installations will need to find a new way to synchronize passwords between Windows clients and IBM i servers. According to a new report from Silent Signal, the passwords could still be compromised. In early January, Big Blue published an IBM Support document about problems that IBM i shops were having after they applied the Windows 11 24H2 update, which Microsoft had started rolling out in October 2024. IBM i customers who used the ACS Windows Application Package told IBM they were no longer … The post ACS Password Leaks Are A Security Issue On IBM i appeared first on IT Jungle.
- IBM Announcements: Service Price Hikes, HANA Iron As A Service, Rust for AIX And Maybe PASE, And More. . .by Timothy Prickett Morgan on 2025-02-17 at 05:10
When Big Blue makes big announcements, we break them down and analyze them uniquely. But there are often a lot of little things that happen over the course of a few weeks, and we like to lump these together and give you the rundown. That way you are informed, but you can skim it. So let’s take a look the things related to Power Systems and IBM i that have happened in the past few weeks since we last did this. Let’s start with a few price changes. In announcement letter AD25-0140, dated February 3 and effective on March … The post IBM Announcements: Service Price Hikes, HANA Iron As A Service, Rust for AIX And Maybe PASE, And More. . . appeared first on IT Jungle.
- State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Systemsby Timothy Prickett Morgan on 2025-02-17 at 05:10
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 … The post State Of The Power Systems Base 2025: The Systems appeared first on IT Jungle.
- Guru: AI Pair Programming In RPG With GitHub Copilotby Gregory Simmons on 2025-02-17 at 05:10
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 … The post Guru: AI Pair Programming In RPG With GitHub Copilot appeared first on IT Jungle.
- IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 7by Doug Bidwell on 2025-02-17 at 05:05
How secure you feeling today? Well, IBM i is generally pretty rock solid, but you have to stay on top of the security vulnerabilities. And there are two of them that are new this week. First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i are vulnerable to a partial denial of service and a JNI function returning incorrect value length due to multiple vulnerabilities. You can find out more about this issue at this link, and here are the patches for it: IBM i Release PTF Group 7.5 SF99955 Level 13 7.4 SF99665 … The post IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 7 appeared first on IT Jungle.
- IBMi COBOL: Using data queues: QCAPCMD gave Error CPF0008 (Value in option control block not valid).by Fit_Reference_7165 on 2025-02-17 at 04:49
I followed the IBMi 7.5 “Example in ILE COBOL: Using data queues” https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=eudquq-example-in-cobol-opm-ile-using-data-queues (Last Updated: 2024-10-07). Compilation issues The version of QUSEC OF QSYSINC-QLBLSRC at my site contains two structures, both with BYTES-PROVIDED fields. So you have to specify MOVE 16 TO BYTES-PROVIDED OF QUS-EC to get it to compile. Similarly BYTES-AVAILABLE OF QUS-EC. CALL QCAPCMD gave Error CPF0008 (Value in option control block not valid). IBM copybook structure QCA-PCMD-CPOP0100 at my site contained CCSID-COMMAND-STRING. This is not initialized in the IBM example. MOVE 0 TO CCSID-COMMAND-STRING OF QCA-PCMD-CPOP0100. This should fix the CPF0008 error from QCAPCMD. submitted by /u/Fit_Reference_7165[link][comments]
- 01 The Future of IBM i: 2025 Predictions with Alex Woodie from IT Jungleon 2025-02-17 at 00:54
01 What does the future hold for IBM i in 2025? In this episode of The Incredible i Show, we’re joined by Alex Woodie, Senior Editor at IT Jungle, to break down the biggest predictions, trends, and surprises for the IBM i platform. Will AI revolutionize development? Is security the #1 concern? Could IBM i get a rebrand? Alex shares his expert insights, wild guesses, and a few bold takes on what’s ahead.Tune in for a fun, informative, and thought-provoking discussion—and, of course, we’ll wrap up with One Incredible Thing!Alex Woodie, Senior Editor IT Jungle & Managing Editor for Big Data WireEmail: [email protected]: 760-638-0060LinkedIn IT JungleBig Data WireOne incredible Th(i)ng! Products, gadgets, recipes, music or things we are loving right now.Alex’s pick for this week:His son Jonathon – 17 years old, graduating this spring with a 4.5! Amazing!Peg’s pick for this week:Color the Wind Kite Festival Upcoming EVENTS:WMCPA, March 11-13, 2025 NEUGC, April 7-9, 2025 POWERUp 2025, Anaheim, CA – May 19-22, 2025 SHOW 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]
- 02 IBM i Unplugged: Marina Schwenk on Innovation & Community Growthon 2025-02-17 at 00:54
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]
- Performance Navigator: Basic Navigationby Fortra on 2025-02-14 at 21:08
How to view IBM i Performance Collection Data and AIX NMON data in Performance Navigator.Want to learn more about performance navigator? Click here: https://www.fortra.com/products/capacity-planning-and-performance-analysis-software
- New QSHONI Commands: Integrate Python, PHP, Java with CL & RPGby Richard Schoen on 2025-02-14 at 17:44
A few years ago I introduced you to my QShell on i utility – QSHONI. QSHONI makes it easy for traditional CL, RPG, and COBOL programs to call Python utilities and other QShell/PASE utility programs (PHP, Node, Java, etc.) and directly use their output. QSHONI opened up a whole new world of integrations to open-source apps from traditional IBM i applications. I keep thinking I will run out of interesting things to add to the library, but the ideas keep on flowing. In this post I will update you on QSHPHPRUN, QSHCALL and QSHPYCALL, recently added features. As a primer for… The post New QSHONI Commands: Integrate Python, PHP, Java with CL & RPG appeared first on Seiden Group.
- 2025 IBM Champions Unveiled, and Now They’re Easier to Findby Andrew Wig on 2025-02-14 at 17:29
Bolstered by a new directory, the advocacy program welcomes newly minted IBM evangelists and embraces returning honorees The post 2025 IBM Champions Unveiled, and Now They’re Easier to Find appeared first on TechChannel.
- Cybersecurity Reigns as the IBM i Community’s Top Concern: Fortra Marketplace Surveyby Andrew Wig on 2025-02-14 at 16:59
The annual poll also showed growing concern over skills, while AI gained attention The post Cybersecurity Reigns as the IBM i Community’s Top Concern: Fortra Marketplace Survey appeared first on TechChannel.