June 12, 2008 7:51 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems,
System i hardware,
System i softwareThere have been plenty of arguments for and against putting System i on a blade server. Proponents say that being able to have their i, p and x86 servers all in one BladeCenter chassis is a big selling...
April 23, 2008 6:00 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems,
System i softwareSo far the feedback on renaming the operating system from i5/OS to i or IBM i has overall been mixed, although there are some detractors who have some strong opinions. This one comes directly from an IT employee from an Arizona-based general contracting company:
April 17, 2008 3:13 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems,
System i hardware,
Web sites/resources
Ken Jack, a software engineer at trucking software company TMW Systems, has created the T-shirt you see to the right. He has it on his
February 5, 2008 10:19 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems
The iSociety group, which serves as a MySpace-like site for IBM System i users, is holding yet another "fireside chat" this week. The transcript will likely be up at the iSociety chat...
January 16, 2008 3:41 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systemsTimothy Prickett Morgan has an article over at the IT Jungle taking a look at product cycles for i5/OS and OS/400 -- in particular, how long users can expect to receive support and upgrades on V5 releases when i5/OS V6R1 comes out,...
December 12, 2007 5:24 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systemsIBM has published a draft for a Redbook on getting ready for i5/OS V6R1, the next version of the System i operating system due out next year.
Much of the Redbook focuses on helping users convert their System i programs to i5/OS...
November 28, 2007 12:52 PM
Posted by: Atrujillo
Operating systems,
Product recommendations or warningsIn a new IT Jungle article, Timothy Prickett Morgan discusses IBM's Q4 sales strategy for System i. He offers some compelling arguments and analysis of IBM's moves during 2007 as...
November 14, 2007 2:58 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systems,
ProgrammingCheck out the "Odds and Ends" column on IT Jungle looking at different issues in dealing with the Integrated File System (IFS).
Lukas Beeler has a thorough post about his experience with 
