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County Battles IBM i Server’s Legacy Image – And It’s a Problem

September 19, 2018 Alex Woodie

Like many municipalities, Grand Traverse County in Michigan relies on an IBM i server to run day-to-day operations. And like many municipalities, it’s encountering a number of challenges as it seeks to modernize core applications, including usability and security concerns. But it’s also battling widely held perceptions that the IBM i platform is old and washed up.

“We live in the computer age, but many of us live in a county that’s more Atari than PlayStation 4,” starts the September 8 editorial in the Traverse City Record-Eagle, a local newspaper that has documented the county’s IT challenges over the …
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Serious Security Vulns Patched In IBM i

September 19, 2018 Alex Woodie

No good deed goes unpunished. Such as it is with cybersecurity, which demands unceasing attention paid to a never-ending stream of flaws and patches as the cost of remaining off the front page. To that end, IBM patched several more security flaws in IBM i last week, including two serious flaws in Node.js, five critical vulnerabilities in Samba, and one moderate flaw in OpenSSH.

It’s easy to get lulled into a false state of security on the IBM i server, thanks to its unique architecture, cryptic file names, and reputation for strong security. It’s hard enough to find programmers, administrators, …
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New Option for 24/7 IBM i Monitoring

September 19, 2018 Alex Woodie

It’s important to keep one’s eyes on IBM i server metrics in order to nip problems in the bud. But hiring a night-shift operator can be expensive, and moving your applications to a private cloud might not be feasible. A third option was presented last week by Data Storage Corporation in the form of IBM Power Monitor 24, a new service that promises to provide continuous 24/7 monitoring of client’s IBM i servers.

Like all cloud service providers, Data Storage Corporation invests in systems monitoring and management. After all, if you’re running critical IBM i servers on behalf of clients, …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 19

September 19, 2018 Jenny Thomas

One can never have too many champions, and the IBM i is no exception. IBM is once again looking for champions and there is no reason someone from our ecosystem isn’t deserving of the prize. If you know an “innovative thought leader in the technical community,” use the link below to nominate that person. One such person, who we cannot nominate because he is an IBM employee, is participating in a webinar today to discuss current state of the IBM i. You can find the link at the top of the calendar section below.

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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 37

September 19, 2018 Doug Bidwell

The Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution vulnerabilities are the gift that keeps on giving in terms of security worries and hurried patches, and this week in the IBM i PTF Guide is yet another demonstration of this fact.

See this link for full details on the new fixes, and check the tab in the Guide for SpectreMeltdown, which is new new.

There are new fixes for PEX and Job Watcher on V7R3, check here for details.

The Tech Refreshes are out, finally, for V7R3 and V7R2. Check the TR tab in the Guide for further information.

Links this week: …
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County Battles IBM i Server’s Legacy Image – And It’s a Problem

Serious Security Vulns Patched In IBM i

New Option for 24/7 IBM i Monitoring

Four Hundred Monitor, September 19

Top Stories From Outside The Jungle

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 37

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