• Four Hundred Monitor, March 17

  March 17, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  For most of us, it was just about one year ago that the world came screeching to a halt and we scrambled to upgrade our home Wi-Fi in order to join the work from home workforce. It’s a safe bet that more than one of our IT peers had a sleepless night or two as they adapted to managing an entirely remote workforce overnight. What started as a temporary arrangement to get organizations through a few weeks has become a mainstay as many workers have no plans to return to work in an office, if a brick-and-mortar building is even …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, March 10

  March 10, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  The plan is on the table. IBM has released its annual report, which is accompanied by a letter from CEO Arvind Krishna expressing his confidence in IBM’s future as a hybrid cloud and AI platform company. Of course, this plan isn’t a surprise as we have monitored IBM’s laser focus on the hybrid cloud that has intensified since Krishna took the help almost one year ago, but there is lots of interesting information about IBM’s the path IBM is paving and the strategies to get where it wants to go that you can access from the link in the Top …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, March 3

  March 3, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  IBM’s attention on the hybrid cloud is common knowledge by now. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has been crystal clear that he is deeply passionate about the hybrid cloud, and some weeks the hybrid cloud dominates the news cycle. Like this week. Our IBM i Chief Architect Steve Will kicked it off with his latest blog post to clear up some of the confusion he says surrounds industry cloud strategies, which you can find as our Top Story below. Then read on for the latest on the hybrid cloud, as well as the latest IBM i resources and events.

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• Four Hundred Monitor, February 24

  February 24, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  Seeking feedback isn’t always a joyous task. With feedback can come criticism, which can lead to hurt feelings. But it can also point us in new directions that lead to better services and products and result in improvements that might not have been part of the original plan. These are just some of the reasons we encourage all of you to use your voice when it comes to the IBM i to help make positive gains for our whole ecosystem. One of the easiest ways to be heard is to take surveys and help companies who are seeking feedback. You’ll …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, February 10

  February 10, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  We’re only three days in, but it’s already been a long week. We’re busy in the Jungle, but the news outside – at least in the world of computing – has been decidedly slow. Still, we have culled the best of it and hopefully you will find it a welcome distraction from the pandemic and political happenings outside our little ecosystem. If you’re still in parts of the world where you’re still stuck at home, be sure to check out our Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings section below for some great opportunities for learning and networking that you …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, February 3

  February 3, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  Yesterday, everyone’s favorite soothsayer Punxsutawney Phil predicted winter will hang on for six more weeks, which can be good or bad news depending on your weather preferences. What a difference a year has made as we close in on the one-year mark of when Covid-19 changed the world. Even Phil has had to adjust. The yearly Groundhog Day ritual, which dates back to 1887, was held virtually in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, we’ve all learned to adjust evidenced by our Calendar below, which is filled with webinars and virtual events. COMMON also has a new hybrid conference …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, January 27

  January 27, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  “Hybrid” may already be the buzzword of the year as it can be described so much of what is happening in 2021. Many of us have adapted to a hybrid working environment where we work from home and occasionally may visit the office. Kids in some parts of the U.S. continue to go to a hybrid version of school that involves virtual and in-person class time. For IBM, hybrid is all about the cloud, and this week we see those stories dominating the headlines as the pressure mounts for Big Blue to start seeing some returns on all of its …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, January 20

  January 20, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  While the rest of us hunkered down last year, IBM was on an acquisition spree that has continued into 2021. The acquisitions were all in the cloud or financial tech industries, which comes as no surprise if you’ve been watching. Big Blue has been making its intentions in the cloud business very clear for some time now. IBM’s moves continue to dominate the news of the week, a sampling of which we have culled for you below. Don’t forget to check our Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings calendar below, which is starting to fill up with lots of …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, January 13

  January 13, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  Despite the fact that much of the world is still shuttered as we desperately look forward to a time beyond the pandemic, we must forge ahead with our initiatives and projects in the new year. But where should you concentrate your focus to succeed in 2021? We don’t have a crystal ball, but we do have Alex Woodie, who talked with leaders in the IBM i community to get their predictions of what the trends will be in the coming months. One thing it’s probably safe to predict is anything “virtual” is going to be a hot topic, as we …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, January 4

  January 4, 2021 Jenny Thomas

  Welcome back! When last we were together, we were all eagerly anticipating the end of a very long and arduous year. Now we find ourselves in the new year with a bit of renewed hope for a return to some sense of the normalcy, although we must continue to tread carefully toward that goal. As we hang up our new calendars, we have the opportunity to look ahead about what may come to pass in the next 12 months. Last year, the prognosticators didn’t do such a great job since nothing went according to plan. But still it is fun …

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