• The IBM i Base Is Ready To Keep Investing In The Future

  January 29, 2024 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  We are at the beginning of a new year, and of course that means that it was time for us to participate in the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey webinar, which is sponsored by Fortra and which is now in its 10th year. We enjoy the webinar that Forta hosts to have a bunch of people from IBM and myself riff on what the survey results mean – and what they don’t mean.

  Our host on the webinar was Tom Huntington, executive vice president of technical solutions at Fortra, and we were joined by Douglas Gibbs and Dan Sundt, who …

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• Time Is Running Out To Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

  October 25, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  By now, you are no doubt getting a little tired of us asking you to take the annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. It is beginning to sound a little bit too much like NPR and PBS during pledge drives. And for that, we truly apologize. But, we do want to have as many of you take the survey so we get the best sense of what is happening in the IBM i base that we can get.

  The results of this survey are an invaluable resource for the IBM i community. This is particularly true since IDC, Gartner, Forrester, …

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• So You Wanna Take Another IBM i Survey, Right?

  October 23, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It is hard to believe that it has been a decade since the IBM i Marketplace Survey was conceived of by the late Dan Burger of IT Jungle and Tom Huntington of HelpSystems, now known as Fortra.

  As you might imagine, we miss Dan every day, and we are committed to the mission that he had to better understand what is going on in the IBM i base. Time is running out for you to participate and have your voice heard and your IBM i shop is counted. Please take a moment and take the survey, which you can do …

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• Please Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

  October 16, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Can you believe it? This is the tenth year that Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems, is taking a survey of the IBM i customers base so it can put together a report to tell us what is going on in the community surrounding the platform that we are all depending upon in some fashion.

  The IBM i Marketplace Survey and its accompanying report and the webinar that goes over the results of the survey, which are both presented each February, are an invaluable resource for the IBM i community. This is particularly so since IDC, Gartner, Forrester, and the other …

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• This Is Your IBM i Market, And Therefore Your Annual Survey

  October 4, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It has been a decade since the IBM i Marketplace Survey was conceived of by the late Dan Burger of IT Jungle and Tom Huntington of HelpSystems, now known as Fortra. We miss Dan a lot, and you don’t want to miss a chance to help the community better understand itself, which is what all of us at IT Jungle and at Fortra really are after as we ask you, once again, to take the survey.

  We are coming into the home stretch of the 10^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. That means time is running out for you …

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• The IBM i Marketplace Survey Needs Your Input

  September 27, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It is hard to believe it, but this is the tenth year that Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems, is taking a survey of the IBM i customers base so it can put together a report to tell us all how we are doing.

  The IBM i Marketplace Survey and its accompanying report and the webinar that goes over the results of the survey, which are both presented each February, are an invaluable resource for the IBM i community. This is particularly so since IDC, Gartner, Forrester, and the other IT market researchers and consultancies have long since stopped tracking Power …

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• Join The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Webinar Tomorrow

  January 25, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Last fall, many of you took part in the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that is done by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems. And on Thursday, January 26, Fortra will host the webinar covering its results at 10 a.m. Eastern. A whole bunch of us will be on hand to present historical trends and analysis on those results.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour.

  Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to

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• Participate In The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Discussion

  January 23, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It is late January, that means it is time for a discussion about the results of the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey. The survey is performed by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems, and the webinar talking about the results of the survey will be held on January 26 at 10 AM Eastern.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour. Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to support remote workforces
  • The trend towards

  …

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• Tune In To The 2023 IBM i Marketplace Survey Webinar

  January 16, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Last fall, many of you took part in the 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that is done by Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems. And on January 26, Fortra will host the webinar at 10 a.m. Eastern time that will unveil the results of the survey and present historical trends and analysis by a collection of experts.

  You can sign up for the webinar at this link, which is free and which will last for an hour.

  Among the many topics that will be covered are:

  • Power10 adoption and future plans
  • How organizations continue to support remote

  …

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• Survey Says: You Need To Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey

  October 19, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  The 9^th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey that occurs every autumn is open, and time is running out for you to have your voice be heard and your IBM i shop to be counted. And so we are asking you to please take a moment – you can even stop reading The Four Hundred to do it, so long as you come back and finish reading.

  This survey, which was conceived of by the late Dan Burger of IT Jungle and Tom Huntington of HelpSystems, was started nine years ago because we were all frustrated by the lack of …

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