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TOP 5 things
1) Join us celebrating the perky IBM i turning 30. We are featuring the community and you as the user! Check out our new microsite (oh yes we are on trend) http://ibmi30.mybluemix.net/ Find out about furniture in Belgium, avocados from Peru and restaurants in Norway, We will update the site with new customer stories between now and June. So be nosy and keep on checking.
2) Can Node.js & IBM i talk to a Tesla Model 3? Perfectly it seems! Honk your horn from the IBM i command line Check out the work from ProfoundLogic. Video: "Control Your Tesla with Profound.js"
3) Break open the bubbly & save the cork! Deknudt Frames, built its new online store using common open source web components - Ghostscript & ImageMagick - running natively on IBM i on IBM POWER Systems, alongside core i systems. Check out their frames for champagne corks too!
4) To try out new innovations. POWER9 is now available on IBM's POWER Developers Cloud. It offers no-charge remote access to IBM hardware to help YOU, our IBM Partners, with Development, Porting & Functional testing for IBM i, AIX and LINUX >> IBM Power Development Cloud
5) Then consider ... Power Refresh Guide. This guide lists EOM servers with suggested replacements from our current product portfolio. It also highlights EOS for each EOM too. All in one place, great!
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POWER stuff
Alison Butterill Discusses the IBM i TR, the 30th Anniversary and More IBM i 30th Anniversary Celebration Begins 30 Years And Just Getting Started: IBM i Celebration Looks Ahead The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter New POWER9 Systems and IBM i 7.3 Updates Announced Video: Le avventure di Mr. i - #4 - Mr. i e i benefici di Watson The AIX rPerf & IBM i CPW for POWER9 systems are published see IBM POWER Systems Performance Report (for POWER9, POWER8 and POWER7 results) IBM To Resell VTLs With Better Fit Than ProtecTIER The Road Ahead For Power Is Paved With Bandwidth Bang For The Buck On Power9 Entry Hardware A Look at the Technical Specifications of POWER9 S914, S922 and S924 Servers TCO Prompts Businesses to Choose Power Systems Over x86 Low-Code Tools Help Tackle Application Needs The Deal On Power9 Memory For Entry Servers ZDnet Japan > IBM iの戦略は垂直統合プラス水平統合 (IBM i's strategy is vertical integration plus horizontal integration) AS/400のリリースから30周年を迎えた「IBM i」のビジネス戦略とは (What is the business strategy of "IBM i" celebrating 30 years since AS / 400 release) Reminder >> Support for IBM i 7.1 will end 30 in ... i-UG (UK) conference welcomes SiD Paul Tuohy at International i-Power New Investor for HelpSystems Building an Open-Source Community for IBM i Revealing the New State of IBM i Security SAP on IBM i: March 2018 edition Ensono Embiggens With Wipro Data Center Deal HelpSystems Has A New Number One Investor Advice For the IBM i Application Fence Sitters A good little read > “Legacy code” IBM Power Systems Facts and Features: Scale - out Systems with POWER9 Processor Technology Power Refresh Guide. This guide lists EOM servers with suggested replacements from our current product portfolio. It also highlights EOS for each EOM too. All in one place, great! Some needs tell them that tape is apparently dead :-) >> Record Breaking Amount in Total #Tape Capacity Shipments Announced by the #LTO Program GPUs aren’t going to replace CPUs, but they are here to stay Google Confirms POWER9 Processor Data Center Deployment At OpenPOWER Summit 2018 Google And Its Hyperscale Peers Add Power To The Server Fleet UK universities are first to take IBM's POWER9 to further academic research OCF deploys UK’s first academic cluster based on IBM POWER9 servers Queen Mary invests in cutting-edge artificial intelligence computers Power9 and the ‘D Word’: IBM Touts OpenPOWER Ecosystem, Announces New Customers, Products for AI and Hyperscale Datacenters How OpenPOWER Members Created the World’s First Production-ready PCIe Gen4 NVM Express System IBM Speeds Up Machine Learning IBM Sets Tera-scale Machine Learning Benchmark Record with POWER9 and NVIDIA IBM claims its machine learning library is 46x faster than TensorFlow IBM Cloud Floats Power9 'Volta' Servers IBM’s Power9 Could Dent x86 Server Market With Emphasis On GPU Compute Bringing Sophisticated Security and AI to the IBM Cloud IBM Has An AI Training Advantage We now have a PowerAI community and you can sign up to regular newsletter at http://poweraicommunity.com Step inside the IBM Business Partner Solution Hubs Changing the Way the World Works: IBM Research’s “5 in 5” IBM and Cloudflare join forces to take on Amazon Snapshot > Peter Langhammer, IT Director, Fred Usinger Inc. Snapshot > Felipe Bessa, IT Specialist, IRB Brasil RE Case Study: Deknudt Frames, built its new e-commerce platform using common open source web components—incl Ghostscript & ImageMagick—running natively on IBM i on POWER8 S814 server, alongside core systems also running on i. (Their frame for champagne caps looks great!) Case study: Lights On Case study: Chilewich Sultan Weaves Together a Custom Disaster Recovery Solution Case study: Krengeltech versatile cloud services are helping developers utilize the innovative potential of IBM i. Case study: Groupe Hisi, providing new cloud services made possible by a flexible deal from IBM Global Financing Video: i-UG Promotional Video Video: COMMON Deutschland e.V. Imagefilm mit POW3R IBM Research > IBM 5 in 5, five innovations that will help change our lives within five years Putting Smart to Work Keynote at Think2018 Conference Science Slam at IBM Think 2018 Conference Education Reimagined with Sal Khan at IBM Think2018 Building a Resilient Organization at IBM Think2018 Jeff Jonas at IBM Think2018 on GDPR from Big Data to Big Responsibility Video: IBM POWER9: Let’s Put Smart to Work Video: IBM Cloud Private: Power Video: Sights and Sounds From OpenPOWER Summit 2018 Video Think 2018: Accelerating Your Future with POWER9 Video Think 2018: Tanmay, age 14, an IBM Champion and Honorary Cloud Advisor, began coding at the age of five. He is among the youngest cognitive and cloud computing developers who build applications engineered to augment human capabilities via deep learning! Tanmay Bakshi - Deep Learning to Save Young Lives
IBM Europe Announcement Letters Hardware Support availability clarification: IBM FlashSystem 900 (9843-AE3) Technical Advisor support IBM POWER9 technology-based servers enhance I/O options IBM Power Systems offers expanded hardware options for IBM Hyperconverged Systems powered by Nutanix IBM Power Systems Elastic CoD features available for ordering in Entitled Systems Support website, enabling processsor and memory ordering in minutes and provisioning in seconds (for United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand only) IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM FlashSystem V9000, and IBM Storwize family offer features to deliver expanded connectivity with increased performance
Software IBM resells Dynamic Solutions International virtual tape libraries for IBM i environments Hortonworks Data Platform for Enterprise Data Lakes delivers robust, big data analytics that accelerate decision making and innovation IBM Spectrum Deep Learning Impact for Power Systems, V1.1 provides enterprise-class software solution for building end-to-end deep learning environment on IBM Power Systems servers
Withdrawals Software withdrawal: Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power (BE) Maintenance services withdrawal: Selected IBM DS8800 models
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POWER techie stuff
IT Jungle Readers Respond To Tech Refreshes Tooling Around With IBM i Access Client Solutions Announcements BRMS Cloud Backups Get Recovery Teeth An In-Depth Look at POWER9 To help design your POWER9 solution > PCIe adapter placement rules & slot priorities for the 9009-41A, 9009-42A, and 9223-42H IBM i Access Client Solutions: Customization and deployment questions answered A Closer Look At Enhancements To Integrated Web Services The Top 3 Reasons System Admins Should Care about Open Source on IBM i Working with the IFS: Access Client Solutions vs. Navigator for i How to Save 5250 Configurations as Default Profile Workload Groups and Performance Considerations Collaboration Software for IBM i operating system Compatibility Guide A Netserver SMB Alternative? What's new in HMC V9 R1.910.0 A Valuable Doc on HMC GUI Options Dealing With an HMC Upgrade Problem Securing Your HMC The Art and Science of AIX Performance: Intuition and Instinct IBM AIX multipath I/O (MPIO) resiliency and problem determination Supporting protected computing on IBM Power Architecture Porting to Linux on Power: 5 tips that could turn a good port into a great port PowerVC: Exporting and importing images via the CLI: a deep dive PowerVC: Proxying PowerVC with NGINX PowerVC: Unveiling PowerVC 1.4.0 Fix pack 1! PowerVC: Break up with your jump server Video: Funcionalidades do PowerVC: Provisionamento de VM Video: POWER9 Scale-Out Server S924 9 facts on Disks Video: POWER9 Scale-Out Server S924 9 facts on PCIe I/O Video: POWER9 Scale-Out Server S924 10 facts on Memory Video: POWER9 Scale-Out Server S924 10 facts on CPUs POWER9 Trusted Remote Attestation on PowerVM POWER9 Firmware Chain of Trust for PowerVM POWER9 Introduces Secure Boot to PowerVM Project Management Tips for Server Consolidation New FLRT Feature – Version Timeline Blog: How cloud, fog, and mist computing can work together The Firmware Stack Opens Up Domino Users: Can You Hear Me Now? 33 videos to choose from >> OpenPOWER Summit US 2018
Storage stuff
Broadcasters – Unlock the Power of LTO Technology! What's New In Copy Services Manager 6.2.2 "Pure dead brilliant" - Not quite the first I'm afraid
Security stuff
Oops! Your files have been encrypted. Test Your IBM i Security Knowledge IBM Patches ‘ROBOT’ Flaw in IBM i Crypto Library IBM Study: Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents Still a Major Challenge for Businesses
Data & analytics stuff
Realizing Maximum Value From Corporate Data Starts With Collaboration To SQL or not to SQL - with Db2 Web Query Guru: LTRIM + RTRIM > TRIM Guru: Searching Teraspace How Informix can fit Your Database Needs Hyperledger Welcomes 11 New Members IBM Crypto-anchors and blockchain will save up to $600 billion per year from fraud Are You Ready for GDPR? Interesting >> Will GDPR Make Machine Learning Illegal? SAP Business Warehouse on IBM Db2: News
Cognitive stuff
Watson for i: Watson Conversation Can Generate Chatbots and Virtual Agents for Your Business, Part I TechTip: Watson APIs - Personality Insights Apple, IBM add machine learning to partnership with Watson-Core ML coupling Core ML, first released in iOS 11, is an Apple framework for running machine learning models locally on iOS-enabled devices, meaning it runs even when the device is offline. Introducing IBM Watson Studio Building a community around machine learning and AI Scaling the AI Ladder Snap Machine Learning Video: Elinar jumps to the front of the pack with disruptive innovation powered by AI technology Video: IBM Snap Machine Learning Video: Operationalizing Machine Learning - Dinesh Normal (Sponsored by IBM) Video: Shape your industry with AI code patterns
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Development stuff
IBM i ILE RPG cloud integration sample with IBM Cloud Practical RDi: Exploring RDi 9.6, Part 1 Practical RDi: Exploring RDi 9.6, Part 2 Deciding what type of IBM Rational Developer for i License to purchase Open Source Development on the IBM i: Getting Started with Ruby Barbara Morris Talks About RPG Enhancements and DATA-INTO DATA-INTO is here! PTFs for 7.2 and 7.2 will be available by March 19, 2018 A Closer Look at RPG's DATA-INTO Pay Attention To JDK And WebSphere Release Support ILE Tutorial: How to Use Embedded Sub-Procedures Within a Program RPG Academy: Debug Done Right - You Can Debug Anything! OpenPOWER Summit: XL compilers support the latest POWER9 hardware Guru: Beyond The Basics Of Code Conversion Guru: More Date And Time Conversions Using SQL Guru: Use SQL To Find Duplicate Source Code Video: MicroservicesTV Episode 22 - CI/CD Automation in Microservices with Kyle Brown
IBM Redbooks News IBM Power System AC922 Introduction and Technical Overview IBM Open Platform for DBaaS on IBM Power Systems Building a Cloud with the Software Defined Infrastructure Features of IBM PowerVC V1.4 IBM PowerAI: Deep Learning Unleashed on IBM Power Systems Servers Enhancing the IBM Power Systems Platform with IBM Watson Services The Journey Continues: From Data Lake to Data-Driven Organization Implementing IBM FlashSystem 900 Model AE3 IBM FlashSystem V9000 Model AE3 Product Guide IBM TS4500 R4 Tape Library Guide IBM DS8000 Easy Tier (for DS8880 R8.3 or later) LDAP Authentication for IBM DS8000 Systems IBM DS8880 Data-at-rest Encryption
Residencies Power Systems S922 Technical Overview and Introduction Redpapers - Remote Residency Power Systems Mid-Range + HPC Technical Overview and Introduction Redpapers Implementing an IBM High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Solution on IBM Power System AC922,
Upcoming POWER events, education or training stuff Search and find IBM's latest training sessions on offer: IBM's Training and Skills courses
Q2 NEW >> 10-11 Apr COMMON Germany - POW3R, Hannover, Germany NEW >> 11 Apr Power VUG: Session 74: REST APIs, IBM i and Watson NEW >> 11 Apr Top 5 Reasons To Start Your SAP HANA Journey in 2018 by SUSE NEW >> 12 Apr Common Nederland, IBM i 30 jaar!, IBM Netherlands HQ,, Amsterdam, The Netherlands NEW >> 13 April Generalforsamling i Common Norge, Sandvika, Norway NEW >> 17-Apr COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Stuttgart, Germany NEW >> 17 Apr Rational Developer for i Webinar by Meridian IT NEW >> 18 Apr COMMON Romandie - ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE, Geneve, Switzerland NEW >> 18-19 April Spectrum Scale (GPFS) User Group 2018, IBM Southbank. London NEW >> 19 April Exposing the State of IBM i Security in 2018 by Helpsystems 19 Apr Introduction to Natural Language Understanding 23-26 Apr IBM Systems Technical University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates NEW >> 24-26 Jun COMMON Czech & SR Summer Conference, Vista hotel,Dolni Morava, Czech Republic NEW >> 26 Apr COMMON Belgium & IBM Belgium celebrate IBM i 30 years, IBM Client Centre, Brussels, Belgium 26 Apr COMMON Online training Open Source Buzzwords 30 Apr- 04 May IBM Systems Technical University, Orlando, USA NEW >> 01-02 May IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Innovation Center, Chicago, USA NEW >> 08-09 May IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Office, Boston, USA NEW >> 14-15 May Hursley European Summit 2018, IBM Hursley NEW >> 15 May COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Göttingen / Kassel, Germany NEW >> 15 May COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Küste, Germany NEW >> 16-17 May Université IBM i 2018, IBM Paris, France NEW >> 16-17 May Hursley European Summit 2018, IBM Hursley 20-21 May COMMON: 2018 IT Executive Conference, Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX, USA 20-23 May COMMON: POWERUp18, Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, TX, USA 29 May IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, Denmark 30/31 May IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, IBM Kista Plus, Sweden NEW >> 30-31 May IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Office, Tampa, USA 3-8 Jun IBM i Large User Group (The LUG), IBM Rochester, MN, USA 5-7 Jun IBM Systems Technical University, Cape Town, South Africa 05-08 Jun IBM Storewise and FashSystem with VIOS and IBM i (hands-on workshop), IBM ESCC Kelsterbach, Gemany (IBM, BP and Clients) NEW >> 06 Jun Using RTC to Inject Rigor into IoT Application Design 12-13 Jun i-UG International i-Power 2018, Milton Keynes, UK 17-20 Jun 2018 COMMON Europe Congress, Warsaw, Poland NEW >> 18 Jun IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Client Center, London, UK NEW >> 20-21 Jun IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Client Center, Copenhagen, Denmark NEW >> 21 Jun COMMON online training: Exploring NoSQL Databases 25 & 26 Jun IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, IBM Hursley, UK NEW >> 26-27 Jun IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Client Center, Paris, France
Q3 NEW >> 11 Sept COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Göttingen / Kassel, Germany 9-14 Sept IBM i Large User Group (The LUG), IBM Rochester, MN, USA 19 & 20 Sept IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, IBM Ehningen, Germany TBC Sept IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, North Americas, USA
Q4 15-17 Oct COMMON 2018 Fall Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA NEW >> 16 Oct COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Untermain, Germany 15-19 Oct IBM Systems Technical University, Hollywood, USA NEW >> 16-17 Oct May IBM Content Manager OnDemand workshops, IBM Office, Phoenix, USA 22-26 Oct IBM Systems Technical University, Rome, Italy 1 & 2 Nov IBM Spectrum Virtualize User Group Meetings, IBM Hursley, UK NEW >> 13 Nov COMMON Germany - Regionaltreffen, Göttingen / Kassel, Germany NEW >> 13 Nov COMMON Germany - POW3R, Schweinfurt , Germany
Replays 15 Mar POWER Systems (AIX) VUG: Migrating to AIX 7.2 with Chris Gibson | Presentation Materials | YouTube Replay | Q & A Document from Webianr 07 Mar Power VUG: Session 73: HMC and Cognitive Systems Management Update 22 Feb POWER Systems (AIX) VUG: POWER9 Scale-Out Announcement - with Joe Armstrong Presentation Materials | Replay | YouTube Replay | POWER9 Systems Performance Report | Q & A Document from Webinar 14 Feb POWER Systems VUG presents Session 72: Tools for Enterprise AI - PowerAI Vision & Data Science OpenPOWER Summit 2018 (starts at 30min) Relive Think 2018
Other stuff Video: World’s smallest computer Bob Sutor demonstrates the IBM Q quantum computer Nanoscale Testing Could Save Lives
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