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Reasons to upgrade to IBM Power S1112

S1112 Server:  The IBM® Power® S1112 is an entry-level Power11 processor-based server.  The Power S1112 provides an affordable and straightforward upgrade path, supporting the latest IBM i releases (7.4 and 7.5), modern DDR5 memory, high-speed NVMe...

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Learn about IBM Bob

What is Bob?  Bob is an AI coding assistant built into your development environment. Understands your entire codebase — not just the file you have open Writes, edits, refactors, and reviews code in any language or framework Answers technical questions...

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M.A.P. Summer Newsletter

AI on IBM i: BOB is IBM’s AI-first development partner. Using VS Code based IDE and tuned specifically for IBM i workloads. It understands RPG, RPGLE, SQLRPGLE, CL, and DDS. It is available June 24 2026.Please don't hesitate to contact us for a...

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IBMi Release Upgrades

Are you on a lower release than 7.5? Moving from IBM I 7.2 or 7.3, and soon 7.4 should be now. As release get older, the upgrade path gets more difficult. Release support on hardware, third-party applications, and other issues multiply the longer you wait. Click for...

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System Backups

System Backups

You may be doing incremental or even full application backups periodically, but have you checked the tapes to make sure the content is what you need to be backed up? To do this, insert a statement in your CL program that runs the backup to check to make sure it...

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Growing Your Business With EDI

Growing Your Business With EDI

  In business, as well as everywhere else in life, information equals power, security and prosperity. The data that your organization accumulates, manages and shares with other companies is the lifeblood of its workflow and the key to continued growth. In an age...

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Outsourcing Your IT Staff Vs. Staying In-House

Outsourcing Your IT Staff Vs. Staying In-House

It’s a question that every department in every company must face at one point or another: should we hire and retain full-time staff, or should we source our needs to outside vendors? One of the most common areas of business in which this question seems to emerge is...

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V7R3 and IBMi Trends and Directions

V7R3 and IBMi Trends and Directions

I had the opportunity to hear Steve Will, Chief Architect IBM i at IBM, present “IBM i Trends and Directions” and “V7R3 Overview” at NESTU in Parsippany, NJ recently. The AS400 was announced in 1988.   Since then, IBM has continued to improve...

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IBMi – I thought it was backed up!

IBMi – I thought it was backed up!

You may be doing incremental or even full application backups periodically, but have you checked the tapes to make sure the content is what you need to be backed up ?  To do this, insert a statement in your CL program that runs the backup to...

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