Understanding DORA: A Guide to Compliance
Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of financial services, resilience and security have never been more critical. The Digital...
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Ash Giddings
- May 16
- 3 min
What’s in IBM i 7.5 TR4 and 7.4 TR10 for System Administrators?
As is now standard practice, IBM i 7.5 and 7.4 have received timely technology refreshes in TR4 (7.5) and TR10 (7.4). As ever, they are...
Ash Giddings
- Jan 23
- 5 min
2024 Outlook for IBM Power Systems Community
With 2024 now upon us let’s look at what the year is set to bring for the IBM Power Systems community. Power10 Power10 represents a...
Ash Giddings
- Oct 18, 2023
- 4 min
What’s New for System Administrators in IBM i 7.4 TR9 and IBM i 7.5 TR3
IBM announced IBM i 7.4 TR9 and IBM i 7.5 TR3 on October 10, 2023, set for release on November 17. As ever it is full of features, but...
Ash Giddings
- Oct 18, 2023
- 3 min
When High Availability Alone Isn't Enough
High availability solutions for IBM i are commonplace these days. Some opt for software-based logical replication solutions while others...
Ash Giddings
- Sep 28, 2023
- 3 min
Planning for the End of Support of IBM POWER8 Servers
IBM Power servers running IBM i, AIX, and Linux are the backbone of many organizations' IT infrastructure. However, as hardware ages,...
Ash Giddings
- Sep 11, 2023
- 2 min
Maxava for IBM PowerHA
PowerHA SystemMirror for i is an IBM offering for HA and DR on IBM i providing geographic mirroring capabilities with block storage...
Ash Giddings
- May 1, 2023
- 3 min
What’s in IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 2 and 7.4 Technology Refresh 8 for System Administrators?
May 5, 2023, sees the availability of the latest technology refreshes for IBM i 7.5 (TR2) and 7.4 (TR8), and as always is feature packed....
Ash Giddings
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Importance of Running on Supported IBM Hardware and Operating Systems
We’ve all got day jobs, and with those day jobs come priorities. Some tasks have to be completed that day, others you can leave until...
Ash Giddings
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
What’s in 7.5 TR1 and 7.4 TR7 for IBM i System Administrators?
In time-honored tradition, IBM has announced technology refreshes for IBM i 7.5 (TR1) and 7.4 (TR7), and with them an array of features,...
Ash Giddings
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Five Reasons Why Maxava HA Works for Large Users and Enterprise Workloads
Software-based logical replication for IBM i has been the mainstay for high availability and disaster recovery for many years, due to its...
Ash Giddings
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
What’s New in 7.5 for IBM i System Administrators?
Virtual Serial Numbers Businesses are challenged with regards to 3rd party vendor licensing on IBM i, with many vendors choosing to tie...
Ash Giddings
- Apr 11, 2022
- 5 min
What forms of High Availability are there for IBM i?
Firstly, for something to be considered highly available it needs to be available “five nines” or 99.999% of the time, suffering less...
Ash Giddings
- Feb 5, 2022
- 3 min
Identifying Reasons for IBM i Disk Space Growth
We’ve all been there. Response times become erratic, odd unexplainable things start to occur on the system, calls into the Service Desk...
Ash Giddings
- Jan 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Impact of Cloud on HA/DR
It’s fair to say that cloud has dramatically changed the landscape for IBM i workloads. While electing to err on the side of caution,...
Ash Giddings
- Dec 18, 2021
- 1 min
Log4j Vulnerability and Maxava Products
Log4j Vulnerability and Maxava Products
Ash Giddings
- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
IBM i Cloud Migration
Most businesses begin to look at cloud, at least initially, for disaster recovery or high availability
Ash Giddings
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Power10 is here, or is it?
IBM announced Power10 on September 8th 2021, with arriving into the P30 software tier.
Ash Giddings
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
IBM Navigator for i
The new IBM Navigator for i has been available since the end of September 2021 and it is an absolute revelation! Until now, despite IBM’s...
Ash Giddings
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Power10
In the four years since the announcement of POWER9 in 2017 the world has changed considerably.
Ash Giddings
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
What do the IBM September 2021 announcements mean for IBM i System Administrators?
New Hardware In IBM’s recent announcements the Power10 E1080 certainly stole the headlines with its incredible performance benchmarks,...
Martin Norman
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
The importance of reliable and fast IFS replication for Disaster Recovery
IBM i users need replication solutions that change as the platform changes. Originally the main focus for High Availability and Disaster...
Simon O'Sullivan
- Jan 18, 2021
- 1 min
7 Reasons To Put Your DR Box In The Cloud
Maxava’s DR software is a one-stop solution based on clear contractual terms and agreed-upon SLAs that lets your business establish a...
Timothy Prickett Morgan
- Oct 1, 2019
- 4 min
Maxava Hits Multiple Targets With The Same HA Arrow
Maxava software licenses don’t have hardware upgrade fees built in, unlike some systems and application software sold in the IBM i...
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