AS400, Authority, IBM i, iSeries

AS400 Virus – Security holes from the golden age

Today, I was talking *techie* to a colleague in I.T. who still calls the IBM i Operating System – ‘The AS/400’. (but dont get me started on that) We bumped over a few ‘technology sleeping policemen’ during the conversation. Software is easy to upgrade. Mindsets are sometimes overlooked. This reminded me of the importance of …

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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming

The AS400, Dinosaurs, Whizzkids and the Plodders

The IBM System i has a strong following, in part because companies have not generally been required to upgrade hardware or software on an arbitrary schedule. This means that many business are running legacy computer applications (for legacy read ‘old fashioned’) that have typically been running on green-on-black terminals for many years – “if it …

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