AI-accelerated analysis, planning notes, and category-adjacent research for IBM i and AS/400 software buyers.
IBM Bob Premium Package for i gives IBM i teams a new way to explain, document, test, and modernize legacy application logic. For healthcare buyers, the real value is safer application knowledge before clinical AI touches operational data.
A deeper Power BI architecture guide for IBM i teams choosing a production-safe reporting access pattern.
A practical restore-test runbook for IBM i teams that need proof of recovery, not just successful backup job logs.
A deeper reporting governance guide for IBM i teams that need shared definitions and approved datasets.
A deeper upgrade-planning guide for IBM i teams building the dependency inventory that decides whether a Power 10 or Power 11 migration is ready.
A next-step compatibility workshop for IBM i teams planning Power 9 to Power 10 or Power 11 moves.
A practical AS400 and IBM i version upgrade checklist covering release support, PTFs, ISV software, testing, licensing, backup, and rollback.
RPG, COBOL, Db2, and ERP applications running on AS/400 and IBM i do not need to be rewritten to benefit from AI. Watsonx and modern APIs layer natural language access and predictive intelligence on top of the software you already trust.
If your RPG, COBOL, or IBM i ERP applications run on Power 9 hardware headed toward end of life, here is the honest answer on what happens to the software, the OS, your licenses, and your ERP vendor relationship.
A practical demo checklist for IBM i barcode and warehouse software covering receiving, picking, mobile devices, label handling, integration depth, and floor-level exceptions.
A practical checklist for IBM i CRM projects covering system-of-record rules, sync timing, sales and service workflow fit, user adoption, and phased rollout design.
A practical demo checklist for IBM i document management software covering spool files, scanned documents, retrieval speed, approvals, retention, and user adoption.
A practical demo checklist for IBM i EDI software covering partner onboarding, mapping changes, acknowledgements, exception visibility, and ERP workflow fit.
A practical requirements guide for IBM i help desk software focused on intake paths, monitoring integration, queue design, escalations, and support governance.
IBM's July 15, 2026 launch paired the entry-level Power S1112 with IBM Bob and Power Autonomous Operations. The real significance is that Power 11 now has a true IBM i P05 entry point.
The IBM Power S1112 is the first Power 11 server for IBM i P05 customers, but the opportunity is defined by clear boundaries around cores, memory, partitions, and side workloads.
What buyers should insist on seeing in an AS400 automation software demo before they believe the workflow will survive real production exceptions.
How to use automation tutorials, sample workflows, public examples, GitHub code, and trial downloads without mistaking them for production proof.
How to choose self-study, vendor training, internal labs, and project-based IBM i training without wasting team time.
A starting plan for beginners who need to understand AS400 screens, core concepts, daily tasks, and where modern IBM i tools fit.
Why high availability IBM i software pricing changes so much between vendors, architectures, managed services, and testing expectations.
The real cost picture behind an AS400 or IBM i environment ... hardware refresh, OS, software, maintenance, cloud, support, and skilled labor.
IBM Bob Premium Package for i reached general availability June 24, 2026. Here is what it actually does for legacy RPG codebases, and where the skill-gap problem still needs a human.
How IBM i software vendors price differently across perpetual licensing, subscription models, managed service, and usage-based billing.
A thorough guide to what people mean by IBM AS400 software, from the 1988 AS/400 launch and IBM i release history to model numbers, languages, software types, current uses, and why this entire site is dedicated to the topic.
Backup and high availability solve different problems on IBM i. Here is how to decide which software layer to prioritize, and when the business needs both.
Backup software is one layer of an IBM i disaster recovery plan. Here is how to evaluate whether yours actually supports the recovery design your business needs.
A practical look at what IBM's BRMS handles for IBM i backup and recovery, and where third-party software adds capability BRMS does not cover.
The operational practices that separate strong IBM i backup software from basic job automation, including policy control, IFS coverage, and restore testing.
How IBM i backup software architecture choices, agent-based, agentless, and hybrid deployment, affect coverage, performance, and administrative overhead.
How native IBM i saves, BRMS, managed backup services, and cloud platforms compare for recovery scope, operational effort, and cost.
A procurement checklist for evaluating IBM i backup software, covering coverage scope, recovery targets, media support, and restore testing.
How IBM i backup software is priced, per-partition, capacity-based, or subscription, and the cost factors buyers commonly underestimate.
How to evaluate IBM i backup software built around tape integration versus cloud-native platforms, and why many shops end up running both.
A buyer's primer on what IBM i backup software must cover beyond production libraries, and why coverage gaps are the most common evaluation mistake.
The real difference between screen scraping and full modernization, and how to sequence a green screen project so it produces a visible result instead of stalling out.
What QSECURITY levels actually control, why level 40 is not automatically enough, and how audit journaling and SIEM integration fit into an IBM i security program.
A practical look at where AI can help IBM i teams today without creating unnecessary operational or governance risk.
Why IBM i security modernization often succeeds when buyers improve visibility, governance, and authentication in the right order.
API work often becomes the practical bridge between stable IBM i systems and the modern applications surrounding them.
