THE FOUR HUNDRED - Power Systems & IBM i Insights

1. Spring IBM i Tech Refreshes Will Come A Bit Later This Year

   IBM is working on a new Technology Refresh, as it traditionally does this time of year. But the spring TR announcement will not be made before the POWERUp conference takes place at the end of the month, IT Jungle has learned. Instead, the company will be holding off on the spring TR so that it aligns with a broader Power announcement.

   IBM i shops have been conditioned to expect two TRs every year, one in the spring (usually April) and another in the fall (usually October). The spring TR is usually timed to occur before COMMON holds its annual POWERUp …

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2. You Are Much More Than Power Systems, And So Are We

   The AS/400 was born in the age of minicomputers, but that was also when the rise of the personal computer started and eventually led to the revolution of client/server distributed computing. Not only was computing shifted to the PCs on our desks, but also out to file servers, print servers, and application servers that ran all kinds of different platforms, including NetWare, SCO Unix, OS/2 Server, rarely a variant of Unix, what would become Windows Server, and more recently Linux.

   Eventually, Windows Server and Linux became not only Web infrastructure and application serving platforms but ran relational databases and sometimes …

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3. Startup Seeks The “Golden Path” for IBM i Modernization

   IBM i shops looking for a partner to help with RPG modernization may want to check out Golden Path Digital. The startup recently announced a modernization initiative dubbed AS/Forward that includes a mix of code documentation and AI-powered code conversion tools, all wrapped up with professional services, to give IBM i shops a lifeline for aging RPG apps.

   Golden Path Digital was founded last year in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, by two business partners, Aaron Balentine and Ty Woods. An AI engineer at a local lumber company that runs on the IBM i platform, Valentine is the technical one, while …

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4. What Can IBM Do To Make The Future Power S1112 Mini System Compelling?

   The Power11-based Power Systems lineup remains incomplete, with the single-socket, half-width “Bonnell” system that debuted back in May 2024 still only available with Power10 processors and not yet upgraded to Power11. We know such a machine is in the works, because Big Blue has been clear about the need to ship a machine in the IBM i P05 software tier, the lowest rung on the IBM i ladder.

   We have not heard anything precise about the Bonnell kicker, and we would have thought it would have been launched in February or March. It has not. It is reasonable to expect …

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5. IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 15

   Well, this week’s security vulnerability looks pretty serious, so you best not skip this one. And as usual, it is happing with open source software embedded in the IBM i platform. The vulnerability is outlined in Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected by Security Control Bypass and Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime [CVE-2026-21925, CVE-2026-21933, CVE-2026-21932, CVE-2026-21945].

   You can read more about it at this link. Here is the list of remediations and fixes for the Java hole, which are available for IBM i 7.4, IBM i 7.5, and IBM i 7.6:

   Remediation/Fixes,

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