In Episode 44, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about how to be prepared for when your system administrator starts to plan their retirement. Listen as they discuss, how to extract knowledge from the person retiring, what options make the most sense when looking for a replacement, why managed services make sense, when you should start a managed service contract, and more. 

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In Episode 42, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with Larry Bolhuis about what to know when moving to the cloud. Listen as they discuss what costs you should be looking at when it comes to the cloud, how the cloud affects 3rd party applications, is your data safe in the cloud, migration options, and more. 

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In Episode 42, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about the recent Power8 End of Support Announcement. Listen as they discuss what end of support actually means, what you need to worry about, when you should start looking to upgrade, whether you should go to a Power9 or Power10, and more. 

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In Episode 41, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about the 7.3 End of Support Announcement. Listen as they discuss where IBM i 7.3 runs, where it doesn't, the cost of staying on 7.3 vs. upgrading, how to know if you should go to IBM i 7.4 or IBM i 7.5, when to start planning your upgrade, and more. 

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In Episode 40, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech’s Steve Pitcher about security vulnerabilities on your IBM i. Listen as they talk about the percentage of customers that have critical vulnerabilities they're not aware of, the most common vulnerability out there that people have no idea about, the overall industry perception of IBM i security, and more. 

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In Episode 39, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about the value of working with a Managed Service Provider. Listen as they talk about what a Managed Service Provider does and should be doing, why companies are looking to MSP services more than ever, how hiring an MSP can reduce a business’s costs, what to consider when looking for an MSP, and the value you should be getting from your MSP. 

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In Episode 38, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk about the value of staying current with both your IBM i OS and Power Systems Hardware. Listen as they talk about why you should upgrade, how someone can decide what the right OS version to upgrade to, how often you should do an OS upgrade, why you should upgrade your hardware, costs of not upgrading, security issues when falling behind, and more. 

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In Episode 37, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with IBM Technical Consultant, William Grenache, about data resiliency with IBM External Storage. Listen as they talk about how IBM is addressing Cybersecurity and the tools they're using with Storage. 

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In Episode 36, Pete Massiello and Laurie LeBlanc talk with iTech Solutions' security expert, Steve Pitcher about the Log4j2 vulnerability called Log4Shell.

 

Listen as they talk about, what is it, what is the impact, how to know if your system is affected and resources available to help you.

For additional information, you can also visit the security alert put out by iTech earlier this week. We will continue to update as new information is available. [Read Here] 

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In Episode 35, Pete Massiello talks with fellow Common board member, Marina Schwenk, about Common's N2i (New 2 i) group.

 

Listen as they talk about the purpose of N2i, who the group is for, upcoming events with N2i, how to contact N2i, and find more information to join. 

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