Have you ever seen IBM enterprise servers displayed in a museum? When people think about museums in Jakarta, they often picture Indonesia’s rich cultural heritage, colonial architecture, or national history. However, tucked away in the heart of Jakarta’s Old Town (Kota Tua) is a museum that deserves a place on every IBM i professional’s bucket…
If you manage, administer, or develop on IBM Power Systems, you know that interacting with IBM i requires robust and reliable tooling. You’ve probably used older tools like IBM i Access for Windows. But things have changed. Today, IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) serves as the definitive standard interface for modern, flexible, and cross-platform…
One of the reasons organizations trust IBM i is its stability. An IBM i system can run for months—or even years—without a restart. Still, certain maintenance tasks, configuration changes, or recovery situations require you to stop and start the system correctly. In this post, I’ll explain how IBM i starts, how users sign on, and…
If you are new to IBM i operations or if you want to strengthen your fundamentals, this post will walk you through the core operational areas every IBM i administrator must understand. Think of this as your practical foundation before you move into security, performance tuning, backups, and automation. In this first part of the…
IBM i and AIX are both proprietary operating systems developed by IBM for its Power Systems hardware, but they represent divergent evolutionary paths. AIX, released in 1986, is IBM’s Unix-based OS derived from System V with BSD extensions, designed for general-purpose enterprise computing. IBM i, evolving from OS/400 (1988) and rooted in the AS/400/System/38 lineage,…
IBM i (formerly OS/400 and i5/OS) and Linux are both robust operating systems, but they stem from fundamentally different design philosophies. IBM i, developed by IBM for its Power Systems hardware, emphasizes integration, security, and long-term stability for enterprise workloads, evolving from the AS/400 lineage since 1988. Linux, an open-source Unix-like kernel created by Linus…
IBM i, formerly known as OS/400 and i5/OS, is a robust operating system developed by IBM for its Power Systems servers. Released in 1988, it emphasizes integration, security, and reliability, making it a staple in enterprise environments for business-critical applications. The “i” in IBM i stands for “integrated,” reflecting its design philosophy where components like…
IBM i is a robust, integrated operating system designed for IBM Power Systems hardware, renowned for its reliability, security, and backward compatibility in enterprise environments. Originally rooted in midrange computing platforms from the 1970s, it has evolved into a modern OS that supports cloud, AI, and DevOps while maintaining compatibility with applications dating back decades….
The IBM POWER architecture represents a cornerstone of high-performance computing, embodying the principles of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) to deliver efficient, scalable processors for enterprise servers, supercomputers, and embedded systems. Developed by IBM since the late 1980s, POWER—standing for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC—has evolved through multiple generations, powering everything from IBM’s RS/6000 workstations…
Frank Gerald Soltis, born in 1940, is an esteemed American computer scientist renowned for his pivotal role in shaping IBM’s midrange computing systems. Often hailed as the “father of the AS/400,” Soltis’s career spanned over four decades at IBM, where he served as the Chief Scientist for the System i platform. His innovative architectural designs,…
