The IBM i platform has always been popular in industries where big money changes hands, like banking, insurance, and gaming. Banks use advanced IBM i, iSeries, and AS/400 software in every part of their business, from financial transactions to credit cards to loans to billing statements.
Aside from financial software, every bank should consider using the following types of IBM i software to ...
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Well, sure. Someday. Everything becomes unsupportable eventually. But not to worry. Nothing imminent. Just a little April Fool’s humor to get your day going.
End of support is coming next week on April 9th. You know who is ...
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With multiple data breaches in the news on what seems like a weekly basis, companies are understandably “twitchy” about making sure their data is protected. It’s a big job. What is at risk is not just proprietary data, but usually customer data too.
Many companies are bombarded with sales reps showing cloud services as the shiny penny that will fix their issues. ...
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It’s official. What’s old is new again. An IBM study released this month about CIOs shows a growing alignment with (drumroll, please) pleasing the customer. There is a strange irony here. It used to be that back in the day the mantra was “The Customer Is Always Right.” As companies started ...
This week we are celebrating the birth of our blog nine months ago. Our goals for establishing this weekly communication with our customers and other IT professionals looking for IBM i software solutions were simple:
There seems to be a steady stream of stories in the news lately about bank fraud. The American Banking Association (ABA) came out with a report in the last few months summarizing 2012 figures and the stats are eye-opening.
Debit card fraud (54%) and check fraud (37%) accounted for the majority of more than $1.7 billion in losses in 2012. The remaining ...
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I’m wondering. Will Watson-supported technology replace my wife as the voice in my ear that consistently scolds me about my blood pressure, cholesterol level, and exercise?
Last week IBM announced that its “Watson” fund will be investing in Welltok, a healthcare application that helps businesses incentivize employees to participate in wellness plans. Welltok is a Denver based start-up that since 2009 is a ...
Continue Reading →It’s fun for me to talk about the birth of the AS/400 because I was fortunate enough to be a part of it and there are so many loyal fans of it. But plenty of programming took place decades before the AS/400. I came across an IBM film/commercial shown at the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. It’s called The Information Machine, Man, and the Data Processor. Fair warning. It’s almost 10 minutes in length. But it has some ...
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Transformation appears to be the IT buzzword of the moment. While I like my technology leading edge, my business philosophy tends to be old school.
Design it better than anyone. Support it better than anyone. Pay attention to your customers and never stop innovating to meet their challenges.
So buzzwords come and go for me without much ...
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Great article on IT Jungle with 2014 predictions. Two in particular caught my eye.
#1 The Target Breach and the Security Fears it is Provoking
It’s still hard to wrap my mind around 70 MILLION CUSTOMERS that had their personal data leaked by Target. We had someone in our office that was probably one of the victims. ...
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