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In the long history of enterprise computing, few machines have earned the quiet respect granted to IBM Power servers. They were never the loudest products in the room. Personal computers captured headlines, cloud startups became fashionable, and sleek laptops...

Big idea first (this matters) ... The AS/400 (now IBM i on Power Systems) was never about raw GHz or core counts. Its performance model is based on : Tightly integrated hardware and Operating System Specialized instruction sets Workload-oriented benchmarks, not...

IBM has just unveiled a new FlashSystem storage portfolio that marks a significant evolution in how enterprise storage is managed :   Autonomous storage powered by agentic AI : storage arrays that can be co-managed with AI agents to automate tasks like monitoring,...

POWER (Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC) is IBM’s high-performance RISC processor architecture, created for servers, supercomputers, and mission-critical enterprise systems. 1970s–1980s : The RISC Foundations POWER traces back to IBM’s 801 research project,...

In IBM systems terminology, RAMP-C was an earlier performance test that was replaced in the mid-1990s by the Commercial Processing Workload (CPW) benchmark for measuring the relative performance of systems like the AS/400 and its successors (IBM iSeries, IBM i, and...

IBM i 7.4 (V7R4) is available since June 2019. The end of standard support of this version (5770-SS1 V7R4M0 and all its LPPs) is announced for 30/09/2026. Start planning : the replacement versions/releases are V7R5 or V7R6 !Source : IBM

Supported Servers IBM i 7.6 does not support Power9 processor-based systems : IBM i 7.6 is supported only on Power10 with firmware level FW1060 and above and Power11 technology-based processors. List of Withdrawed products It's time to clean up. The following products...

Common False Claims :  “Quantum computers can break RSA encryption now.”→ Not true. The largest number factored so far is 35 (5×7) : nowhere near real-world encryption sizes (2048+ bits). “Quantum supremacy means practical usefulness.” → No. It just means a quantum...

Please find the updated roadmap for IBM i here !

Highlights ... 1. First Full Release in Five Years The first major update since Power10 (2020), with high-end, mid-range, and entry-level Power11 servers, and cloud availability via IBM Power Virtual Server — all launching on July 25, 2025. 2. Performance & AI...