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IBM Tops List of Security Vulnerabilities, But What Does It Mean?
by Alex Woodie

• IBM has found itself atop many prestigious lists over the years--the holder of the most patents, the greenest company in IT, and the biggest server maker. But this month the cybersecurity research firm Secunia put IBM at the top of one list that Big Blue won't be proud of: The list of software vendors with the most security vulnerabilities.

Source: http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh092315-story03.html

Six Signs Of The Long, Slow Decline Of ERP
by Alex Woodie

1. Dropping License Revenue
2. Migration to the Cloud
3. Continued Cost Overruns
4. Fewer New Features
5. Focus on Analytics
6. Suite Deconstruction

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Stop Saying "Legacy"!
by David Shirey

• "...for the last 20 years, the worst IT or business insult you could throw at someone was that their system was legacy."
• "In some ways, the legacy confession is a way of transferring responsibility from you to your system for the fact that your system is not all it should be. 'Oh, we can't possibly be held responsible for the state of our system. It's legacy code.' Sorry, but that's a total cop-out."

Source: http://www.mcpressonline.com/rpg/stop-saying-legacy.html

Technology Focus: Modernizing Your Apps to Keep Up with Technology, Part 2
by John Ghrist

• "This month, in Part 2, we continue the discussion of app modernization with the market need for at least letting mobile devices communicate with server software."
• "Some of the greatest challenges in app modernization seem to be outside the question of whether to follow the Webfacing or the mobile-device access paths."

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Be the Change – Developing IBM i Education
by Von Enselman

• "We all read the alarming articles about companies leaving the i because they can’t find RPG programers. We all know about the misconception that this machine is old school. As I have mentioned many times I find it frustrating that those who lament the loss of the good old days are the same developers who are reluctant to advocate on behalf of the platform. All of this doesn’t change the fact we need to address skill development at all levels of our community."
• "Focusing on the students it seems reasonably simple — their end goal is employability. The IBM i is a leader in the Power System install base and is used in every industry in the world. Watson is proving the capability of the machine on the global stage and the remarkable professionals at IBM promote the vitality of the platform to anyone and everyone who will listen."

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Did IBM i Just Get Hacked at DEF CON?
by Alex Woodie

• "A presentation at the recent DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas raised some eyebrows among the IBM i crowd. In "Hack the legacy," a European IT worker purported to demonstrate how to bypass the operating system's security and take control of the machine."
• "You'd be fooling yourself if you believed that the IBM i platform was never discussed among hackers. But rarely has the proof been so stark as what came out of DEF CON 23 last month..."

We're excited to announce the newest member of the Profound Logic Software team: Ted Holt! Ted is a prolific author on the topics of IBM i, RPG and COBOL development, and is an editor on IT Jungle's Four Hundred Guru newsletter.

Profound Logic Software is committed to offering the best solutions for IBM i (AS400) modernization. To meet the needs of IBM i businesses around the world, we have partnered with some of the best global ISVs and consultants available.

We are thrilled to announce three new partnerships. We have teamed up with One System, Printex Digital, and Redsis to help more IBM i shops modernize their systems worldwide. Chosen for their ingenuity in technology and IBM i expertise, we firmly believe these partners will advance the outlook of the platform internationally.