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Glad to have you back for this week's IBM i news roundup! Since it's still early into the year, we've got more 2017 predictions and of course 2016 highlights. It's always nice to reflect. Let's begin.

Paul Tuohy on IBM i Highlights of 2016
by Paul Tuohy

• One of the things I wanted, I wished for, was that I would keep meeting people who were in their 20s on the platform and this came true actually in unexpected ways as well.
• Not only is Liam a young guy working on the platform but he is also a speaker and we actually had him along to speak at the RPG and DB2 Summit that we had in Chicago and looking forward to having back speaking with us at the Summit in Orlando in March.
• I wanted a better database interface. Now this is something that has not been delivered in 2016 but the good news is that there are strides being made in the right direction with ACS Access Client solutions and the database functionality...

It's time for our first IBM i news roundup of 2017. Aside from new articles, you'll also see new website designs from our favorite news sources. Props to IT Jungle and MC Press for modernizing their website interface! ;)

It's time for a pulse of the IBM i industry! Take a few minutes to catch up on any headlines you might've missed in the past few weeks.

Happy Halloween! This week's news roundup covers what tricks and treats IBM has in store for us in the upcoming Refresh. HINT: Node.js and Cloud are part of the picture. Also, if you missed our free webinar on Agile Modernization with Node.js, it is available on-demand here. Now let's get to the news.

Welcome back to your favorite IBM i news roundup. We know it's been a while so let's catch you up with the biggest headlines from the past few weeks.

As a company trying to move people off of AS/400 terminal screens of the 80s, we're happy to see them modernize to any type of graphical interface. They look better than the green screens every time but nowadays even GUIs can look outdated. In this blog we're taking a step back to look at how UI design has progressed through the ages.

Welcome back to IBM i Pulse, your favorite IBM i news roundup. This week's edition features a lot of buzz surrounding the Open Source movement within the platform and we love that! We've been working hard to make Node.js work with our products and are sure glad our efforts are somewhat validated. Let's begin!

It's time for you to catch up with all that's going on in the IBM i world. This edition features a few stories reflecting on the industry as a whole and brings interesting perspectives from across the marketplace. It's always good to take step back and look at the bigger picture, so let's begin.

Welcome back to IBM i Pulse, your favorite (and probably only) IBM i news roundup. We apologize for the hiatus as we had to divert all of our efforts preparing for COMMON. The good news is it turned out great and we all had a blast in New Orleans. We can now return to our regularly scheduled programming of about 2 roundups a month.  This week's edition starts off with some exciting news from us!