In our previous security blogs, we’ve discussed how IBM i systems are often treated as “security islands” within enterprise architectures. Today, I want to tackle a practical solution to this problem: integrating your IBM i with Okta for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-On (SSO). Why IBM i Security Integration Matters Almost weekly, I meet […]
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Last month, I had an eye-opening conversation with a development team lead who was in the final stages of completing a several months long project building his company’s first APIs for their IBM i. They were struggling with a few final bugs and some performance issues but he told me that their biggest concern was
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IBM i API security has become a critical concern as organizations expand their integration strategies. Many IBM i teams unknowingly compromise their system security through outdated IBM i access authentication practices. The most concerning vulnerability? Using and storing IBM i credentials for IBM i access from other systems is a practice that creates multiple security
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Enterprise IBM i MFA security remains a critical challenge for many organizations. Last week, I met with the CIO of a large manufacturing company who was confident their enterprise was fully protected by multi-factor authentication. “We’ve implemented MFA across our entire infrastructure,” he assured me. Then came the pause. “Well, except for the IBM i
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IBM i DevOps modernization is becoming increasingly critical for organizations, yet one question keeps surfacing in my conversations with IT leaders: “Why should we change our IBM i change management system when what we have works?” It’s a fair question. After all, your current system has served you well for years, managing code changes reliably,
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Recently, I sat down with a team of veteran IBM i developers who had just completed their first month of using modern DevOps tools. “It’s like learning a new language,” one developer told me, mixing frustration with pride. “Challenging, but once things click, you wonder how you ever worked differently.” This conversation echoes what I’ve
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Get Full Lifecycle DevOps Automation using Open-Source DevOps Tools In my many recent conversations with IBM i users regarding modernization, one recurring theme has stood out: a strong desire to harness the power of Git for IBM i source code version control. However, many of these users have used IBM i native change management tools
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As a CIO, you’ve likely seen the transformative impact that modern DevOps practices can have across an organization. You recognize that there are reasons over 100 million developers around the world use Git for version control and tools like Jenkins and Azure Pipelines for process automation. Increased visibility to changes, faster debugging, higher productivity, streamlined
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With over 100 million users worldwide, Git is the world’s most popular version control system—and for good reason. Combined with cloud platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket, Git offers unparalleled capabilities for tracking changes, managing parallel development, simplifying audits, automating code promotion, securing source code, and more. Yet, despite its ubiquity, Git has
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Top Technology Trends for IBM i Professionals: Part V The good news is that all of us who have avoided modernizing our IBM i green screens until now may have dodged that bullet. We might be able to avoid screen modernization altogether. The days of filling in fixed forms to share data, whether between
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