Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🏎️IBM’s Spyre accelerator: A Power Systems revenue play. 🔭 IBM beats Q3 expectations, raises outlook. AI: 🚪 IBM reveals more about Project Bob. 🏃 IBM and Groq partner for faster AI. Career: 💼 Should I take this job or not? Development: ⚰️ IBM discontinues Merlin […]
Talsco Weekly: The New Role for the RPG Developer
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🗄️ Key Features Coming to IBM i 7.6 TR1 and 7.5 TR7. 🚢 IBM ships Spyre accelerators with Anthropic partnership. AI: 🖥️ IBM unifies code assistants into Project Bob. 🔷 IBM launches Project Bob AI development partner. Career: 💼 Beyond Code: The New Role of […]
Talsco Weekly: Why the “Wait & See” Approach No Longer Works
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: ⚙️ RPG quietly powers critical systems. 🔩 Power11 servers outpace predecessors. 📄 What Are You Thinking? Development: 🔹VSCode DDS editor gets smart update. 👨💻 RPG code should be recipe-like. 💻 RPGLE ILE still powers critical systems. Database: 🟦 Amazon RDS for Db2 supports backing up […]
Talsco Weekly: RPG Transformation & Modern Capabilities
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: ⏰ IBM i Updates for September 2025. 🔧 IBM i needs your security attention. 🚀 IBM and AMD power AI innovation. AI: 📊GenAI rivals the Dot Com boom. 🔗 MCP Is Really A Big Deal, Here Is Why. Career: 👔 IBM exec seeks entrepreneurial spirit […]
Talsco Weekly: RPG Retirement Wave – 5-Year Outlook
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🏆 IBM Champion nominations now open. ⚠️ IBM i 7.4 sales ending, upgrade urgently. AI: 🔄 HashiCorp links hybrid systems for AI growth. 🛗 GitHub Copilot significantly boosts dev productivity. Career: 👨💻 Young talent bringing fresh skills to IBM i. Development: 👨💻 RPG evolved from […]
Talsco Weekly: The Future of IBM i
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🏙️ NAViGATE 2025 spotlights IBM i modernization in Pittsburgh. 🖥️ IBM teases revolutionary Power11 chiplets. 📢 IBM i 7.4 End of Support announced for 2026. Career: 👩💻 From 4th career to IBM i: Megan’s inspiring journey shows the value of diverse backgrounds and mentorship in […]
Talsco Weekly: AI transforms traditional ERP landscape
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 💰 IBM adjusts global pricing again. 🔍 IBM Power11: Evolution with AI Focus. AI: 🔄 What exactly is the MPC Protocol? 🚀 Everyone is talking about MCPs – It has gone viral. Career: 💼 Technical debt threatens IBM i careers. Development: 💻 RPGLE gets smart […]
Talsco Weekly: IBM i: The Signal Through The Noise
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 📺 IBM Creates New Ad Campaign. ☁️ IBM Cloud replaces human support with AI. AI: 🤔Is There A Danger of AI for the Developer? 🧠 Docling: Transforming Document Parsing for AI Workflows. Career: 📡 The Signal Through The Noise. Hiring: ❓IBM i : Hiring For […]
Talsco Weekly: SDK: The Bridge Between IBM i & AI
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🔧 IBM rethinks transistor counting in Power11. 🔬 IBM and AMD join forces on quantum computing. AI: 🔒 AI browsers reshape cybersecurity landscape. Development: 🎥 Moving Beyond the Green Screen: A Visual Tutorial. 🔌 New SDK bridges IBM i with modern AI services. Hiring: Strategic […]
Talsco Weekly: Upgrade Yourself to be Ready for What’s Coming
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🔄 IBM Power11 eliminates planned downtime. Career: ⬆️ Upgrade Yourself: To Be Ready For What’s Coming. IBM i Training Resources. Development: 🧩 Only an RPG Developer Can Put It All Together. 🛠️ IBM i Low-code brings development to everyone. 🔍 Decoding Base64 ASCII. Hiring: 🔄 […]









