Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 👏 Why aren’t more people using the IBM i? 🎊 IBM i gets MCP server support. AI: The AI Paradox: people often use AI but don’t want it used on them when subtlety matters. Career: 🎯 Why IBM i Professionals Are Built to Win Outcome-Driven […]
Talsco Weekly: IBM i in 2025, A Year in Review
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly: 2025 in review IBM i Brief: 🔥 Power11 & IBM i Hardware Direction. 📣 IBM Project Bob: AI Development Tool Enters Preview. 📌 IBM i Technology Refreshes (TRs) & OS 7.6. AI: 👷 Meet Bob: Your AI Coding Partner. Career: 📖 Navigating the AI Revolution: An IBM i […]
Talsco Weekly: Why IBM i Modernization Needs Leadership
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🤝 IBM acquires Confluent for hybrid cloud AI. 🖥️ IBM emerges as superior AI investment. AI: 👷♂️ IBM opens Project Bob preview to developers. 🤝 AI leadership demands new technical fluency. Development: 🔓 RPG developer champions free-format coding evolution. 📅 IBM i adds new RPG […]
Talsco Weekly: IBM i’s Modernization Crossroads
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🔧 ACS 1.1.9.10 brings security-focused enhancements. 💻 Power11 systems compete with Windows on price. AI: 🔗 IBM’s Bob goes beyond simple code assistance. ⚙️ AI agents struggle with legacy systems’ hidden rules. 🤖 Prompt Engineering for LLMs, PDL, & LangChain in Action. 💼 CxOs prioritize […]
Talsco Weekly: It’s Time to Build Your First AI Agent
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 💻 Power11 shows modest price/performance gains over Power10. 🔄 IBM wraps up 2025 with Power Systems updates. AI: ✨ Writing an LLM agent is surprisingly simple and you should know how to do it. Career: 💭 AI’s Promise and Peril. ERP: 🔄 Infor unveils IBM […]
Talsco Weekly: RPG – The Hire, Train & Mentor Model
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 💰 IBM Power Systems pricing remains opaque for customers. AI: 🏦 JPMorgan Chase leads AI transformation in banking. Career: 🚀 Why This Is the Most Exciting Time to Be in Enterprise IT. Hiring: 👥 IBM i: Hire, Train & Mentor. Leadership: 🏢 The real question […]
Talsco Weekly: It’s Like 1999 All Over Again on IBM i
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: 🤝IBM and Anthropic unite on Project Bob. 📈 IBM TechXchange 2025 tackles AI adoption challenges. 💻 IBM Power Systems posts strong Q3 growth—but how much comes from IBM i? AI: ↔️ IBM replaces Watson with Project Bob. 📈 IBM tackles the AI ROI challenge. Career: […]
Talsco Weekly: Empowering RPG Developers to Access Any Datasource
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 […]