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 […]
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 […]