IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems - February 2018 - 7
PARTNER PoV What I've LEARNED 5 lessons from 25 years of IBM i experience I 've been working on IBM i and with thousands of clients worldwide for 25 years, and have learned a number of things about the platform during that time frame. Mostly, what I have learned is that from the time we first tested our software on an AS/400 in the lab in Atlanta, everything has changed-especially performance and options. After 25 years on IBM i, IBM has come up with one powerful machine that will be my last platform. Here are the top five lessons I've learned. Monty Chicola is the president of Real Vision Software Inc. 1. The basics still matter. Reliability, security and speed are some of the building blocks to this IBM i foundation. IBM i users and IT staff will laugh in your face when you ask them when their system last went down. No matter how old or new their system is, they expect it to be up and running-and it is. I've never had a client call in saying their system has been hacked or they're scared that there's been a security breach. As a cross-industry software provider, we have banks, hospitals, manufacturers, transportation companies, casinos, government agencies and more running their businesses on the platform. Everyone loves the security the platform has built in. And every new machine clients purchase is normally compared to how many ibmsystemsmag.com FEBRUARY 2018 // 7