IBM is enhancing AIX 6 and 7, the IBM strategic UNIX operating system for mission-critical, core business applications, with:
- Support for the new IBM POWER7+ processor-based systems
- Active System Optimizer, a new subsystem designed to autonomically improve the performance of workloads
- Virtual Processor Management Scaled Throughput Option, which optimizes scaled throughput
- Support for 20 LPARs per core
- Crypto Offload Accelerators, which provides cryptographic engines that may relieve the POWER7+ processor from the performance-intensive cryptographic algorithms of AES and SHA
- High-quality random numbers, which helps to ensure security and that processor performance remains focused on your business applications
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IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
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