When your internal or contract software experts leave, there may be insufficient knowledge in-house to manage and support the enterprise systems. However, there are several steps you can take to protect your systems’ investment and retain years and years of knowledge.
For major projects like an IBM i system upgrade, most companies will readily recognize the need for specialized, outsourced services. In many cases, this means seeking out a traditional managed service provider (MSP) to handle the system essentials – from performing the upgrade, to troubleshooting system problems, to ensuring stable OS performance.
In this blog, we discuss a report on the total cost of ownership (TCO) of IBM i and Power i servers. ProCern’s ground-level experience working with a variety of manufacturing and distribution companies across North America suggests that this IBM pairing can be extremely effective, generating substantial long-term ROI.
Over the years, IBM i, comprised of integrated and dependable hardware and software, has been viewed as a relatively closed system, as secure as secure can be from outside intrusion and risk. But security cannot be taken for granted.
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