COMMON POWERUp 2021

Does your C-level management team ask you why you use IBM i? Do you wonder how IBM i is used by your colleagues?_x000D_ _x000D_ IBM i Marketplace Study author, IBM Power Champion and HelpSystems Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions Tom Huntington will unveil information that can help you understand and benchmark your IBM i environment with other customers on the platform. _x000D_ _x000D_ This session is based on a survey conducted during the fall of 2020 by HelpSystems. Over 500 IBM i users from all over the world, in different industries and installations of IBM i responded to 40 questions about how they use the platform, including their plans to leave or remain on IBM i and whether they run Linux alongside IBM i. We will discuss Impact of COVID, high availability, open source, RDi, SAN, OS levels and more during this session._x000D_ _x000D_ Drawing on his 30 years of experience listening to HelpSystems customers, Tom will share his analysis of the data and provides his IBM i experience.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how to communicate the value of IBM i_x000D_ 2. Learn about emerging technologies on IBM i and their utilizations