The Incredible i Show

008 On today’s episode we have teacher extraordinaire Jim Buck.  Jim is a speaker, an IBM Champion, the CEO and co-founder of imPOWER Technologies, past president of WMCPA (that’s a good story) and has the co-authored several IBM i books with Bryan Meyers.  Everyone in the IBM i community knows Jim Buck and if you don’t, you’ve been living under a rock.  AND let’s not forget, he is a world-class s...

007 We are so happy to have Steve Bradshaw from Rowton IT back on the show with us this week.  Steve joins us to unpack NVMe, everything you need to know about them and why you should take a look at them if you are doing a hardware refresh.     Steve’s contact information:  Email: steve.bradshaw@rowtonit.com What’s the fuss about NVMe’s (presentation) RowtonIT One incredible Th(i)ng!  Products, ga...

006 on the show today we have my good friend Brian Garland from Vermont Information Processing (VIP).   Brian has been a part of the IBM community since 1985 when he took a part-time job working on the System 34.  Brian is an Application Engineer, a lifelong resident of Vermont, loves reading science fiction, hiking and is a HUGE Star Trek fan.    Brian's contact information Email: Brian. Gar...

005 On this episode we are so excited to welcome Steve Will, Chief Architect, IBM i Operating System.  Steve has been with IBM most of his career and he takes us on a journey back in time and shares how the IBM i got its start and why the IBM i is the best platform to run your business today. Steve’s contact information and social: Steve Will/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS, stwill@us.ibm.com @Steve_Will_IBMi...

004 Season 2 is rolling along and we have another great episode with The Bearded Geek himself Matt Seeberger.   Matt is all about learning the cool things you can do on the IBM i.  But he doesn’t keep this information to himself.  Matt takes to the airways - posting on Slack, his YouTube channel, blogs, Ryver and more!  Tune in!  You might learn something!!   Matt's contact information and so...

003 We have something fun planned for you!   My co-host Tony Turetsky is a software developer and doesn't know much about IBM Power hardware.  So we invited my friend Pete Massiello, from iTech Solutions to help him out.   Like many of us Pete has been in the IBM community since college, currently he is the president and owner of iTech Solutions – an IBM i gold business partner. He has IBM ce...

002 On this week's show we interviewed IBM POWER Champion Torbjorn Appehl.  In addition to being an all-around great guy, Torbjorn has been in the IBM i space for more than 20 years, he is a COMMON speaker, active in IBM community outreach and he encourages everyone to play hooky from work to attend conferences and get more education to do their jobs better.  Torbjorn recently spoke at COMMON...

001 Welcome to Season 2 of The incredible i Show!  We are kicking off our new season with Jesse Gorzinski - the force behind Open Source!  We sat down with Jesse between virtual conferences to get the latest on Apache Camel, IOT, RPM's, Machine Learning and more.   You don't want to miss this show!  Jesse Gorzinski, Senior Business Architect - Open Source Software on IBM i at IBM Email: ...

015 We are wrapping up Season #1!   We are taking a little break the month of May and we’ll be back in June – bigger and better than ever!   We have a great lineup in store for Season 2… Sneak peek includes very special guests: Matt Seeberger, Torbjorn Appehl, Steve Will, Jesse Gorzinski, Birgitta Hauser, and Pete Massiello. A big, big thank you to everyone who listened over these past 14 episodes...

014 Welcome to Day #4 of Security Week!  Today on the show we have international security expert Guy Marmorat from Resiliane.   For more than 25 years, he has been dedicated to the development of security solutions for IBM i and have contributed to the positioning of Cilasoft as one of the world leaders in audit and security software on IBM i. Guy has such a cool life story, and he says he’s not d...

013 Welcome to Day #3 of Security Week!  Today on the show we have author and IBM Power Champion Carol Woodbury and John Vanderwall from DXR Security.   They have been IBM i security experts since the early 1990’s.  John and carol share with us the importance of preemptive protection on our machines and not being afraid to tackle security one bite at a time.   Listen to this episode and then immed...

012 Welcome to Day #2 of Security Week!  We have 2 of IBM’s top security gurus on the show to share their expertise.   Thomas (Thom) Haze’s title is IBM i Operating System Security Development – he is the lead software developer for DCM and provides cryptography related enhancement to IBM i.  He generates the IBM i Security bulletin and lets you know what PTF’s to apply.   Robert Andrews is a Seni...

Welcome to Security Week on The incredible i Show!  We have an amazing line up with some of the industries leading experts!  We kick off the week with Robin Tatam from HelpSystems.   011 Robin’s official title is the Director of Security Technologies at HelpSystems.  He is a 3x IBM i Power Champion, he releases a yearly study on the State of Security on the IBM i (18 years and running),  he’s got...

010 Today's episode was especially fun for Tony because of our guests - Mike Zaringhalam and John Robinson are not only his coworkers at PC Richard and Sons but two of his very best friends.   Mike Z is a master of SQL, RDi, documentation, and modern coding practices and John is an amazing developer that has written some incredible web apps with new front end technologies like React,  while l...

009 We have  Liam Barry Allan (not to be confused with the FLASH) on the show today – so excited.   Don’t let this fresh face fool you – Liam is very active in the IBM i community – he is a software developer, speaker, and IBM i Champion.  Liam talks with us about his history as a developer, extracurricular work building Open Source projects for the IBM i, his contributions to the community, his n...

008 On this episode we have the most awesome Steve Bradshaw in the house.  Steve has worked in the IBM Business Partner world for more than 30 years.  He is an IBM Power Champion, member of the COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC), traveling IBM i evangelist speaking around the world at conferences, user groups and spreading the IBM i love.    We talk about everything from computers in the 1980&a...

007 On todays episode, we talk with Gordon Leary, Director of IT at Amports.  Gordon has been a part of the IBM community dating back to 1987 and the System 36 days.  In addition to his day job, Gordon is president of COMMON, IBM i’s largest user group.  Gordon enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, craft beer and is actively involved in Boy Scouts of America.   Gordon shares with us how...

006 On todays episode, we talk with James Hodgkinson from Kondex Manufacturing.   For James, the IBM i is a family affair - growing up with an extra phone line connected to an AS400 in his bedroom closet.  In his spare time, James enjoys reading, Minecraft and Legos. And he openly admits to being the 5th kid in his house.  The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo are his true love.  James sha...

005 Today we talk with David Rouleau from Agri-Mark Cabot Cheese - long time users of the IBM i platform.  In addition to David's full-time job as a Senior Software Engineer, David is involved with the Vermont Midrange Users Group, promoting snowmobile safety with the Barre Town Thunder Chickens snowmobile club, and staying in shape for his next Pickleball match.  David shares how the Cabot I...

004  Today,  we talk with Ken Meade, Director of Information Technology at Littleton Coin, and board member for the New Hampshire Midrange Users Group.   Ken shares with us how his team leverages their proven in-house developed applications to meet the growing needs of their business and how Littleton Coin pivoted during the pandemic is stronger and better because of it.   NHMUG information:  http...

002:  Tim Rowe’s official title is the Business Architect Responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i Operating System, and it may be hard to believe but he does so much more than that! Tim is the guy to thank for so many of the features and tools that we love regarding the IBM i. Tim chats with us about his role within the IBM i ecosystem, community and business o...

003:  Today we talk with Steve Wolk from PC Richard & Son.  Besides being my boss, Steve is the CTO of PC Richard & Son and a loyal advocate of the IBM i who got his start over 35 years ago as the nighttime data entry manager way back when it was the System38! Steve is a two time IBM Champion, accredited public speaker, the Emcee of the Long Island System Users Group, and the most die-hard...

#001: On this episode of The incredible i show, we'll be talking with David Jones from Liberty Mutual.  David shares with us how he and the Liberty IT team brought the IBM i back to life, leveraging blending together their current applications and open source.