Me, IBM, and i

I’ve always wanted IBM to take advantage of the “i” in iSeries. Apple had the right idea with iPod, iTunes, iMac, even though I do believe iSeries was there before the iPod came around. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Well IBM, after deliberating with the user community, has taken it to a new level… introducing IBM i. Simple enough?

BTW.. Love the new logo. Not only are we saying goodbye to the OS name i5/OS, once OS/400… now just IBM i.

And for hardware: System i, once iSeries, AS/400, and others before my time… now merged with System p to form IBM Power Systems.

But we’re also saying goodbye to the VRM version naming: so i5/OS V6R1 now simply IBM i 6.1. Believe it or not, I think this will be the toughest one for me to get over since its been around the longest.

Though I think “i” will be tough to Google. Simple is good. “IBM i” seems to Google well.

Lots of changes. I just hope these names will finally stick around. To me its always been the “i” in IBM.

PS: Blog name changes once again :)

How to connect to an i5/OS WAS instance from within the IDE

You might sometimes need to test a web application on an i5/OS WAS instance. If you find it too much of a hassle to export your project as an EAR or WAR file, upload the file to the remote server, then install the application (and repeat the process again when you make a change!) – or if you just don’t want the overhead of running WAS locally – consider configuring your remote server within the IDE so you can use it just like a test environment.

Here’s how:

Integrated i5/OS offerings: sites now available

Integrated Web services for i5/OS and integrated Web application server for i5/OS Web sites have gone live.

See links below:

• Integrated Web Services for i5/OS
• Integrated Web Application Server for i5/OS