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September 2026: PTF Group, HMC Software, Storage System, & Power Firmware Levels Keeping an IBM i environment current is one of the simplest ways to protect uptime, but it is
If you’re running IBM i 7.4 today, you probably already know that standard support ends September 30, 2026. Well I hope you do, as I have been shouting it from the rooftops for the last 8 months. What may be a little less clear is what happens if you aren’t ready to upgrade by then.
On Wednesday, November 4th, join Lifetime Power Systems Champion Pete Massiello as he presents What You Need to Know to Do a Successful Upgrade to 7.6 & 7.5. Over his career in IBM i, Pete has performed well over a thousand upgrades, and this session distills all of that experience, knowledge, and hard-won know-how into one practical roadmap for upgrading to IBM i 7.6.
At a high level, an IBM FlashCore Module and a standard SSD are trying to accomplish the same thing. They both provide flash storage for your data.
The difference is in how much work they can do beyond simply storing and retrieving that data…
On Wednesday, October 14th join Relion Solutions’ Nathan Williams as he presents From Client Access to ACS: A Migration Playbook. IBM i Access for Windows, Mac, and Linux has been unsupported for years, and every day running it is a day further from IBM’s last fix for it.
The environments your business depends on deserve more than reactive support and generalized expertise. Relion Solutions brings the technical depth, responsiveness, and practical experience needed to help teams move faster, reduce risk, and operate with greater confidence.