IBM i V7R2 has been announced today.

Today IBM has announced the newest Version V7R2 of the IBM i Operating system. The planned availabilty is May 2, 2014. You can visit my IBM i  7.2 link Collection for further informations

There are many improvements in this release like:

• Enhanced security options in DB2® for i
• Many new functions for programmer productivity and expanded function in DB2 for i
• Improved ease of use with IBM Navigator for i
• Enhancements to iAccess Client Solutions
• Extension of security to more applications through new single sign-on (SSO) environments
• Liberty Core as the base for Integrated Application Server
• Support for Zend Server 6.0 on IBM i 7.2
• Performance improvements for the integrated file system
• Extensions to the printing environments
• Expanded Hub functions for Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS)
• PowerHA® SystemMirror® for i Express® Edition with new HyperSwap® capability
• Support for new Power Systems™ built with POWER8™ architecture and processor
• Additional I/O capabilities including support for WAN over LAN
• Rational® tools enhancements to support Free Format Report Program Generator (RPG)
• Support for the open source file serving solution Samba

The announcement letter is available here to download, but the links to the knowledge center are still not working. I hope IBM can fix this soon. Update 16:41 Knowledge Center is now working.