Link Collection for IBM i 7.2 and Power 8

There are so many resources about the new release of IBM i. In this blog post i want to build a list with the best links to all information sources regarding V7R2. Please leave a comment if you know links with valuable informations which are missing in my list.

Announcement letter V7R2

Documentation

IBM Knowledge Center V7R2  
IBM Technology Update Wiki
IBM i 7.2 – The great beyond 
IBM i 7.2 and IBM POWER8
IBM i information overview and what's new

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.

First Informations about new features in IBM i V7R2

IBM has updated the Technology Update Wiki with the first informations whats new and enhanced in IBM i V7R2. Some of the links in the wiki are still broken, but i am sure IBM will fix this in the next week.

So check out IBM Technology Wiki V7R2