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Power Systems: IBM i

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Companies worldwide rely on IBM Power Systems with IBM i (formerly i5/OS) to run their business.

Overview

IBM i is an integrated operating environment with a more than 20-year reputation for exceptional security and business resilience. IBM i running on Power Systems is used in today's marketplace worldwide across all industries. Companies have been relying on this very reliable IT infrastructure to support their business critical applications.

The demand for IT skills is growing, and students with skills on Power Systems and i will expand their job and career opportunities worldwide.

Benefits
Our Power Systems IBM i program includes a worldwide community of schools, IBM technical experts, customers and business partners. There are benefits for everyone:

  • Educators: can increase relationships with industry, develop new employment opportunities for their students, and get access to Power Systems courseware and training at no charge.
  • Students: can increase their job opportunities with new skills and participate in IBM Professional Certification exams.
  • Employers: can establish relationships with schools worldwide and find students with the skills they need for internships and jobs.

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Learn the basics

IBM i content can easily be integrated into any curriculum or program at your school to teach a variety of concepts. We have colleges and universities that have successfully enhanced their Computer Science, School of Business, or Information Systems programs with IBM i concepts, resulting in students that are in high demand by our customers.

We have a wide array of resources to help you learn and teach about IBM i, including no-charge training, professionally developed courseware, and remote virtual access to the Power Systems environment or significant discounts if you choose to lease or buy.

We have professionally developed IBM i course materials in the Courseware Repository that are excellent for learning more about IBM i.

Programming and application development on IBM i

Learn about IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software for developing applications to run on IBM i. It provides a complete development environment for creating and maintaining RPG, COBOL, CL, and DDS-based applications on IBM i with integrated search, edit, compile, and debug capabilities.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems

Learn about IBM Rational Team Concert software development platform, part of Jazz initiative, which integrates work-item tracking, builds, source control, and agile planning.

About Jazz Rational Team Concert for Power Systems Software Rational Open Access: RPG Edition

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Get trained

Take advantage of our no-charge or discounted training opportunities and prepare yourself for teaching about Power Systems and IBM i topics.

Online training

  • Play in the sandbox: Explore the Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for IBM i, which lets you experience and evaluate the latest solutions for modernizing and deploying core IBM i applications in a "tinker, test and try" environment without having to download or install any software.
  • DB2 for i: Review a wide variety of online resources available to learn more about IBM i's integrated database.

Instructor-led training

Get started with these basic level classes.

Certification opportunities

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Membership

Member offerings

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