Why is Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd often seen at COMMON User Group Events? common.org/navigate-florida2024 Shield is an ISV (IBM Software Vendor), and has been for many years. We create software solutions for the IBM i […]
Category: IBM i
NG4i Installation just got easier
When our customers are installing the NG4i LPP on the target system as part of the AAG solution it requires that the save files required for the installation are downloaded to the system to allow […]
RPi test rack for AAG test and build.
We are using the Raspberry Pi for monitoring our internal infrastructure and building out various images that can be used by customers to set up and monitor their own infrastructure. This means we need to […]
Podcast: Pi to IBM i by Remain Software
There are several exciting moments to reflect on following the Shield team attending COMMON’s PowerUp 2024, Forth Worth Texas. First, this Podcast – Shield Connects RPi to IBM i. At the Remain Software booth Wim […]
Positive Outcome with HA Solution
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New Product Announcement – FT4i
Press Release: May 2024, Toronto, Ontario Shield Advanced Solutions plugs the FTP Security gap with FT4i. FT4i provides IBM i users with the ability to log user and FTP activity for both the Client and […]
New FTP Security tool FT4i
Security is something we should all look at closely, if you are not then you should be. The threat environment is increasing and we are seeing a lot more vulnerabilities identified for the IBM i […]
Press Release – AAG/NG4i V2.R1
Issued: Immediate release, Toronto, Ontario Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd is excited to announce Version 2 Release 1 of their AAG/NG4i solution. AAG/NG4i – Nagios Monitoring for IBM i, was initially announced in May 2023. New […]
AAG and System Updates, Making it Easy!
One of the biggest problems we had when running our IBM i systems was knowing what PTFs we needed and when new PTFs are available. As a development shop we regularly come across issues that […]
Raspberry Pi Monitoring for IBM i
Raspberry Pi single board computer We mentioned previously about a project we undertook to add IBM i monitoring to Nagios that resulted in the use of a Raspberry Pi and the NEMS (Nagios Enterprise Monitoring […]