Project "Bob" availability date.

Feb 20, 2026

Project "Bob" announcement!
  
"IBM Bob 1.0.0 helps developers solve enterprise problems within real code bases while offering proactive improvement insights".

Planned availability date.
24 March 2026
 
The announcement can be found here 

IBM i Diagram and Shirt

Feb 20, 2026

People in the IBM i community are creative and supportive of the system. Always have been and always will be. Defending it to the max. With that said, these 2 pictures made me smile and hopefully they'll make you smile as well.

Presenting:

Courtesy of @Callie Brown of @Meridian IT  

 

Courtesy of @Mark McDonnell of @Briteskies 
 

 


I-Rays and OZGAR

Feb 13, 2026 
 

I was recently introduced to 2 pieces of software that I believe will be interesting to the IBM i community. I had the opportunity to view demo's of both and found them
to be fascinating.
 
The first is from the Specific Group out of Austria. The Specific Group has engineered IBM i Ai software named 'OZGAR.ai'. 
 
OZGAR is defined as:
"Your dedicated AI, trained in your environment to understand complex unstructured codebases, generate documentation and visualizations, and deliver actionable insights for engineers and developers. Clarity for critical systems."

Information about OZGAR.ai can be found on the IBM i Reference Pages Blog "Ai Page" here.  
 
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The second is from Omnilogy out of Poland. Omnilogy has engineered IBM i software named 'i-Rays'. 
 
i-Rays is defined as: "IBM i Autonomous Observability. Observe, Understand and Act Before IBM i   Issues Happen. i-Rays continuously learns the expected behavior of your IBM i systems, detects early deviations, and identifies the most likely root cause long before performance drops or failures occur." 
 
Information about i-Rays can be found on the IBM i Reference Pages Blog 
"Vendor and Resources Page" here