New partnerships will sell enterprise software offerings for IBM Z and IBM i  NEW YORK– January 12, 2026 –  Izzi Software, a leading provider of innovative enterprise software solutions, today announced that it has inked two global reseller deals with VIRTUTEM and IT Service Alliance (ITSA). VIRTUTEM will sell the IBM i product through Izzi...Read More

Richard Milone from CNX has heard this story at least twice in the last five years. A customer calls with that particular mix of relief and disbelief in their voice. “We had a ransomware attack. Everything’s encrypted – the Windows servers, the file shares, even some of the backups. But the IBM i is still...Read More

Back in 2006, Richard Milone at CNX started what should have been a simple project. Their Atomic software was running manufacturing shop floors across the country, but it still had that old-school terminal interface. Time to modernize. He acquired and installed four or five different modernization tools from the leading vendors. They all promised the...Read More

IBMSystems Magazine recently profiled  JFW vineyards, makers of Kendall Jackson wines. JFW vineyards cover 15,500 acres in 6 California counties. JFW migrated from the Microsoft* Visual Basic platform to the open CNX Valence interface tool. By doing so, it developed a real-time environment that feeds critical manufacturing data to its back-end systems, creating a streamlined method to ensure that...Read More