IBM Power Ideas Portal
This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).
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We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:
Search existing ideas
Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,
Post your ideas
Post an idea.
Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.
Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.
Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use
Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.
IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.
ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.
Nothing optimizes the decline of IBM support over the years more than this entire interaction.
First, IBM tells me that I'm configured incorrectly. Next, they tell me that FIPS isn't supported in their JDK 17 and that they are working on it as a high priority. Then, they tell me that, no, they really aren't working on it because it's a bigger change and that I really should submit it as an idea here first. Finally, you tell me it isn't an idea worthy of inclusion. Each step above took weeks and months.
FIPS support is necessary whenever an organization is required—by law, regulation, or contract—to use cryptographic solutions validated against federal security standards for protecting sensitive data, especially in government, healthcare, finance, and critical infrastructure sectors.
But, in your esteemed estimation, that doesn't include the IBM iSeries customers. Seriously, not sure how that conclusion is justified. I guess you're saying those aren't worthwhile clients in the midrange space.
This is something beyond the scope of CAAC to recommend.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual IBM Ideas on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your Idea.
For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
Carmelita Ruvalcaba - CAAC Program Manager