A curated index for the IBM i community — built by people who've been part of it since 1998.
The i Power Report & Directory serves as the premier resource hub for the IBM i and Power Systems community, connecting professionals, vendors, and organizations within this vital ecosystem. Our mission is to empower the IBM i community by providing comprehensive, accessible information and fostering meaningful connections.
We strive to be the definitive destination for:
- Industry Professionals: Providing educational resources, career opportunities, and technical insights for IBM i practitioners
- Solution Providers: Offering a curated directory of hardware and software vendors, creating visibility and connections within the ecosystem
- Organizations: Supporting hiring managers and businesses with resources to grow and maintain their IBM i infrastructure
- Community Building: Facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration among IBM i professionals, partners, and vendors
- TiPD Mastermind Group: Facilitates the professional growth of IBM i professionals through structured peer-to-peer collaboration, bringing together IBM i experts and practitioners to solve challenges, share best practices, and accelerate innovation within the community.
Through our comprehensive directory, educational content, and community engagement initiatives, we aim to strengthen and sustain the IBM i ecosystem, ensuring its continued growth and innovation for years to come.
The problem we're solving
The IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) community is one of the most underrated in tech. It quietly powers a huge share of the world's critical business systems — banking, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare. The people who build and maintain these systems are skilled, loyal, and often invisible to the broader tech industry.
But there's a real practical problem: when you need to find a good IBM i tool, a trusted modernization partner, a sharp consultant, or just the right community to learn from — it's harder than it should be. The signal is scattered across forums, old blog posts, vendor websites, and word of mouth.
The iPower Directory is our attempt to fix that.
What you'll find here
A hand-picked index of:
- Consultancies and service providers doing IBM i modernization, migration, managed services, and staffing
- Tools and software that IBM i shops actually use — from RPG dev environments to monitoring, security, and ERP
- Training, conferences, and learning resources including user groups, courses, and the events worth your time
- Newsletters, podcasts, and voices worth following in the IBM i community
- Jobs and career resources for IBM i and RPG professionals
Every listing is reviewed before it goes in. We update it regularly. We don't take payment for placement, and we don't accept submissions that don't meet the bar.
Who's behind it
The directory is published by Talsco, Inc. — an IBM i (AS/400) and RPG recruiting, staffing, and consulting firm. Talsco's founder, Patrick Staudacher, has been serving the IBM i community since 1998. We started as a one-person recruiting firm focused on direct-hire roles in Wisconsin, and grew into a US-wide service for organisations and professionals working on the IBM i platform.
We also publish Talsco Weekly — a hand-picked roundup of the best IBM i, modernization, and open-source links each week. Thousands of IBM i professionals read it. If you're not on the list yet, [you can subscribe here].
The directory and the newsletter come from the same place: we sift through the IBM i world so you don't have to.
Why curated, not crowdsourced
Most online directories are SEO traps. Pay-to-play listings. Dead links. No editorial standpoint. They're built to rank in Google, not to actually help anyone.
We took the opposite approach. The iPower Directory is curated by people who work in the IBM i space every day. We know which consultancies do real modernization work and which ones just talk about it. We know which tools developers actually use and which ones are slideware. We know which community resources are still alive and which haven't been updated since 2018.
That means the directory is smaller than the spammy alternatives. That's deliberate. We'd rather list 50 things that are worth your attention than 500 things that aren't.
How listings get in
1. Research. We find resources through community recommendations, client conversations, conferences, and direct submissions.
2. Review. Every listing is checked for quality, relevance, and whether it's still active. We look at the work, the people, and the reputation in the community.
3. Inclusion. If it meets the bar, it goes in. Free. No fees, no upsells, no "featured listing" tier.
4. Maintenance. Listings get reviewed periodically. Dead links and outdated entries get pruned. The directory stays useful because it stays current.
Submissions, corrections, and suggestions
If you build, run, or rely on something in the IBM i space that should be in here — please tell us. Submissions are free and reviewed within a week.
If you spot something out of date, a dead link, or a listing that needs correction, we want to know about that too.
A note on the platform
We use the IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) naming convention throughout. Some readers prefer one term over another — that's fine. The platform has had several names, the community has been called several things, and what matters is the work, not the label.