I mentioned earlier this year that there were signs that there would be a new release of IBM i announced this year. Images from IBM showed arrows to indicate that IBM i Next would happen in 2019.

I was curious whether IBM i Next would be another version 7 release, 7.4, or a totally new release, 8.1?

Poking around in the IBM KnowledgeCenter I found the answer, there is now a section of the site for IBM i 7.4. It does not, as yet, contain any information, it is more of a "place holder".

The URL for this is: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/search/?scope=ssw_ibm_i_74

My guess is that the new release will be announced at the COMMON PowerUp19 conference in May 2019.

In the meantime let's see what more information we can uncover about the new release before then. If you find something about it please share by sending me what you found via the Contact Form, on the right.

Am I the only one who feels excited by this?