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NEW YORK, April 22, 2026 — i-Rays, an observability platform developed by Omnilogy, a global technology developer focused on the IBM i environment, is raising concerns that traditional IBM i monitoring often stops at surface-level events and alerts, leaving IT teams to diagnose the root cause. New AI observability systems are helping teams predict issues before they show symptoms, but embracing these ideas requires a fresh outlook on observability, a shift from alerts to predictive insights, and adopting the Observe, Understand, and Act framework.

Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world, sometimes small errors or accidentally overlooked things can create bigger problems down the road. And while it’s difficult to go back in time to fix foundational code, organizations in the IBM i ecosystem now have a way to proactively identify and repair the possibly hidden problems that can create a cascade of issues as system load evolves.

It's official. After months of R&D, we are bringing true observability to the AS/400 ecosystem. Discover how i-Rays seamlessly integrates with Dynatrace to finally make your IBM i a first-class citizen of the modern IT stack. No more black boxes.

In today's fast-paced digital world, IT teams are under constant pressure to keep their IBM i systems running smoothly and prevent disruptions before they impact business operations. Two concepts- observability and monitoring-are often mentioned together, but they are not the same thing.

iBM i can run for years "without issues"... until one day everything looks like an issue at once. This post explains why threshold-based monitoring often misses the real causes of IBM i incidents - and how a behavioural approach (baseline + context) reduces alert noise and speeds up root-cause diagnosis.