COMMON POWERUp 2026

Sometimes, the answer to a tricky problem is right in front of you - you just have to know where to look. That’s what the team at PC Richard & Son discovered while rolling out our next-generation POS solution to our fleet of IBM i systems using Ansible. Everything was going well until we hit a hardware issue on one IBM Power Server. Fixing that single machine was easy, but figuring out if the same issue was quietly lurking on other servers? That was the real challenge. Join us for a real-world case study on how we used Ansible and AI in creative ways to find and fix hidden problems before they caused major headaches. We’ll share what we learned, how AI helped us work smarter, and how you can apply these lessons to your own environment.

Learning Objectives:

`- How a simple hardware failure led to a bigger discovery. - How Ansible can be used for more than just automation. - Tips for leveraging AI in solving problems. - Ways to spot hidden issues before they become big problems. - Practical tips to make your infrastructure more reliable.