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Installing & Using the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software
ByWhat is the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software? Previously known as the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications, the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software (AIX OSS) is a collection…
Make Sense of Journaled Tables with SQL
ByTest Setup I had a number of tables that had been journaled and I wanted to analyse what had changed during a fixed time. This is quite simple, the essential…
A screen a story – Did you ever take a console over?
ByDuring the COVID-19 pandemic we all learned to work remotely when possible. Setting up a VPN connection is something no longer only performed by IT personals. Losing a VPN connection…
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Remain Software Milestone
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Remain Software released today the second Milestone of TD/OMS V13, Gravity V6, Remain API Studio V2, and MiWorkplace V1.25.0. In line with the company’s longstanding commitment to ongoing product…
ByMy source is MIA – RTVCLSRC
A bit of a follow on to my article in July last year about checking the date of source against your program. I have a customer who for their sins…
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Should we strive to improve our code?
Last week, I was looking for “CPF2234 Invalid Password” messages, for a program I am writing. I assumed that I would find them in QSYSOPR, but there weren’t any. So,…
Finding Non-Encrypted Connections to your IBM i
Connecting securely to our systems is more important now than ever before and this is just as true for IBM i as any other platform. As I’m sure you know…
ByMan – Where’s that Manual Gone?
IBM has released quite a few big hitters lately, MariaDB etc., and some of the not so well known utilites have slipped under the cover. Let me take you through…
ByA screen a story – IBM i Services (SQL) to the rescue
Friday 29th January 2021 I am in a Teams meeting which is drawing to an end, when the phone is ringing. A quick text message is the response, telling the…
Version 4 of the well-known “Flash for i” product: to enhance the usage of External Storage with IBM i
Available for 5 years, installed in more than 200 LPARs in 12 countries, you certainly already know the ‘Flash for i’ product. It brings to the IBM i the extremely…
Free Registration Announced for RPG & DB2 Summit Lunch & Learn Series
— Features IBM i technical tips and tool demos for developers — Peterborough, NH – January 26, 2021 – System i Developer today announces free registration for a series of…
SoftLanding boosts process automation for modern IBM i software developments in new TURNOVER® Lifecycle Manager release
PETERBOROUGH, NH, January 21, 2021 – SoftLanding Systems, the IBM i software division of UNICOM® Global, has introduced source stream file management into its IBM i application lifecycle management solution,…
Lock System Values
Stay Safe! If you’re looking to tighten your IBM i security, it can be quite daunting to know where to start. Do you look at securing the perimeter by looking…
Seiden Group Announces Free Access toCommunityPlus+ PHP for IBM i
— Enhanced PHP RPMs come with optional setup & support services — Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, January 6, 2021 —Seiden Group, specialists in IBM i open source development, today releases their enhanced…
A screen a story – time to update the settings of your IBM i SMTP server
Let us face it QDLS is something of the past, back from the days when the Integrated File System (IFS) had not seen the light of day. If you have…