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Node Project – iDash
ByIn this article I will take you through part of my Node.js workshop that I presented at the UK International i Power conference in June 2019. The workshop was called…
i-UG (UK) conference welcomes SiD
ByFor the first time in many years SiD (System i Developer) is returning to the UK to deliver university classes at i-UG’s International i-Power conference that will take place this…
Don’t have a Meltdown over Spectre
ByYou would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about the latest class of security vulnerabilities that have been found. These are known by the catchy…
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A NodeJS Website on IBM i – Updating Records
Continuing with my Node.js Express website on IBM i theme, in this article I’ll show you how easy it is to update employee records from our database. Building on the…
A Screen a Story – Graph History.
Children and system managers have one thing in common, neither of them like to clean up mess. In one aspect children are different from system managers, they know which mess…
ByRaz-Lee Security Announces iSecurity Web GUI
Nanuet, New York – March 19, 2020 – Raz-Lee Security announces the release of iSecurity Web GUI. This agentless interface runs the regular iSecurity GUI in a web browser. It…
ByRemain Software Milestone Enhancements Boost Efficiency and Productivity for Organizations on IBM i and Multi-platform
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Remain Software delivered today its latest “Milestone” releases for the company’s three signature change-management, workflow and API editing and management tools: TD/OMS, Gravity and OpenAPI Studio. In…
More Save/Restore Data Area’s Worth Knowing About
Following on from my save21 article last month it transpires that there are some more system data areas worth knowing about in relation to save/restore date/time/media information. If you needed…
ByA NodeJS Website on IBM i – Deleting Records
Continuing with my Node.js Express website on IBM i series, in this article I’ll show you how easy it is to delete employee records from our database. In this article,…
Everyone needs a hobby – Maths on IBM i
First of all, credit to Simon Hutchinson @ RPGPGM.com and the article ‘Calculating prime numbers in RPG’ for reminding me of this. 8 years ago, when I was first learning…
ByA Screen a Story – The system limit is the limit.
IBM i is evolving and so is the work around IBM i. Most shops no longer have someone who is constantIy monitoring IBM i. Monitoring has been automated, be it…
Shield Advance becomes Remains Software newest partner
Toronto, Ontario – Announcing Canadian-based Shield Advanced Solutions has become Remain’s newest partner providing their software and services in the marketplace. Shield and Remain technical teams have collaborated on several…
How Long Is That Save 21 Going To Take?
I was at a customer site the other day, working on a server I hadn’t worked on before doing routine maintenance. HMC upgrade, firmware & ptf install. So what? I…
What happened to my emails?
One of the questions I get asked often is “How can you track emails sent from IBM i?” Until 7.2 this was a near impossible task. But since 7.2 WRKSMTPEMM…
A NodeJS Website on IBM i – Adding Records
Continuing with my Node.js Express website on IBM i series, in this article I’ll show you how easy it is to add new records to our database. In this article,…