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What is Multi-Factor Authentication?
ByWhy Your Digital Life Depends on It! IBM’s latest release, IBM i 7.6, brings a major security upgrade to our favourite server: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). This built-in feature is a…
Its Summer Quiz Time!
Lets Ave a Larf! Are you a certified genius? A trivia master? A walking encyclopedia? Great! Now forget all of that, because this quiz is designed to challenge everything you…
Node-RED Version 4
The Node-RED project has recently unveiled a major new release, version 4.0, which introduces a host of enhancements focused on improving the development experience, collaboration and long-term flow maintenance. This…
Webinar: Planning a Successful IBM i 7.6 Upgrade
16 October | 4 P.M. BST
Join IBM i expert Pete Massiello as he walks you through the essential steps to prepare for your next upgrade.
From prerequisites to post-installation requirements, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to complete your upgrade correctly.
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Say Hello to IBM i 7.6
Big, Bold & Better Than Ever! Attention, IBMi fans! The wait is over, and the latest and greatest version—IBMi 7.6—is finally here. Who would have guessed that name! Let us…
A Month of Security Problems
Before we begin my article, let me talk about CVEs. A CVE, or Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, is a standardised system for identifying and cataloguing security vulnerabilities in software and…
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Collection Services Q & R
The “R” in the title is no typo, no Q & A this time. The “R” does refer to the name Collection Services Collection in the screen shot, which is…
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The Year of Many Changes
2025 began a month ago. It is now February 2025, and we are back to our daily responsibilities: tickets, customer calls, and our regular routines. We’ve already forgotten our New…
Choosing the Right Language on IBM i
RPG, ILE, SQL & Open-Source Programming Our grandchildren have just started secondary school and along with the expected French, Spanish and German they have been offered Mandarin. Everyone has welcomed…
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Mapepire Introduction
In my last couple of articles, I have shown python accessing data on the IBM i, accessing both DB2 for i and SQLite. The SQLite article used an SQLite package…
noxDB Intro
In November 2024 I was invited to the Benelux Common conference in the Netherlands to give a couple of workshops, and what a great event it was. I had the…
Passwords: Looking Ahead
Be it auditors, the recent NIS2 Directive , or just common sense, stepping away from IBM i user profiles with never expiring passwords has always been the better choice. Since…
Open Ports on IBM i
In this article I will talk about another great open-source utility for our IBM i. A couple of years ago I wrote an article on a great open-source utility called…
Where Are You Listening?
Security is hard to ignore these days and for good reason. So, adding TLS to all IBM i applications is a logical step to take. For sure there are the…
Python DB2 for i Access
Introduction In my previous article, I wrote about how to access a SQLite database and output the SQL resultset in a neat table. If you need a recap, my previous…