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IBM i 7.3 – Authority Collection Services
ByOne of the great new functions IBM has built into IBM i as standard, and free of charge in 7.3, is the Authority Collection Services. This works a little like…
RPG – What’s New in 7.3
ByAs you probably know, IBM released 7.3 of the IBM i operating system in April 2016. So now it has been over six months since the new release, let…
RDi & IFS Local Source – Worth a Look?
Introduction. As I’m sure you know, Rational Developer for IBM i was enhanced to Version 9.5.1 recently. This update gave us the ability to store our source members, RPG, CL…
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IBM i & AIX now available on Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS Clouds
From the start of this year there have been a few announcements that came across my desk and caught my attention about IBM i, AIX and Linux being available on…
ByARCAD Software announces ARCAD iNow for UI modernization on IBM i
New UI modernization tooling completes ARCAD’s integrated offering for Modernization and DevOps on IBM i. Annecy, 12-09-2019 – ARCAD Software international leader in DevOps and Modernization solutions, today announced ARCAD iNow,…
Major Software Upgrade for iSecurity Firewall
Nanuet, New York – September 15, 2019 – Raz-Lee Security announces a major software upgrade for the iSecurity Firewall. The upgrade includes these major enhancements: Complete What-If system • Re-Calculate…
Leaving SEU behind – ILEditor
After sitting in a number of the SiD sessions at the international i-Power event this year, one key fact I took away is “you really need to get off SEU.”…
Byi-Power Midlands Conference
One for the diary! Save the date. The last i-UG event of 2019 is taking place in Wolverhampton on Thursday 7th November at The Mount Hotel, the agenda is still…
How will you use IBM i in 2020?
Throughout September you will be able to take part in the 6th annual IBM i Marketplace Survey and tell people how you will be using your IBM i in 2020.…
PRUV Tool
Upgrading your system to a new release of IBM i can be a worrying process with many items to check before taking the plunge. The IBM Pre-upgrade verification (PRUV) tool…
ByVS Code – An OSS IDE
In my previous articles on IBM i Open Source, I’ve briefly mentioned Microsoft Visual Studio Code. So, in this article, let me show you what it’s all about. What options…
Node-red on i – 5733OPS not required
Inspired by Andy Youens series of articles on Node and Open Source on IBMi, I decided to try setting up Node-red on one of my servers. I’ve also got to…
“What am I letting myself in for?”
“What am I letting myself in for? “ One of many thoughts going through the mind of the Aspie on his way to the i-power event in the middle…
SMBv3 support in IBM i 7.4
Those of you that spotted my article on what’s new in 7.4 back in April (if you missed it, click here to read it now) may well remember I was…
Back to the future
Let us be honest sometimes our / your job as a system administrator is not as varied as we would like it to be. In many cases we have to…
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