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Say Hello to IBM i 7.3
ByLast week saw both the announcement and shipping of IBM i v7.3, just three days apart, this statement in itself tells you something about the new management style of the…
Using PHP and RPG to Communicate Together With DataQueues
ByContinuing my articles about PHP and RPG communicating together, this time I will show how these two languages can talk with each other using data queues. If you missed the…
Creating and Mapping multiple LUs in SSP
ByIf you’ve read any of my previous articles you’ll know that I’m a big fan of VIOS shared storage pools (SSP). I have been lambasted by a number of IBMers…
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IBM i: The Most Amazing IBM Product We Have Heard Of
Today I read an article in eweek about IBM i from a reporter who had attended the IBM Think 2019 conference in San Francisco, encountered IBM i for the first…
ByIBM i Dashboard
In all of those cool computer control rooms you see in the movies, there is always some simple screen that the technician looks at when there is a problem. Admittedly…
When usage is not usage – Inactive user profiles & devices
I’m reminded of an essay I wrote at school “I believe I have no beliefs”, as a good coder I’m sticking to a naming convention! This is a slightly different…
By“Where did this print come from? How I learned to love the audit journal”
A question that crops up from time to time since the paperless office never materialised. Another variation is ‘I asked for a print but didn’t get it, where did…
Fifth Annual IT Marketplace Survey Reveals Ongoing Reliance on IBM i to Support Critical Business Needs
HelpSystems announced today that its fifth annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results reveal not only that the IBM i platform continues to be a top choice for IT professionals, but…
A10 NETWORKS THUNDER® CONVERGENT FIREWALL SELECTED FOR 5G NETWORK DEPLOYMENT
A10 Networks Thunder® Convergent Firewall selected for 5G network deployment by major Japanese mobile carrier Theale, UK. – 9th January, 2019: A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a leading provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions,…
Midnight Commander
IBM is doing such a great job on the Open Source front, it’s difficult keeping up with all their offerings as of late. That’s not a complaint, keep going IBM!…
The Joys of System36 – Update your flat files via SQL
For those of you who have a customer that just stopped checking the calendar before the turn of the millennium or really likes the good old-fashioned two character device IDs…
Do I need to pay for Java?
Over the last few months, you may have noticed some rather confusing messages about the need to pay for Java. They imply that you need to pay to use Java…
Bring simplicity and affordability to HA with PowerHA for IBM i
System stability is one of the main reasons that IBM i continues to be a force in the market almost 30 years after the launch of the AS/400. Over the…
IBM i: Reflections on Mirroring
Every organisation running its core business on IBM i, regardless of size, must be able to keep its system and business application up and running during planned and unplanned outages,…
Potential Impact on Processors in the POWER Family
On January 31st, IBM announced that its POWER family of processors are potentially impacted by the vulnerabilities popularly known as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”. These vulnerabilities do not allow unauthorized external parties to…