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Breakfast Briefing with IBM and GitHub at IBM Southbank
IBM, ARCAD Software and GitHub invite you to a breakfast briefing. Gain 2 hours of valuable education with demo to better understand the latest techniques in DevOps, agile application deployment, and open source collaborative tooling on…
COMMON DENMARK’s Annual Event
COMMON DENMARK’s Annual event is on Wednesday and Thursday, October 11 & 12 in Billund. For the first time Common Denmark presents a 2 day Event. We have so many…
ARCAD’s DevOps technology for IBM i distributed by IBM as ARCAD Pack for i
Peterborough, NH, 13 September 2017 – ARCAD Software, leading vendor in DevOps and Enterprise Modernization solutions for IBM i, today announced the inclusion of their DevOps technology within IBM’s product…
Wanna Use SMB v2
If you need NetServer you need the last from IBM i. Netserver (the IBM i Service that allows you to map a network drive) and QNTC (the ability to read…
IBM i Security Webinars
Cybercrime is, sadly, an ongoing everyday worry to all companies nowadays and can be a challenge for IT Professionals who need to develop security for their IBM i systems. Help…
Legacy Application Mobility, is the Answer Surprisingly Simple?
The significant benefits of mobility were highlighted in a recent Microsoft paper. The paper went further than most, stating some quantifiable bottom line benefits for mobile application access; claiming that mobility…
Swyx’s unified communications solution makes installation easier
More convenience and speed: the latest version of Swyx’s unified communications solution makes installation easier Dortmund/London – 17th August 2017 – Unified communications (UC) provider Swyx has further improved its…
Digital Dozen finalist, OpenGenius, to create 30 new jobs in Wales
Ambitious software company OpenGenius announces recruitment plans after joining the 2017 Digital Dozen Accelerator programme OpenGenius, the creators of iMindMap and DropTask, has announced that they will be creating thirty…
How LinkedIn helped me bypass the gatekeepers
Every couple of days, I’ll get a question like: “What’s the trick to getting noticed on LinkedIn?” Or else: “You seem to have cracked the code. What’s the hack?” Or…
New web interface for IBM i performance management solution
New web interface for IBM i performance management solution makes it easier to keep a continuous eye on performance. SUPERMON® for iSeries provides an at-a-glance view of IBM i system…
DB2 Field Procedures
A few years ago, DB2 for i introduced a new feature that can be used to apply security/encryption to our columns within our database. This enhancement is called Field Procedures,…
Clearlake Announces Sale of Enterprise Software Providers Syncsort and Vision Solutions to Centerbridge Partners
Combination forms unique scaled infrastructure software leader and “Big Iron to Big Data” powerhouse. Santa Monica, CA – July 6, 2017 – Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates,…

