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Are IBM i Services the future of systems management?
IBM i Services are perhaps the best kept secret of managing and monitoring IBM i. Relatively few users of our favourite platform know what they are and even fewer use…
ByIBM i Marketplace Survey goes multilingual
Once again, PowerWire is getting behind HelpSystem’s mission to find out what’s going on in the wonderful world of IBM i. Yup, it’s time to fill out the 2016 IBM…
ByOpinion: An AIX guy finds his inner i
In my experience, most IBM Power shops are either AIX or IBM i, but rarely both. As a predominantly AIX type, I have admired the enthusiasm of the IBM i…
IBM i Services session added to UK conference
Organisers at next week’s International i-Power conference have made a last-minute addition to an already jam-packed agenda. American expert Scott Forstie will present a 45 minute session entitled Introducing IBM…
AIX tech tip: Bye-bye loops – use the ‘apply’ command instead
One of the best kept secrets of the AIX command line is the “apply” command. Never heard of it? Well, welcome to the club. Two colleagues and I had over…
Sauce-maker puts ordering online with STREAM
The company behind some of the UK’s best-known culinary brands has used STREAM from Proximity to improve its order-taking. Leigh, Lancashire-based AB World Foods produces Patak’s, Blue Dragon and Levi…
Are you using the correct disk driver for your Storwize storage?
With so many customers now using Storwize and SVC storage in their Power environment with VIOS, it is important that we get the configuration of the system correct and supported.…
ByOpinion – Give British IBM i users a SWMA amnesty
As you will all know, IBM has an annual charge for its software maintenance (SWMA) for IBM i. This maintenance gives you access to IBM support, fixes, new functions and…
UK conference expands agenda
i-UG is gearing up for its strongest-ever conference in terms of technical education with an expanded agenda of workshops. The UK IBM i user group hits Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire, for…
Get started with the RPG debugging alternative
I wish to take you through the debugging of RPG programs or service programs with a tool some readers may not have come across called IBM System Debugger. It is…
ByIBM i/Linux combo pays off for ERP player
An Italian solution provider has doubled its ERP sales by betting on IBM i and Linux. Sanmarco Informatica, based near Vicenza, has consolidated on model S814 Power hardware. The company…
Tips for a happy Zend Server on IBM i
We looked in my last article at how to get started with PHP on IBM i. Server side, this involved installing Zend Server – the PHP engine that makes things…
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