When Looking for Answers, Don’t Discount Older Docs
July 7, 2020
While a lot of information is dated, it’s still relevant. Old documentation and archives actually hold answers to a lot of our current questions.
ArticlesAwesome Run SQL Scripts Enhancements
July 1, 2020
Get familiar with enhancements made to Access Client Solutions from the past few updates.
ArticlesMeet the 2019 Master the Mainframe Winners
July 1, 2020
For 15 years, IBM’s Master the Mainframe competition has introduced students to the world of programming. Participants come from a wide variety of countries and backgrounds, but they all share a common desire to learn and the tenacity to persist. The 12 winners of the 2019 competition include two high school students just starting their […]
ArticlesMatt Deres on Nursing, Music and the Humanity of the Mainframe
July 1, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi. This is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Matt Deres, who is the CIO of Rocket Software. Matt, tell us how did you end up being CIO at Rocket? Matt Deres: That's a great question. So, I worked in a number of mid-sized companies mostly related to financial services but […]
ArticlesMoving AIX Workloads to the Cloud
June 30, 2020
Rob McNelly provides insights on moving on-premises IBM AIX workloads to the public cloud.
ArticlesA Literal Icon of Computing
June 30, 2020
Rob McNelly makes a toast to early GUI decisions and designs, and the people behind them.
Articles4 Years: From Marketing Major to Mainframer
June 25, 2020
Four years ago, I was in an office building interviewing for a new position I knew nothing about. I had been working the past eight months doing a sales job that I took out of pure necessity. The real world had made me realize that my marketing degree was not worth nearly as much as […]
ArticlesComing Soon: IBM i Milestone and Architecture Webcast
June 24, 2020
Steve Will writes about an upcoming webcast where you can watch an extended version of a popular presentation, as well as 12 years of IBM i.
ArticlesVideos are Another AIX Learning Tool
June 23, 2020
Get to know the series of YouTube videos from Nigel Griffiths that he calls AIX in Focus.
ArticlesYour Most Common Open Source Questions, Answered!
June 15, 2020
What’s the best place to start when you’re new to open source on IBM i? This post covers all the best places to seek documentations, examples and other support.
ArticlesConnecting with IBM i ISVs
June 15, 2020
How to make the IBM/ISV relationship work for you.
ArticlesCOBOL Training Course Aims to Educate New Mainframers
June 9, 2020
In response to the technical challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Open Mainframe Project announced a COBOL Training Course that offers introductory-level COBOL programming materials with VS Code. COBOL helps run some of the most mission-critical applications within mainframe systems in large companies across the world, and is a necessity to maintaining the performance of […]
ArticlesResolving Issues Running migratepv
June 9, 2020
What happens when you try to use migratepv to move rootvg to the new LUN and remove the copy of rootvg from the original LUN?
ArticlesThinking IBM i 7.4 and POWER9? IBM i Solution Edition Booster Pack
June 8, 2020
In this You and i blog, IBMer Steve Will explains why the Solutions Edition Booster Pack should motivate you to upgrade.
ArticlesMarc Smith on Educating a New Generation of Mainframers
June 4, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I'm here with my friend Marc Smith, who is a mainframe training consultant at ProTech. He and I have known each other for quite a long time. We've sort of taken the parallel path of helping develop the new generation on the mainframe. Well, rather than describing […]
ArticlesPrestart Job Services
June 2, 2020
The Db2 Group PTF update introduces QSYS2.Prestart_Job_Info and QSYS2.Prestart_Job_Statistics, streamlining prestart job tuning with efficient, SQL-based tools.
ArticlesDiving Deeper Into Web Services with DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN
June 1, 2020
Technical editors Jon Paris and Susan Gantner continue their series on DATA-INTO
ArticlesAIX 6.1 Running on POWER9? It Can Be Done.
May 31, 2020
The system software map comes in handy when a customer that was running AIX 6.1 on a POWER5 server wanted to migrate their LPAR to POWER9.
ArticlesConfusion About IBM i 7.4 TR2 and 7.3 TR8
May 19, 2020
Steve Will explains the latest IBM i technology refresh.
ArticlesTake Advantage of Job Log Pending
May 14, 2020
IBM i expert Dawn May writes why you may want to consider this option for your job logs
ArticlesIBMer Scott Forstie on TR Database Enhancements
May 12, 2020
Paul Tuohy:Hi everybody and welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. Just strange it's been just over a year since I last spoke to today's guest, and it must be that time of year again. So hello, Scott Forstie. Scott Forstie:Hi Paul. Paul:Hi. So just for anybody who—I don't know what part of the world that […]
ArticlesCodeTheCurve Winners Announced
May 5, 2020
The UNESCO-organized CodeTheCurve global hackathon came to a close this week after 34 teams from 26 countries submitted their digital innovation solutions to help fight COVID-19. The seven day learning and hacking journey involved courses in professional development, entrepreneurship, and hands-on tech skills. Within these categories, learning sessions included building cross-functional teams, storytelling, personal branding, […]
ArticlesThe Business Value of the Transformative IBM Z Platform
May 5, 2020
Your customers require you to provide digital products and services in an always-on environment. This, in turn, drives the need for digital transformation. Digital transformation is about more than integrating new technology capabilities. It’s about rethinking your old operating models, experimenting and becoming Agile in responding to the market. It’s a state of mind as […]
ArticlesNew Levels of Computing Flexibility
May 4, 2020
Designing a comprehensive computing environment was once a relatively straightforward endeavor: install a server and other hardware, load an OS and applications, and offer access to end users. This has become a bit more complicated as computing moves outside the confines of data center walls to become part of hybrid multicloud environments, which is a […]
ArticlesBusiness From the Cloud
May 4, 2020
Almost a decade ago, some vendors implored users to get “to the cloud.” As sloganeering goes, it was catchy, but if anything, it oversimplified and undersold the potential of this transformational technology. These days, cloud is a ubiquitous presence in IT. In a 2019 survey of 800 companies, Flexera Software, a provider of IT assessment […]