FRAIKIN Group Develops a Flexible Thin-Client Environment
July 1, 2018
UP CLOSE Customer: FRAIKIN Group Headquarters: Colombes, France Business: Fleet-vehicle provider Challenge: Lowering client-side costs while also improving user services Solution: Embracing Google hardware and cloud software to streamline its front-end computing environment, while also maintaining 3270 TE access to IBM Z Hardware: An IBM-owned and hosted IBM Z server; Google Chrome devices Software: SysperTec […]
ArticlesThe GDPR Is New, but the Requirements Aren’t
July 1, 2018
Data breach studies are revealing shocking statistics. In a 2017 study (ibm.co/2Bir60B), IBM and Ponemon Institute found that the average time it took to discover a data breach was 191 days. In addition, a recent Protenus study (bit.ly/2jUv7gI) found that it took one healthcare organization over four years to discover a data breach. With digital […]
ArticlesIBM i System Supplied Prestart Job Entries
June 29, 2018
Prestart job entries that ship with the system in the QSYSWRK, QUSRWRK and QSERVER subsystems.
ArticlesOpen Source Has Never Tasted So Good!
June 28, 2018
Yum is a complete revamp of how open source is created and delivered on IBM i. It streamlines the process of development, delivery, and installation.
ArticlesInnovative Solutions Drive the Next 30 Years of IBM i
June 21, 2018
Steve Will celebrates the 30th anniversary of IBM i by showcasing innovative solutions developed by companies like CD Invest.
ArticlesIntroduction to Prestart Jobs
June 18, 2018
Prestart jobs provide improved performance by allowing a job to be started prior to handling a work request and can be reused for multiple requests—but they can be difficult to manage.
ArticlesIBM i Survey Time: Let’s Hear From You!
June 6, 2018
One of the tenets of the IBM i strategy is listening to our community. We have many ways to do this: we have advisory councils, we get Requests for Enhancement (RFEs), we help clients who have issues, we attend conferences, we’re active on social media and so on. Another way we listen is to pay […]
ArticlesIntroducing the 2018 IBM i Fresh Faces Class
June 6, 2018
The first group of Fresh Faces had great stories to tell, and now they’re joined by another batch of young professionals who are bringing their enthusiasm and skills to our community.
ArticlesYAJL Meets DATA-INTO
June 1, 2018
There’s now another even easier way in which you can apply YAJL to many tasks where you need to consume JSON
ArticlesSebastian Wind on His 2017 Master the Mainframe Victory and His Personal z9 Mainframe
June 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi. I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Sebastian Wind who is in Munich in Germany. Sebastian is a winner of the Master the Mainframe contest and he has his own personal mainframe. He is working for a financial company and he is basically an up and coming brand new mainframer. Well […]
ArticlesProject Planning for a Network
June 1, 2018
Just as in other aspects of an IT department, an information processing network’s complexity, security, function, performance and pervasiveness have evolved into a mushrooming flow of proliferating data types, protocols, disciplines, challenges and pitfalls that require constant attention and enhancement. It’s a moving target in a constant state of flux, exponentially different from the networks […]
ArticlesHemanth Rama on How IBM Champions and SHARE Have Shaped His Mainframe Career
June 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Hemanth Rama who is an IBM Champion, a new mainframer, very active at SHARE and all kinds of other interesting stuff. In fact, why don't we let him tell you about himself? Hemanth, tell us. How did you end on the mainframe and […]
ArticlesIBM Cloud Private Helps Clients Tackle Consolidation, Modernization
June 1, 2018
IT consolidation is about more than server consolidation. The scope of these cost-saving and simplification projects can range from a small number of devices to consolidation projects involving multiple data centers. A well-documented example of a mega project is when IBM consolidated from 270 data centers in 1997 to just 12 in a project that […]
Articles2018 ECC Conference
May 28, 2018
The purpose of this post is to make you aware that Marist College, with collaboration and support from academic and industry partners and sponsors, will host the 10th annual Enterprise Computing Community conference. This year’s conference is June 17-June 19. Registration is still open but will likely reach the 300-person limit soon. The conference has […]
ArticlesThe Future of IBM i at COMMON POWERUp18
May 21, 2018
COMMON’s POWERUp18 conference is just around the corner. A large contingent of the IBM i community is in our final preparations for the event. I’m excited, and one of the best things about this particular annual conference is the focus it will have on the future: the future of IBM i as a platform, and […]
ArticlesCollaboration Drives IBM i Modernization
May 14, 2018
As IBM i celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, the platform isn’t looking back. IBM i still has its sights set firmly on the future. It’s this approach—with product innovation at the forefront—that has helped make the platform a vital business partner for its clients over the last three decades. IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems […]
ArticlesTokenized Encryption Helps Merchants Tackle Security Challenges
May 1, 2018
As threats to data security proliferate, the actions taken by the governing bodies are evolving. The governing authority for credit card data is the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC), which was built by the card brands: Visa, MC, Discover, American Express and JCB. The PCI provides the best practices security standards for […]
ArticlesIBM Research Enables Prosperity From the Tip of Africa
May 1, 2018
Downtown Johannesburg is baking in the summer heat. The city is often described as a melting pot, because, as the economic powerhouse of the continent, it attracts people, skills and investment from all over the world. On the day that we caught up with Dr. Solomon Assefa, director of IBM Research Africa, the description was […]
ArticlesJim Stefanik on His Unique Journey to IBM
May 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Jim Stefanik, who calls himself “the other guy with a mainframe in his parent's garage in this case.” We recently talked to Connor Krukosky, who had one in his parents’ basement. Jim, who happens to know Connor, recently got a mainframe, set it up […]
ArticlesGrowing up Around Computers and the IBM Culture Led Matthew Cousens to Work With the Mainframe
May 1, 2018
Since nearly the first time that Matthew Cousens touched a computer, he knew he wanted to work with them. Following in the footsteps of his grandparents and great-grandfather, his interests in computers led him to work at IBM. “Growing up in Poughkeepsie [New York] with the ‘PC bug,’ I hatched a plan: school at Marist […]
ArticlesHow DevOps Helps Organizations Keep up With the Competition
May 1, 2018
Oh, those up-start startups. They think they can push services out to market faster than large enterprises because they’re smaller and more agile. Well, they’re in for a surprise. Many big companies are embracing application modernization efforts, which allows them to be just as agile as their newcomer competitors and, as a huge benefit, take […]
ArticlesWhy Clients Rely on Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE
May 1, 2018
Today’s demanding workloads require a flexible approach for DevOps and deployment. IBM Z* clients reap the benefits of flexibility by running Linux* along with traditional IBM Z OSes. Organizations also are deploying Linux in standalone IBM Z and LinuxONE* installations. The Linux OS enables clients to use up-to-date technologies for their applications. Linux workloads integrated […]
ArticlesLinux on IBM Z Positions Clients to Move Forward
May 1, 2018
Through the lens of a new wave of technological advances built around advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, container development, blockchain, cloud and data security, a strategy shift is occurring in how mainframes are being used and leveraged. At the same time, mainframes are being refreshed with features around Linux*, pervasive encryption, virtualization and performance—all integrated […]
ArticlesPowerVM Preinstalled on POWER9 Facilitates Multicloud Environments
May 1, 2018
There was a time when the philosophy around hardware acquisition was based on one application per box. Today, that static, silo model is no longer sufficient to support business needs. Enterprises must optimize resource use, maximize availability, and above all, deliver customers the products and services they want as quickly as possible. Increasingly, organizations understand […]
ArticlesIBM z14 Model ZR1 Is Ready for Cloud, Pervasive Encryption and More
May 1, 2018
How can medium-sized businesses solve the conundrum of scaling for business growth with ease and confidence? The answer is the latest lean, mean and super fast player in the IBM Z* product line, the IBM z14* Model ZR1. It hits the field of play with a complete new physical system design. In a world where […]