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IT Change and Renewal

Joseph Gulla

April 30, 2018

Approaches and tactics to address challenges like breathing new life into applications.

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Copy Performance Data using ACS IFS Tasks

Dawn May

April 18, 2018

Considerations for moving performance data to a different partition.

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Celebrating IBM i at COMMON POWERUp18

Steve Will

April 12, 2018

One of the biggest events for IBM i professionals is the annual conference put on by the COMMON organization. This year, the event is named POWERUp18.

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IBM i 30th Anniversary Celebration Begins

Steve Will

April 2, 2018

Here we go! As I hinted in my last post, it’s time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of IBM i—and that celebration starts today, officially. We had a “preview party” of sorts at the RPG & DB2 Summit a few weeks ago, and we had a great time. Now, we get to start celebrating with […]

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The Power of Prototypes for RPG

Jon Paris

April 1, 2018

Prototypes are a topic that most RPGers know a little about because they are required for coding program and procedure calls in free format RPG

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Stephanie Rabbani on PHP, Db2, Music and More

Paul Tuohy

April 1, 2018

Paul Tuohy: Hi everybody and welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. Delighted to be joined by someone who actually just a week or just over a week ago, I finally got to meet in person but didn't get a chance to interview. So I'd like to say hello to another of IBM's Fresh Faces, Stephanie […]

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Centralized Cloud and Security Management Empowers IT

April 1, 2018

For IBM Power Systems clients, transforming their virtualized data center into a self-service private cloud and protecting it with automated security management just became an easier and more powerful proposition. IBM has introduced important new capabilities by advancing IBM Power Security Center (PowerSC) and Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC) software. Both were recently announced at Think […]

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Distributed Network Testing: The Key to Productive Network Management Infrastructure

Jim Schesvold

April 1, 2018

Network testing was a pretty straightforward process when IBM assigned me to network implementation and management in my job as a Systems Engineer. There weren’t many network components: Point-to-point or multipoint modems, a channel connection between mainframe and 3705 communication controllers with associated network interfaces (which was admittedly complex), the analog telecommunications link, a 3270 […]

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Susan Dineen on the Future of the Mainframe Workforce

Reg Harbeck

April 1, 2018

Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Susan Dineen, who is the CEO of Legacy Next Strategies in Toronto. Susan has been working with the mainframe for some time and became aware that there was a real demographic opportunity to help build a new generation and has done a lot […]

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Trapping the Elusive Error with AIX Kernel Tracing

Mark J. Ray

April 1, 2018

Spotting error conditions requires time spent intensively studying your own AIX environment.

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ICSF HCR77C1, the z14 and Pervasive Encryption

Greg Boyd

April 1, 2018

ICSF is a component of z/OS and IBM is touting HCR77C1 and the z14 to deliver pervasive encryption.

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The Modernization Imperative

Jim Utsler

April 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 […]

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Why It’s Important to Create a Library of Network Documentation

Jim Schesvold

April 1, 2018

I’ve always been a strong advocate of documentation, because in my very first programming project, I got a profound lesson on why no project or assignment was complete until descriptive written information accompanied the work product. I was a graduate assistant in a business Master’s Degree program, and the associate dean offered me a summer […]

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Working With the IFS: Access Client Solutions vs. Navigator for i

Dawn May

March 29, 2018

You can access the Integrated File System (IFS) using either the Navigator for i web console orAccess Client Solutions (ACS). ACS added support to work with the IFS back in October 2016. There are differences between the capabilities; which interface you use will depend upon what you want to accomplish. I’m sure there are other […]

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A Closer Look at RPG’s DATA-INTO

Jon Paris

March 1, 2018

An introduction to a more generic version of our CSV parser, along with trace support that IBM has built in to facilitate the development of parsers

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Marna Walle Is Dedicated to the IBM Z Platform and its Ecosystem

Reg Harbeck

March 1, 2018

Reg Harbeck: Hi. This is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Marna Walle of IBM who is coming to me from the mothership Poughkeepsie. Marna has been with IBM on the mainframe for a while. She came right out of university and she is really involved with all kinds of things mainframe including she […]

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The Art and Science of AIX Performance: Intuition and Instinct

Mark J. Ray

March 1, 2018

An article series dedicated to AIX and the methodology of attacking and resolving performance problems.

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IBM Framework Helps Clients Prepare for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation

Jim Utsler

March 1, 2018

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, impacting most every organization—no matter the location—that deals with European Union (EU) data subjects. “Whether an organization has a physical presence in the EU doesn’t matter, even if you’re just marketing to, profiling or collecting information about EU individuals, citizens, residents or visitors. The […]

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Get Ready for GDPR

March 1, 2018

Your step-by-step guide to getting into compliance before May 25 The May 25 deadline is nearly upon us, but there are still steps organizations can take to make progress before the regulators arrive. Start by reviewing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to see if it applies to your organization. If the answer is yes, continue […]

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Reg Harbeck Loves Talking to and About the Mainframe Community and its Technology

Valerie Dennis Craven

March 1, 2018

Many mainframers have interacted with, attended a presentation by or are familiar with Reg Harbeck. The chief strategist at Mainframe Analytics is an experienced systems programmer and an active participant of mainframe culture and events. In an industry where introversion is a typical trait, he stands out as an extrovert ready to talk with anyone. […]

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Establishing a Network Management Infrastructure

Jim Schesvold

March 1, 2018

When I first got involved in network design and implementation, network management infrastructure was unheard of—an organizational component awaiting definition. Getting a network functional was top priority, and while a manager oversaw us, she had a minimal grasp of the technology. Constructing an online, interactive, computer-based network—one that provides access to business applications the same […]

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New and Established IBM Offerings Meet Enterprise Data Protection Needs

Gene Rebeck

March 1, 2018

With all of the massive, high-profile data breaches that large enterprises have experienced over the past several years, businesses of all sizes have responded by erecting heavy digital fortifications around their data. Or maybe they haven’t. “What’s kind of alarming is that while a lot of clients understand the risk with the need to protect […]

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IBM Cloud Private With IBM Z Helps Clients Reap the Benefits of Cloud

Shirley S. Savage

March 1, 2018

Enterprises are eager to adopt cloud computing to gain its many benefits including elasticity, scaling of resources, lower cost and ease of use. But concerns about latency, security and compliance make some enterprises reluctant to wholeheartedly adopt cloud. Knowing this, IBM has created IBM Cloud Private to provide a secure cloud platform that works seamlessly […]

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ICU IT Services Expands its Market Base by Embracing Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE

Jim Utsler

March 1, 2018

ICU IT Services used an IBM LinuxONE system to gain expertise in the Linux space and create Linux demo environments for its customers.

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IBM Storage Technology Shifts to Accommodate Cloud and Cognitive Demands

Clodoaldo Barrera

March 1, 2018

The IT industry is celebrated for its embrace of rapid change and disruptive breakthroughs, but storage is the outlier. If all of the disciplines of large-scale computing were invited to a party, storage would be the designated driver. After all, it’s the custodian of the handfuls of electrons and the tiny, fragile magnetic fields that […]

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