‘Mainframe Mike Myers’ on IBM Z System Programming
February 27, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Mike Myers, the mainframe Mike Myers, who has been involved with the mainframe basically since the very beginning. Mike, maybe if you could introduce yourself to us and tell us, how did you end up on the mainframe? Mike Myers: Well it's […]
ArticlesVideos Highlight the Latest on Storage
February 25, 2020
Learn what’s new and on the horizon in the world of storage through videos produced by the IBM Washington Systems Center.
ArticlesThe Many Faces of Application Creation: Part 1
February 20, 2020
While my career has mostly been consulting, marketing, systems programming and management, I’ve also had numerous engagements in application programming and design. A class in COBOL was my first IT experience, and in my MBA program, I learned Fortran and General Purpose Simulation System (GPSS) in Operations Research classes. In 1975, I rewrote a broken […]
ArticlesAccess Client Solutions is Now Shipped with IBM i
February 18, 2020
In this i Can blog post, Dawn May shares another way to stay current with ACS updates.
ArticlesPowerVM Capability Offers Value to SAP HANA
February 18, 2020
A new PowerVM capability called Virtual Persistent Memory (vPMEM) provides a fast restart of workloads during outages in SAP HANA environments.
ArticlesThe z15 Represents a Huge Leap for IBM Z
February 6, 2020
Mainframe computing has been changing and growing for over 60 years, but the IBM z15 is more like a giant leap than a step increment in the IBM Z architecture.
ArticlesIBM i in 2020: 2020 iSight & New Homes for IBM i information
February 6, 2020
It’s finally time for my first blog post of 2020. I have a couple of things I need to talk about to start the year, so let’s get to them. First, I want to encourage you to read the new 2020 iSight blog. This year, we want to help clients, ISVs, business partners—the whole IBM i […]
ArticlesIBM i Technology Updates Have a New Home
February 6, 2020
IBM i expert Dawn May shares how to find content previously housed on developerWorks.
ArticlesNew Redbooks Catalogs Key AIX Enhancements
February 4, 2020
Published last month, the new IBM Redbooks publication covers security and networking enhancements, virtualization and cloud capabilities, PowerVM features—plus plenty more.
ArticlesCelebrating 10 More Years of RPG Progress
February 3, 2020
IBM i experts Jon Paris and Susan Gantner reflect on a decade of progress for the RPG development language
ArticlesLaticia Carrow on Community and Completing the Master the Mainframe Contest
February 3, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi this is Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Laticia Carrow who is a brand new mainframer who has basically had an amazing journey getting to the mainframe, doing the Master the Mainframe, doing an apprenticeship. Well before I tell you all about her, Laticia tell us about yourself. How did you […]
ArticlesMobile Applications for IBM i Enable Business Continuity
February 3, 2020
Cellphones and mobile devices, long a part of our daily lives, have also become essential in the world of business. That’s certainly the case for Alan Seiden. As head of Seiden Group, a consulting firm specializing in application development and modernization on the IBM i platform, Seiden manages his business from his phone. When traveling […]
ArticlesdeveloperWorks Connections Pages in Transition
February 2, 2020
Today’s post is a friendly (and important) reminder that the developerWorks Connections platform is set to permanently shut down on March 31.
Articlesz15 Reflects That IBM Is Working Even Closer With Customers
February 2, 2020
As IBM is working even closer with clients, new functions are being released often with a powerful amalgamation of hardware and software working in deep collaboration.
ArticlesPHP Enters a New Era
January 28, 2020
Jesse Gorzinksi discusses a recent development in the world of PHP on IBM i: standalone PHP (without Zend Server) is available in RPM form.
ArticlesPowerVC 1.4.3 Install Error
January 28, 2020
Rob finds a simple solution to a customer’s PowerVC install fail.
ArticlesHow Millennial Mainframers Can Solve Technology Problems
January 23, 2020
In the book “Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers,” author Nat Greene asserts that poor problem-solving skills cost individuals and society incalculable amounts of time and money. “We waste so much time, money and frustration on bad solutions,” Greene said during a 2017 interview. “I hate that good people have to put up […]
ArticlesUsing nmonchart; Verifying IBM Downloads
January 21, 2020
Courtesy of Russell Adams, here’s some useful information on performance monitoring tool nmon and how to more securely verify IBM downloads.
ArticlesLower Levels of IT Managers Should Have IT Experience
January 20, 2020
In my roles as IBM senior systems engineer, and later, IT consultant and project manager, I’ve worked with a wide variety of IT managers, especially first and second level managers. That’s where most of the work is done, where pieces are connected and enabled, yet I found in many projects or development efforts—especially situations involving […]
ArticlesBuild Up A Webserver With Nginx On IBM i
January 14, 2020
In this post, IBMer Ji Mo walks through the steps of building a nginx server on IBM i.
Articles2020 Vision: Optimize System Configuration Settings
January 8, 2020
In this i Can blog, IBM i expert Dawn May discusses why you shouldn’t keep your system at default values.
ArticlesESS Mobile App Updates
January 7, 2020
The latest version of the IBM Entitled Systems Support mobile app puts asset management at your fingertips.
ArticlesClassical Computing and Quantum Computing Can Work Together
January 3, 2020
Breathless ‘end of the classical computer’ articles, quantum supremacy and ‘broken security’ hysterics to the contrary, pitting classical versus quantum computing is not the issue. What is at issue is determining how to most effectively exploit each architecture. Quantum computing’s major strength doesn’t lie in simply analyzing Big Data. While the speed of quantum is […]
ArticlesBringing New Talent to the Mainframe Workforce
January 2, 2020
IBM Z Champion Marc I. Smith on how to engage next-generation mainframers
ArticlesGetting Started With REST and SQL
January 2, 2020
Rest, can you ever really get enough of it? Not only is rest great in the overnight hours, but it’s key in today’s world of modern development. For many years, IBM i has included a web services engine, which was originally able to create SOAP-based web services over RPG and COBOL programs and services programs. […]