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Laticia 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. […]
ArticlesPowerAI Vision Democratizes the Development of Visual AI Models
January 2, 2020
It used to be that only programmers actually programmed—that was their area of expertise. End users simply worked within the parameters set before them. But then something happened that began to alter that relationship. Tools like spreadsheets allowed average employees to essentially do their own programming, building smart columns, rows and cells that could predictably […]
ArticlesMarlaina Chirdon on Assembler, IBM Z User Groups and zNextGen
January 2, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with my friend Marlaina Chirdon who is somebody I've known for quite a while which considering that she is still a relatively new mainframer but we've worked at the same employer. We've had a shared mentor but before I spend too much time introducing […]
ArticlesWomen in IT Value Community and Mentorship
December 19, 2019
As anyone associated with the industry can tell you, far more men than women have followed career paths in IT—but that trend has been shifting. To amplify the voices of women who are making their own path in IT and innovating on the IBM Z platform, IBM Systems magazine interviewed a group of IT professionals […]
ArticlesIt Adds Up
December 17, 2019
Doing just a little bit on a regular basis can have a lasting impact on your career (and life).
ArticlesTwitter Reloaded: Musings to Close Out 2019
December 16, 2019
IBM i expert Dawn May reflects on the past year.
ArticlesTackling Unique Audit Requirements with RPG
December 16, 2019
IBM i experts Jon Paris and Susan Gantner share tips to tackle Data Structures and audit requirements
ArticlesMinimizing Project Plan Delays With Debugging
December 16, 2019
Project planning has been a way of life for me since my career’s early days, learned from an IBM senior systems engineer who was my comrade providing support to a large, leading edge insurance company, driven by their appetite for CICS First Customer Shipment, then Early Support Programs as IBM’s early introduction programs evolved. Project […]
ArticlesNIM Users Must Get Current on AIX
December 10, 2019
A recent change in OS versioning requires NIM servers to run on the latest versions of AIX.
ArticlesMaximum Spooled Files by Job
December 9, 2019
There may be times when a specific job requires more than the default number of spooled files. Here’s how to increase the maximum spooled files on a job.
PodcastsDusty Rivers on IMS, CICS, Db2 and IBM Z
December 5, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Dusty Rivers, an experienced IBM mainframe expert, an IMS person who has been working all across the mainframe ecosystem especially in areas that has gotten enough attention that he has been able to be an IBM Champion for the past 10 years as […]