Interested in Learning More About the new ODBC Driver for IBM i?
August 19, 2019
In her latest i Can blog, IBM i expert Dawn May points to IBMer Mark Irish’s article on the new ODBC driver.
ArticlesWhen the Phone Rings in the Middle of the Night
August 16, 2019
It’s been decades since I had a 9:00 to 5:00 job, only the earliest weeks of my IT career. Training kept me out of town a lot, and becoming a participating project member took a few months to attain, but once I’d become an accountable project member, my working hours extended into evenings because of […]
ArticlesCelebrating 10 Years of i Can
August 12, 2019
How time flies! It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing the ‘i Can’ blog for 10 years. Over these 10 years a lot has changed, yet my dedication to the platform remains as strong as ever. The ‘i Can’ blog started as a way to share information about ‘hidden gems’ in IBM i. At semi-regular intervals, […]
ArticlesIBM Redbooks: A Look at the Website’s 3 Tabs
August 12, 2019
Joseph Gulla explains the different tabs on the IBM Redbooks website.
ArticlesThe POWER Investment: Long-Term Viability of the Power Systems Platform
August 6, 2019
In this AIXchange blog, Technical Editor Rob McNelly recaps a presentation by IBMer Nigel Griffiths.
ArticlesHow to Find Everything and Anything About IBM i
August 5, 2019
IBM i expert Dawn May gives a complete roundup of IBM i resources.
ArticlesIBM Redbooks Are More Than Books
August 5, 2019
Joseph Gulla explores materials on the IBM Redbooks site.
ArticlesLuisa Martinez on zNextGen and SHARE
August 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Luisa Martinez who is the IBM rep to the zNextGen project at SHARE. Luisa, maybe if you can start by just telling us, how did you end up on the mainframe? Luisa Martinez: All right. Well thank you for having me and […]
ArticlesPower Systems Best Practices Doc: The Latest
July 23, 2019
In this AIXchange blog, Technical Editor Rob McNelly recaps a popular presentation by IBMer Fredrik Lundholm.
ArticlesValuable Sessions Continue on Day 2 of the 2019 ECC Conference
July 19, 2019
Joseph Gulla highlights sessions from the 2019 ECC conference.
ArticlesCompute Trends and the Evolution of the IBM Mainframe
July 18, 2019
The past 40-plus years of commercial computing has been a story of three waves (acts) of increasing integration of processes coupled with increasing scale of computing. This article describes each wave, and provides insights of where the current wave of cloud computing is heading. For many of the world’s largest enterprises, modern businesses were built […]
ArticlesSHARE Women in IT Effort Works to Increase Representation and Support Those in the Tech Industry
July 17, 2019
SHARE recently launched a new effort to encourage more women to pursue careers in technology, increase representation at the conference, and support women already working in the industry. The result of this Women in IT initiative became clear back in March 2019 at SHARE Phoenix, where several sessions focused on women in technology and shattering […]
ArticlesManagement by Intimidation Is a Formula for Failure
July 16, 2019
Over the decades I’ve seen scores of management staff in action, some competent and motivating, others technology savvy yet people ignorant, some just the opposite, some political and back-stabbing, and some truly cost-obsessed. I spent 17 years with IBM and flourished under their management style, then founded an IT consulting firm. Instead of being managed […]
ArticlesThe Growing AIXchange Rate
July 16, 2019
Rob McNelly reflects on his experiences blogging for IBM Systems magazine.
ArticlesDelivered IBM i RFEs
July 11, 2019
A look at a few RFEs that provide enhancements you may not be aware of.
ArticlesIBM Research Is Revamping the Global Food Supply Chain
July 10, 2019
According to the United Nations, the earth’s human population could grow to 8 billion people over the next few years. Go to research.ibm.com/5-in-5/ to read more about IBM Research’s five seed to shelf predictions. Unfortunately, the global food chain—from farms to processors to grocers to the table—may not be able to safely and effectively keep […]
ArticlesGetting Started With IFS Containers
July 8, 2019
IBM i expert Jesse Gorzinski explains set up a container running Node.js version 10
ArticlesScheduler Resource Allocation Domains or What the Heck is SRAD?
July 2, 2019
Technical expert Mark J. Ray explores the Scheduler Resource Allocation Domain and how it relates to performance structures in Power Systems servers running AIX
ArticlesA Look at the IBM Global Solutions Directory
July 1, 2019
This post is the last in a series on ISVs, service providers, the Dallas ISV Center offerings, PartnerWorld and the IBM Global Solutions Directory (GSD).
ArticlesMisty Decker on Communicating the IBM Z Story
July 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Misty Decker. Misty is in charge of the IBM Academic Initiative, which is really key to the future of the mainframe. Misty, welcome. Can you tell us, how did you end up on the mainframe? Misty Decker: It was an accident. I went to college; […]
ArticlesMake Capacity Available With Enterprise Pools for Power E980
June 25, 2019
An announcement for those who are running E980 servers.
ArticlesACS Application Packages and the ODBC Driver for i
June 19, 2019
The ODBC driver for IBM i is now available and you can download it in the same way as the application packages.
ArticlesMigrating the Cluster Repository Disk
June 18, 2019
Rob McNelly highlights a post by Dino Quintero and Shawn Bodily where they explain how to migrate the cluster repository disk on PowerHA SystemMirror.
ArticlesSLAs Simplify Support
June 17, 2019
Service-level agreements (SLAs) were nearly nonexistent when I started in IT. Those of us involved in online systems implementation were too focused on keeping terminal-based applications operational and tolerably responsive to worry about such things; furthermore, no one had heard of them. There wasn’t much pressure for an SLA either, because end users were infatuated […]
ArticlesSimplified IBM i Program Conversion
June 14, 2019
IBM has provided tooling to make it easier to convert your existing programs.