Sebastian 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 […]
ArticlesIBM i QSYS2.Services_Info and Navigator for i
May 10, 2018
The QSYS2.Services_Info service is an easy way to see all of the available services along with an example of each.
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 […]
ArticlesIT Change and Renewal
April 30, 2018
Approaches and tactics to address challenges like breathing new life into applications.
ArticlesImproved Temporary Storage Tracking for IBM i (Part 9)
April 26, 2018
IBM continues to enhance temporary storage tracking and management, which was significantly improved beginning with IBM i 7.2.
ArticlesCopy Performance Data using ACS IFS Tasks
April 18, 2018
Considerations for moving performance data to a different partition.
ArticlesCelebrating IBM i at COMMON POWERUp18
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.
ArticlesEditing a File in the IFS with Navigator for i
April 10, 2018
Navigator allows you to edit IFS files with a simple text editor.
ArticlesIBM i 30th Anniversary Celebration Begins
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 […]
ArticlesThe Power of Prototypes for RPG
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
PodcastsStephanie Rabbani on PHP, Db2, Music and More
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 […]