Determining the Electrical Grounding for Mission Critical Facilities’ Engine-Generators
November 13, 2017
The Uptime Institute LLC considers the engine-generators as a primary source of power for the mission critical facilities. Permanently installed generators for the facilities are separate power sources and are often installed as separately derived systems, which are defined in Article 100 of National Electrical Codes. This article discusses the ‘electrical grounding for the engine-generators […]
PodcastsDenise Kalm on Coaching and Consulting Mainframers
November 13, 2017
Reg Harbeck talks with Denise Kalm, coach and consultant, about how younger mainframers can make an impact on the platform and logical next steps for experienced mainframers. Listen to the interview via the orange play button or read the transcript below. Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm talking with Denise Kalm. […]
ArticlesA Cloud Managed Service Provider Can Help With Data Protection
November 13, 2017
Data security is a critical component of a comprehensive risk management strategy. Organizations must analyze their security risk, taking into account factors such as industry, types of data being stored, the value of the data and the threats most likely to impact the business. Then they need to decide how much risk they’re willing to […]
ArticlesMaking the Invisible Visible
November 13, 2017
What we see with our eyes represents only a tiny fraction of the information around us. If we had evolved to capture X-rays, we could use electromagnetic wavelengths to see the world. The same holds for ultraviolet or infrared waves. We’ve evolved to visually understand and react to our surroundings based on “visible light.” But […]
ArticlesThe Art and Science of AIX Performance: Configuration and Logs
November 6, 2017
Once you’ve compiled a detailed history of system performance issues, the next step is to brush up on the finer points of your AIX system configurations.
ArticlesDesign and Develop Large-Scale System Software
November 6, 2017
This is the sixth and final post in a series about things they never taught me in school. Over the years, I have taken many different computer classes in schools, through IT companies and by self-study, but nothing prepared me for the rigor of leading a team in the design and development of a large-scale […]
ArticlesConnect z/OS Applications and Data to the Hybrid Cloud With APIs
November 1, 2017
Clients can successfully drive digital transformation by optimizing their mainframe using APIs to achieve a compelling ROI.
ArticlesIBM Beefs Up PowerSC GUI
November 1, 2017
Some early PowerSC commands have been wrapped into a GUI that makes once-opaque security and compliance tools more transparent and significantly easier to use.
ArticlesStreamline Processes and Reduce Processor Overhead in CICS
November 1, 2017
This article focuses on CICS performance across all platforms. On the mainframe CICS is known as CICS Transaction Server, but on other platforms it’s called TXSeries, with CICS Transaction Gateway providing standardized CICS interfaces and secure access. All products are developed and supported by CICS development, and interact with each other via facilities like CICS […]
ArticlesNew IBM z14 Capabilities Make it Easy to Get Started in the Cloud
November 1, 2017
July’s IBM z14* announcement features technology to make cloud computing easier for IBM Z* organizations. With a strong focus on pervasive encryption—where organizations can encrypt data associated with an entire application, cloud service or database in flight or at rest (ibm.co/2fzkphp)—encrypted APIs, a new pricing model, blockchain services and more, clients can feel safer about […]
ArticlesIBM Z Offerings Help Clients Take Advantage of the Cloud
November 1, 2017
The cloud was once considered simply part of the computing stack—an extension of the data center that hosted non-critical applications and data sets seemingly in the air. Now for many organizations, however, it’s become an essential part of operations, allowing them to more quickly deploy new technologies and nimbly respond to changing market forces. As […]
ArticlesSteven Morales
November 1, 2017
Name: Steven Morales Title: RPGLE programmer Company Name: P.C. Richard and Son Company’s Function: Retail HQ: Farmingdale, New York Years in IT: 21 The biggest challenge our data center is facing today is modernization without losing legacy systems that have proven reliability. My favorite activity outside of work is kayaking. The next big thing […]
ArticlesEco-Friendly IT Infrastructure
November 1, 2017
We live and work in a changing world—one of technological marvels that just a few short years ago would have seemed akin to magic and one whose climate is being vastly altered by our use and abuse of the Earth’s resources. A heating planet has been a call to arms for those of us who […]
ArticlesDeep Thinking in IBM Rochester With Watson Analytics
October 27, 2017
Charles Guarino reflects on the IBM i Driveway to Watson event.
ArticlesHow to Create an IT Offering
October 23, 2017
This is the fourth post in a series about things they never taught me in school. Attending classes, I never learned how to create an IT offering. In fact, I never heard of an IT offering until I was 20 years into my IT career. At that time, elements like professional or support services were […]
ArticlesThe Art and Science of Performance: Firmware, History and More
October 18, 2017
Performance tuning is the greatest art in computer management. How to get peak performance out of your existing AIX systems. Part 1 of 4.
ArticlesHow to Automate an Entire Software System
October 16, 2017
I studied to be a computer application developer. My interests were halfway between business and computers, so developing applications were a pretty good fit. Besides, I didn’t know anything about the system side of things—OSes, middleware software, job entry subsystems and system software installation—basically the tasks and concerns of the system programmers. After five years […]
ArticlesJim Michael Embraces Opportunities Throughout Career
October 16, 2017
Reg Harbeck: Hello. I'm here today, this is Reg Harbeck, with Jim Michael. I like to call him the best president SHARE never had because he was with SHARE as their vice-president and everybody expected to become the SHARE president, but then he had a change at his employer that meant that he was no […]
ArticlesUsing SQL Functions in a DEFINE field in Db2 Web Query for i
October 10, 2017
The capabilities provided through the use of SQL and user-defined functions brings more power to the already powerful Web Query reporting system.
ArticlesOther Things They Didn’t Teach Me in School: Pseudo-Conversational Programming
October 9, 2017
I spent three months studying COBOL, wrote eight challenging batch programs, and then took my first assignment, which involved writing online transactions that I learned nothing about before taking the assignment. Since I had no training in real-time programming (i.e., online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, I needed some tutoring by the analyst assigned to be […]
ArticlesIBM Researchers Hope to Use Macroscopes to Answer Big Questions About the World
October 9, 2017
Microscopes have advanced so far since their inception, they may soon be able to see the small scale in almost infinite detail. But the large scale? It seems much easier to visualize—look up at the sky—but when big, complex data gets thrown into the mix, that may not be the case. The sky is blue, […]
ArticlesManfred Sielhorst
October 9, 2017
Name: Manfred Sielhorst Title: CEO Company Name: Sielhorst iT Beratung Company’s Function: Consulting on technology integration HQ: Darmstadt, Germany Years in IT: 28 If I weren’t in IT, I would not work. The trend affecting my work is math, real programming languages and standards such as Algol, Lisp, C, RPG, Java*, SQL, XML and LaTeX. […]
ArticlesThe Future of IT
October 5, 2017
My grandmother never learned to drive. She was born around the time Henry Ford invented the production line and began rolling out Model Ts in vast numbers. Those cars were shipped to every corner of the world and quite a few made it to our shores here in New Zealand. Ours were painted black, too. […]
ArticlesAnnouncing IBM i 7.3 TR3 and IBM i 7.2 TR7
October 3, 2017
IBM announces the latest Technology Refreshes for our two most current releases: IBM i 7.3 TR3 and IBM i 7.2 TR7.
ArticlesJava Goes Open Source! (IBM i edition)
October 2, 2017
IBM has been investing heavily in sharing its cutting-edge Java technology to the open-source realm.