A Virtual Tape Primer
November 1, 2018
How to reap the full benefits of virtual tape storage, properly measure its performance and choose the right strategy for your business
ArticlesIBM Tech Re-Entry Program Inspires Confidence
November 1, 2018
Jennifer Howland, an engineer and Pathways program executive, is on a mission to bring skilled women back into the IBM workforce. Starting from scratch, she created a program in 2013 to help those who had taken a career break gain skills to re-enter the workplace. During that two-year program, the women received on-the-job training with […]
ArticlesIBM Helps Developing Nations Harness Safe Water
November 1, 2018
Developed nations largely take clean water for granted. Open the tap, and there it is. Many developing countries, unfortunately, don’t have that luxury. Kenya, for example, has a population of approximately 46 million people, with an astounding 41 percent relying on unimproved water sources such as ponds, shallow wells and rivers (bit.ly/2HkljYo). Additionally, only nine […]
ArticlesFrank De Gilio and Jeff Bisti on Their Terminal Talk Podcast
November 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi. I'm Reg Harbeck, and today I have the honor of being here with both Jeff Bisti and Frank De Gilio. They are the hosts of the Terminal Talk podcast, which is a favorite mainframe podcast of mine and so I have the opportunity to find out how they ended up doing this. […]
ArticlesThe QDFTSVR Job Description
October 25, 2018
QDFTSVR parameter settings provided by IBM with a description of why these settings are selected for prestart jobs
ArticlesA Very Good Year for IBM i
October 25, 2018
IBM i has been growing for four quarters in a row.
ArticlesThe Future of Jobs in IT
October 15, 2018
What kind of future can you expect in job categories like project manager, IT specialists, IT architects and others?
ArticlesManaging Prestart Server Jobs by Remote IP Address
October 3, 2018
There may be times you want to find prestart jobs associated with a remote IP address. In this case, you will want to use one of the various Netstat interfaces
ArticlesSAP on IBM i: Still Going Strong
October 2, 2018
The IBM i OS consists of a unique architecture that has enabled it to remain relevant for over three decades.
ArticlesWho Does What Job in IT?
October 1, 2018
An exploration of who does what job in IT, and what these job titles entail.
ArticlesProject Plans Require Nurturing Leadership
October 1, 2018
I was recently chatting with a colleague who was complaining about project team members ignoring his directions, neglecting a schedule he’d built before a short vacation and consequently getting an email from his unhappy client about project delays. I asked if he’d held a meeting to discuss assignments and appoint someone in charge. When he […]
ArticlesPOWER9 Hardware Supports On-premises Cloud Deployments
October 1, 2018
Early adopters were quick to whip out a company credit card and deploy an instance of the public cloud—Amazon Web Services, for instance. But as security breaches continue to make headlines, organizations realize that the accessibility of the public cloud was dampened by concerns that sensitive—and often mission-critical—data could fall into the wrong hands. Either […]
Articles5 Modernization Steps to Maximize Value and Reduce Risk
October 1, 2018
Application modernization is a hot topic for IBM i shops and it’s no secret why. Companies need to be nimble and their applications need to adapt to meet the evolving needs of the business. Systems are aging, interfaces and processes are outdated, and data is hard to access. Skills shortages are becoming a bigger issue […]
ArticlesChad Rikansrud on Being an Ethical Mainframe Hacker
October 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Chad Rikansrud who is a mainframe hacker at RSM Partners—ethical mainframe hacker—who has got some really interesting background among other things has the interesting Twitter handle of @Bigendiansmalls. So Chad, maybe if you can start by just telling us, how did you end up […]
ArticlesQSYS2.ACTIVE_JOB_INFO Service Enhancements: QTEMP_SIZE and Much More
September 25, 2018
Several enhancements to IBM i services were announced with IBM i 7.3 TR5 and IBM i 7.2 TR9.
ArticlesTop Project Management Trends
September 16, 2018
In the previous two posts, I have established a research-based view of the importance of good project management and the role it plays in successfully completing projects. “Research-based” means it’s not my opinion, but rather what I discovered by working with a large sample of data from other people. In this post, I want to […]
ArticlesIBM i Access Client Solutions: IFS Properties
September 11, 2018
Dawn May reviews the improved “Properties” feature added to the IFS support in ACS.
ArticlesA Closer Look at the IBM i Architecture Evolution Webcast
September 10, 2018
Steve Will on his IBM i architecture presentations and why they’re relevant.
ArticlesWork With Active Prestart Jobs
September 5, 2018
This blog will review features of Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) that make finding prestart jobs easier
ArticlesWhy IT Projects Fail
September 3, 2018
Before exploring trends in IT project management, Joseph Gulla examines some basic research that can establish a solid baseline for a review of trends to follow.
ArticlesScott Forstie on Database Enhancements
September 1, 2018
Paul Tuohy: Hi everybody and welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. Delighted to be joined today―sorry, to be rejoined today―by my good friend Scott Forstie. Hi ya, Scott. Scott Forstie: Hi Paul, I’m doing great. Paul: Good. So Scott of course, chief architect for Db2 on i working at IBM out of Rochester and so […]
ArticlesGary Mikos, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp.
September 1, 2018
Name: Gary Mikos Title: Senior programmer/analyst Company Name: Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation Company’s Function: Cabinet manufacturer HQ: East Earl, Pennsylvania Years in IT: 34 What’s the biggest challenge facing your company today? Staying on top of new technologies and determining which could be utilized to achieve company goals or drive innovation. What do you […]
ArticlesOf Dials and Switches: Turning Dials, Flipping Switches
September 1, 2018
It’s time to put what you’ve learned about tunables into practice.
ArticlesMaking Informed Technological Decisions
September 1, 2018
In my early system engineering years with IBM, my primary account was a large insurance company in central Wisconsin that was a leading-edge user of CICS [1] and one of the higher volume online systems in the world. Their advanced, heavily-used, real-time and transaction-based business applications stressed IBM’s largest S/370 processors to their limits. Transaction growth […]
ArticlesIBM Z Content Solutions
September 1, 2018
With hundreds of z/OS and related books in the IBM Knowledge Center along with countless other resources scattered throughout the web, finding information about z/OS offerings can be overwhelming. When you do find information, it can be difficult to know where to start, and what steps to take. The resolution to these challenges? IBM Z […]