IBMer Karl Schmitz Bridges Art and Computer Security
July 1, 2018
Karl Schmitz balances his career in computer security with his passion for writing songs and painting.
ArticlesMeet 18 of the 2018 IBM Z Champions
July 1, 2018
Business leaders, IT professionals and university professors continue to find new, creative uses for the IBM Z* platform. For the first time this year, IBM named 46 of these innovators as Z Champions. The designation is based on the ways they’re using the platform within their industries or classrooms and how they’re using Z attributes […]
ArticlesHow DevOps and the IBM Z Digital Transformation Model Accelerate Innovation
July 1, 2018
As consumers’ demands and expectations of technology continue to change and advance, organizations must evolve to keep up. Those that aren’t innovating might be left behind with consumers moving on and competitors moving in. Staying ahead requires transformation. Organizations need a digital transformation strategy in place while providing value to customers. The developer community is […]
ArticlesRabobank Transforms Its Payments System With DevOps on IBM Z
July 1, 2018
When global financial services provider Rabobank decided to renovate its payments system four years ago, it took a broad view of the project. The bank assessed its hardware, its payments processing requirements and the need for end-to-end testing of its processes. The result was a payments system built on IBM Z* using DevOps to provide […]
ArticlesFRAIKIN Group Develops a Flexible Thin-Client Environment
July 1, 2018
UP CLOSE Customer: FRAIKIN Group Headquarters: Colombes, France Business: Fleet-vehicle provider Challenge: Lowering client-side costs while also improving user services Solution: Embracing Google hardware and cloud software to streamline its front-end computing environment, while also maintaining 3270 TE access to IBM Z Hardware: An IBM-owned and hosted IBM Z server; Google Chrome devices Software: SysperTec […]
ArticlesThe GDPR Is New, but the Requirements Aren’t
July 1, 2018
Data breach studies are revealing shocking statistics. In a 2017 study (ibm.co/2Bir60B), IBM and Ponemon Institute found that the average time it took to discover a data breach was 191 days. In addition, a recent Protenus study (bit.ly/2jUv7gI) found that it took one healthcare organization over four years to discover a data breach. With digital […]
ArticlesIBM i System Supplied Prestart Job Entries
June 29, 2018
Prestart job entries that ship with the system in the QSYSWRK, QUSRWRK and QSERVER subsystems.
ArticlesOpen Source Has Never Tasted So Good!
June 28, 2018
Yum is a complete revamp of how open source is created and delivered on IBM i. It streamlines the process of development, delivery, and installation.
ArticlesInnovative Solutions Drive the Next 30 Years of IBM i
June 21, 2018
Steve Will celebrates the 30th anniversary of IBM i by showcasing innovative solutions developed by companies like CD Invest.
ArticlesIntroduction to Prestart Jobs
June 18, 2018
Prestart jobs provide improved performance by allowing a job to be started prior to handling a work request and can be reused for multiple requests—but they can be difficult to manage.
ArticlesIBM i Survey Time: Let’s Hear From You!
June 6, 2018
One of the tenets of the IBM i strategy is listening to our community. We have many ways to do this: we have advisory councils, we get Requests for Enhancement (RFEs), we help clients who have issues, we attend conferences, we’re active on social media and so on. Another way we listen is to pay […]
ArticlesIntroducing the 2018 IBM i Fresh Faces Class
June 6, 2018
The first group of Fresh Faces had great stories to tell, and now they’re joined by another batch of young professionals who are bringing their enthusiasm and skills to our community.
ArticlesYAJL Meets DATA-INTO
June 1, 2018
There’s now another even easier way in which you can apply YAJL to many tasks where you need to consume JSON
ArticlesImprove Development Costs with Open Source for IBM i
June 1, 2018
Jesse Gorzinski, business architect for open source on IBM i, explains how implementing open-source languages can improve development costs and time to market.
ArticlesSebastian 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 […]