The Path to an IBM i Career: Lessons from TechChannel’s Rising Stars
March 22, 2023
imPower Technologies’ founders Jim Buck and Michelle Lyons were delighted to see several of their past students on TechChannel’s list of 2022 Power Systems Rising Stars. It was less about their courses being mentioned and more about seeing young developers taking lead roles in the community at large. “We are so proud of these talented […]
ArticlesWomen of COBOL Celebrates International Women’s Day
March 8, 2023
Since 2021, the Women of COBOL video series has been uncovering and overcoming unconscious biases about COBOL and women in technology. What inspired the series? Moderator Misty Decker, director of worldwide AMC product marketing at OpenText (formerly Micro Focus), says, “I have been in the mainframe ecosystem for 30 years now. Over the years, I’ve […]
ArticlesThe Evolution of N2i
January 6, 2023
Richie Palma, Marina Schwenk and Anna Marrah highlight the COMMON N2i group—from how it started to where it’s going
ArticlesMonitoring IBM i With Prometheus
December 14, 2022
Jesse Gorzinski on how to use Prometheus to monitor your entire technology ecosystem, including IBM i
VideoWomen of COBOL Episode 5: COBOL Is for Anyone – Transitioning to IT From Alternate Career Paths
October 28, 2022
Misty Decker: Hi and welcome to Episode 5 of of Women of COBOL. I’m delighted to have this conversation. Today we’re going to chat with two young women who have just launched their COBOL careers, about two years each, and we’re going to compare notes of what it’s like learning COBOL and launching a COBOL […]
Women of COBOL Episode 4: Creative Solutions for Closing the Mainframe Skills Gap
September 12, 2022
Misty Decker: Hi and welcome to this episode of Women of COBOL. Today we are talking about changing lives through COBOL. I’m so excited about this one; I hope you are, too. Let me introduce our two guests. Today we’re going to chat with Magie Hall, assistant professor of Strategic Business Analytics at WU Vienna. […]
ArticlesEverything You Need to Know About the New IBM i RPM Repositories
August 18, 2022
IBM is restructuring IBM i RPM repositories. Jesse Gorzinski explains why this change is happening, and what you need to do to continue receiving updates
ArticlesWork With PTF, Collection Services and Other IBM i 7.5 Hidden Gems: Part 4
August 1, 2022
In this post, I’ll continue reviewing hidden gems found in the 7.5 release. Work With PTF The Work with PTF (WRKPTF) command is now part of the base OS. The command allows you to work with PTFs for a selected product; you can specify the product name, or use the *SELECT option to choose from a […]
VideoWomen of COBOL Episode 3: The Case for Modernization
July 14, 2022
Misty Decker: Hi and welcome to Women of COBOL, our third episode, today. We are going to be talking with Marianne Bellotti—the author of my favorite book, “Kill it with Fire”; if you don’t have it, you need it—and Susan Drennan, vice president of COBOL sales at Micro Focus. We’re going to be talking about […]
VideoWomen of COBOL Episode 2: Looking to the Next Generation
June 8, 2022
Misty Decker: Hi and welcome to Women of COBOL hosted by TechChannel. I’m your host, Misty Decker, and today I am pleased to be joined by two amazing women of COBOL. We’re going to chat about COBOL and getting young people involved and how to help them find really prosperous COBOL careers. So first let […]