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IBM Z Offerings Help Clients Take Advantage of the Cloud

Jim Utsler

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 […]

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Monitoring and Administration Needed for CICS Effectiveness

Jim Schesvold

September 1, 2017

This article focuses on CICS performance across all platforms. On the mainframe CICS is known as CICS Transaction Server (TS), but on other platforms the product is named TXSeries, and for special functions, CICS Transaction Gateway. All products are developed and supported by CICS development, and are designed to interact with each other via facilities […]

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Route FTP and SMTP Workloads to Their Own Subsystem

Dawn May

July 24, 2017

If you're doing file transfers or SMTP email on your IBM i partition, you may want to take advantage of subsystem configuration to isolate those workloads from other work in the QSYSWRK subsystem.

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What to Consider When Using a Cloud or Managed Service Provider

Gene Rebeck

April 3, 2017

Workloads are getting bigger. To manage all of this information and application data, businesses have a few options: store workloads on a company-owned server, tap the storage space of a managed service provider (MSP) or go with a hybrid model that combines a private, on-premises cloud with an MSP. So, how does a business decide? […]

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Tips for Configuring sFTP on IBM i

Michael Ryan

December 1, 2009

Learn how to configure sFTP on IBM i with step-by-step guidance, troubleshooting tips, and best practices for secure data transfers.

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IBM Z Offerings Help Clients Take Advantage of the Cloud

Jim Utsler

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 […]

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Monitoring and Administration Needed for CICS Effectiveness

Jim Schesvold

September 1, 2017

This article focuses on CICS performance across all platforms. On the mainframe CICS is known as CICS Transaction Server (TS), but on other platforms the product is named TXSeries, and for special functions, CICS Transaction Gateway. All products are developed and supported by CICS development, and are designed to interact with each other via facilities […]

Articles

Route FTP and SMTP Workloads to Their Own Subsystem

Dawn May

July 24, 2017

If you're doing file transfers or SMTP email on your IBM i partition, you may want to take advantage of subsystem configuration to isolate those workloads from other work in the QSYSWRK subsystem.

Articles

What to Consider When Using a Cloud or Managed Service Provider

Gene Rebeck

April 3, 2017

Workloads are getting bigger. To manage all of this information and application data, businesses have a few options: store workloads on a company-owned server, tap the storage space of a managed service provider (MSP) or go with a hybrid model that combines a private, on-premises cloud with an MSP. So, how does a business decide? […]

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Tips for Configuring sFTP on IBM i

Michael Ryan

December 1, 2009

Learn how to configure sFTP on IBM i with step-by-step guidance, troubleshooting tips, and best practices for secure data transfers.