IBM 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 […]
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 […]
ArticlesA Virtual Tape Primer
November 1, 2018
The word “virtual” is used to describe something that doesn’t physically exist, but is made by software to appear to do so. Virtual tape is an enterprise data storage solution that imitates physical tape drives by storing information on disk drives. In reality, the data is saved in tape format but is actually stored on […]
ArticlesCompanies Are Taking a Fresh Approach to Private Cloud
November 1, 2018
Businesses turn to the cloud for myriad reasons. Chief among them are accelerating and streamlining processes in environments such as the IBM Power Systems* platform, which enable increased speed of execution, agility for applications and better cost efficiency. “Organizations are concerned about time to market and how long it’s going to take to get IT […]
ArticlesThe Right KPIs for Mainframe DevOps
November 1, 2018
To compete in fast-moving, disruption-prone digital markets, enterprises must aggressively embrace DevOps on the mainframe. DevOps is becoming increasingly important, and without it—along with associated agile best practices—delivery on these digital initiatives will be too slow and infrequent to keep pace with escalating customer expectations. To successfully drive adoption of DevOps on the mainframe, IT […]
Secure Service Containers and Consumption-Based Pricing Enable Opportunity
November 1, 2018
Organizations are eager to capture opportunities that beckon in the marketplace. They know that new and modernized applications are necessary to better serve customers. Organizations also realize that, now more than ever, security remains crucial to business success. In October, IBM announced IBM Secure Service Containers, a new offering that provides benefits for security, as […]
ArticlesFlexibility Is Key in Project Estimation
November 1, 2018
So often we hear of projects—especially government funded projects—exceeding their budget, and for a long time my knee-jerk reaction was that hanky-panky was afoot. I’m sure sometimes that’s true, but when consulting became my career and sizing a project became a necessary skill, I realized it wasn’t so clear cut. In most cases, there are […]
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.
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