YAJL 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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 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 […]
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 z14 Model ZR1 Is Ready for Cloud, Pervasive Encryption and More
May 1, 2018
How can medium-sized businesses solve the conundrum of scaling for business growth with ease and confidence? The answer is the latest lean, mean and super fast player in the IBM Z* product line, the IBM z14* Model ZR1. It hits the field of play with a complete new physical system design. In a world where […]
ArticlesPowerVM Preinstalled on POWER9 Facilitates Multicloud Environments
May 1, 2018
There was a time when the philosophy around hardware acquisition was based on one application per box. Today, that static, silo model is no longer sufficient to support business needs. Enterprises must optimize resource use, maximize availability, and above all, deliver customers the products and services they want as quickly as possible. Increasingly, organizations understand […]