Closing the COBOL Programming Skills Gap
October 25, 2019
The backbone of today’s electronic commerce is COBOL on an IBM Z computing platform. There are 240 billion lines of COBOL in operation, and another 5 billion new lines are added each year. $3 trillion of commercial transactions are processed by COBOL applications each day. COBOL is what business runs on. Some reports indicate that […]
ArticlesEnhancements for Managing Service Tools User IDs in 7.4
October 23, 2019
In this i Can blog post, Dawn May breaks down service tool requirements for IBM i 7.4.
ArticlesA Look at the Latest IBM Announcements
October 22, 2019
Here's what AIX/IBM Power Systems users should know about the latest announcements.
ArticlesAn Intro to AIX File Systems
October 15, 2019
The IBM Knowledge Center's overview of AIX file systems is handy as both a refresher and introduction.
ArticlesLarge Memory Pages for AIX
October 14, 2019
AIX expert Mark Ray gives a primer on large memory pages
Retrieve Commands With F8
October 10, 2019
In this i Can blog post, IBM i expert Dawn May explains the latest RFE for the OS.
ArticlesAnnouncing IBM i 7.4 TR1
October 9, 2019
On Tuesday, October 8 2019, IBM made several announcements, including the first Technology Refresh for the IBM i 7.4 release, as well as TR 7 for 7.3.
ArticlesCapacity Planning and Management: Don’t Let the Tank Go Dry
October 8, 2019
IT computing complexes are fluctuating, growing, evolving entities, characterized by continual, erratic growth, intertwined with shifting business volumes. The long-term trend is continual system growth driven by business volumes, as well as new forms of usage. A daunting challenge for most IT operations is to have a “crystal ball” that predicts IT resource demand growth, […]
ArticlesProactive Support Now Default Option on E980 and E950
October 1, 2019
IBM’s Proactive Support is now included by default for all mid-range and enterprise POWER9 Systems.
ArticlesRay Mullins on Assembler, COBOL and PL/1
October 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Ray Mullins who is a friend of mine and fellow mainframer who I've known from SHARE and various other parts of the mainframe ecosystem for quite some time. It turns out we have a lot of common interests, including languages and of course […]