Of Dials and Switches: More about Tunables
August 1, 2018
Learn how to obtain more detailed information on each tunable.
ArticlesJulia Programming Language Bridges the Machine-Learning Gap
August 1, 2018
Previously unsolvable computational problems are now within reach thanks to the convergence of a number of powerful forces. Recent tech advances in self-driving cars, machine translation and image and speech recognition wouldn’t be possible without corresponding advances in hardware and software. Deep learning, a programming approach where the computer learns from experience and concepts rather […]
ArticlesDevelop a Cloud Strategy That Aligns With Business Goals
August 1, 2018
How you pursue a goal is as important to achieving it as identifying the goal in the first place. According to a study by Dominican University researchers, participants who wrote down their goals were significantly more likely to reach them. Moreover, study members who detailed the specific actions they would take and made regular progress […]
ArticlesPamela Taylor on Her SHARE Presidency and the Path to Authorship
August 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Pam Taylor, a past president of SHARE and an author of historical fiction and really a whole lot of other things. She is going to tell us all about how she ended up at SHARE, on the mainframe and being an author. Pam, why […]
ArticlesThe Challenge of Making Technical Decisions
August 1, 2018
One of the largest clients I’ve worked with over the years was a paper producer that owned numerous paper mills in Wisconsin that had lost most of their IT staff. It continuously produced several paper types, and if IT operations stopped for more than eight hours, mills would shut down. When a mill shut down, […]
The Significance of Computer Architecture
July 30, 2018
Computer architecture is a powerful idea that influences modern IT.
ArticlesDisplay Active Prestart Jobs
July 24, 2018
The Display Active Prestart Jobs (DSPACTPJ) command can be very helpful to determine the values to use for those configuration parameters.
ArticlesThe Significance of Shared Services
July 23, 2018
This week, I am beginning a new series where I explore an important idea that has helped to shape IT in the modern era. What do we mean when we explore significance in an IT context? {^image|(width)400|(height)173|(mouseoverheight)174|(originalheight)267|(behavior)hover|(alt)ITTrendz1.jpg|(tooltip)ITTrendz1.jpg|(url)/wp-content/uploads/content-images/Blogs.jpg.aspx?width=400&height=173|(originalwidth)612|(mouseoverwidth)400|(sizetourl)True^} Shared services are one of those very powerful ideas. Let me explain. An Example of the Important Notion […]
ArticlesPrestart Job Configuration Settings
July 11, 2018
There are two main considerations for how prestart jobs are managed by the system.
ArticlesIBM i in Healthcare: IBM’s WISH Application
July 8, 2018
IBM's WISH application is the most modern health information system for the Belgian market based on WebSphere and Java.