Flexibility 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.
ArticlesThe Future of Jobs in IT
October 15, 2018
What kind of future can you expect in job categories like project manager, IT specialists, IT architects and others?
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
SAP on IBM i: Still Going Strong
October 2, 2018
The IBM i OS consists of a unique architecture that has enabled it to remain relevant for over three decades.
ArticlesWho Does What Job in IT?
October 1, 2018
An exploration of who does what job in IT, and what these job titles entail.
ArticlesChad Rikansrud on Being an Ethical Mainframe Hacker
October 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Chad Rikansrud who is a mainframe hacker at RSM Partners—ethical mainframe hacker—who has got some really interesting background among other things has the interesting Twitter handle of @Bigendiansmalls. So Chad, maybe if you can start by just telling us, how did you end up […]
Articles5 Modernization Steps to Maximize Value and Reduce Risk
October 1, 2018
Application modernization is a hot topic for IBM i shops and it’s no secret why. Companies need to be nimble and their applications need to adapt to meet the evolving needs of the business. Systems are aging, interfaces and processes are outdated, and data is hard to access. Skills shortages are becoming a bigger issue […]
ArticlesPOWER9 Hardware Supports On-premises Cloud Deployments
October 1, 2018
Early adopters were quick to whip out a company credit card and deploy an instance of the public cloud—Amazon Web Services, for instance. But as security breaches continue to make headlines, organizations realize that the accessibility of the public cloud was dampened by concerns that sensitive—and often mission-critical—data could fall into the wrong hands. Either […]