Your Partner in the Cloud
January 2, 2018
McKinsey & Company predicts that enterprises building multiclouds with infrastructure on-premises are expected to double provisioned workloads by 2018 (bit.ly/2iz4a5k). Private clouds, when designed with the right technology, can deliver the simplicity associated with public cloud solutions, while retaining the security, availability and freedom traditionally associated with infrastructure fully under your control. IBM Power Systems* […]
ArticlesPosting Tweets from IBM i
January 1, 2018
More and more, social media provides an avenue to share information. It’s very easy to read your Twitter feed or post a Tweet using a smartphone, PC, etc., but what if you want to post Tweets automatically or on a schedule? Maybe you have a new product to promote or perhaps you want to advertise […]
ArticlesWhat’s New in RDi With V9.6
January 1, 2018
IBM i developers got an early Christmas gift in 2017—a new version of RDi to play with! Here's an overview of some of the changes that we've found so far.
ArticlesTrevor Perry on Slide Decks and IT Strategy
January 1, 2018
Paul Tuohy: Hi everybody and welcome to the first iTalk with Tuohy of 2018. To kick off the year, I think no better person to maybe look back at 2017 with and to kick off the new year is my friend, my colleague, my fellow IBM Champion and general AS/400 evangelist, Trevor Perry. [Laughs] I […]
ArticlesActive Memory Pools with Navigator for i
December 21, 2017
On the “green screen” you can see what pool a job is running in with Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB); press F11 one time and you’ll find a column with the pool number. That’s nice, but you need to know the description of the pool that number is associated with. Using Work with System Status […]
IBM i Open Source and the Talent That Follows
December 6, 2017
James Hodgkinson shares his company's experience with open-source technology.
Articlesi Can use IBM DVD Images with my USB 3.0 Adapter
November 28, 2017
With IBM i 7.2 TR5 and 7.3 TR1, IBM introduced “Optical Containers.” This allowed users to see the DVD image as a separate file system.
ArticlesThe Difference between Binary and Integer (And Why You Should Care)
November 14, 2017
To avoid surprises when using binary format in databases (i.e., Int or SmallInt in SQL terms or B data type in DDS), you must understand how it all works
ArticlesIBM Cloud, Watson and Web Services Help Applications Fly
November 13, 2017
IBM i customers have substantial investment in Integrated Language Environment (ILE) applications, but how can these programs be integrated with outside applications or services?
ArticlesDeep Thinking in IBM Rochester With Watson Analytics
October 27, 2017
Charles Guarino reflects on the IBM i Driveway to Watson event.