Why Everyone Should Capture Performance Baselines
November 2, 2021
With most numerical data, a number requires a reference point for meaning, and performance data is filled with numbers. Baseline data provides reference points for numerical data and are essential for good performance management. A baseline is simply a collection of system performance metrics saved from a known point in time. Baselines are useful to […]
PodcastsIBM i Power Champion Mats Lidström on Sweden Going Cashless and How Technology Plays a Big Role
November 1, 2021
Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. This is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB and this month's podcast I'm very happy to be joined by Mats Lidström. Mats Lidström is the CPO and IBM i chief architect at Apper Systems AB located in Sweden. Mats has a very impressive and long history using IBM i […]
PodcastsTim Rowe on the New IBM Navigator for i
November 1, 2021
Paul Tuohy: Hi everyone. Welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. Delighted to be joined again today by Tim Rowe who is the business architect for application development and systems management for IBM i and now that I've read out your title Tim, I'm afraid that's all we have time for today. Tim Rowe: The abbreviated version […]
ArticlesActive Prestart Jobs in New Navigator
October 13, 2021
With New Nav, you have a graphical user interface and you no longer need to craft your own queries to get at the data. Learn the benefits from Dawn May here.
PodcastsRudi Van Helvoirt on COVID-19 and the Future of SQL Programming
October 4, 2021
Paul Tuohy: Hi everyone and welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. I'm delighted to be joined today by, I think long overdue iTalk with my friend, my colleague and IBM Champion Rudi Van Helvoirt. Rudi, how are you? Rudi Van Helvoirt: I'm fine. Paul: Did I kill your name? Was I close enough in the […]
Carol Woodbury on Security Strategies and Best Practices
October 4, 2021
Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. This is Charlie Guarino. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk SMB. I am so happy today to sit down and have a nice chat with the former IBM i security architect of IBM i and the current co-founder of DXR Security, a company that helps organizations change their IBM i security one […]
ArticlesProtecting Data Within New HA/DR Parameters
September 30, 2021
There are two types of organizations in the world: those that have experienced unplanned system downtime and those that will. Of the first group, many have likely tightened up their high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) methods and tools as a result of their incidents, moving, for example, to hosted cloud-based HA/DR services. Within the […]
ArticlesThe Cost of Enterprise Downtime
September 30, 2021
Enterprise downtime is now more expensive than ever: Some 44% of firms indicate that hourly downtime costs exceed $1 million to over $5 million, exclusive of any legal fees, fines or penalties. Additionally, 91% organizations said a single hour of downtime that takes mission-critical server hardware and applications offline, averages over $300,000 due to lost […]
ArticlesThe Importance of Cloud-Based HA/DR Technology
September 30, 2021
For many organizations, budgeting discussions for disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) have played out in a similar manner for decades: The IT department asks to spend a set amount for capital expenditures and a set amount for operating expenses. However, the infrastructure needed to back up the data center and networks in case […]
ArticlesUsing Power10’s Superfast AI With Event Streaming
September 28, 2021
IBM’s latest generation of Power processors is no incremental update. It comes with built-in acceleration for artificial intelligence (AI)! This is done by integrating matrix math assist (MMA) units right into the chip. Trust me, this is a game-changer for IBM i! I was first involved with IBM i and AI back in 2017. We […]