An RPGers First Steps with JSON: Consuming JSON data with YAJL
September 12, 2017
How to use the YAJL library to consume a JSON document and extract the data for use by an RPG program. Part 2 of 2.
ArticlesTop IT Concerns
September 11, 2017
We’ve heard it at trade shows and read about it in surveys: The top challenges for IBM Power Systems* clients are security, high availability and modernization. It’s no surprise because every CIO needs to keep their data safe and available in order to stay competitive—all while keeping the company’s name out of headlines covering the […]
ArticlesIBM i and Watson
September 5, 2017
Steve Will discusses how IBM Watson and IBM i are related.
Articles7 Keys to Future-Proofing Your RPG Applications
September 1, 2017
Implementing RPG future-proofing techniques leads to applications that are more resilient and easier to maintain and enhance over time
ArticlesEducating Fresh Faces—Boot Camp, Summit and More
August 22, 2017
Many Fresh Faces are joining the IBM i community. But once they get here, how do they learn what they need to know?
Tech Tip: Be Like a Turtle!
August 10, 2017
The poet Bill Copeland once wrote “Try to be like the turtle—at ease in your own shell.” I find this to be great advice! Of course, I’m thinking of a different kind of “shell.” That is, I’d like to talk about the shell that you use when connecting to IBM i with the Secure Shell […]
ArticlesTrace Output Formatted for PCAP
August 2, 2017
IBM i has two ways to trace network traffic: Communications Trace, and Trace Connection.
ArticlesEnd Subsystem Options—Optimize Ending Your Subsystems
August 1, 2017
The End Subsystem (ENDSBS), End System (ENDSYS), and Power Down System (PWRDWNSYS) commands all have the End Subsystem Options (ENSSBSOPT) parameter.
ArticlesWords in Action
August 1, 2017
Imagine being able to predict the onset of a mental health condition before it hits. Or receive a diagnosis at home instead of a psychiatrist’s office. Or being able to adjust your medications based on patterns in your speech when you casually talk with family and friends. Within the next five years, you may not […]
ArticlesRoute FTP and SMTP Workloads to Their Own Subsystem
July 24, 2017
If you're doing file transfers or SMTP email on your IBM i partition, you may want to take advantage of subsystem configuration to isolate those workloads from other work in the QSYSWRK subsystem.