The IBM i 30th Anniversary Is Here and We Need Your Photos
February 20, 2018
Do you have some photos you’d be willing to share? OK, that sounds a little weird. Let me give you some context. People with a little knowledge of the platform (and a basic understanding of arithmetic) have already started asking me whether IBM is going to be recognizing the 30th anniversary of the platform. Most […]
ArticlesPOWER9 for IBM i and the Announcement of 7.3 TR 4
February 14, 2018
Today, February 13, 2018, is announce day for the Technology Refresh 4 (TR4) of IBM i 7.3 and TR8 of IBM i 7.2. In line with our IBM i communication strategy, this blog will cover highlights of the announcement, and further information will be found starting today on the IBM i site on ibm.com, the […]
ArticlesIBM i 7.2 Improved Temporary Storage Tracking (Part 8)
February 7, 2018
Temporary storage is tracked in a set of buckets; each active job has its own bucket, and there are global buckets used for temporary storage, but not associated with a specific job.
ArticlesFour User Questions, and Expert Answers That Prove RPG Is Strategic
February 5, 2018
Steve Will discusses what RPG is and why it's so strategic.
ArticlesThe Art and Science of AIX Performance: The System Monitors
February 1, 2018
An article series dedicated to AIX and the methodology of attacking and resolving performance problems.
Subsystem Management With Navigator for i, Part 2
January 30, 2018
Navigator has been updated to support the ability to create and change class objects, create and change job queues, and more.
ArticlesTeaching RPG to IBM i Developers
January 11, 2018
Steve Will examines the transformation of RPG into a modern programming language accessible to non-RPG developers within the IBM i community.
ArticlesSecurity Vulnerability Impacts POWER Processors
January 9, 2018
Rob McNelly explains how a security vulnerability affecting microprocessors requires firmware and OS patches for mitigation and protection.
ArticlesYour 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* […]
ArticlesOpen Source is Changing Businesses
January 2, 2018
Some revolutions begin with a bang. But not the open-source revolution. In 1991, Finnish inventor Linus Torvalds was working on a computer project with the sole purpose of providing a challenge for himself. Liking what he saw, Torvalds showed the software that was to become Linux* to other programmers. Soon, many programmers began to contribute, […]