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 […]
VideoIBM Champion Rob McNelly on the New AIX 7.3 Announcement
October 29, 2021
AIX 7.3 was announced on October 19, 2021. Get the details from Rob McNelly in this video.
ArticlesHow to Check NPIV Virtual Fibre Channel Adapter Mapping on AIX
October 21, 2021
AIX/Power System administrators can now use an alternative to kdb for viewing VIOS "identifying info" from client AIX LPARs. Learn more from Chris Gibson here.
Monitoring Tools for Power Systems and AIX
October 20, 2021
Monitoring tools improve service availability and productivity by proactively identifying, diagnosing and repairing slow or otherwise unstable connections. On the other hand, management tools ensure that your system is available, configured properly and its components are connected correctly and as expected, whereas monitoring tools look for overall system, communication, and application performance impacts. For above-mentioned […]
ArticlesA New AIX Video Series and the Latest on AIX Open Beta and Power10
October 14, 2021
IBM Champion Rob McNelly on his new TechChannel AIX video series, and the latest news on Power10 and AIX open beta
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 […]
PodcastsCarol 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 […]