Attention to Patching and Other Vital System Maintenance Will Help You Avoid the Heat
May 18, 2021
Rob McNelly on why adequate system maintenance can help you prepare (and avoid) system problems
E-BooksTechChannel E-book: How to Combat Remote Work Security Risks
May 10, 2021
How remote work has influenced data security trends, and what you can do to keep your data locked down
ArticlesDetails on COMMON’s NAViGATE 2021 Conference
May 5, 2021
The past year has seen an incredible amount of online education, much of it available for free, and much of it produced by local user groups. Amid such abundance, I still believe COMMON’s NAViGATE conference offers an excellent value. Live, Quick-Hitting 20-Minute Sessions NAViGATE is scheduled in Columbus, Ohio May 24-26. This is a hybrid […]
PodcastsRoberto De Pedrini on Working on IBM i in Italy, and Becoming an IBM Champion
May 4, 2021
New: Subscribe to TechChannel podcasts on Apple. Paul Tuohy: Hi everybody and welcome to another iTalk with Tuohy. ‘m delighted to be joined today by a gentleman who I have been wanting to do an iTalk with for quite a while so I—hello Roberto De Pedrini and I really hope I haven’t abused your name. I did […]
PodcastsAndrew Clark on DevOps and Git
May 3, 2021
New: Subscribe to TechChannel podcasts on Apple. Charlie Guarino: Hi everybody. Welcome to another edition of TechTalk. I’m very happy today to be joining Andrew Clark. Andrew is the DevOps manager at Arcad Software. Andrew has 30 years of development experience on IBM i and he’s an expert on everything Db2, i, and cross platform SQL. […]
AIX/VIOS Versioning Recommendations, a POWER9-Based HMC and the Evolution of IBM Certifications
April 22, 2021
Rob McNelly on why AIX has stood the test of time, the new POWER9-based HMC and how IBM certifications have evolved
ArticlesIBM i 7.3 TR10 and IBM i 7.4 TR4 Offer a New Query Supervisor Feature
April 14, 2021
IBM announced IBM i 7.3 TR10 and 7.4 TR4 on April 13. This announcement contains all sorts of goodies and enhancements designed to make life of the system administration and performance professional much easier. The most exciting feature is the Query Supervisor. We all know that Db2 for i is easy to manage compared to many other databases, but understanding […]
E-BooksTechChannel E-book: How Open Source Bolsters Power Systems Modernization and Hybrid Cloud Strategies
April 13, 2021
With its built-in reliability, security, stability and availability, the IBM Power Systems platform is ideal for hosting critical enterprise workloads across hybrid cloud infrastructures. These strengths, paired with open-source integration, can help organizations keep data ready for modern innovations. Many Power Systems clients already rely on open-source software to modernize applications, develop and grow hybrid […]
ArticlesResolving ‘Technical Debt’ With Education
April 12, 2021
This year is a better time than any to get started addressing technical debt in your business. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that investing the time and energy into creating sound infrastructure in our business, especially in technology, can make or break a business during uncertain times. Technical debt is caused by many factors […]
ArticlesWhen Does a User Profile Become a Bottleneck?
April 7, 2021
I’ve worked with several clients recently where a user profile, which could be a group profile, has become a major system bottleneck. This issue has taken two forms: Performance issues that occur because many objects are created and deleted for a single owning user profile Availability issues because a user profile hits the limit on […]