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Volume 12, Number 5 -- March 7, 2012
The next issue of Four Hundred Guru will be available on March 21.
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Commenting Interactive Code
by Ted Holt

The tips I regularly feature in this august publication deal with some aspect of source code syntax. Today I turn my attention to another part of the programming process. I want to talk about a work habit that you might find useful. READ MORE >

Interpreted CL Members
Hey, Ted:

I am thinking of writing a program that will read a source member of CL commands, interpreting them and running them dynamically one at a time. I can think of several situations in which such a utility would be more suitable than compiled CL programs. Before I re-invent the wheel, I want to know if IBM i already has something like that. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Getting Started With An i 6.1 Upgrade
by Joe Hertvik

For the second time in two years, my organization is participating in a multi-partition/multi-machine i5/OS V5R4 operating system upgrade to i 6.1. The second time around is interesting because I can build on lessons from last year's upgrades. In the hope that it can help you with your V5R4 to 6.1 upgrades, here are some of my notes for planning the upgrades. READ MORE >


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Senior Technical Editor: Ted Holt
Technical Editor: Joe Hertvik
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The Four Hundred
Saddle Up, Pardner

Server Sales Slump A Little In Q4

RFID Looks Better Without The Hype

As I See It: Unhappy Anniversary

SEC Investigation Weighs On JDA Software

Four Hundred Stuff
Tenable Adds IBM i Support to Security and Configuration Tool

CFXWorks and Subuno Team Up to Fight Credit Card Fraud

Innovatum Makes ROBAR Labeling Solution Available to IBM i

Linoma Adds Secure Mail Module to MFT Tool

Altova Adds Support for DB2/400 Logical Files in MissionKit

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

System i PTF Guide
March 3, 2012: Volume 14, Number 9

February 25, 2012: Volume 14, Number 8

February 18, 2012: Volume 14, Number 7

February 11, 2012: Volume 14, Number 6

February 4, 2012: Volume 14, Number 5

January 28, 2012: Volume 14, Number 4

TPM at The Register
EMC cranks Greenplum database to 4.2

Cray gets graphic with big data

AMD snaps up server upstart SeaMicro

ScaleXtreme adds patch management to cloudy utility belt

VMware mashes up Hadoop with Spring

Dell has rapier-thin blade server in the works

SUSE Linux moves to 3.0 kernel with SP2

Disk shortages stall Q4 server sales (a bit)

Cray ekes out profit in diminished Q4

Dell: Not looking for lock-in, just lovin'

Dell flashes enhanced 12G racks of PowerEdge gear

Fujitsu saddles up its own Hadoop distro

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Commenting Interactive Code

Interpreted CL Members

Admin Alert: Getting Started With An i 6.1 Upgrade

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