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Volume 12, Number 8 -- April 4, 2012
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Index Advisor, Part 1
by Paul Tuohy

The use of SQL within our applications is on the increase. After a shaky start in the early days of the AS/400, SQL has gone from strength to strength with every release of the operating system. READ MORE >

Cut the Gordian Knot
Hey, Ted:

I just love those BIFs that IBM added to RPG. I can't understand why anybody would use old RPG op codes instead of the BIFs. But I've run into a brick wall with SUBST. Help! READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Readers Check in on Four Simple Rules for PTFs
by Joe Hertvik

After posting my March 21st article on Four Simple Rules for PTF Management, I received so much good information from our readers on PTFs that I decided to pass it along in this follow-up column. Here's some additional tips and techniques on PTF management that might make it easier to apply PTF fixes on your IBM i machines. READ MORE >


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Senior Technical Editor: Ted Holt
Technical Editor: Joe Hertvik
Contributing Technical Editors: Edwin Earley, Brian Kelly, Michael Sansoterra
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The Four Hundred
IBM's Next Generation Platform Prepped For Launch

Making A Case For IBM i

IBM i Versus Oracle JDE Throwdown Redux

As I See It: You've Got Interviews

Progress Being Made In IT Security War, IBM Says

Four Hundred Stuff
Raz-Lee Claims IBM i Data-Access Breakthrough with DB-Gate

Quadrant Launches Fax Over IP Software

Zend Says DBi is Very Close to General Availability

Help/Systems Makes ABSTRACT Accessible Within RDP

Jasper Hunts for 'Big Data' Trophies with Talend's Hooks for Hadoop

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

System i PTF Guide
March 24, 2012: Volume 14, Number 12

March 17, 2012: Volume 14, Number 11

March 10, 2012: Volume 14, Number 10

March 3, 2012: Volume 14, Number 9

February 25, 2012: Volume 14, Number 8

February 18, 2012: Volume 14, Number 7

TPM at The Register
Citrix champions CloudStack, throws OpenStack under a bus

Samsung forging ARM server chips?

Fujitsu fires up first petaflopper PrimeHPC FX10

Thin-client giant Wyse gobbled by Dell

Dell's bespoke server unit pushes over $1bn of tin

Big Blue preps 'next gen' machines that manage themselves

Ravello Systems gets the KVM band back together

Is it time to take the fight into the Clouds?

Intel: Xeon E5s to surf impending server upgrade wave

Egenera bags new OEM agreement with Fujitsu

Fujitsu gets cloudy with home-grown logistics apps

RightScale: Hybrid clouds on the rise

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Index Advisor, Part 1

Cut the Gordian Knot

Admin Alert: Readers Check in on Four Simple Rules for PTFs

Four Hundred Guru

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