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The New Basics: Indicators
by Jon Paris

The history of indicators pre-dates even the earliest versions of RPG and takes us all the way back to the old tabulating machines, perhaps even earlier depending on how broad a definition one uses. What is without doubt, though, is that indicators in the sense of *INnn and *INLR were introduced to the RPG language as a vehicle for translating those old tabulator board programs. READ MORE >

OSHA Changes To IBM Battery Handling Affect Cache Battery Replacement
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Admin Alert: Eternal Users: A Common Problem With IBM i Batch Jobs
by Joe Hertvik

Many IBM i shops have problems with eternal users. Eternal users are user profiles previously used by former IBM i power users that are still on the system. Although these users have left your organization, you can't delete their user profiles, because the profiles are used in IBM i functions used to run batch jobs. This week, let's look at eternal users and how to weed them out of your system. READ MORE >


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Real Vision Bolsters Mobile App with Useful New Features

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Huawei previews Cisco-killin' E9000 modular system

IT biz bosses are 'BIGGEST job cutters' in the US

Canonical aligns Ubuntu Server with quick-change OpenStack

Oracle tunes up VirtualBox hypervisor for Windows 8

Codethink jumps into the ARM server fray with Baserock Slab

AMD aims at big data crunchers with SeaMicro SM15000

Intel shows off Seacliff Trail SDN-enabled switch

Amazon creates exchange for reserved cloud capacity

Intel to etch 22nm Xeons and Atoms in 2013

Acer racks up Xeon E5s, picks fight with US server bad boys

AMD previews Piledriver, Ivy Bridge SeaMicro microservers

Intel hints at weaving network fabric into Xeons, Atoms

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The New Basics: Indicators

OSHA Changes To IBM Battery Handling Affect Cache Battery Replacement

Admin Alert: Eternal Users: A Common Problem With IBM i Batch Jobs

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