Zend Core for i5/OS Ships for OS/400 V5R3
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

After a brief beta testing period to make sure everything works alright, Zend Technology's enterprise-grade PHP software, Zend Core for i5/OS V5R4 has been back-ported to the earlier OS/400 V5R3 release. Zend Core for i5/OS 1.6, which runs on both i5/OS V5R4 as well as on OS/400 V5R3, went into beta in early December. The software is available for free for customers with these two operating systems, which support a range of iSeries and System i5 hardware. By supporting Zend Core on V5R3, IBM and Zend have significantly extended the reach of PHP on the OS/400 and i5/OS platform. READ MORE >

Why the Number of Women in IT Is Decreasing
by Mary Lou Roberts

At its Fall Symposium last October, Gartner braved an interesting and controversial topic, examining the reports that women are reportedly entering the information technology workforce in fewer and fewer absolute numbers and in fewer numbers than the decrease of women in the workforce in general is showing up in other professions. Why this is happening, and why this is a serious problem that companies need to address? READ MORE >

Next Generation ERP and the Rise of the Agile Organization
by Jerome Peloquin

In the two preceding articles, I put forth our view of the use of ERP technology to leverage human performance. I argued that information is the fuel that feeds the performance engine, and technology is the delivery system. Just as the pipelines and tankers must be available to keep refineries running, so must technology be able to deliver the information that fuels the decision-making process of the organization. READ MORE >

Mad Dog 21/21: Between y o u and i
by Hesh Wiener

IBM started it. The company's 1994 annual report had a plain white cover sporting y o u in very large letters. IBM did it again in 2000, rebranding its midrange as iSeries, but that was two years after Apple introduced its iMac. IBM completely missed its chance in mainframes, where it could have called the z9 the zMine. Apple launched its iPod in 2001, and it showed the iPhone just this month, weeks after Time magazine made You its Person of the Year. The echoes persist for a daffy generation whose narcissism may be its nemesis. READ MORE >