Start Planning For New Systems Now
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Server buyers sure do have a lot to think about these days. Perhaps more than they have had to consider in a fourth quarter of a year in a number of years, in fact. That's because there are a lot of new processors due from IBM, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, and Oracle. The latter doesn't have much of a direct effect on IBM i shops, right? READ MORE >

Zend Reveals DBi, A New Version of MySQL for IBM i
by Alex Woodie

IBM i shops that were hesitant to deploy pre-packaged PHP apps on the platform because of the end of MySQL support from Oracle can go forward with their plans now thanks to the public unveiling of Zend DBi, a new IBM i-specific version of MySQL that Zend Technologies will develop, maintain, and support. READ MORE >

Reality-Based PHP Training on IBM i in Michigan
by Dan Burger

Some people never lose their natural desire to explore, create, share, and learn. That's even true for RPG programmers, although it's widely called into question by folks who have never met any RPG programmers. Imagination is often limited by environment and Laura Ubelhor has an idea that she thinks will foster the imaginations of RPG programmers. READ MORE >

As I See It: Celebrating Ignorance
by Victor Rozek

At one time, bloody bandages were hung on poles to dry after patients were bled by physicians. It was the origin of the now innocuous red-striped barber pole. Of course, the association of barber poles with primitive medical practices has long been lost because bleeding is no longer an unchallenged medical practice. But that's the way of certainty: it crumbles like a stale cookie. READ MORE >