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  • Admin Alert: The Right Way To Delete User Profiles, Part 1

    July 25, 2012 Joe Hertvik

    To most people, deleting user profiles on an IBM i partition is an easy process that doesn’t warrant much thought. However, your user deletion process can be complicated by several different items, including compliance requirements and special handling needed for user profiles that are critical to system functioning. This issue and next, let’s look at some dos and don’ts for profile deletion and outline a procedure for deleting user profiles.

    A Common Procedure For Anyone Who Leaves Your Organization

    IMHO, the best way to deal with terminated users is to perform the following five steps:

    1. Know and follow organization specific
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  • Copy Data From A Remote DB2 Database Using DB2 For i 7.1

    July 25, 2012 Michael Sansoterra

    IBM DB2 for i 7.1 introduced the ability to query a remote DB2 for i database directly without having to invoke an explicit CONNECT statement. Querying a remote table with one SQL statement is great, but lacks one important feature: requests for remote data are usually combined with requests for local data.

    However, DB2 for i does not allow references to tables from multiple relational databases in a single statement, until now that is. The i7.1 technology refresh 4 update allows an INSERT/SELECT statement to reference tables from different DB2 relational databases. (Even if you’re not at i7.1 you can

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  • Is An RPGOA-like Standard For HTML5 On The Horizon?

    July 25, 2012 Alex Roytman

    There is a lot of talk lately about HTML5. But do most people understand what HTML5 really is? One way to define it is to say it’s the next version of HTML; basically an update to HTML4.

    But is it more than that? Perhaps it’s not just an update, but a new thing altogether, a new way to build Web and mobile applications.

    To me, HTML5 signifies a different paradigm, where Web applications are built as true applications, not just as Web pages.

    More Than Just HTML

    The enhancements being adopted and proposed into the HTML5 standard encompass HTML, CSS,

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  • Introducing the IBM Intranet Experience

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Jimi Hendrix has his experience. Now IBM has its Intranet Experience. But instead of aiming to expand one’s perception, Big Blue’s new software suite is aimed at helping companies to “transform the digital experience” and better present themselves to employees, customers, and “fans,” for fun and profit.

    Intranet Experience is a bundle of Web, mobile, social networking, and analytics software designed to help companies build better connections with their audience, including internal employees and external customers. IBM says the software pulls together company information and data, personalized content and news, and social media and analytics, and enables employees to connect,

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  • Zend Releases Hotfix Update for IBM i PHP Stack

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Zend Technologies yesterday released Zend Server for IBM i 5.6.0 Hotfix 3. The release fixes problems with the IBM i server stack only for those running PHP 5.3.

    Zend Server for IBM i 5.6.0 Hotfix 3 (PTF Z4ZC0010) resolves unspecified file issues with the PHP server stack, and updates the PHP to version 5.3.14 and updates the Zend Framework version to 1.11.12. The hotfix is only for those IBM i shops running PHP 5.3. There is also a version of Zend Server for IBM i that includes PHP 5.2, but the package has been “deprecated,” which means the PHP functions

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  • IntelliChief Lands More Infor Customers

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    IntelliChief has recently announced two Infor ERP customers, including Chelsea Milling Company and Douglas Machine, are using its document management and workflow software.

    Chelsea Milling Company, the maker of “Jiffy” baking mixes, selected Infor IntelliChief, the prepackaged bundle of software that IntelliChief puts together specifically for Infor customers. In Chelsea Milling’s case, the IntelliChief software will be hooked into its Infor ERP LX (BPCS) application system, and will even allow company employees to access IntelliChief functions directly from their ERP screens.

    The IntelliChief software will be used by the 120-year-old Chelsea, Michigan, company to capture and store documents created from

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  • Go Bankrupt, Get Free Software

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    The California-based software company GroundWork last week announced that it is offering free licenses of its enterprise system management tools to all qualifying municipalities that go bankrupt. The company says the program is aimed at helping cities and towns manage their IT infrastructure without incurring additional costs.

    GroundWork is a San Francisco company that develops open source systems management tools designed to irritate the likes of the “Big Four” in this category, which includes BMC, CA, HP, and IBM. The company’s products are largely based on dozens of different open source products and standards, including the

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  • Emulator Vendors Begin March Toward Windows 8

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Rocket Software announced recently that its BlueZone and PASSPORT terminal emulators now support Microsoft Windows 8. Rocket is one of the first, but not the only, terminal emulation vendor that supports the new Windows OS.

    Even though Windows 8 won’t officially ship until this fall, software vendors are able to test their wares against the Windows 8 Release Preview, which is currently available. Getting older emulation suites to run on Windows 8 is expected to be about as difficult as it was to get them running on Windows 7. The previous OS, Windows Vista, was much more difficult and posed

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  • Robot/NETWORK Now Displays Performance Data

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    IBM i shops that run the latest release Robot/NETWORK software from Help/Systems got a nice little surprise this month: the general availability of the new Performance Center, which displays all sorts of IBM i server- and Help/Systems product-related performance statistics, in graphical and textual formats. The new capability was added to Robot/NETWORK version 11, which shipped just over a month ago.

    It’s arguably more important to keep track of the performance of one’s IBM i server than a typical open systems server. For one thing, companies that run IBM i typically keep their most critical applications and sensitive data on

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  • Raz-Lee Cracks Down on CL Commands with New Software

    July 24, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Raz-Lee Security this month unveiled a powerful new IBM i security tool that gives administrators the power to prevent users from issuing control language (CL) commands. The new product, called Command, is the most complete CL control product on the market, the company claims.

    Securing IBM i servers can be a complex process that requires taking several different approaches. Exit points must be monitored to ensure no untoward activity is taking place via FTP or another network access route. Authority levels must be properly configured and continuously watched. Encryption, journaling, and passwords are other areas to consider.

    But one area

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