TFH Volume: 27 Issue: 21 Archives

ACS Getting New Database Schema Functions

March 29, 2017 Alex Woodie

IBM is adding more functionality to the upcoming release of Access Client Solutions (ACS) that should make IBM i database engineers and database developers very happy, including a new capability that allows users to work directly with schemas.

The database schema function was not on the list of new ACS features that IBM released back in February, when it first unveiled IBM i 7.3 TR2 and IBM i 7.2 TR6. IBM uses the major operating system and technology refresh (TR) announcements as a vehicle to also announce other products that aren’t part of the OS proper, but which are …
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Ensono Emerges With IBM i Cloud Offering

March 29, 2017 Alex Woodie

When it comes to selecting a cloud provider to run your IBM i applications, you have a lot of options, including prominent business partners and well-known VARs in the midrange market. One fairly large IBM i cloud provider that you’re probably not aware of is Ensono, and it’s working to raise its profile in the changing market.

The first thing that differentiates Ensono is its rich history. While the company’s name is just over a year old, it actually traces its business process outsourcing roots back 47 years to Downers Grove, Illinois, when the data services firm May & Speh …
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Original Testing Pure HTML5 Emulator For 5250

March 29, 2017 Alex Woodie

Test automation specialist Original Software is developing a 5250 emulator that’s based entirely in HTML5 code, which enables it to run in the Web browser of any modern device. Prospective users are those IBM i shops who are frustrated with the emulator in IBM’s new Java-based ACS product, which Original says is difficult to test.

When you think of the words “HTML5 and IBM i application development,” chances are good that what popped into your mind was an image of shiny new Web apps with all the latest screen widgets and UX gadgets designed to deliver a downright transformative – …
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Four Hundred Monitor, March 29

March 29, 2017 Dan Burger

Technically, you don’t need SQL to survive. However, if you’re not using it, you should know what you are missing. Here’s a conversational introduction to SQL that can open the door to modern programming techniques that can modernize applications and databases by reducing the amount of coding and moving business logic to the database.

This week’s Monitor also has articles about tech start-ups in unlikely places in the United States heartland, a new IBM Cloud and Red Hat Linux partnership built on OpenStack, IBM’s change of heart regarding work-at-home programs, and a piece on why people should and should not …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 12

March 29, 2017 Doug Bidwell

It is a bit quiet out there in PTF Land this week. But there has been some activity. There is a new HIPER group for each IBM i release that is currently supported, and there are tweaks to Backup and Recovery Groups for IBM i 7.2 and 7.3. There are also some anomalies on other groups.

For instance, the Must Gather tools usually go along at a pace of updating every two weeks, but now it has been over a month since an update came out. Go figure. . . . The new 5733-OPS Open Source licensed programs have not …
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ACS Getting New Database Schema Functions

Ensono Emerges With IBM i Cloud Offering

Original Testing Pure HTML5 Emulator For 5250

Four Hundred Monitor, March 29

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 12

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