TFH Volume: 27 Issue: 3 Archives

What Was Discussed At the Big LUG Meeting

January 25, 2017 Alex Woodie

About 100 representatives from the biggest IBM i shops in the world are at the IBM lab in Rochester, Minnesota, this week for the first of three meetings of the Large User Group (LUG) scheduled for 2017. Judging by the agenda for the week-long meeting, security and storage concerns will dominate the agenda.

The LUG is one of the most influential user groups in the IBM i community, if not one of the most secretive. The group is composed of about 100 of the biggest companies to use the IBM i server. Their exact names aren’t known, but you can …
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IBM i Productivity: A Plan For Better Yields

January 25, 2017 Dan Burger

Businesses have many tools in their arsenals to increase productivity. Two of the best examples are technological innovation and the education and training of workers.

Many organizations are taking a short-sighted approach to revenue enhancements without investment. This is wise up to a certain extent. Reducing the total cost of ownership is an important asset for the IBM i Power Systems platform. However, underutilizing the system, including the people who run it, is the same as ignoring potential productivity.

A viable solution for IBM i shops is to reach out to schools and establish a long-term relationship. That’s a lot …
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More IBM i Predictions For 2017

January 25, 2017 Alex Woodie

The great thing about crystal balls is everybody gets their own view. One man’s (or woman’s) view of the future is different from the next. When prophesizing about the IBM i platform, people tend to have different viewpoints, which is part of what makes this exercise so much fun (well that, and all the extra coffee and donuts we editors enjoy while letting you do all the work).

We gave you a taste of things to come with our first installment of 2017 IBM i predictions. Back by popular demand, here’s round two of IBM i predictions, beginning with the …
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Linoma Gets Graphical With Journal Entries

January 25, 2017 Alex Woodie

Prolific is one word that describes the IBM i platform’s aptitude at writing journal entries. The volumes are truly astounding. But searching through this machine-generated data using a green screen is a tedious task that’s better for inducing eyestrain than generating results. That’s why Linoma Software is proffering up a new graphical interface for working with journal entries in Surveyor/400.

Surveyor/400 is a handy multi-tool that does a little bit of everything for programmers, administrators, and end-users alike. The Java-based product lets users explore IBM i through a Windows Explorer-like interface; query DB2 for i data with a File Editor; …
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UCG And HelpSystems Make Acquisitions

January 25, 2017 Alex Woodie

A common prediction for the New Year is that we’ll see more mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity in the IBM i marketplace. That refrain struck a truthful note just a week into 2017, with two IBM i vendors, UCG Technologies and HelpSystems, making deals of their own.

UCG Technologies wheeled and dealed to buy E-Safe Technologies, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based provider of IT services that counts IBM i as a specialty. Formerly known as Premiere Technologies, E-Safe was founded in 1989, and had more than 250 customers located from Pittsburgh to the Great Lakes area, including a good number …
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What Was Discussed At the Big LUG Meeting

IBM i Productivity: A Plan For Better Yields

More IBM i Predictions For 2017

Linoma Gets Graphical With Journal Entries

UCG And HelpSystems Make Acquisitions

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