TFH Volume: 27 Issue: 40 Archives

IBM i Picks Up The Slack

June 14, 2017 Alex Woodie

Have you heard about this new thing called Slack? While it may sound like something your least productive programmers might do, Slack is actually one of the hottest new productivity apps in the land. And now it’s coming to the IBM i, thanks to BVS Tools.

Brad Stone’s BVS Tools recently rolled out a new application called GreenTools for Slack, or G4SLK. The product is an extension of Stone’s existing communication tools that integrates the IBM i server with Slack.

Slack, if you’re not aware, is a free Web-based service designed to help companies communicate and collaborate more effectively. …
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Maxava iFoundation Grants Available; IBM i Community Benefits

June 14, 2017 Dan Burger

When it comes to investments in the IBM i community, the leading-by-example philanthropy of Maxava, now in its seventh year, has hit the target of making meaningful change. The company’s iFoundation has put funds in the hands of local user groups where it encourages IBM i professionals to become active in the community and get people thinking and moving and becoming more connected and more engaged.

Maxava just confirmed another $50,000 to fund foundation grants to local user groups that promote training and education in IBM i technology. This program reminds me that change is better served by good …
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A New Data Connection From IBM i To Watson Analytics

June 14, 2017 Alex Woodie

Big data analytics is everywhere these days. It simply can’t be helped. And now that IBM is supporting the capability to load DB2 for i data directly into the Watson analytics service, it could be worth your IBM i time to check out what IBM has cooking in Cognitive.

IT Jungle recently checked in with Steve Sibley, IBM’s vice president and business line executive in charge of systems, to talk about the latest developments with Watson, including the new DB2 for IBM i Connect tile on BlueMix.

The new tile “is designed to make it easier for our clients to …
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Four Hundred Monitor, June 14

June 14, 2017 Dan Burger

An IT strategy is often a major resource strategy. Where to allocate resources and how much to allocate is a big part of it. When you are the chief architect for IBM i, you set your priorities beginning with the DB2 for i database and work from there. There are competitive strategies to take into account and collaborative strategies as well. In this article, Steve Will talks mostly about the need for collaborative strategies.

You could say open source is an important collaborative strategy for IBM i. There’s a legitimate emphasis in that direction. Building skills and increasing the IBM …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 23

June 14, 2017 Doug Bidwell

The only group updated this week was the SF99706 High Availability for V7R1 group. It has approximately 30 fixes, dealing with everything from missing disks to security breaches. It is well worth putting this HA group on your system if you are in a PowerHA world, or dealing with iASPs. For fun, we have listed a few of the PTFs in the group below:
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SI57128 - OSP-OTHER Fix Poodle vulnerability issue. The Poodle vulnerability issue was found in CIM. This has been fixed. Disable SSLv3, the RC4 and RSA Export ciphers in CIM.
MF62562 - LIC-OTHER Additional Debug Support. Added 
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IBM i Picks Up The Slack

Maxava iFoundation Grants Available; IBM i Community Benefits

A New Data Connection From IBM i To Watson Analytics

Four Hundred Monitor, June 14

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 23

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