TFH Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Archives

Geared Down, Low Cost Power IBM i Box Rumored

February 6, 2017 Timothy Prickett Morgan

We have been talking for a long time about the impedance mismatch between some IBM i shops in terms of what processing, memory, storage, and I/O capacity they need and what IBM delivers to them with each new generation of Power Systems iron. For many shops, even the smallest machine that Big Blue currently delivers is too much of a box.

This is a testament to the efficiency of the IBM i platform and its integrated relational database management system in that it takes very little iron to get useful work. It also shows that for many customers, transaction processing …
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Vision ‘Laser Focused’ On IBM i And Power Following Double-Take Sale

February 6, 2017 Alex Woodie

Vision Solutions is now free to spend more time and energy building solutions for its core IBM i and Power Systems customer base now that it has sold Double-Take and the Windows high availability business to Carbonite for $65 million, executives with the company tell IT Jungle.

“It’s hard to divide the brain between two technologies that require a lot of attention, and they both required a ton of attention,” Vision Solutions executive vice president and chief technology officer Alan Arnold said. “Instead of dividing our time, our time can be focused like a laser with what we need …
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Guru: Passing Parameters From The Command Line

February 6, 2017 Jon Paris

In my previous “Fundamentals” tips, I discussed the importance of making sure parameters are the correct size and how to correctly handle omitted parameters. In this tip I want to address what has to be the most frequently asked question about parameters.

The most frequently asked parameter question comes in many forms, such as:
- “How do you pass them from the command line?”
- “Why do I see garbage in the back end of my character parameters?”
- “Why are my numeric values passed incorrectly?”
Usually these questions arise when a programmer wants to simplify the testing of a program and does …
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Mobile, Cloud, And Analytics Spark Growth For VAI

February 6, 2017 Dan Burger

In the ERP software business, you must be on your game to compete with the massive, meat-eating beasts that that have devoured huge portions of the market. VAI competes very well. Its combination of innovation and customer service propelled the company to 11 percent revenue growth in 2016, according to a company statement released last week. That’s not bad at all for a relatively small fish swimming with the sharks.

VAI didn’t buy its way into the ERP market like Oracle and Infor. Its growth is predominantly organic and its reputation is built on customer service. Its 30-year history …
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Some Power Systems Tweaks And Sales Withdrawals

February 6, 2017 Timothy Prickett Morgan

We didn’t expect any major announcements from IBM’s Power Systems division here in the first couple of weeks of the year, but the company has made done a bunch of little things that might affect some IBM i shops that you ought to be aware of just the same.

In announcement letter 117-013, which was put out on January 24, IBM made good on its promise to make the new I/O peripherals and memory cards that came out with the midrange Power 850C system announced last year available on the prior generation Power 850 box, which debuted in May …
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Geared Down, Low Cost Power IBM i Box Rumored

Vision ‘Laser Focused’ On IBM i And Power Following Double-Take Sale

Guru: Passing Parameters From The Command Line

Mobile, Cloud, And Analytics Spark Growth For VAI

Some Power Systems Tweaks And Sales Withdrawals

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