TFH Volume: 28 Issue: 16 Archives

IT Jungle Readers Respond To Tech Refreshes

February 28, 2018 Alex Woodie

IBM took some people in the IBM i community by surprise when it unveiled the latest Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.2 and 7.3 two weeks ago. Support for new Power9 servers obviously headlines the news, but several other notable new features are worth mentioning. We asked IT Jungle readers to chime in on the parts they liked best.

Birgitta Hauser, a developer with Toolmaker Advanced Efficiency in Germany, says she likes the productivity enhancements that TRs bring, and the latest TRs are no different.

“Because I’m at first an IBM i programmer, with the main focus on RPG and …
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IBM i Server Less Risky for Enterprises, IBM Claims

February 28, 2018 Alex Woodie

Last year we told you about an IBM-sponsored study that concluded it was much more cost effective to run a mid-size company on IBM i servers than X86 servers running Windows and Linux. It turns out that, at the same time, IBM published a similar comparison for high-end enterprise systems that concluded the IBM i server’s superior uptime saves enterprise users millions of dollars. However, the results should be taken with a grain of salt.

Just like the mid-size server comparison conducted by Quark + Lepton last year, its enterprise study sought to compare how different server platforms would fare …
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IBM i Database Capabilities Highlight Midrange Dynamics’ Development Activity

February 28, 2018 Dan Burger

Despite the gravitational pull of a legacy reputation, development on IBM i systems continue to move into new arenas. Shops are modernizing their applications not just to eliminate green-screen displays but to also add features and functionality. Databases are being modernized for the same reasons. And tools that benefit the modernization process are being enhanced.

Change management software (CMS) is in the thick of this. Michael Morgan, managing director of the CMS development company Midrange Dynamics, sees IBM i shops investing in new technologies. He’s doing the same to keep pace with the early adopters and to prepare for …
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Four Hundred Monitor, February 28

February 28, 2018 Dan Burger

Was that a deer in the headlights look you gave your boss after he asked if you could integrate Salesforce with the IBM i? If so, you might ask for a do-over after you read this article. This might be one of those times when you’ll be surprised what an i can do.

How about a simple user interface that makes things easy for the end user? Do you have one of those in mind? Chances are good some of you have a cramp in your development productivity due to a maintenance burden. What can you do about it? Monitor …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 8

February 28, 2018 Doug Bidwell

Breaking News! (This is beginning to feel a little bit like the CNN news scroll.) There are more PTFs for the Spectre and Meltdown (SM) speculative execution security vulnerabilities. As you well know by now, the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities have been classified by IBM’s Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) as having a “High Severity” level.

The news this week is that there is a new security bulletin for all to read. Here is the link, and we have tried to convey the details in the worksheet in the IBM i PTF Guide.

The gist of it …
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IT Jungle Readers Respond To Tech Refreshes

IBM i Server Less Risky for Enterprises, IBM Claims

IBM i Database Capabilities Highlight Midrange Dynamics’ Development Activity

Four Hundred Monitor, February 28

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 8

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