TFH Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Archives

Update On The Spectre And Meltdown Patches For Power

January 15, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan

When it comes to the Spectre and Meltdown speculative execution security vulnerabilities that hit as the new year was getting going, the important word to ponder is “mitigated.” Everyone is talking about mitigating the issue, but no one is using the word “fixed.” As we discussed last week, one of the two types of Spectre vulnerabilities – the Variant 2 known as branch target injection – is particularly tricky to hack and to fix, so IT vendors are choosing their words very carefully.

The odds were that unintended consequences for such a low-level fix will occur, so you can …
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Modernization Slides Down IBM i Priority List

January 15, 2018 Dan Burger

Many organizations that depend on mission critical applications running on IBM i have modernization on their agendas. Decisions need to be made whether they can continue as-is with applications, databases, and systems or modernization or migration will serve them best in the years ahead. Higher levels of efficiency and adaptability are within reach, but only with significant planning and budgeting.

Profound Logic, an application modernization software company with an IBM i history that predates the term modernization, has just released its second in a series of modernization white papers based on surveys of IBM i shops – most of …
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Guru: Continue A Sequence When Inserting

January 15, 2018 Ted Holt

Carlos writes, “Hey, Ted! I have a question regarding inserting rows into a file that is keyed on a sequence number. I need to insert more rows, and I need the new rows to have the next available sequence numbers. Can I perform this task with an SQL INSERT statement, or do I have to use record-level access?”

If the sequence number were defined as an identity column, Carlos would have no problem. Unfortunately, the sequence number column is a simple numeric field. Fortunately, I was able to give Carlos two solutions. It would not surprise me if you can …
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As I See It: Resolutions, Or Let’s Make A Deal

January 15, 2018 Victor Rozek

It’s a new year and hope again rears its fickle head. Gyms are full of bulging spandex, as the clanging of free-weights punctuates the incessant whir of stationary bikes. Bad habits, so recently embraced, are once again under attack. Like truth in White House press briefings, they have become an unhealthy indulgence that needs to be banished. We’ll be drinking less, exercising more, and eating smaller quantities of just the right foods. And since we’re sober and thinking clearly, we’ll save more money and quit obsessing about how many people love us on social media.

For a few months, at …
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Rimini Street Finally Finds Its Way to Wall Street

January 15, 2018 Alex Woodie

As 2017 was coming to a close, Rimini Street quietly completed its quest to become a publicly traded company. But the firm, which provides third party support for DB2 for i and JD Edwards customers, didn’t go public through an initial public offering. Instead, it landed a listing on the Nasdaq by acquiring a company that already had one.

In October, Rimini Street completed the merger with GP Investments Acquisition Corp, a so-called “blank check” company that was formed in 2015 specifically for the purpose of effecting a merger or acquisition in the United States or Europe. The company had …
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Update On The Spectre And Meltdown Patches For Power

Modernization Slides Down IBM i Priority List

Guru: Continue A Sequence When Inserting

As I See It: Resolutions, Or Let’s Make A Deal

Rimini Street Finally Finds Its Way to Wall Street

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