TFH Volume: 28 Issue: 32 Archives

Goodbye, Java Enterprise Edition. Hello, Jakarta EE

April 30, 2018 Alex Woodie

Developers who use Java Enterprise Edition will be happy to know that the development and runtime platform is gaining new life as Jakarta EE. As part of an agreement with Oracle, the tech giant will give up control over the platform to Eclipse Foundation, which has big plans to remake enterprise Java for the emerging cloud world.

Since it bought Sun Microsystems back in 2010, Oracle has been fully in charge of Java. That includes defining not just the core Java language, but having a big hand in everything else governed through the Java Community Process (JCP), including the Java …
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Sundry IBM Announcements For Power Systems

April 30, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It is a quiet time in the Power Systems line, with the “ZZ” entry Power9 machines just announced in February and shipping in March and other machines not expected until the third quarter. But there are always some little things happening here and there, and you keep us around so we catch wind of them and report them to you.

First up, in announcement letter 118-036, IBM is offering new processor features and memory sticks for the Power H922 and Power H924 systems that are designed primarily to run the SAP HANA in-memory database on Linux atop Power, but …
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Guru Odds and Ends: Readers Respond

April 30, 2018 Ted Holt

I appreciate the comments and feedback that readers have contributed. Some of you sent it my way via the Contact page at IT Jungle. Others emailed me directly. Yet others left comments at the end of the articles themselves. I am always grateful for your knowledge and wisdom, however I receive it.

Knowing that you are very busy and don’t have time to revisit the articles we have published, I’ve collected some of that feedback for your edification. Please feel free to add to the body of knowledge.

Had to chuckle when I read Sorting Options For CPYTOIMPF, …
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Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Reported In IBM i

April 30, 2018 Alex Woodie

IBM this month revealed an array of security vulnerabilities across IBM i middleware components, including OpenSSL, DHCP, and Java products. Most of the flaws were given a “high severity” rating, and all of them have been patched.

This week’s security fun starts with DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), which is used to automate the management and distribution of IP addresses within a network. According to the April 26 IBM security bulletin, IBM i 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 are vulnerable to a pair of security vulnerabilities in the underlying DHCP protocol.

The first DHCP flaw, which is identified as CVE-2018-5732 …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 16

April 30, 2018 Doug Bidwell

Yes, we normally put the IBM i PTF Guide in the Wednesday edition of The Four Hundred, but there was some changes in the publication schedule and so we are running the latest edition here on Monday. We will have the follow-on Volume 20, Number 17 in the Wednesday edition this week as normal.

First of all, I made a typo a few weeks back (the current cume on V7R3 is 8025, not 8205), and a few of you caught it. Thank you for the catch, and for letting me know!

Ok, so let’s get started with the meat …
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Goodbye, Java Enterprise Edition. Hello, Jakarta EE

Sundry IBM Announcements For Power Systems

Guru Odds and Ends: Readers Respond

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Reported In IBM i

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 16

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