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Here’s What’s Next for the Enterprise Software World

May 9, 2018 Alex Woodie

Thirty years ago, enterprise resource planning (ERP) was a hot new technology promising to help streamline business processes. While ERP continues to generate billions in revenue, it’s mostly for keeping complicated systems up and running. Now the daughter of the founder of JD Edwards is sharing a bold new vision for how her company, called Nextworld, plans to take enterprise software to the next stage.

We first got wind of Nextworld venture about a year-and-a-half ago. We knew the Colorado company had big plans and a stream of funding from Kylee McVaney’s father, Ed McVaney. However, since Nextworld was …
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IBM Adds New PDM Perspective to RDi

May 9, 2018 Alex Woodie

IBM is receiving high marks for a new feature called PDM Perspective that it just launched in Rational Developer for i version 9.6.0.2. The new feature gives users the capability to filter libraries or members in RDi that’s very similar to the way PDM functioned in SEU. It’s so good, according to some IBM i experts, that it eliminates any reason not to use RDi.

There are several new features in RDi version 9.6.0.2, which IBM released May 2, but it’s the PDM Perspective feature that’s getting the most attention. According to IBM, the new PDM Perspective in the Object …
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IBM i Data Vulnerable, Security Report Says

May 9, 2018 Alex Woodie

HelpSystems last month published its 15th annual State of Security report, in which it summarizes the security checks that it performs on its clients and prospects’ IBM i servers over the course of a year. This year’s report covers 158 systems, and if the results are to be extrapolated to the IBM i installed base as a whole, then there’s a lot of vulnerable data out there.

If you’ve followed the HelpSystems and PowerTech reports over the years, then you’ve likely been made award of the irony that lies at the heart of IBM i security. The contradiction is this: …
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Four Hundred Monitor, May 9

May 9, 2018 Dan Burger

Regardless of what side of the “Millennial” divide you stand on, the discussion of ageism in IT never gets old. Though a strong argument can be made that tech is driven by youth, there is also much to be said for experience, especially when talking about a platform like the IBM i. As our beloved platform creeps closer to its 30^th anniversary, we can all agree that the IBM i needs young blood as much as it does the seasoned professional. This week, we take a look at some articles that tackle both side of the age issue.

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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 18

May 9, 2018 Doug Bidwell

We’ve got some new HIPER’s and Security group PTFs to share with you this week, plus we’ve added a few new links for your review. If you haven’t looked at the links tab in the guide before, make sure you take a peek. There is some good stuff out there.

First up, there are several Temporary disk Space Recommended PTFs for V7R3 and V7R2, and of course we would advise it is always a good thing to put those on.

V7R3 MF64447 SQE temporary storage allocation

MF64487 Database runtime temporary segment growth

SI67332 QDBRRCDL & QDBRJBRL API storage leak

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V7R3	MF64447	SQE temporary storage allocation
	MF64487	Database runtime temporary segment growth
	SI67332	QDBRRCDL & QDBRJBRL API storage leak
	SI67421

Here’s What’s Next for the Enterprise Software World

IBM Adds New PDM Perspective to RDi

IBM i Data Vulnerable, Security Report Says

Four Hundred Monitor, May 9

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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 20, Number 18

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