TFH Volume: 28 Issue: 59 Archives

Weak Internal Security Causes Weak External Security

September 10, 2018 Dan Burger

Editor’s Note: Our dear friend and colleague, Dan Burger, passed away in August. We grieve. The last story that Dan worked on was about long-time security expert, Pat Botz, joining HelpSystems, the conglomerate that focuses on systems management, monitoring, security, high availability clustering, and performance management for the IBM i platform, along with a bunch of tools for complementary AIX and Linux platforms.

Botz goes way back in the computer industry. He wrote the Basic compiler and CAD tools for Control Data supercomputers and then lead the development of CAD tools for its AIX workstation line three decades ago. He …
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Zend Server 2018 Brings PHP 7.2 To IBM i

September 10, 2018 Alan Seiden

Since its release on IBM i in 2006, PHP, a popular open source language for building web sites, has become well established on this platform. Like IBM i, PHP has kept up with the times, improving with each release. PHP is installed via a product called Zend Server, which offers a basic, free license for IBM i users, as well as premium paid licenses.

I wanted to learn more about the latest release, called Zend Server 2018 (pronounced twenty eighteen), so I interviewed Zeev Suraski, co-founder and chief technology officer of Zend, which is now part of Rogue Wave, …
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Guru: Data-Centrism, Step Zero

September 10, 2018 Ted Holt

I hear a lot these days about the need for data-centric information systems. That is as it should be. The proper way to support an organization is to remove logic from application programs and put it into the database through such devices as constraints and triggers. However, before many shops can take the first step in that direction, they need to take what I call step zero.

Step zero in data-centric computing is to remove hard-coded data values from programs and put them into the database. Just as the database manager should enforce business rules (e.g. we don’t ship to …
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IBM Showcases New Crop of ‘Fresh Faces’

September 10, 2018 Alex Woodie

For a computer platform to remain vital, it must have a constant stream of new arrivals. This is just as true for IBM i, which has struggled to retain relevance in an increasingly homogeneous IT world, as it is for every other platform. But give kudos to IBM and its latest batch of “fresh faces” that highlight the fact that millennials are finding their way to IBM i and Power.

While nobody is claiming that younger folks are knocking down the door to get onto IBM i, there nevertheless appears to be a solid group of individuals from the less-than-40 …
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The Server Boom Goes From Sonic To Nuclear

September 10, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The smartphone, the second wave of Internet applications, the shift to cloud computing, and the normal expansion of processing and storage as companies hoard more and more data in the hopes of doing something useful with it have all combined to send the server market skyward.

In the second quarter, worldwide sales of servers experienced an astonishing 43.7 percent growth rate, to $22.53 billion dollars, the largest quarter for server sales in the history of information technology – even if you adjust for inflation and probably even if you take out the effects of DRAM and flash memory price hikes …
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Weak Internal Security Causes Weak External Security

Zend Server 2018 Brings PHP 7.2 To IBM i

Guru: Data-Centrism, Step Zero

IBM Showcases New Crop of ‘Fresh Faces’

The Server Boom Goes From Sonic To Nuclear

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