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Join Us For The IBM i On The Public Cloud Webinar

December 4, 2019 Timothy Prickett Morgan

After so many years of waiting, it looks like IBM i shops are going to have a wide variety of options when it comes to acquiring true cloud computing to either replace or augment their on premises systems.

IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Skytap all are offing slices of Power9 machines, which complement the cloudy and hosted infrastructure that has been available for a number of years from Connectria, iInTheCloud, UCG Technologies, LightEdge Solutions, Data Storage Corp, Source Data Products, Secure Information and Services, and First Option IT have offerings that fall on the spectrum from traditional hosting to cloud as …
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IBM i Marketing: Not A Thankless Job

November 25, 2019 Timothy Prickett Morgan

For over one decade of the three that I called New York City my home, I was the president of the board of directors in the co-operative apartment building in which I lived. For many years, I ran a half rack of servers and storage in the kitchenette in our apartment to support IT Jungle’s website and subscription database, and I ran T1 lines up the outside of the building and in through the window. It was unconventional running a business that way, but there was no cloud computing as we know it, and certainly not at the prices you …
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Thoroughly Modern: Driving Your Synon Applications Forward

November 25, 2019 Chris Koppe

CA 2E, formerly known Synon and still called that by many, is a highly specialized programming language and a productive 4GL development environment. Used by a small number of IBM i shops, Synon has enabled organizations to rapidly create complex applications and systems that run the core of their business operations. These applications are often homegrown and serve as the backbone of business processing while providing organizations with differentiation against their competition.

Although Synon applications provide great value, they are inherently difficult to access and share information with the organization. In many cases, these operations ecosystems are 15 to 25 …
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Guru: Code Coverage via CL Command

November 25, 2019 Susan Gantner

This is my third tip on using RDi’s Code Coverage support. In the first tip, we explored setting up a test run using Service Entry Points (a.k.a. SEPs). In the second one, I covered how to create a configuration for the test run. Here we’ll see how to use a CL command to run a Code Coverage test session without requiring interaction with RDi (except for reporting.)

Before seeing how to do it, it may be good to discuss why you may prefer to use this approach. Simply put, it makes it easier to automate the testing process …
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No developerWorks Content Will Be Left Behind, IBM Promises

November 25, 2019 Alex Woodie

IBM faced a stiff backlash last month when it announced plans to shut down a popular developerWorks portal, leaving it up to content owners to find a new home for their content. Since then, the company has taken steps to reassure worried customers that no content will be lost as part of the move.

IBM hasn’t significantly changed its plans, which call for the developerWorks Connections website and all developerWorks Connections applications to be taken offline or deactivated on December 31 of this year. All of the content that is hosted there – including thousands of blogs, files, forums, wikis, …
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Join Us For The IBM i On The Public Cloud Webinar

IBM i Marketing: Not A Thankless Job

Thoroughly Modern: Driving Your Synon Applications Forward

Guru: Code Coverage via CL Command

No developerWorks Content Will Be Left Behind, IBM Promises

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