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IBM Wheels And Deals With Solution Edition Booster Pack

June 8, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

A few weeks ago, we told you about the double memory and double I/O request for price quote (RPQ) special deals that IBM quietly rolled out in April without putting out any announcement letters and that are still in effect until June 30. So consider this a reminder that these deals are still out there and now is a good time to invest in new Power9 iron if you want to pay less for it than you otherwise might.

But that is not all you can get. As it turns out, Big Blue is revamping its IBM i Solution Edition …
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Thoroughly Modern: Top Five Reasons To Go Paperless With IBM i Forms

June 8, 2020 Stephen Flaherty

As offices closed and employees began working from home earlier this year, a significant challenge arose for companies that rely on printed spool files and IBM i documents. If employees were not in the office with access to a printer, how would they get checks, invoices and other documents to the people who need them? IT departments were already scrambling to enable employees to work remotely, and suddenly they were faced with the urgent need to electronically distribute documents.

A lot of organizations weren’t prepared to change the way they do business overnight and much of this burden fell on …
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Guru: Graphical Debugging Through ACS

June 8, 2020 Ted Holt

ACS (IBM i Access Client Solutions) keeps getting better and better. I can’t stay up-to-date with the latest releases of all the software I use, but I do everything I can to keep up-to-date with ACS. One of the handiest of the relatively most recent releases is the ability to access IBM i Debugger through Run SQL Scripts. If you haven’t tried IBM i Debugger, you’re missing out.

IBM i Debugger (a.k.a. System Debugger) is part of the IBM Toolkit for Java. It’s graphical, and it makes the green-screen debugger (STRDBG) look like something built by cavemen. To show you …
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Unit Testing Gets A Boost With ARCAD

June 8, 2020 Alex Woodie

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” The famous management consultant Peter Drucker said those words to relate his philosophy on achieving business success. He didn’t know it at the time, but they would also apply to software development, including the testing of software, which is an area that ARCAD Software knows a thing or two about.

ARCAD Software has been a leader in IBM i testing for many years. It started with Verifier, the company’s flagship regression testing tool, which forms a part of its suite of DevOps tools for IBM i. Verifier helps developers ensure that …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 23

June 8, 2020 Doug Bidwell

Some weeks are crazy when it comes to PTF patches with IBM i, and some weeks are relatively quiet. And thankfully, after a particularly crazy couple of months in the world, the patch load is pretty light this week.

Here is the rundown by operating system release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- QMGtools
- SAP Support Required PTF List
PTF Groups 7.3:
- QMGtools
- SAP Support Required PTF List
PTF Groups 7.2:
- QMGtools
PTF Groups 7.1
- SAP Support Required PTF List
The new or updated links in the IBM i PTF Guide sheet this week are:
- System: Software Servers Table
This week’s tip …
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IBM Wheels And Deals With Solution Edition Booster Pack

Thoroughly Modern: Top Five Reasons To Go Paperless With IBM i Forms

Guru: Graphical Debugging Through ACS

Unit Testing Gets A Boost With ARCAD

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 23

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