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More Open Source Databases Coming To IBM i

June 15, 2020 Alex Woodie

IBM is in the process of bringing several new open source databases to the IBM i platform, including schema-less NoSQL databases as well traditional relational systems. Among the databases that Rochester is targeting are MongoDB, arguably the most popular NoSQL database and a favorite among Web and mobile developers, as well as PostgreSQL, one of the industry’s oldest and most widely used relational databases.

Databases today almost are like programming languages, with developers mixing and matching databases to handle different functions, often within the same application. DB-Engines.com tracks more than 330 distinct databases, while there are somewhere around 700 programming …
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Why You Need To Implement Exit Point Security – Now

June 15, 2020 Rich Loeber

As everyone knows, the only truly secure computer is one that is not networked to any other system or any client, and that has no users doing anything at all on the system. And if you really want to be honest about it, you should probably turn its power off. Then, it would be perfectly secure – and perfectly useless as well.

To make any system useful, it has to be opened up so it can be reached by the world, and it may be hard to remember this now, three decades after the client/server and Internet revolutions, but there …
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Guru: SUBSET on EXECUTE and OPEN

June 15, 2020 Paul Tuohy

The DB2 for i Enhancements in IBM i 7.3 Technology Refresh 8 / IBM i 7.4 Technology Refresh 2 just made dynamic SQL, embedded in RPG, a lot easier to use. It includes an enhancement entitled USING SUBSET on EXECUTE and OPEN with Extended indicators. This enhancement provides a simple and effective solution to a problem that I first highlighted in an article I wrote back in September of 2015. (See A First Look At SQL Descriptors.)

The “problem” we are dealing with is how to handle a variable number of host variables being used in a dynamic …
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Four Hundred Monitor, June 15

June 15, 2020 Jenny Thomas

We survived another week, which in 2020 is probably something to celebrate. And it appears our industry is beginning to wake up as we are starting to see a little more news that isn’t directly related to COVID-19, although it will be some time before the pandemic is out of the conversation and its impact has forever changes the way we will do many things. Travel is still not on the radar for most, but it will be interesting to see what the summer brings. In the meantime, the online game is strong so be sure to check out what’s …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 24

June 15, 2020 Doug Bidwell

Another week, and another security bulletin for vulnerabilities in open source software. This time, it is CVE-2020-1927 and CVE-2020-1934 in Apache HTTP Server that affect IBM i. You can read more about it at this link. The PTFs that fix it are:
- Release 7.4: SI73415
- Release 7.3: SI72840
- Release 7.2: SI72748
Here is the rundown by operating system release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0
PTF Groups 7.2
- Nothing to see here.
PTF Groups 7.1
- Nothing to see
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More Open Source Databases Coming To IBM i

Why You Need To Implement Exit Point Security – Now

Guru: SUBSET on EXECUTE and OPEN

Four Hundred Monitor, June 15

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 24

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