TFH Volume: 30 Issue: 49 Archives

Power To The Tenth Power

August 17, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

This is one of my favorite times of the year, with the Hot Chips symposium usually underway this week at Stanford University and all the vendors big and small trotting out their, well, hottest chippery. In this case, hot means “extremely interesting” but it often means “burning shedloads of watts” as well. But this is the time that the chip architects show off what they have been working on for four or five years and what has already been in production in recent months or will be in the coming months.

IBM tends to jump the gun a bit …
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Digitally Transform Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

August 17, 2020 Alex Woodie

The coronavirus pandemic and economic lockdown has laid bare, with ruthless efficiency, the differences between digital natives and brick-and-mortars. In short, companies that are either entirely online or have figured out a way to emulate them are winning and gaining share, while those dependent on physically being present in buildings are losing. That’s leading experts to recommend that businesses hit the gas pedal on their digital transformation plans, or risk permanent dislocation.

It’s tough to overestimate the impact that COVID-19 is having on the American way of life, for both work and play. Entire industries, such as travel and hospitality, …
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Guru: Dynamic Arrays Come To RPG – The Next Part Of The Story

August 17, 2020 Jon Paris

In my first tip on this topic I covered the automatic sizing option (*AUTO) for the new dynamic arrays. In this tip I am going to look at the second option (*VAR), which allows the programmer to directly control the capacity of the array, growing and shrinking it as required. In addition I will also briefly cover the third option (*CTDTA) which, as you may have guessed, relates to compile time arrays.

Using A Varying Length Array

Let’s start with a brief example of using a variable sized array in conjunction with SQL. This approach answers the classic question of …
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HelpSystems Buys GlobalScape For $217 Million For File Transfer Expansion

August 17, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Secure file transfer is a thing, particularly with companies working remotely, and this is why the investors behind the HelpSystems conglomerate are shelling out a whopping $217 million, or $9.50 per share, to buy a publicly traded rival in the secure managed file transfer tool arena called GlobalScape.

The deal offered by HelpSystems and agreed to represents a 16 percent premium over the market capitalization of GlobalScape prior to the announcement of the acquisition, and the deal will be funded by cash on hand at HelpSystems plus new debt that is backed by Jefferies Finance and credit funds affiliated with …
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Accelerating DX Does Not Necessarily Mean Spending More Bucks

August 17, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

It is important to not confuse activity with the money it generates. While activity and money can sometimes be proportional as well as rising and falling together, it is not always the case that they point in the same direction. And particularly when it comes to IT spending during a pandemic-induced recession that the world has not seen in a hundred years. Equally important to consider is that overall IT spending is not necessarily an indicator of how spending in any particular area will rise and fall. All boats definitely do not rise together, especially in the choppy economic waters …
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Power To The Tenth Power

Digitally Transform Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Guru: Dynamic Arrays Come To RPG – The Next Part Of The Story

Using A Varying Length Array

HelpSystems Buys GlobalScape For $217 Million For File Transfer Expansion

Accelerating DX Does Not Necessarily Mean Spending More Bucks

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