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Query Supervisor Gives Database Engineers New Power

April 14, 2021 Alex Woodie

One of the most exciting new features in the upcoming releases of IBM i 7.4 Technology Release (TR4) and 7.3 TR10 is the Query Supervisor. We recently caught up with Scott Forstie, IBM’s Db2 for i business architect, who gave us the low down on the new tech for controlling the database.

Forstie told IT Jungle said that the Query Supervisor was the biggest new feature added to Db2 for i with IBM i 7.4 TR4 and 7.3 TR10, which IBM announced yesterday (see “IBM Unveils Spring 2021 Batch of TRs” for more news about the TRs).

So, …
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IBM Unveils New and Improved IBM i Services

April 14, 2021 Alex Woodie

If you like IBM i Services — those SQL-based methods for executing a range of tasks in the operating system — then you’re in luck, because IBM has included a handful of new and improved IBM i Services in the Technology Refreshes (TRs) for IBM i 7.4 and 7.3, which were unveiled yesterday and ship this Friday.

IBM has developed an affinity for IBM i Services in the last few releases of the operating system. And why not? Users seem to like having a SQL-based alternative to CL commands and APIs. And since the IBM i Services are so easily …
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3 Takeaways from the 2021 PowerTech Security Report

April 14, 2021 Alex Woodie

PowerTech tomorrow will officially release its report on the state of IBM i security, which will be the 18th straight year it has published aggregated data collected from security scans of actual IBM i machines. We caught up with the report’s author, HelpSystems Director of Security Technologies Robin Tatam, for a quick preview.

Tatam and Sandi Moore, HelpSystems principal security consultant, will share the full results of the PowerTech security study in two webinars tomorrow, including one at 8 a.m. CT and another at noon CT. You can find more information about these free events and register to attend at …
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Four Hundred Monitor, April 14

April 14, 2021 Jenny Thomas

When news is breaking around the IBM i, you know the first place to get the intel is here at IT Jungle. This week our own Alex Woodie gave us a sneak peek on the latest round of Spring Technology Refreshes from IBM, a day before the announcements rolled out. And while details are still rolling out, Alex learned “With IBM i 7.4 TR4 and 7.3 TR10, IBM is focusing its efforts on extending automation across various components of the operating system, including the database, security, and high availability.” You can find more details about the TRs in today’s issue, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 15

April 14, 2021 Doug Bidwell

It’s Ketchup Day here at the IBM i PTF Guide, now that we are back in the groove and getting them back on the normal Wednesday track.

There was a little bit going in this week, ahead of the launch of the Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4, which were unveiled this week and which The Four Hundred will be analyzing in detail over the coming weeks. Many parts of the software updates will be available starting April 16, but the Database Group for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 and the Db2 Mirror …
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Query Supervisor Gives Database Engineers New Power

IBM Unveils New and Improved IBM i Services

3 Takeaways from the 2021 PowerTech Security Report

Four Hundred Monitor, April 14

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 15

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