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Need An RPG Programmer? Nalashaa May Have You Covered

April 19, 2021 Alex Woodie

Companies that are having trouble finding RPG programmers to maintain IBM i applications may be interested in the services of Nalashaa Solutions, an IT services company that has nearly 200 RPG programmers at its disposal. In addition to expertise in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing/distribution industries, the New Jersey-based company can help with application modernization, code documentation, and migration to the cloud, too.

The RPG coder supply chain is an oft-discussed topic that incites passion in many people. In some parts of the country and the world, companies have no problem finding RPG programmers to hire. In other locales, you …
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Every Day Has To Be Earth Day

April 19, 2021 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Every day is Earth Day at IBM, as it has become for many companies that are trying to lessen their environmental impact and increase the sustainability of their businesses and of our planet at the same time.

But that does not mean that we don’t celebrate the real Earth Day, which is on April 22 this year and which was first held on that day in 1970. Back then, at the birth of the environmental movement, 10 percent of the population of the United States took to the streets to demonstrate peacefully against the environmental and health impacts of a …
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Guru: Compare Pieces Of Source Members

April 19, 2021 Ted Holt

Next to Barbara Morris, the F15 key seems to be the RPG programmer’s best friend. I do not like duplicated source code, but for years I have been finding it everywhere. Sometimes I find the same source code in multiple source members. Sometimes I find the same source code two or more times in a single source member. If you’ve been programming in an IBM i shop for more than two hours, you know what I’m talking about.

As I wrote three years ago in this august publication, duplicated source code is bad because it embodies the WET principle, …
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As I See It: Ambivalence

April 19, 2021 Victor Rozek

Former business professor Aaron Levenstein once said: “Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. But what they hide is vital.” Unlike the bikini wearer, however, statistics are bloodless, void of experience, and often boring. Except of course to statisticians.

Broadly speaking there are two types of statistics: the ones that make your eyes roll to the back of your head, and the ones that make your eyes pop out of your head. This is the latter, courtesy of economist Robert Reich. Reich calculated that in 2020 Jeff Bezos’ net worth rose by $2,378 every second! You read …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 16

April 19, 2021 Doug Bidwell

This is what we refer to as Download Heaven here at the IBM i PTF Guide. There is a lot of stuff going on this week. So brace yourself. First, there are new cumulative PTF package updates, or Cumes, as well as the new Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4. There is also a new release of Access Client Solutions.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- Technology Refresh 4
- Latest Cumulative PTF Package C1091740
- SAP support required PTF list
- IBM HTTP Server for i
- IBM i
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Need An RPG Programmer? Nalashaa May Have You Covered

Every Day Has To Be Earth Day

Guru: Compare Pieces Of Source Members

As I See It: Ambivalence

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 16

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