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Public Cloud Dreams Becoming A Reality for IBM i Users

August 23, 2021 Alex Woodie

For years, IBM i professionals have looked on as their X86 colleagues moved data and applications to the cloud, where they take advantage of sophisticated analytics and AI offerings, while they dutifully tend to their Power Systems boxes, as they have for years. But with IBM i runtimes in at least two public clouds (and possibly more in the works), IBM i shops are finally starting to realize their public cloud dreams.

The nature of the IBM i cloud solution that Meridian Group International is offering has changed over the years. Like many other IBM business partners, the Deerfield, Illinois, …
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Reliability: An Added Value Of IBM Certified Pre-Owned

August 23, 2021 Timothy Prickett Morgan

There are many different kinds of reliability that are important in IT infrastructure. There is the obvious one that has to do with the literal quality of the hardware engineering, testing, and manufacturing processes as well as the quality of the systems software that runs atop servers or storage.

But the other kinds of reliability that are equally important is knowing that the manufacturer is standing behind the equipment, supporting it whether it is new or certified pre-owned, in the event that something goes wrong. And as Murphy’s Law tells us and as all system administrators know full well, something …
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Guru: Set Beats A Loop

August 23, 2021 Ted Holt

Hey, Ted:

I’m sending you some RPG source code that I put into one of our inquiry programs and would like to have your insight. Instead of using the SETLL, DOW and READE opcodes to loop through a group of selected records, I used the SQL SET statement. This seems to me much easier for someone else to understand and follow. Is this good practice?

— Mike

I was glad to see Mike’s email in my inbox, as always. He and I met in person at the RPG & DB2 Summit a few years ago, and I’ve enjoyed getting to …
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The Other IBM Big Iron That Is On The Horizon

August 23, 2021 Timothy Prickett Morgan

The Hot Chips conference is underway this week, historically at Stanford University but this year as was the case last year, is being done virtually thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. There are a lot of new chips that are being discussed in detail, and one of them is not the forthcoming Power10 chip from IBM, which is expected to make its debut sometime in September and which was one of the hot items at last year’s Hot Chips event.

The one processor that IBM is talking about, however, is the “Telum” z16 processor for System z mainframes, and unlike …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 34

August 23, 2021 Doug Bidwell

It is the middle of August and we expect for the software patches to slow down a bit, not so much because software is kind to our aspirations to have some vacation before the new season of school, harvest, and system upgrades begins anew but because frankly unless the system is on fire, no one cares about updating its operating system or related systems software in these weeks before Labor Day.

But, there are a few things you need to be aware of. There are some new HIPERs and some new defectives this week. Let’s go to the video tape. …
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Public Cloud Dreams Becoming A Reality for IBM i Users

Reliability: An Added Value Of IBM Certified Pre-Owned

Guru: Set Beats A Loop

The Other IBM Big Iron That Is On The Horizon

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 34

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