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The IBM i Job Environment, It’s a Changin’

September 15, 2021 Alex Woodie

The IBM i job market ain’t what it used to be. Change is a constant in this world, but the rate of professional change during the current pandemic is of particular interest at the moment. From new technologies and enlarging salary requirements to work-from-home and pending retirements, you could say we’re experiencing a period of punctuated equilibrium when it comes to working in the IBM i ecosystem.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across many industries have adopted work-from-home mandates. IBM i shops, like all others who can, have moved strongly in that direction. Many have still not …
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New Nav Puts SQL Services Within Reach

September 15, 2021 Alex Woodie

IBM delivered new Technology Refreshes (TRs) for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4 last week, and there’s a lot of good stuff in there. Arguably one of the biggest announcements is the overhaul of IBM i Navigator, which the folks at IBM have taken to calling “New Nav.” But what makes New Nav so special?

IBM rewrote New Nav from the ground up in Angular, a JavaScript framework for building Web and mobile applications, and PrimeNG, a popular component library for Angular. The combination of these two technologies gives New Nav a fresh-looking interface that will appeal to users of all …
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Eradani Drives Simplification with API Tool Update

September 15, 2021 Alex Woodie

Eradani has always sought to simplify the application programming interface (API) enablement process as much as possible for its IBM i customers. And with the launch of Eradani Connect version 4.1, which features a new GUI, pre-built templates of APIs, and a catalog for the REST-style Web services created with the tool, the Northern California company is taking the simplification mantra to new levels.

The world is chock full of Web services. Whether it’s real-time weather data, a shipping services, an ecommerce application, or a tax calculator, somebody somewhere is providing information over the Internet. These external APIs generally are …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 15

September 15, 2021 Jenny Thomas

Does any conversation happen anymore without some reflection on life before the pandemic and how the world has changed since? Not to belabor the point, but it is hard to get around the fact that our workplaces have drastically changed. Zoom quickly became everyone’s go-to for business, and just to get to see the faces of family and friends. Even now, many companies prefer to continue remote work and we are all rapidly adapting to the idea that travel is as necessary as we once thought to exchange ideas (although it is certainly less fun). Our Top Story this week …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 37

September 15, 2021 Doug Bidwell

Just a reminder to everyone to participate in POWERUp 2021, which runs from October 4 through 7. You can visit in person at Virginia Beach, or you can participate virtually. Visit the COMMON user group web site to find out the particulars. And we will see you there – virtually, at least!

Let’s get started this week with the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- Latest Cumulative PTF Package 21238
- Technology Refresh 5
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Db2 for IBM i
- IBM Db2 Mirror for i
- Rational Developer for i
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Latest Cumulative
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The IBM i Job Environment, It’s a Changin’

New Nav Puts SQL Services Within Reach

Eradani Drives Simplification with API Tool Update

Four Hundred Monitor, September 15

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 37

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