TFH Volume: 33 Issue: 37 Archives

Talking System Architecture With The Frank Soltis

June 21, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

In a very funny way, the System/38 and its AS/400 and following progeny are the product of coincidence and brilliance. In 1962, had Frank Soltis taken that summer job at an aerospace company that he wanted to work for in Southern California, first of all, he might have ended up with a tan, and second of all, whatever followed the System/34 almost certainly would not have had single level storage, much less the architecture that we still know today, in modified form, as the IBM i platform.

Lucky for us that Frank’s father, who ran a parts distribution operation for …
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We Are Filling Our Talent Pool Because Yours Is Going To Drain

June 21, 2023 Ron Venzin

Back in the early days of corporate computing, when it was called data processing, the people who managed and programmed what became known as IT systems came from all walks of life. More times than not, the VPDP – that’s Vice President of Data Processing, a title that predates the concept of Manager of Information Systems and was decades earlier than the idea of Chief Information Officer – often came from the accounting department. But the people who worked for the VPDP were a hodge-podge of smart and curious people looking for something new and interesting to do.

Here …
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What IBM i Turning 35 Means to Me

June 21, 2023 Alex Woodie

I started my first AS/400 writing job in the summer of 1999. I already had two part-time writing jobs at the time, for an insurance magazine and as a stringer for a local newspaper, but I wanted a full-time gig, so I did what every job seeker did back in those days: I answered a want ad in the newspaper, of course. I had no idea it would turn into a 24-year career (and counting).

I still remember the job interview I had with Jenny Thomas, who was then known as Jenny Delroy and who was the editor of AS/400 …
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Four Hundred Monitor, June 21

June 21, 2023 Jenny Thomas

Today is the official first day of summer. Depending where you live, it may not feel like it, or you may think summer is already in full swing. But summer isn’t measured by temperatures and sunshine, it is considered to be the first day of summer in astronomical terms, as today is the summer solstice. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 19 minutes longer than the December solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the longest day of the year is around this date. But before you head out to enjoy those extra daylight hours, catch …
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Rocket Software Supports IBM i with New Data Intelligence Offering

June 21, 2023 Alex Woodie

You’ve probably seen it before: Two departments in the same company have different numbers in their BI reports, when the numbers should be the same. Tracking down these data discrepancies can be very difficult, especially when they touch systems like IBM i or System z mainframes. But with a new release of its Data Intelligence offering, Rocket Software thinks it has found a simpler way.

Rocket Software has been selling its Data Intelligence product since it obtained it with its ASG Technologies acquisition back in 2021. The software was designed to help organizations track down data problems that surface as …
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Talking System Architecture With The Frank Soltis

We Are Filling Our Talent Pool Because Yours Is Going To Drain

What IBM i Turning 35 Means to Me

Four Hundred Monitor, June 21

Rocket Software Supports IBM i with New Data Intelligence Offering

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