• The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
Menu
  • The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • The COMMON Conference Agenda Is Coming Together

    March 16, 2009 Dan Burger

    Where are you on the Power Systems i learning curve? If you are in the low single digits on the time and effort side of the chart, it’s not likely that you’ve advanced on the measurable learning side. You probably don’t need to be reminded there’s a correlation between the two sides. Coming at the end of April is an opportunity to climb up the learning curve. The days, it’s called the COMMON Annual Meeting and Exposition.

    If you don’t already know, COMMON is the single largest community of IBM midrange users and its annual conference is largest gathering of

    …

    Read more
  • Looking for Commitment, Part 1

    March 11, 2009 Paul Tuohy

    In this article I will discuss what commitment control is, why you may want to use it, and the basic requirements for commitment control. In subsequent articles we will look more closely at some of the considerations for using commitment control effectively: how commitment control works; different ways in which it can be implemented; and how it works in ILE.

    Throughout these articles I will be using the SQL terminology of schema, table, row, and index as opposed to library, physical file, record, and logical file. However, be aware that commitment control is applicable to both SQL-defined tables and DDS-defined

    …

    Read more
  • Treasury of new DB2 6.1 Features, Part 2: Grouping Sets and Super Groups

    March 11, 2009 Michael Sansoterra

    Part 1 of this series focused on some of the stellar query enhancements IBM gave its DB2 for i developer community. It’s hard to believe the 20-plus-year-old AS/400 system (now called IBM i) can continue to look so young given its great strengths in database and other areas. But for now, I want to focus on specialized query enhancements called grouping sets and super groups.

    The ability to work with grouping sets and super groups in a query is an overdue feature, in my opinion (which incidentally has long been available with other versions of DB2 and other database servers).

    …

    Read more
  • Admin Alert: Six Ways to Mess Up i5/OS User Profiles Security (And What To Do About It)

    March 11, 2009 Joe Hertvik

    Compared to other platforms, the i5/OS operating system is one of the more secure systems available today. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any security holes. This week, let’s look at some common user profile security problems that iSeries, System i, and Power i shops encounter and talk about how you can counter these issues.

    Auditing Your User Profiles

    To truly troubleshoot the issues I’m discussing here, you’ll need to create a user profile information file (UPIF). It’s easy to create a UPIF and once you have it, you can query individual user profiles to determine which profiles have which

    …

    Read more
  • DB2/400 Storage Engine for MySQL Now Available as Public Beta

    March 10, 2009 Alex Woodie

    MySQL and IBM last week started a public beta for the new DB2 for i (IBMDB2i) Storage Engine for the MySQL database, a long-awaited product that will allow System i shops to care and feed for their MySQL-based PHP applications running on their i OS server just as they do for ordinary DB2 for i (DB2/400) applications. The Storage Engine will be available for customers at V5R4 and i 6.1 versions of the operating system, but they must install several PTFs first.

    System i shops have been eagerly waiting for IBM and MySQL (now owned by Sun Microsystems) to

    …

    Read more
  • PHP Saves Company Millions by Refurbishing Old ERP System

    March 10, 2009 Alex Woodie

    A $1.7 billion construction company has saved millions of dollars in license fees and years of time by refurbishing a 30-year-old RPG-based ERP system with Zend Technology‘s PHP development tools rather than buying a new, brand-name ERP package in the seven figures. The two-year programming effort for APi Group of Minnesota paid off when its IT staff replaced all of the old 5250 green screens with Web interfaces, at a fraction of the cost, time frame, and pain of a full-scale ERP migration.

    The APi Group was founded in 1926 as A.P.I. Inc, a small insulation contracting company that

    …

    Read more
  • ManageEngine Goes On Demand with Data Center Tools

    March 10, 2009 Alex Woodie

    ManageEngine recently announced a beta test for OpManager OnDemand, a software as a service (SaaS) version of its systems management tools for monitoring servers and networks. The new offering gives customers a Web-based console to monitor a wide swath of their IT infrastructure, while eliminating the need to install software, provision servers, and pay big upfront license fees. Over the coming months, the company plans to deliver more of its IT management tools via SaaS, including possibly its relatively deep System i monitoring capabilities.

    ManageEngine is one of three related companies that have quietly built an impressive roster of software

    …

    Read more
  • RSA Cracks Down on Security Threats with enVision 4.0

    March 10, 2009 Alex Woodie

    RSA yesterday unveiled a new version of its security information and event management (SIEM) software, enVision 4.0. With the new release, the EMC subsidiary has introduced several new features aimed at making it easier to correlate and make sense of the security-related log and vulnerability data that is inundating organizations. And in a bid to show enVision is not just for big enterprises, RSA unveiled two new appliances for medium size companies.

    RSA bills enVision, which it obtained with its 2006 acquisition of Network Intelligence, as a three-in-one SIEM platform aimed at solving the three interrelated problems of network visibility,

    …

    Read more
  • Kisco Adds Fax Support to WebReport/400

    March 10, 2009 Alex Woodie

    System i shops that need to send faxes from their AS/400 but don’t want to install a dedicated line were given another option last week when Kisco Information Systems announced that the latest release of its WebReport/400 product now bears an integrated connection to MetroFax‘s Internet-based fax service, enabling users to quickly and easily send spool files as faxes.

    WebReport/400 is a versatile utility that allows AS/400 and IBM i shops to make more effective use of the spool files and reports generated by their applications. The software can be used interactively to e-mail or FTP spool files that

    …

    Read more
  • Blog Food for the RPG Programmer: Tastes a Bit Like .NET

    March 10, 2009 Dan Burger

    Mixing creative and strategic and then applying it to the delivery of information is important in the communication business. People want to feel welcome and comfortable with the places they go for information. And, they want that information to be valuable, insightful, and entertaining. Beyond all that, there’s an increased desire to be interactive. For all these reasons, and others that apply to individual software companies and their relationships with their customers, ASNA has recently raised the curtain on RPGDevNet, the company’s new road to two-way conversations with its customers and prospects.

    What you’ll find at RPGDevNet is basically

    …

    Read more

Previous Articles Next Articles

Content archive

  • The Four Hundred
  • Four Hundred Stuff
  • Four Hundred Guru

Recent Posts

  • Power Systems Grows Nicely In Q3, Looks To Grow For All 2025, Too
  • Beta Of MCP Server Opens Up IBM i For Agentic AI
  • Sundry IBM i And Power Stack Announcements For Your Consideration
  • Please Take The IBM i Marketplace Survey
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 43
  • IBM Pulls The Curtain Back A Smidge On Project Bob
  • IBM Just Killed Merlin. Here’s Why
  • Guru: Playing Sounds From An RPG Program
  • A Bit More Insight Into IBM’s “Spyre” AI Accelerator For Power
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 42

Subscribe

To get news from IT Jungle sent to your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Four Hundred Monitor
  • IBM i PTF Guide
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe

Search

Copyright © 2025 IT Jungle