January 30, 2009 6:13 PM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
i5/OS,
IBM System i,
iSeriesHi readers,
We've moved our blog to IT Knowledge Exchange to take advantage of some of the features this site has. Some of these features are pretty neat, but I know that "change is hard." So, let me tell you about a few of the new features. First, instead of a long list of categories, we now...
January 29, 2009 9:15 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Open Source,
System i software,
Web DevelopmentMike Pavlak believes that open source has a bright future on the IBM System i platform. The economy is helping.
"Over the years our customers have commented that they are looking at PHP for a number of reasons," Pavlak, a...
January 29, 2009 8:56 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Security – alerts – complianceThe IBM security guide Redbook for IBM i V6.1 is now available in draft form.
The focus is on the new security features of the System i operating system, previously called i5/OS. Those new features...
January 29, 2009 8:46 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System i software,
Web DevelopmentJon Paris at the System iDevelop blog has a trip report on installing a fix pack for Rational Developer for System i. Needless to say, it didn't go so well.
Paris was...
January 21, 2009 8:54 AM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
System i hardware,
System i revenueThis morning on the radio I heard that IBM had released fourth quarter and 2008 year end results, with the company reporting net income up 12%. But, the System i didn't fare well in the company's announced earnings, with a...
January 15, 2009 9:19 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Web DevelopmentIBM has announced an update to its WebSphere Portlet Factory, a Windows-based software package meant to help in development of J2EE applications.
The software runs on top of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and supports the System...
January 15, 2009 9:13 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
System i hardware,
System i software,
Web DevelopmentThe iDevelop blog, part of the IBM Systems Magazine, has a good 2008 roundup of the System i platform. A lot happened with System i -- er, IBM i -- this year, and not all of it was related to the merger of i and p,...
January 15, 2009 8:59 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
COMMON,
ProgrammingThe iSociety, an online social group for IBM System i users and followers, will be holding a fireside chat later today.
The group, which the user group COMMON started more than two years ago, has had a...
