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,...
December 23, 2008 11:38 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
HumorThanks to the automatic recommendation program at Amazon, those who buy the "Starter Kit for the IBM iSeries and AS/400" are offered the chance to buy another recommended (and presumably related) tome: "Reducing Stress-related Behaviours In Persons With Dementia." See here:
November 13, 2008 11:50 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
Logical partitions,
SaaS and cloud computing,
System i hardware,
System i partitions and virtualizationRoss Mauri, the general manager of IBM Power Systems, held forth at a fireside chat at iSociety earlier this week. The full transcript of the chat is worth reading.
October 7, 2008 1:47 PM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
Blogroll,
iSeries software,
Open SourceLast week the private equity group Audax purchased antivirus specialist Bytware, Inc. The Audax Group owns Help/Systems and also recently
September 18, 2008 7:18 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
COMMONYoung i Perspectives is a new blog from Young i Professionals (YiPs), a group of younger System i programmers. I expect a lot of good posts from them, especially on using open source on the i platform.
The whole website is hosted on System i,...
September 16, 2008 2:31 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
BlogrollI wouldn't normally write about other IT publications, but IT Jungle is such a huge player in the world of news for IBM i, System i, iSeries, AS/400, and so on, that this bears mentioning. Timothy Prickett Morgan, who runs the site, wrote recently that
July 23, 2008 11:59 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
COMMONMark Hall, a columnist over at Computerworld, had a recent column about the System i, or the IBM i, or whatever you want to call it. It was called "Bye bye i." As Hall puts it, "(n)ow the company offers you a single, pathetic...
July 10, 2008 8:02 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
Programming,
System i hardware
- Context is Key: This nugget from midrange.com (it's been a while, David!) talks about always remembering the "why." If a program needs to be fixed, take a step back and ask why, and what it will accomplish.
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July 10, 2008 7:11 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Blogroll,
Disaster recovery,
Operating systems,
System i hardware
Lukas Beeler has a thorough post about his experience with
