Month: September 2023

​IBM Bolsters Database Security with Guardium 12.0  IT Jungle Read More 

​It is hard to believe it, but this is the tenth year that Fortra, formerly known as HelpSystems, is taking a survey of the IBM i customers base so it can put together a report to tell us all how we are doing. The IBM i Marketplace Survey and its accompanying report and the webinar that goes over the results of the survey, which are both presented each February, are an invaluable resource for the IBM i community. This is particularly so since IDC, Gartner, Forrester, and the other IT market researchers and consultancies have long since stopped tracking Power … The post The IBM i Marketplace Survey Needs Your Input appeared first on IT Jungle. Read More 

​As we guide customers on their futurization journeys and build products to support them, the Profound Logic team knows that our solutions need to be secure and flexible. Check out the top FIVE THINGS to know about our newest release! Read More 

​I am not sure if the title really describes what this post is about. The germ for this post came from an email I received from Elbert Cook. He asked me about emulating output specifications in a modern RPG program. Modern free format RPG does not support output specifications. I am pleased about this. I can get far more functionality and make changes many times faster by creating my own printer file than I would making changes to an output specification. Some have argued to me that printer files are too new for them to use, which is not true as I first used them when this operating system was OS/400 and it was running one of the releases of version 2. Let me stress that what I describe in this post is NOT a case for creating something like output specifications. Use custom printer files. There are times where I have created printed output from a program I was testing or developing that was so “down and dirty” I did not want to spend my time creating a printer file for. This post is based upon the methods I have used, and some examples from Elbert. Read more » Read More 

​The IBM i team is announcing a series of Guided Tours on important IBM i topics. The first set of Guided Tours was for Merlin. The tours walked IBMers, partners and customers through a series of scheduled sessions (presentations and demos) showing the key features of Merlin. Experts were live to answer questions and show specific capabilities that are of interest. These Guided Tours are intended for IBM and Business Partner sellers and technical sellers. Customers are also welcome to attend the Guided Tour sessions. Read More