Month: July 2024

​[[{“value”:”When it comes to security, more is often better. As in, more security professionals running more security products and services that deliver more overlapping coverage of your security weaknesses. The good news for IBM i shops is that Fortra delivers more solutions with more coverage than probably anyone else in the industry, particularly with its XDR solution.
XDR, or extended detection and response, is the state of the art for enterprise security today, and essentially is replacing security information and event management (SIEM) tools at the top of the security food chain, says Tom Huntington, the vice president of technical …
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​[[{“value”:”Last October, with no warning at all, IBM suddenly pulled the plug on its Db2 Web Query business intelligence tool for the IBM i platform. This left a lot of customers in the lurch, since Db2 Web Query is based on but very different from the WebFOCUS business intelligence tool from Information Builders.
IBM and Information Builders, we later learned, could not come to terms on how to re-license the WebFOCUS engine at the heart of Db2 Web Query, and thus far, IBM has not provided an alternative BI platform or a migration tool for any third-party applications.
The upshot …
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​[[{“value”:”Greetings everyone. Articles part one and two were both an introduction on how to build components in an HTTP request. In part three, we will begin to connect the dots and discuss how to asymmetrically sign a simple string. If you ever need to send a secure HTTP request to a government agency or financial institution, you likely will authenticate with a signed token. So, here we go!
Base64 Take Two
In part one, the SQL scalar function BASE64_ENCODE embedded in RPG converted a string to base64. This technique will cover most use cases, but what if you need …
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​[[{“value”:”Welcome to this week, which is a very, very quiet week, even for the IBM i PTF Guide. Like, hardly anything at all is happening. There are a few little things, which we will now point out.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.5:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server

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​[[{“value”:”Does anyone happen to have copy of the SAVF files for the MC Press title Programming with ILE RPG? According to the supplemental files on the publisher’s website, the files were stored on three different web sites created for the book: pyxisair.net, wibaux.net, and cloud services24x7.net
I contacted the publisher and they tried to reach out to Jim Buck, but we never heard anything back from him. So, I was wondering if anyone else might have a copy of the files? It’s disappointing to see how fast stuff just disappears from the Internet.
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