Month: November 2024

​[[{“value”:”Next Tuesday, November 19, at 6:30 PM (CT) the Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG, holds their final meeting of the year.
Our guest presenter is Patrick Behr, who is a COMMON North America Speaker of Merit.
His presentation is called: SQL 101 Bullet Train. And he describes it as: Hang on as we go from 0 to 300 MPH with SQL. We’ll start out slow by covering the basics of creating tables, inserting, and selecting data. We pick up speed as we discuss Constraints, Join Types, and SQL Views. We will be going at full speed when we learn how to leverage Functions, Procedures, and Db2 Services! We will bring it all back to the station as we use all our SQL skills to build a project that combines everything we’ve learned along the way.
To learn more about this online event, which is free, and to register go to the CTXiUG website.
I hope to see you all there.”}]] Read More 

​[[{“value”:”On Tuesday, November 12 2024, IBM i Chief Architect and CTO, Steve Will, announced the updated “Fall 2024 IBM i Performance FAQ” guide had been published, and is available for download.
This guide gives information on how to measure the performance of your IBM i partition, and how to optimize whatever tools and programming languages you use to get the best from the operating system we all love.
You can open and download the document from here.
I have already downloaded and read this document this guide. And I think it would be good for you to do the same.”}]] Read More 

​Adoption of Code for i continues to soar among IBM i developers, as they shift from heavy, expensive integrated development environments (IDEs) to lighter, open-source options. With the latest Technology Refreshes (TRs) for IBM i, IBM is making the VS Code plug-in even more useful for RPG and COBOL developers. Code for IBM i is Read More 

​We commented back in August when the Hot Chips 2024 conference was underway at Stanford University that it was odd that IBM did reveal some of the speeds and feeds of the Power11 processor that we all know is coming in 2025. And when the TechXchange 2024 partner event was held in Las Vegas a Read More 

​It may be a cliché to say time flies, but most of us have done it. If you’ve never fallen victim to that phrase, the next five years may change your mind. It’s been predicted that by 2030, artificial intelligence will not only have the capability to create movies, music, books, and video games, it Read More