Successful IBM i Disaster Recovery Best Practices

November 01, 2011
Disasters are inevitable, so performing a successful disaster recovery is essential to ensuring that your company stays accessible to its customers. Having a complete backup strategy to ensure...

Using the Create and Send MIME Email API

November 01, 2011
So your company has decided that it wants to send email with attachments directly from the IBM i. The problem is, the budget won't support the purchase of a third-party application, data security...

FastCGI Boosts PHP Performance on IBM i

October 31, 2011
Mike Pavlak explores PHP performance on IBM i with a look at some of the FastCGI components that are now built into Apache. Plus, he offers tips on how to make it all work best for your organization,...

Opinion: PowerVM leads to IBM i resurgence

Glenn Robinson  |  posted on 11/8/2011
There have been numerous reports of a resurgence of IBM i in recent months and much of this has been down to the fantastic pricing and performance of

New Solutions: Latest Robot/SAVE speeds IFS backups

Seamus Quinn  |  posted on 11/8/2011
Help/Systems has announced the release of Robot/SAVE 12, the latest version of its backup, recovery and media management solution. Robot/SAVE 12

Power i in the Frame for Global Music Royalties System

Seamus Quinn  |  posted on 11/8/2011
IBM i technology could soon be at the heart of a royalties payment system for songwriters, composers and music publishers all over the world.

upcoming events

RSE (WDSC/RDi/RDP) Jump Start Workshop

with Susan Gantner, System iDeveloper
An RPG & DB2 Summit Course

Susan Gantner, Instructor Say goodbye to SEU and find out just how much more productive and fun your programming job can be! Whether you plan to install RDi, WDSC or the very latest: RDP, this workshop will help you get off to a fast start using RSE (the Remote System Explorer). We'll cover practical steps, hints and tips that will enable you to be more productive with the new toolset from day 1.

RPG IV code will be used in examples and demonstrations during this course. However, most of the course material will be applicable to other languages as well.


podcasts

Replication – The Sound Basis of Data Sharing

In this podcast, you’ll learn that when it comes to sharing data between these various information silos, Data Replication can play a vital part. In

Making an Efficient Migration to POWER7 Hardware

Charlie Kaplan focuses on IBM POWER7 technical solutions for large and complex workloads at maximum computer systems.

white papers

An Introduction to MICR Check Printing

The objective of this paper is to present pertinent issues surrounding the implementation of an in-house Laser MICR check printing system in IBM i

System iNetwork In Depth Focus: Business Intelligence

Go deep into data analysis by using a Business Intelligence solution. IBM's Doug Mack takes a look at how companies without multinational-level

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blogs resources

'What Do I Replace COBOL and RPG With?'

Linda Harty  |  posted on 11/2/2011
A reader asks: Is there any language that is better for batch processing than COBOL or RPG on IBM i? We have been on the System/38, AS/400, iSeries,

An Introduction to MICR Check Printing

 |  posted on 11/1/2011
The objective of this paper is to present pertinent issues surrounding the implementation of an in-house Laser MICR check printing system in IBM i