Industry Bits

Rocket Software Completes Acquisition of Zephyr Development Corporation

Rita-Lyn Sanders — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:35:35 GMT

By Rita-Lyn Sanders
Rocket Software has acquired Zephyr Development Corporation, a Houston-based developer of terminal emulation software.

IBM Set to Withdraw IBM i 5.4 September 2013

Rita-Lyn Sanders — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:06 GMT

By Rita-Lyn Sanders
IBM has set the official withdrawal date of IBM i 5.4 for September 30, 2013.

IBM Decides to Stop Charging for RPG Open Access

Rita-Lyn Sanders — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:00 GMT

By Rita-Lyn Sanders
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, IBM is sending a little love to all its IBM i developers by making Rational Open Access: RPG Edition a free tool that comes bundled with the RPG ILE runtime and compilers for IBM i 6.1 and 7.1.

System i Developer’s 2012 RPG & DB2 Summit to Focus on Modernization Skills

Mark Donahue — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:46:14 GMT

By: Mark Donahue
System i Developer has announced that it will hold its annual RPG & DB2 Summit March 26-28 in Fort Worth, Texas. The theme of this year’s conference is "i can, can you?" and will feature a practical training curriculum on IBM i-based modernization skills for all levels and every step of the modernization process.

IBM Tops U.S. Patent Record, Continues 19-Year Dominance

Mark Donahue — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:02 GMT

By: Mark Donahue
Big Blue continues to rock and roll in the patent department. Today IBM said that it set a new U.S. patent record in 2011, with its inventors earning 6,180 patents. This marks the 19th consecutive year IBM has led the annual list of patent recipients.

Time to Nominate for Successful Al Barsa Memorial Scholarship

Rita-Lyn Sanders — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:11:39 GMT

By Rita-Lyn Sanders
The challenge garnered a total of $6,380 in contributions and matching donations for the annual education award.

EGL Goes Open Source

Mark Donahue — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:05:07 GMT

By: Mark Donahue
Last week, IBM announced that it was taking Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) into the open source realm with the debut of Eclipse EGL Web Developer Tools version 0.7, which is built on an open, extensible compiler and generator framework.

Al Barsa Memorial Scholarship Challenge Ends Friday

Rita-Lyn Sanders — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:14:44 GMT

By Rita-Lyn Sanders
The Al Barsa Memorial Scholarship challenge ends Friday, and according to David Gibbs, the owner of midrange.com and director of the COMMON Education Foundation, matching contributors are continuing to up the ante.

Reader Report: Defect in iSeries Access Service Pack SI42423

Linda Harty — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:09:43 GMT

By Linda Harty
A reader reports a defect in iSeries Access telnet sessions at V6R1 service pack SI42423 that can slow searches displayed to the screen as well as WRKQRY results displayed to the screen by a huge factor.

What Are You Thankful for?

Mark Donahue — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:36:31 GMT

By: Mark Donahue
Thanksgiving is almost here once again. Sometimes a federally recognized holiday is the only thing that can slow down the busy lives of people in the IBM i and Power Systems world (and those of us covering it). It’s a time to take a breath, relax, and think about what we’re thankful for, personally and professionally.