Four Hundred Monitor, November 20
November 20, 2019 Jenny Thomas
Artificial intelligence is often a hot topic in the news, making it a regular item in the articles we feature here in Monitor. But in an interesting twist, Alain Bénichou, CEO of IBM’s Greater China business, said that in China, which is considered a world leader in AI, while AI adoption is higher than the global average, it is still not as high as expected. This is not to say AI, or the news about it, is going anywhere, but it does give some food for thought about the difference between innovation and real world application. Read on to see the latest AI headlines and more from in and around our ecosystem.
Top Stories From Outside The Jungle
(CNBC) China is widely referred to as a global leader in artificial intelligence but just 14 percent of companies in the country are actively using AI software.
(Business Insider) Artificial intelligence has helped archaeologists uncover an ancient lost work of art in Peru.
(Yahoo! Finance) Watson’s annual study to identifying top U.S. hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular services included 989 US hospitals with cardiovascular service lines
(iCafe) IBM i architect Steve Will talks IBM i 7.4 and more during a recent trip to Japan.
(HPCwire) IBM took home five awards in HPCwire’s 2019 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards at SC19 Conference.
Redbooks, White Papers, Blogs, and Other Resources
(Manta Technologies) Manta’s annual year-end sale is underway. Get 30 percent off the complete library of courses for programmers, operators, system administrators, and users of the IBM i operating system. All courses are web based and run in all popular browsers.
(FormaServe) This YouTube video offers help for catching up with CL programming on the IBM i, since 5.3 to the latest version.
(Fresche Solutions) This white paper examines why IBM i shops are outsourcing IT and offers the pros and cons of hiring external resources.
(Profound Logic) Find the 2019 State of IBM i Modernization and other educational white papers here on Profound Logic’s website.
(Zend) Community PHP is coming to the IBM i. This blog looks at how it compares with supported PHP.
Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings
November 20 – Webinar – RSVP to see a rebroadcast of New Generation Software’s 1-hour webinar “Rejuvenate IBM i Query, Reporting, and Analytics with NGS-IQ.” NGS staff will be online to answer questions in real time, and attendees will receive a $10 Subway gift email. The webinar will demonstrate how a non-programmer can use NGS-IQ to write new queries, run IBM Query/400 queries originally designed for 5250 green screens, and produce Excel sheets, Web reports, and Adobe PDF files.
November 21 – Webinar – This webinar from IntelliChief – “Work Smarter with Enterprise Automation in Accounts Payable and Sales Orders” – you’ll get an in-depth look at how IntelliChief has helped companies like yours solve business challenges, improve KPIs, eliminate late fees and capture more early payment discounts, reduce manual data entry by as much as 70 percent, ensure order accuracy and increase fulfillment speed, and gain 100 percent visibility into the accounts payable and sales order processes.
December 4-5 – Webinar – The session list for COMMON’s Virtual Conference is available. Get more information and register here.
December 5 – Webinar – The true cloud experience you’ve always wanted for your IBM i and AIX workloads, when and where you want them, is finally here. Join us at our webinar “IBM Power on Public Cloud” with industry leaders, John Blair and Timothy Prickett Morgan, as they discuss their knowledge and insights on: How to consume IBM Power (i) and AIX on demand; Use cases where public cloud makes the most sense; Rapid provisioning using templates.
December 13 – IBM South Bank, London – IBM and ARCAD Software invite you to an IBM i 7.4 DevOps and Modernization tech briefing. Hear first-hand from HSBC and other customers how they succeeded in their IBM i DevOps transformation at scale.
December 17 – Webinar – RSVP to see a rebroadcast of New Generation Software’s 1-hour webinar “Rejuvenate IBM i Query, Reporting, and Analytics with NGS-IQ.” NGS staff will be online to answer questions in real time, and attendees will receive a $10 Subway gift email. The webinar will demonstrate how a non-programmer can use NGS-IQ to write new queries, run IBM Query/400 queries originally designed for 5250 green screens, and produce Excel sheets, Web reports, and Adobe PDF files.
March 24-26, 2020 – Dallas, Texas – The RPG & DB2 Summit heads to Dallas with new sessions, new workshops, new ideas, and new tools. Paul Tuohy, Susan Gantner and Jon Paris lead a team of 13 top experts teaching the critical skills you need to excel with modern IBM i development. SQL, RPG, Db2, ILE, open source, ACS, RDi, data analytics, web services, web and mobile apps — it’s all packed into a highly-concentrated three-day learning experience.
April 19-22, 2020 – Atlanta, Georgia – POWERUp 2020 will offer between 350-400 sessions presented by more than 100 IT professionals, and features the largest exposition of its kind. This conference structured to give you the pure education and professional connections needed to best enhance your career.
