TFH Volume: 27 Issue: 39 Archives

The Cognitive Systems/500 2018 Edition

June 12, 2017 Timothy Prickett Morgan

With the Power9 processor not coming to the IBM i and AIX platforms until sometime early in 2018, rather than right now as many of us were led to believe would be happening, we have some extra time on our hands. So we should all – including the executives who run IBM Systems and its subordinate Cognitive Systems division (formerly known as Power Systems) – take this opportunity to take a hard look at how the IBM i platform is packaged and priced and how a modern integrated platform should be architected.

The IBM i customer base needs the Cognitive …
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Understanding IBM’s PowerHA For i

June 12, 2017 Alex Woodie

When it comes to high availability on the IBM i platform, there are two main options: logical replication and PowerHA SystemMirror for i. While the architecture and benefits of logical replication solutions are well-established and well-known, PowerHA remains a bit of a mystery for many. We will try to shine some light on how PowerHA works, and whether it is the right choice for you.

There has been an increase in interest around HA so far in 2017, but many IBM i shops remain confused about the various options. In the first article in this HA series, we took …
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Guru: Error Handling in SQL PL, Part 1

June 12, 2017 Ted Holt

I once fancied myself a logical thinker. I changed my mind when I started programming computers. I quickly realized that I was incapable of writing an error-free program. Chalk up another valuable lesson to experience. More experience taught me to program for both expected and unexpected conditions, and now I apply that concept to all languages that I use, including SQL PL.

SQL PL has excellent exception-handling methods, and they’re not hard to use. In this article and Part 2 to follow, we look at how DB2 informs you that your SQL request worked correctly or not. Next, we’ll take …
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As I See It: The Hungry Leader

June 12, 2017 Victor Rozek

Corporate leaders like to compare business to the military. From top-down command structures, to having a “mission,” that can only be accomplished by “capturing” market share, and “crushing” the competition; it all sounds very Ramboesque. Given the languaging you would think every CEO was the second coming of George Patton. Turns out Patton had more regard for the people under his command.

Besides the fact that the color of corporate bloodshed is green, there is a core difference between military ethics and corporate ethics. Author and TED Talk regular Simon Sinek succinctly summarizes the difference. The military, says Sinek, “gives …
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CTO Praises Open Source, Offers Modernization Guidance

June 12, 2017 Dan Burger

One of the most influential and productive fields of new development is the open source community. Its magnitude is just beginning to be felt. It’s not just people talking about open source development. It’s people doing development and deriving benefit from it. And it’s people using it often times without realizing it.

At the COMMON Annual Meeting last month, I had an opportunity to talk about open source technology with Brendan Kay, chief technology officer at Fresche Solutions, where open source solutions continue to evolve and provide benefits to internal development and the software products that company delivers to …
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The Cognitive Systems/500 2018 Edition

Understanding IBM’s PowerHA For i

Guru: Error Handling in SQL PL, Part 1

As I See It: The Hungry Leader

CTO Praises Open Source, Offers Modernization Guidance

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