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VAI Covers All the Bases With Modernization

December 6, 2017 Alex Woodie

There are a lot of ways to “modernize” your IBM i application. You could create Web and mobile user interfaces. You could adopt free form RPG and migrate the database to modern SQL. You could host it all on the cloud. You could integrate analytic capabilities into it. Or, if you’re the IBM i ERP software vendor VAI, you could do all those things.

VAI has, in fact, done all those things leading up to this year’s release of S2K Enterprise 6.0, and according to CEO and founder Bob Vormittag, the company is reaping big rewards as a result.

“We’re …
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BCD’s Nexus Portal Shows Mobile and API Capabilities

December 6, 2017 Dan Burger

Development in IBM i focused organizations — transitions from green-screen to browser-based applications and from monolithic to modular code — cannot ignore the portal piece of the puzzle. It’s the portal that provides secure, organized access to enterprise information for employees, vendors and customers using all types of devices connected to the Web.

Because so many BCD Software customers are interested in mobile access to data and real-time interactions, the development team got to work on making its Nexus portal more useful and convenient for the tablet and smartphone contingents that crave enhancements to their remote gateways.

“Our development efforts …
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A Profound Replacement For My VisualAge For RPG Applications

December 6, 2017 Dan Devoe

In January 2016, I wrote an IT Jungle article outlining how my company, Boston Warehouse Trading Corporation, prolonged the life of our VisualAge for RPG (VaRPG) applications by getting them to work on 64-bit versions of Windows. And I’m pleased to say, that as of Windows 10 Creator’s Edition, they still work. However, the applications are on life support, and we needed to act sooner rather than later to begin the process of replacing the apps whose SDK and support died a premature and painful death.

We have researched a few application modernization solutions. But it seemed that, when all …
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Four Hundred Monitor, December 6

December 6, 2017 Dan Burger

Where there is smoke there is probably fire. The odds are not nearly as good that where you find reports there will be data analytics. What tools and capabilities are available to provide deeper insight into the data you have on hand and what difference will it make to the people using the data?

You can find the answer in Monitor this week. Read a bit farther and you’ll also find informative articles about IBM’s Bluemix and building apps on the internet, what happens when IT loses control of analytics projects, and how to avoid mistakes that lead to preventable …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 48

December 6, 2017 Doug Bidwell

This week, in Number 48, we have HIPERs (again!), Security, and MQ Groups, as well as some great information on WebSphere to share with all. The HIPERs are about new GA markers, and fixing flight recorder formatting. The Security fixes are about patching SSH for the latest CVE notifications. The MQ message queuing middleware group is about delivering the MQM400 Cumulative fix pack #80008.

There are also new Recommended Fixes for Telnet, pertaining to memory leaks, and better tracing.

Here’s the breakdown by release:

V7R3
- SI65503
- MF62915
V7R2
- SI65502
- MF63206
V7R1
- SI65496
- MF62916
One last thing: IBM published an Official …
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VAI Covers All the Bases With Modernization

BCD’s Nexus Portal Shows Mobile and API Capabilities

A Profound Replacement For My VisualAge For RPG Applications

Four Hundred Monitor, December 6

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 48

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