In the IBM i Professionals group in LinkedIn Aaron Bartell has opened a discussion intended to create a list of vendors that offer IBM i OS partitions in the cloud. Or as Aaron puts it:
I was hoping we could start a list of vendors that offer IBM i OS in the cloud as a monthly lease service similar to how Amazon does its EC2 service, or how Hosting.com leases resources (i.e. hardware, OS, database, bandwidth, etc).
This is turning into a good discussion and a fair-sized list of vendors who host IBM i partitions. The discussion is now starting to turn to what happens when the thread ends and where can people go to get a compiled list of all the vendors. When I get information on the final list, I'll try to let you know. Read more...
A big *THANKS* to all the crew at Camp Bow Wow... yesterday was interview day with Bailey (my 6month old English Springer) and based on the fact that he returned wagging like a loon, grinning, happy and promptly fell asleep right through to this morning... it must have been fun! One new regular customer is sold on your services. Thanks from me and from Bailey Litten ;)
Here is the live video feed from Camp Bow Wow - Can you find Bailey?
LinkedIn, along with Facebook, Google+, and the omni-present Twitter, is part of the daily life of many IBM i professionals, judging from the number of...
The world of audits is a reality that more financial companies are learning to live with. One of the things being audited are the texts sent to social media sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. It is for that reason I have ventured further into the APIs Twitter offers so I could learn how to do more advance queries for archiving purposes. Essentially a “cover your butt” effort.
Who wants to cover their bases when their butt is exposed? Is there a new body part name “bases” that I don’t know about? I will admit I had no idea eggs weren’t a dairy product until earlier this week - after my wife got done laughing she explained it to me. So I guess I wouldn’t put the “bases” body part past me as something never before heard of… For some reason I always categorized eggs as dairy. Because of this gaffe I will be starting a new support group that aims to teach the foundational truths of the food groups and what is in each. This group will be a big relief to those of us that have “food deception” over the years.
The 6.3 release of IBM Systems Director became available last December. While there probably aren't many i shops out there using Systems Director yet, the...
On nearly a daily basis, we hear news reports of corporate databases being hacked, sensitive government information being leaked or customers’ personal data being compromised....
IBM announces two new programs at PartnerWorld aimed at rewarding Business Partners and Distrributors for selling bundled solutions: the Solutions Accelerator Initiative and the Solutions Accelerator Initiative for Distributors. Continue reading →
Tom Stockwell at MC Press Online has a nice article today on 9 Tips for Implementing Barcode and RF ID Systems.
Chances are good that a majority of IBM i shops have already implemented a solution for printing out standard bar code. However, just as many people also need to start thinking about advanced bar code technologies, such as Mobile Multi-Colour Composite Codes and coding for RF ID systems. This article is a good primer, if you're just thinking about these applications.
