Ammon Lee came and talked to us about the functionality of WordPress and the basics of getting started. FYI, WordPress does run on the IBM i. Have any of you tried it? Let us know!
Allyn Walsh gave us an detailed update about the February Power7+ announcements.
In February IBM announced a refresh of the remaining POWER7+ product portfolio addressing the entry level through midrange offerings. This announcement also introduced a new midpoint system, the Power 760. He talked about what POWER7+ can provide for your work loads, the latest advancements for IO attachment options and how IBM i can further exploit these innovations with Technology Refresh 6 (TR6).
Allyn Walsh is a Certified Senior IT specialist working in the IBM Power Systems Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) organization. He has over 38 years in the IT industry, the last 21 years working with the AS/400 – Power Systems platform. He is a regular speaker at the Systems Technology Group University, Power Systems Technical conferences and User Groups. He has published a number of articles on the HMC and POWER systems management. He has co-authored several Redbooks, such as ‘IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview’ and ‘LPAR Simplification Tools Handbook’. His current focus areas include PowerHA for IBM i, Power Systems hardware, upgrade/migration planning, Virtualization on Power, HMC and POWER Firmware management.
At our GSLMUG User Group meeting this week, Christoph Heinrich taught us the principles of Agile Application Lifecycle Management and how it can benefit IBM i application development teams. See the presentation in the video below.
Bill Hunter gave a very good presentation about the basics of ILE RPG on the IBM i. We appreciated his insight and the additional comments from the rest of the group. See this video for a review and leave your comments and suggestions to inspire the rest of us.
Are you an IBM i Access user (formerly known as IBM Client Access)? IBM has added a brand new member to the family called IBM i Access Client Solutions. It provides a Java based, platform-independent solution that runs on most operating systems that support Java, including Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Imagine having nearly all the features of the standard IBM i Access client and being able to run it on practically any machine, including those finicky Macs that we now have to deal with. Imagine being able to run it straight from a thumb drive without even installing it.
IBM i Access Client Solutions consolidates the most commonly used tasks for accessing your IBM i, including 5250 emulation, data transfer, a virtual control panel, printer emulation and 5250 emulation for LAN Console.
Best of all it’s already included in your current IBM i Access Family license so you can download it today and use it today.
Are you an IBM i Access user (formerly known as IBM Client Access)? IBM has added a brand new member to the family called IBM i Access Client Solutions. It provides a Java based, platform-independent solution that runs on most operating systems that support Java, including Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Imagine having nearly all the features of the standard IBM i Access client and being able to run it on practically any machine, including those finicky Macs that we now have to deal with. Imagine being able to run it straight from a thumb drive without even installing it.
IBM i Access Client Solutions consolidates the most commonly used tasks for accessing your IBM i, including 5250 emulation, data transfer, a virtual control panel, printer emulation and 5250 emulation for LAN Console.
Best of all it’s already included in your current IBM i Access Family license so you can download it today and use it today.
Are you an IBM i Access user (formerly known as IBM Client Access)? IBM has added a brand new member to the family called IBM i Access Client Solutions. It provides a Java based, platform-independent solution that runs on most operating systems that support Java, including Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Imagine having nearly all the features of the standard IBM i Access client and being able to run it on practically any machine, including those finicky Macs that we now have to deal with. Imagine being able to run it straight from a thumb drive without even installing it.
IBM i Access Client Solutions consolidates the most commonly used tasks for accessing your IBM i, including 5250 emulation, data transfer, a virtual control panel, printer emulation and 5250 emulation for LAN Console.
Best of all it’s already included in your current IBM i Access Family license so you can download it today and use it today.
Speaker, Mark RuberryMark gave a great presentation and answered all of our questions about the IBM
Pure Systems platform. See below for the video:
We also enjoyed a great lunch and had the annual GSLMUG officers election. The election results are as follows:
Gary Larson: President
Mike Meservy: Vice President
David Shoaf: Treasurer
Daniel Cheney: Secretary
We thank everyone for your support and hope that you will continue to give us your feedback as to what you’d like to see presented at our user group meetings.