What would you like to see in RPG and on the IBM i?

Written by Tom Snyder

I don't know about you, but I am very curious to see the new capabilities that will be available with the latest enhancements that will be coming on the IBM i. Here is my top 10 list of things that I would like to see in a new RPG and on the IBM i in general.

PowerVM-enabled virtualization is a means to control costs, improve performance, and enhance IT flexibility.

Written by Henry Martinez

In a business environment that demands that we all find ways to do more with less, virtualization has been accurately promoted as delivering a number of benefits, including the following:

The company's statement of direction for Version 7.1 will affect RPG programmers, among others.

Written by Chris Smith

IBM announced an interim release of the IBM i operating system this week—6.1.1—and gave highlights on a statement of direction for the next major release in 2010 (Version 7.1) in which it said RPG would start to be "decoupled" from the 5250 data stream.

The announcements were broad and detailed but can be broken down into the following main categories:

Using event notification triggers is a smart, simple, cost-effective way to improve productivity.

By Bob Gleisner

The concept behind event notification triggers is fairly simple. As the name suggests, the goal of implementing event notification triggers is to provide "notification" to someone when a significant business "event" occurs. This is a proactive means of "pushing" information from the system. This may come in the form of a simple email message. However, the benefits of a simple message are limited.

An understanding of both virtualization and blades and the ways they can work together is critical to improving data center operations and mitigating increased power costs. 

By Pete Elliot 

Blade servers are making deep inroads into the architecture of data centers across the U.S. Meanwhile, virtualization technology is being rapidly applied to both servers and storage across all platforms.

IBM's sale on tape library configurations is so good, you'll think you're on a game show.

By Chris Smith

There is nothing like a sale to get your juices flowing, but for the sale to be exciting, it has to be on something you need and want.

Let's say, for instance, that you've been dreaming about something really sweet-- something like a tape library storage solution! This could be your lucky day, because, through June 10, IBM is having a sale on specially configured tape library packages.

The System i has been at the forefront of virtualization for a long time. Now it's time for the platform to adopt some new virtualization tricks.

By Kurt Thomas

You use virtualization every day. One of the core concepts of the System i is virtualization: the use of a simulated CPU, implemented as the TIMI interface, originated in the System/38. Other virtualization and associated concepts, such as single-level storage, have formed the platform from its conception to the present and will continue to shape it.