Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: 2021: An IBM i Year in Review, Part One and Part Two Security: Critical Log4j Vulnerability Hits Everything, Including the IBM i Server. Log4j software bug could cause ‘incalculable’ damage: What you need to know. Remote Work: 16 Ways To Lead A Virtual Team In Remote And […]
Talsco Weekly – Remote Work, Modernization and Training for the i
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: IBM warns POWER8 users to upgrade before it’s too late. Training: 5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation. Remote Work: Office, What Office? How Our Concept Of Work Is Changing. Build a cloud culture to attract and keep skilled people. Modernization: Video: Application Modernization […]
An IBM i Cheat Sheet
IBM i FAQ and Cheat Sheet If you are new to the IBM i or been around a while here is a cheat sheet and FAQ that you might find helpful. In fact, some things might surprise you such as this. Don’t think of the IBM i (AS/400 or iSeries) as a legacy platform. It […]
IBM i Low-code and No-code Tools
You don’t have to be a trained developer to code. Low-code and no-code development platforms are paving the way for developers and non-developers to deliver custom web applications and mobile apps for your business. There are several different categories of app builders that are no-code. Code driven platforms Drag and drop builders Data-driven platform Low-code […]
Looking for an IBM i sandbox?
Renting space on an IBM i If you are looking to rent space on an IBM i. Here is a good spot. This system has been serving the IBM I community for almost 15 years since starting as a little test system. It’s a place where you can experiment and innovate. The location of this […]
IBM and R3 Partner for Enterprise Financial Blockchain Solution
IBM and R3 Partner for Enterprise Financial Blockchain Solution Blockchain hit the market back in 2008 as a public ledger around the rise of cryptocurrency transactions for bitcoin. The technology is especially well-suited for financial services use cases where securing highly sensitive data, including digital identities and currencies, tokenized assets, payment information, and smart contracts […]
Five Principles Every IBM i Leader Must Embrace to Harness Disruption
The effect that COVID has had on how we work is transforming IBM i shops throughout the United States. Where the ability to work remotely up to 2019 was a perk, now is the norm.
i2Rest Delivers Native API Alternative to IWS
i2Rest as an alternative to IWS The future of Enterprise Application development on the IBM i is API and Web Service development. . There are a number of choices to pick from as this article points out. IBM i shops that want to expose their RPG applications as industry standard Web services have a few […]
RPG Career Planning, ERP and Legacy Code Modernization
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: Vendor Rebranding. IBM has a stake in Blockchain Network. Career: RPG Career Planning. Development: PHP Toolkit and ILElastic a self-contained web application server. ERP: Do ERP systems have to be sexy? IoT: Deploying IoT in the enterprise. Modernization: Is all legacy code bad? Trends: Legacy organizations push […]
IBM is Forging Ahead
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly. News: ARCAD adds functionality. Supercomputers. IBM increases memory and a New Era for IBM. Development: IBM i and Node.js update. Using Git and RPG Unit Testing framework. Leadership: IBM’s growth came out of a time of crisis. Why this is the best time to invest in your people. […]