This post explores base-layer technologies like IP, TCP, HTTP, and IBM’s Power Systems, IBM i, and Db2, highlighting their essential roles in foundational infrastructure and their impact on modern digital platforms.
Talsco Weekly: Don’t Get Distracted Around the Hype of AI
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly AI: Don’t get distracted around the hype of AI. Development: Remove the need for procedure prototypes. Leadership: Job Interview: A question that predicts how someone will lead. Modernization: The total economic impact of the IBM i. AI Don’t get distracted around the hype of AI As new technologies […]
Talsco Weekly: What are Blockchain Oracles And Smart Contracts?
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Briefs: FNTS now offers Power servers in the Cloud. IBM to Retrench 8000 jobs and shift towards AI. iTech is now Service Express. Blockchain: What are: Blockchain Oracles And Smart Contracts. Modernization: If you are trying to modernize legacy systems, pay attention to what you are […]
Modernizing IBM i Applications: Building a Bridge to the Future
Modernization efforts are in full swing. Today’s IBM i shops are seeing rapid changes in the business landscape that require new ways of thinking, new business processes, and innovative technology solutions. This is leading traditional AS/400 shops to a critical decision point when it comes to their ERP systems: Should they modernize their existing IBM […]
Talsco Weekly: Balancing Technical Debt and Innovation
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: IBM i Security Report. IBM Gains as Market Dips. Development: The State of Node.js in 2023. Modernization: Balancing Tech Debt and Innovation. Leadership: Traditional Leadership is Broken. Learning: The IBM i Community. Training: Harnessing Internal Talent: How RPG Developer Apprenticeships Can Propel Your Company Forward. […]
Harnessing Internal Talent: How RPG Developer Apprenticeships Can Propel Your Company Forward
Navigating the RPG Developer Landscape: The Internal Talent Goldmine If you are in an IBM i shop, there is a good chance you have RPG developers who (have gray hair) are close to retirement. As you know, we don’t believe that companies need to panic just because of RPG retirements, but we do believe they […]
Talsco Weekly: The Future of the RPG developer depends on this
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Brief: The Push To Modernize the IBM i. Watsonx: AI for the IBM i platform. Development: Do you know what QSHCURL is? Learning: The Future of the RPG developer depends on this. Hiring: Don’t Panic About RPG Developer Retirements: How Training and Open-Source Languages Can Ensure […]
Don’t Panic About RPG Developer Retirements: How Training and Open-Source Languages Can Ensure a Smooth Transition
As RPG developers on the IBM i platform reach retirement age, it has led to a concern about the availability of RPG Developers and the potential impact it will have on businesses that rely on mission critical RPG applications.
The one thing that needs to be addressed is that the availability of RPG developers, or the lack thereof, is not as big of an issue as one might think when it comes to the future of the IBM i platform.
Talsco Weekly: Protecting Valuable Information On the IBM i
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly IBM i Briefs: IBM Think 2023 in Orlando. IBM Unveils new AI plans to challenge Google. IBM Reveals WatsonX Platform. Technical Debt: Tech Bloat in the Enterprise. Security: Protecting Valuable Information On the IBM i. IBM i Briefs IBM Think 2023 in Orlando IBM Think is an annual […]
Talsco Weekly: What is quantum computing?
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly Future Trends: What is quantum computing? Career: Where do you want to retire? Training: New IBM Power College Program. Modernization: Innovation is Inherent to the IBM i platform. The Ugly (And Not So Ugly) Truth of IT. History: ERP Ownership History. Future Trends What is quantum computing? “Quantum […]