IBM i platform keeps winning

Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly

In this weeks edition you will find links to articles about the following:

News: The IBM i continues to be a force in the enterprise
Career: The IBM i developer of the future
Development: Nick Litten and IBM Systems Magazine tips
Leadership: Focus on one thing at a time
Modernization: Legacy Applications and Innovation
Trends: The Chief Data Officer

News

The IBM i platform continues to pull out the wins

There are countless success stories of how and where the IBM i platform continues to beat out the competition. But it is not only winning because of it’s “security, stability, and renown cost efficiency”. The IBM i is winning in large part because of the partnerships that are being formed between tech giants like Google as more and more organizations move to the cloud.

IBM, Oracle and Microsoft are getting into Blockchain

IBM “was the first software giant to stake a claim in blockchain, the technology that underlies cryptocurrency, by launching a “blockchain-as-a-service” product assisting developers in building blockchain apps.”

Career

The profile of the IBM i developer for the future

He is only 21 years old and he has taken the IBM i by storm. He is a model of what a future IBM i developer should look like in that he “is fluent in several languages, including RPG, C#, C, Java, and Node.js.” It might be time to pick up another development language.

5 ways a great resume helps your job search

This article shares an interesting perspective. “The value of a great resume is in all the steps you have to take in order to make it great – i.e., the information you have to collect to put it together; and the perspective you gain as you edit and refine it into a compelling marketing piece.”

Development

Simple email validation technique with SQL RPG ILE

Nick Litten, has been very active over on his blog where he shares all sorts of tips and tricks for the RPG developer. So if you are a “pointy headed AS400, iSeries and IBM i programmer” head on over and check out his tip for simple email validation.

YAJL and DATA-INTO

The combination of YAJLINTO and RPG’s DATA-INTO provide a powerful and simple method for handling the processing of JSON documents.”

Leadership

The Argument for Focusing on One Thing at a Time

I had an interesting conversation with an IBM i professional the other day. One of the things she said, made me pause. It revolved around the premise that IT leadership often shifts priorities so often that they don’t get anything done. This article gives evidence to this in that, “researchers found that people who tried to accomplish multiple goals were less committed and less likely to succeed than those who focused on a single goal.”

Modernization

Are legacy applications holding innovation back?

“Legacy applications put a significant burden on the growth of businesses. Their support costs a lot, particularly as some legacy operating systems and platforms reach the end of their supportable life.”

Trends

Data strategy considerations for your cloud-native transformation

“With data becoming the information currency of every organization, how do you avoid the data mistakes commonly made during this cloud transformation journey? What data questions should you ask when building cloud-native applications? How can you gain valuable insight from your data?”

The rise of the Chief Data Officer

Take a look at this infographic. “Data has taken on a central role in our daily lives, permeating nearly every activity in the business and public sectors. It’s now considered an essential piece of the puzzle for any serious organization, enabling everything from game-changing insights to the birth of entire new technologies or business models.”

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