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: What is Chat GPT and why should you care?
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: History of ITJungle. Walking down memory lane with the IBM i. AI: What is Chat GPT and why should you care? Digital: Enterprise Software is Legacy and the Impact of AI on Jobs. Modernization: Refactor legacy code with AWS Blu Insights. News History of ITJungle If there […]
Talsco Weekly: The Future of Software Development
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: IBM Releases First-Quarter Results. Get IBM i Training. Development: The Future of Software Development. Modernization: How to Deal with Technical Debt. Is it Modernizing IT, The Business, or Both? News IBM Releases First-Quarter Results “First quarter results demonstrate that clients continue turning to IBM for their unique […]
Talsco Weekly: When should you consider using React?
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: Converge Technology Solutions Corp. Announces New IBM Power for Google Cloud (IP4G) Regions in Canada. Open Source: When should you consider using React? Development: REST APIs, DevOps and CICD. Modernization: The Surprising Findings on Application Modernization Preparedness. The Future of the IBM i. News Converge Technology Solutions […]
Talsco Weekly: Has your AS/400 Department Been Sidelined?
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly Leadership: Has your AS/400 Department Been Sidelined? EDI: Is EDI outdated? Breaking down the meaning and importance of EDI. AI: Understanding the Different AI Models. AI and The Ethics Fishbowl. News: IBM i Market Perspectives for 2023. Leadership Has your AS/400 Department Been Sidelined? Take a look at […]
Talsco Weekly: IBM i News, Training and Development
Welcome to another edition of Talsco Weekly News: RPG is not going away, EVER. Neither is the IBM i. Training: How to build a Fullstack App from Scratch using Node.js. IBM i community is rock solid. Development: Truths of a Self-Taught Programmer. SQL has a constant for pi. News RPG is not going away, EVER. […]
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 […]
The IBM i: An Amazing New Platform
Can you guess what this article is about? The most amazing IBM product you have never heard Of Yes, you guessed it. It’s interesting how the platform described here is categorized under “NEW PRODUCT ANALYSIS”. In a sense, it is new to some, because many people don’t even know it exists. And many of those who do, […]