May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017 | Volume 12 Issue 8
• LEAD ARTICLE: What I Learned at the Spring COMMON Conference 2017
• FEATURED ARTICLE: Eye on the i World: What’s Involved in Getting Started with Watson
• NEWS HIGHLIGHT: ‘‘i Community Strikes Back’’ Get involved in the new bowling tournament from the Maxava iFoundation
• ON-DEMAND WEBCAST: IBM i Resources Retiring?
• FEATURED VIDEO: Design an Invoice in 10 Minutes
• EVENT: Put your IBM i RPG apps on the Web with ASNA Wings
What I Learned at the Spring COMMON Conference 2017
The best education doesn’t always happen in the session room.
I’m finally sitting down to catch my breath after a very long week at the COMMON Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. I’m sitting in seat 24C on a flight from Orlando to Newark. I’m not kidding that this is my first opportunity to really relax. The conference was much busier for me than usual for a number of reasons.
Where’s the Data for My Report? Help Users Find the Data They Need with NGS-IQ.
FREE Webinar: Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Your DB2 on i database holds the data your managers and analysts need, but are you or one other member of your staff the only ones who know how to find it? NGS-IQ helps you simplify your data so managers and analysts can securely access, analyze, and share it. Register to attend this webinar and learn how NGS-IQ can help you. www.ngsi.com. 800-824-1220
Valence 5.1 has Launched!
Take your IBM i web and mobile app initiatives to the next level! With the just released Valence 5.1 you can now convert any green screen query (i.e., from WRKQRY) into a complete web or mobile app in seconds. SQL-savvy developers can likewise create an entire app from an SQL select statement, then for added functionality incorporate calls to RPG programs based on user actions.
Download Valence 5.1 today free — for an IBM i app development experience that is out of this world!
Confused About Identity Management? Get expert help in this latest release from MC Press. Author Graham Williamson explains identity management for business people. Business managers and CIOs will learn how to manage today's identity challenges relating to access control, the cloud, consumers, data security, and the Internet of Things. If you are tasked with fitting identity management into your business strategy, then Identity Management: A Business Perspective is the perfect guide for you!
Eye on the i World: What’s Involved in Getting Started with Watson
What are some of the tasks your enterprise must address to get started with using Watson? While it’s going to be somewhat different for everyone, Dayhuff Group’s methodology provides some general insights.
Written by John Ghrist
Dayhuff Group is a consulting company and longtime IBM Business Partner headquartered in Ohio that specializes in consulting for enterprises seeking to improve their business intelligence (BI) and enterprise content management (ECM) systems. Dayhuff characterizes their function as “helping companies move from enterprise search to cognitive exploration” and has a track record of more than 200 successful installations.
Let’s face it: IBM i experts and RPG programmers are retiring from the workforce. These folks have been managing all areas of your business—often manually and behind the scenes—for decades, everything from IT operations to data and documents to cybersecurity.
Are you prepared to handle their departure?
During this 30-mintue recorded webinar, our panel of IBM i experts—Chuck Losinski, Robin Tatam, Richard Schoen, and Tom Huntington—will outline strategies that allow your company to cope with IBM i skills depletion by adopting these strategies that allow you to get the job done without deep expertise on the OS:
- Automate IBM i processes
- Use managed services to help fill the gaps
- Secure the system against data loss and viruses
IBM i skills depletion is a top concern for IBM i shops around the world. The strategies you discover in this webinar will help you ensure that your system of record—your IBM i—continues to deliver a powerful business advantage, even as staff retires.