November 3, 2021

November 3, 2021 | Volume 16 Issue 64
- LEAD ARTICLE: Practical SQL: Complex Summarization
- FEATURED ARTICLE: ILE Binding Language, Part 2
- NEWS HIGHLIGHT: Samsung and IBM Announce Call for Code Challenge to Honor Everyday Heroes
- FEATURED NEWS: IBM Study: C-Suite Executives Declare One-Vendor Approach to Cloud is Dead
- WHITE PAPER: Why Migrate When You Can Modernize?
- FEATURED VIDEO: Barcode400
- EVENT: iAdmin Fall 2021
Practical SQL: Complex Summarization
Common Table Expressions (CTEs) make complex data summarization easy.
By Joe Pluta
Common Table Expressions, or CTEs, are one of my favorite tools in SQL. Simply put, they allow you to encapsulate your business logic. I’ve written in the past about how to use CTEs to encapsulate data arithmetic. However, you can generalize that encapsulation further, and lately I’ve been doing a lot of that.
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ILE Binding Language, Part 2
What Binding Language Doesn’t Do
By David Shirey
Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 20 of 21st Century RPG: /Free, ILE, and MVC, by David Shirey.
Please see the previous articles here: Binding Directories and ILE Binding Language, Part 1
Not to start on a negative note, but I thought we would begin by looking at a couple of things that binding language doesn’t do.
Why Migrate When You Can Modernize?
Explore the main considerations you should be aware of before embarking on a (migration or modernization) project. Take a deeper dive into business motivations and factors that could potentially influence your decision to migrate or modernize your existing IT platform and its risks.

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Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects.
The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the companyare not aligned with the current IT environment.
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Node Webinar Series Pt. 1: The World of Node.js on IBM i
Have you been wondering about Node.js? Our free Node.js Webinar Series takes you from total beginner to creating a fully-functional IBM i Node.js business application.
Part 1 will teach you what Node.js is, why it's a great option for IBM i shops, and how to take advantage of the ecosystem surrounding Node.
In addition to background information, our Director of Product Development Scott Klement will demonstrate applications that take advantage of the Node Package Manager (npm).
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Low Code: A Digital Transformation of Supply Chain and Logistics
Learn how businesses leverage Low-Code to continue to deliver value through digital transformation. Discover how the power of Low-Code is helping many businesses evolve their supply chain, increase ROI, and achieve more tangible results.
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IBM Study: C-Suite Executives Declare One-Vendor Approach to Cloud is Dead
According to the results of IBM's new global study on cloud transformation there has been a drastic shift in business needs as only three percent of respondents reported using a single private or public cloud in 2021, down from 29 percent in 2019 – establishing hybrid cloud as the dominant IT architecture.
The global study, conducted by IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) in cooperation with Oxford Economics, surveyed almost 7,200 C-suite executives across 28 industries and 47 countries. The findings indicate that the cloud market has entered the hybrid, multicloud era and concerns around vendor lock-in, security, compliance and interoperability remain paramount.






Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn: