IBM i 7.3 TR1 & IBM i 7.2 TR5 Latest and Greatest

Oct 11, 2016Tim RoweAnnouncements, DB2 for i, IBM Announcements, IBM i Tools1 Comment

Fall is in the air, and that of course means it is time for new toys!!! Thought new toys were only a Christmas thing?? Nope, we like to give out new toys way before that. The world of Application Development and Systems Management continues to rapidly change. With this latest Technology Refresh (TR) for IBM i […]

Looking For Stuff With iSphere

Jul 8, 2015Susan GantnerIBM i Tools0 Comment

In an earlier tip for the Four Hundred Guru I introduced you to the free iSphere RDi plug-in. In this second tip in a series on iSphere, I focused on a couple of options within iSphere that can help you search for things and subsequently edit them. The two things we’ll be searching are source members […]

iSphere Plug-in Makes RSE Even Better

Jun 26, 2015Susan GantnerIBM i Tools0 Comment

As you may know, I’m a huge RSE/RDi fan. One of the great things about RDi (and RDP and WDSC) is that it’s based on Eclipse, which was designed from the ground up to be extendable by anyone. That means that we don’t need to rely only on IBM to come up with all the bells and […]

If Only RDi Could…

May 15, 2015Susan GantnerIBM i Tools0 Comment

We often hear comments that start out with “if only RDi could…” that typically refer to something the commenter can do using the green-screen development tools. Sometimes we agree – we think that would be great, too. Sometimes we say “it already does that, and here’s how.” In this article, we share a few of […]

IBM MQ V8 the latest version for IBM i

Jul 17, 2014Tim RoweIBM i Tools0 Comment

For this entry, I have asked my lead IBM MQ service contact, Michael Alexander to put together a discussion on the latest information on IBM WebSphere MQ. The MQ product has been around for a while now. One of our most successful products for helping you connect systems to systems, applications applications in a safe […]

Keeping iAccess Current

Jun 25, 2014Tim RoweIBM i Tools0 Comment

Recently I covered the future direction for the Navigator and Access products. Great to understand what interfaces that you should be using but I figured we should also talk about how you actually get these products and get them installed and running. The first thing about all the newer interfaces, we have really tried to […]

A Clear Path Through the Fog

Jun 6, 2014Tim RoweIBM i Tools0 Comment

Over the past few weeks I have seen a great deal of discussion and confusion on things like iAccess and Navigator. What is the real story? What are IBM’s directions and plans? What should I be using? I am going to spend some time looking at these families of products and help sort out what […]