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Some of the information stored in our ERPs can be geo-referenced. With the Geo Map chart, you can analyze this information like never before: in an actual customizable map. Keep reading to find out how!
 Written by Rafael Victória-Pereira
This time, I'm not going to show you the classic business-type charts that even MS Excel can provide. The Geo Map API is a totally different chart type, engineered to allow you to display your data in ways the charts (the pie and bar) presented in the previous TechTips of this series could never achieve.
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An alternative to MySQL, the no-cost IBM database solution can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud with no size constraints.
 Written by Chris Smith
There are many applications today built on top of MySQL, but widespread concerns about Oracle's intentions to support the free Community Server editions persist. So far, companies that rely on the free editions of MySQL have not had cause for concern, and presumably the worst that could happen is they eventually might have to pay for something they now enjoy for free. If you are an IBM shop, however, and you are developing a new application, you might want to consider an IBM alternative to MySQL such as IBM DB2 Express-C, a free database available for on-premise and even embedded use that is now available on the cloud.
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Learn how to execute commands in batch using SBMJOB in this excerpt from the MC Press book Control Language Programming for IBM i.
 Written by Jim Buck, Bryan Myers, and Dan Riehl
The SBMJOB (Submit Job) CL command lets you submit a batch job to a job queue. This command has many parameters, but in its simplest form it is expressed as follows:
SBMJOB CMD(CL-command)
Once you have submitted a batch job, you are allowed little or no interaction with the job. For example, a batch job normally does not display a screen on your workstation and wait for your input. You can, however, monitor the progress of your batch job using the WRKSBMJOB (Work with Submitted Jobs) command. Batch processing typically is used for long-running jobs that require no workstation input, such as those that produce printed reports or process many transactions. A batch job is entirely separate from the job that submitted it, with its own call stack and its own main storage requirements.
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New, powerful lower-cost software is putting HA within reach of SMBs as are innovative virtualized and hosted HA cloud solutions.
Written by Chris Smith
Natural disasters and increasing requirements for 24/7 operations have created a need among IBM customers for high availability solutions greater than ever before.
In our effort to take the pulse of the high availability market at the start of 2012, we wanted to stimulate people's thinking but did not want to create such a rigid set of criteria that they would overlook a trend we hadn't considered. So we gave them a list of questions and suggested they consider them and write a short analysis of where they thought the market was heading.
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With the scope and features of business intelligence applications hitting new stratospheric heights of splendiferousness, are simple query tool products being left behind? Apparently not just yet.
 Written by John Ghrist
Sometimes you just don't want all the glitz. While one of the messages our whole culture seems to be delivering is one of "biggest is best," there are still situations when simple solutions are all that's needed. One of the best illustrations of that idea may be database query tools.
Even though many of these data-retrieval utilities are now embedded in applications that offer levels of complexity ranging from report generation and distribution tools to business predictive-analytics suites, sometimes all you really need right now is a factoid or two to get on with the task at hand. Not that all those other bells and whistles aren't frequently useful, of course, but sometimes it's also good to focus on the basics.
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INDUSTRY NEWS >>
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Expanded international sales, penetration of open systems markets, and an increased awareness of the need for data security all came together to produce a near-perfect year.
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Company shows rental industry attendees how its solution can help bridge the transition to a paperless office.
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TEMBO Technology Lab is now the exclusive distributor and implementer of inFORM Decisions’ electronic document and payment automation products in South Africa.
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OAGi has announced it has launched a Mobile Business Initiative to improve the ability of enterprises to extend their business data interoperability all the way to the edges of their organizations. OAGi will do this by adding technology to the OAGIS standard to better support mobile business and cloud computing and to provide support for Java Script Object Notation (JSON), the most common data expression technology in this new and growing area of business solutions.
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Scanning a QR Code from a product label or shelf tag can quickly take someone to a vendor's Web site for more information or special offers.
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Global managed hosting company cites significant improvement in backup/recovery efficiency and reliability over previous solution.
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One of the first industry dealers to deploy a UNIT4 CODA solution, Thompson decides to upgrade its existing financial software on the venerable IBM platform.
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Announcement marks a major step in company's strategy to automate log and compliance reporting for IBM Power Systems and other virtualized environments.
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