1. Technology Focus: Cloud Service Options for IBM i

Cloud computing is touted as the wave of the future for IT, promising better economies of scale for its users. The IBM i has its share of service providers in this arena. Written by John Ghrist Cloud computing is aptly likened to a power grid, in w

2. Where GS1 Item Alignment Is Now and Where It's Headed

GS1 US and 1SYNC have made remarkable progress, and much more is yet to come. Written by Jeff Holzman This article provides an update on the status of GS1 standards-based initiatives from January 2011 to February 2012 and also looks at plans for th

3. Social Networks and the Enterprise: Why IBM Wants to Show You the Way

IBM's betting big on social technologies and showing the world the benefits of becoming a "social" business. Written by Bill Rice Technology is continually evolving, which is why business operations must evolve along with technologies. Not only is

4. The Online Social Network Revolution and Why You Should Care

If you think it's a fad, don't bet your job or your company on it. Written by Bill Rice  If you watched the movie The Social Network, there was a story that was even bigger than the one about Mark Zuckerberg's entrepreneurial success, his jilted p

5. Power i Forecast: Web 2.0

Where is Web 2.0 headed in the next several years, and what does it mean to the IBM system manager? Written by Chris Smith After interviewing a number of experts in the area of Web technologies and trying to get an idea of the direction these techn

6. Power i Forecast: Web Services

Businesses are utilizing Web technology to further system integration and business interoperability. Written by Chris Smith While IBM i computers traditionally have been standalone servers taking care of a company's internal needs, the past five ye

7. Improving the Supply Chain Through Global Standards

The GS1 Item Alignment initiative via the GDSN now includes foodservice and healthcare and is rapidly advancing worldwide. Written by Jeff Holzman This article provides an update on the status of GS1 standards-based Item Alignment via the Global Da

8. Social Networking: What Can It Do for Your Business?

Businesses shouldn't be locking down social networking as a matter of principle. They should be embracing it and squeezing every opportunity out of it on a case-by-case basis. Written by Steven C. Pitcher So what really is social networking?   "

9. While U.S. Adoption of IPv6 Increased in 2009, Will 2010 See a Sharp Upswing?

China set the pace at the Olympics with IPv6 Internet services, but the U.S. is starting to pick up the pace of adoption. Written by Chris Smith Internet service providers in the U.S. and network equipment vendors saw a distinct increase in IPv6 acti

10. Will Your System Need an Upgrade Before Implementing VOIP?

Network bandwidth and usage are only two of many issues to consider before implementing an IP telephony solution. By Chris Smith While it's true that toll-call charges, both nationally and internationally, have come down in the past few years, most n

11. IBM Unveils Smart New Mobile Applications to Keep Up to Date with Wimbledon 2009

Written by IBM Corporation The All England Lawn Tennis Club and IBM last week unveiled smart mobile applications designed to transform how fans access information and keep up with the action at Wimbledon 2009. Since 1990 IBM has worked with the Wimbl

12. Keeping Up with Today's Youth Can Be Risky

Social networking sites have proven to be incredibly popular, but they also are proving to be less than secure. By Chris Smith You have to be agile to keep up with teenagers if you're well into middle age, but you should give credit to those of

13. Integrated Web Services Server for IBM i

The integrated Web services server makes creating ILE-based Web services as easy as 1-2-3 (well, almost as easy)! By Nadir Amra and Dan Hiebert You've all heard the hype surrounding Web services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). You possibly h

14. Social Networks and Web 2.0 Technology Were Key to Obama's Victory

Effective use of broad-based, inexpensive social networking tools to generate political and financial support helped put President Obama in office, say the authors of a new book. By Chris Smith Whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or ano

15. Google Poised to Launch Video and Voice Chat Service

Gmail users soon will be able to launch a video session as easily as they send an instant message. By Chris Smith Back in the early '90s, I used to work for Verizon when it was known as GTE. The company was in the process of computerizing a

16. Will the 2008 Presidential Election Be Derailed by Electronic Voting Machines?

Easy federal money prompted many states to move to electronic voting, a decision they are now trying to reverse. By Chris Smith Imagine you're on the Titanic. The captain has set a course across the North Atlantic that is heading straight fo

17. Increase Productivity and Decrease Costs with Advanced Telephony Feature Sets

Are you aware of the many benefits of implementing IP telephony in your business? By Zane Gramenidis Modern-day communication is changing at an ever-accelerating pace. Since the inception of the first IP telephony system, it has been touted that plac

18. Exploring Second Life Presents Tantalizing Opportunities

As in real life, you may not find what you seek in this virtual world, but you probably will emerge with a smile and desire to return. By Chris Smith The big news this week is that there's hope--hope that I may soon have a social life. You s

19. Easily Created Mashups for Business Applications

The new technologies available in Web 2.0 make it easy to combine multiple applications into a single interface. By Joe Pluta In a recent article, I discussed JavaScript frameworks, tools that help you build JavaScript applications. Because JavaScrip

20. The Next-Generation Internet Protocol Invites Adoption

IPv4 will run out of addresses within a few short years, but adoption of IPv6 has been slow in coming. By Chris Smith Among the new features in IBM i 6.1 (V6R1) is expanded support for the next-generation Internet protocol, IPv6. The new protoco

21. The Next Coup: Browser-Based UIs, Utility Computing, the Web as a Platform?

A future technology is now here in the present, but IT shops may never be ready for SaaS.

22. Item Alignment: Bringing Accuracy and Efficiency to the Supply Chain with GDSN

What happened in '06 and what's coming in '07.

23. Design and Implementation Strategies for Portals

The word comes down from on high to implement a portal. But what exactly does that mean?

24. IBM's System i Telephony Offering at Your Company

Position your infrastructure for the future.

25. Application Server Architectures

Web application serving is now a given, but which server architecture is the best? Read on to find out.

26. Who Built the Internet, and Is It for Sale?

Beware HR 5252: The Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Efficiency Act of 2006 (COPE).

27. Voice over IP: The State of the Technology

This article will show you how the System i is the newcomer that will dethrone the current leaders of the Voice over IP market.

28. Global Data Synchronization Network: An Update

What happened in 2005 and what's coming in 2006?

29. State-of-the-Art Web Services

Web services are quickly becoming the method of choice for many organizations looking for interoperable application integration.

30. Selecting and Deploying Portals

Portals are teetering on that razor's edge between ubiquity and obscurity. How does a company decide whether to join the portal party?

31. Living the Active (Server Pages) Lifestyle?

If you're not using Active Server Pages, you don't know what you're missing.

32. Portals: Gateways to Whole New Worlds

Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs) open up worlds of locked, hidden, or inaccessible information. By Duncan Kenzie 

33. E-Biz Applications: Beyond the Web

Are you aware of everything the Internet and the WWW can do for your company?

34. WebSphere Application Server Express V6 for iSeries: What's New

Quickly develop, deploy, and manage Web applications.

35. Credit Where Credit Is Due

Internet access has brought new attention to an old issue: credit card processing. Joe gives you a beginner's guide to the problem.

36. Trade Efficiently and Globally via the Global Data Synchronization Network

The GDSN continues to improve and expand. Can you afford not to be a part of it?

37. E-Business On Demand: A Journey, Not a Destination

What does On Demand really mean? Much more than you may think.

38. VOIP Implementation Is "Top-Down"

Fortune 500s and multi-office businesses are the main enterprises deploying VOIP---the new darling of telephony technology.

39. Thinking About IP Telephony?

Consider your ROI and find a vendor you trust.

40. How the Internet Is Dying

Do you understand the implications of DNS cache poisoning and pharming?

41. The Ever-Changing Road to UCCnet and Global Data Synchronization

Manage the obstacles by knowing what to look for and what to ask.

42. WebSphere Application Server V6 Announced

IBM delivers new features and new scalability for the venerable Web Application Server.

43. The Dark Side of Web Services

We've been hearing about Web Services for some time now, so why haven't they caught on as quickly as once expected?

44. Charting a New Course with OWC and ASP

Use Office Web Components and Active Server Pages to display a chart in a Web page.

45. WebSphere and iSeries Together

It just makes sense.

46. Do You See UCCnet?

This initiative will impact retail suppliers sooner than you may think.

47. Architecting for Change--The Message-Based Server

Message-based client/server applications can keep up with your evolving business needs.

48. WebSphere Application Server Basics

If you've been confused about just what WAS is and what it can do for you, this article is for you.

49. Electronic Data Interchange via the Internet

Initiatives from some big names are driving big changes in EDI.

50. Invisible E-Commerce--Transaction Processing over the Internet

Organizations that expect to stay competitive must embrace the technologies of electronic data transfer.