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This week, we'll cover updated Power Systems rebates, news about COMMON Europe, COMMON Americas, and the push for more PowerLinux in China.
Written by Steve Pitcher
As per announcement letters 313-040 and 313-041, IBM has added POWER7+ hardware to the list of qualifying and eligible products in their software solutions' first-in-location or competitive migration rebate programs. You can receive a rebate equal to the total invoice price of the eligible new ISV software licenses acquired, up to a maximum rebate that is dependent upon the eligible new server minimum configurations outlined in the announcement letters. For example, if you purchase an ISV solution that costs $10,000, that's what you're entitled to as a rebate if the eligible hardware rebate value is greater than or equal to $10,000.
Creating IBM i apps for smartphones and tablets is challenging and requires special skills. ASNA Mobile RPG® changes all of that by coupling a great mobile user interface with traditional RPG-- dramatically reducing the work required to build mobile apps for the IBM i. The only skills required to create superb mobile apps with Mobile RPG are traditional RPG coding skills—period! An RPG programmer can create a great mobile app with Mobile RPG in a day. Learn more about ASNA Mobile RPG.
As iPads, tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices become more ubiquitous, so do the means of translating IBM i apps to mobile-friendly versions.
Written by John Ghrist
The convenience of mobile devices is just the beginning of yet another technology advance that one suspects will utterly transform business life over the next few years. Not that it hasn't already, but we most likely have only begun to exploit 24/7 connectivity compared to what will be commonplace in the future.
Users need a flexible query tool that is powerful and easy to use.
Written by Heath Kath
Is your query tool up to date and function-rich? Are you able to build queries that end users, managers, and departments can use? Can it collect data from or send data to other systems or platforms? Does it provide run-time prompting? Does it handle data-mapping errors, especially around numeric date fields? Does it take advantage of SQL Query Engine (SQE) to improve run-time performance? Does it provide multiple interfaces—green-screen, Web browser, and GUI? Can it send query results directly to a PC document (.xlsx, PDF, text, HTML, etc.)?
Compliance standards are driving IT shops to find faster, easier and more secure ways to encrypt confidential data like credit card and social security numbers, birthdates, and more. IBM i version 7.1 has greatly simplified field encryption, but few are taking advantage of its full potential.
Register today to learn how to get the most out of DB2 FieldProcs from the encryption experts at Linoma Software. June 13, Noon CST
Before you get hacked, fail your next audit or if you simply can’t bear to see your company’s name in tomorrow’s headlinescontact SkyView Partners for your Security Check-up.
SkyView Security Check-up for IBM I & i5/OS is a subscriber-based service brought to you by Carol Woodbury and SkyView partners, for identifying security vulnerabilities on your IBM I and i5/OS systems.
The normal price for a SkyView Security Check-up is $2,500 per partition.
Written by Steve Pitcher
Written by John Ghrist
Written by Heath Kath