- 21. Linoma Software Celebrates Significant Boost in New Business
- (New Products, Agreements and Trends)
- ... (Download the free Linoma white paper by author Thomas M. Stockwell, "Defending Against Data Breach: Developing the Right Encryption Strategy," from the MC White Paper Center.) Pick says the outlook for ...
- Created on 09 February 2012
- 22. Case Study: ASNA Wings: Re-imagining Modernization at INFOCON, Both Ways
- (RPG)
- Modernizing for a GUI doesn't mean you have to give up the power of RPG. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Fueled by the talent of more than a dozen IBM RPG programmers, and an overall staff of 50, INFOCON ...
- Created on 06 November 2011
- 23. RPG Display Modernization Gets Wings
- (RPG)
- Convert old 5250 screens to modern GUI formats in a few easy steps. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Last year, ASNA introduced its ASNA Wings modernization tool, which quickly and efficiently converts ...
- Created on 05 October 2011
- 24. Case Study: Modernizing Barcode Technologies
- (General)
- T.L. Ashford's Barcode400 provides unparalleled resilience. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell What do you do when the mission-critical technology infrastructure that runs your company begins to erode beneath ...
- Created on 18 July 2011
- 25. Truth in Numbers: The Data Governance Process
- (Compliance / Privacy)
- When data goes "wrong," it's time to mount a strategy. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Where is the truth in numbers? Who is responsible when data discrepancy occurs? How can upper management be certain ...
- Created on 27 February 2011
- 26. Wi-Fi Security: Filling in Hole196
- (Development Tools / Utilities)
- The last sentence on page 196 of the 802.11 spec creates a furor. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Wi-Fi has a long history of security vulnerabilities and resulting fixes. WEP, TKIP, WPA, and the current ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 27. Case Study: Barcode400 Is "Just What the Doctor Ordered
- (Customer Relationship Management)
- Bay Area Hospital uses T.L. Ashford's Barcode400 to help ensure prescription accuracy. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell When patients check into a hospital, the last thing that should concern them is ...
- Created on 23 August 2010
- 28. Are Your Users Exposing Your Company to Risks Using Standard FTP File Transfers?
- (Security - Other)
- FTP is an outdated, unsecure protocol that nevertheless remains in widespread use. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Editor's Note: This article introduces "Beyond FTP: Securing and Managing File Transfers," ...
- Created on 24 May 2010
- 29. Case Study: Positioning for Growth with Barcode400
- (Case Studies)
- ILPEA Industries chooses T.L. Ashford's Barcode400 for its strategic advantage. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell In 2001, Holm Industries, based in Scottsburg, Indiana, had become the largest manufacturer ...
- Created on 04 April 2010
- 30. How to Evaluate a Labeling Solution for the System i
- (Customer Relationship Management)
- There are different approaches to integrating labeling and RFID tags with your System i database, and some are easier to manage than others. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell Editor's Note: This article ...
- Created on 15 December 2009
- 31. RPG Maintenance Tools Survey Results
- (RPG)
- How do programmers and managers use tools to maintain their programs? By Thomas M. Stockwell The results of the IT Incendiary 2008 RPG Maintenance Survey are in, with 250 programmers and managers ...
- Created on 30 March 2009
- 32. Editorial Review Board
- (ROOT)
- ... is a frequent speaker at user group meetings and conferences around the world, and he holds a number of speaker excellence awards. from COMMON. Thomas M. Stockwell is an independent analyst and writer. ...
- Created on 17 March 2009
- 33. Better Tools for RPG Maintenance Programmers
- (RPG)
- We're conducting a survey to get you better tools. By Thomas M. Stockwell RPG is a great language with a long history of IBM commitment. But the focus of IBM's evolution for the language ...
- Created on 16 December 2008
- 34. Visionary Clustering Capabilities
- (High Availability / Disaster Recovery)
- When investigating clustering technology, embrace the Vision. By Thomas M. Stockwell Last month, Vision Solutions announced the integration of its Vision Cluster1 solution with IBM's Systems ...
- Created on 07 December 2008
- 35. Will IBM Power Servers Open System i Neighborhood?
- (Commentary)
- "i for Business" is attracting community and vendor support. By Thomas M. Stockwell The announcement on April 2, 2008, that IBM has created the new Power Server brand, combining both the ...
- Created on 20 April 2008
- 36. A Year in the Life of Vision Solutions
- (Analysis of News Events)
- ... Vlok, Present and CEO of Vision Solutions Thomas M. Stockwell: Why is high availability—or HA as it is frequently called—attracting such excitement? Nicolaas Vlok: I think we've looked at ...
- Created on 02 December 2007
- 37. The Domino DB2 Debate: Why No System i DB2 Domino Data Store?
- (Commentary)
- ... in a teapot: To force Lotus to build a Domino DB2 data store for the System i would run counter to the value of Notes/Domino portability and platform-independence. Thomas M. Stockwell is Editor in Chief ...
- Created on 16 September 2007
- 38. System i Schism: Much Ado About Nothing
- (Commentary)
- ... esteemed colleague Thomas M. Stockwell indicated that some analysts had applied the analogy of the Bible's King Solomon's resolution to two women's claims to one baby to the System i schism: Divide the child ...
- Created on 23 August 2007
- 39. Exclusive Interview with Mark Shearer: "The Once and Future System i
- (IBM i (OS/400, i5/OS))
- ... months ahead in MC Systems Insight. Our thanks to Mark Shearer for making his time available and for providing us with his insights into the current and future IBM ecosystem. Thomas M. Stockwell is ...
- Created on 05 August 2007
- 40. Introducing the New RPG Developer
- (General)
- ... RPG Developer is the first publication designed to address both of those natures of the language. Back in June, Thomas M. Stockwell introduced our team of renowned RPG authorities from System i Developer. ...
- Created on 31 July 2007