Category Archives: Misc

Possible Fix for Wide Open West Email Viewing Problem

One of two fixes I found for when you have problems viewing your Wide Open West (WOWWAY) email through a browser. Continue reading

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IT Jungle: The EU Used Software Ruling and How it Affects IBM i Customers

Alex Woodie has a nice piece in IT Jungle about the early July European Union court ruling that opened the door for customers to resell vendor software. While this ruling doesn’t have any effect in the US, Alex looks at … Continue reading

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Easy Fixes: First Thing to Try for Internet Explorer Problems

I am constantly amazed by the simple fixes that you sometimes can apply for Windows problems. Take Internet Explorer for example. Over the course of the last week, I’ve found one simple fix that was either recommended to solve or … Continue reading

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Oracle (and everyone else) Cannot Block EU Software Reselling…What Does it Mean for IBM i?

Here’s the money quote that may soon effect every software purchaser in Europe, the US, and around the world. Downloaded software can be resold just like software on physical media can, the Court of Justice of the European Union has … Continue reading

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Looking for People Who Want to Talk IBM i Warehouse Workstation Setup

I’m doing a research project right now where I’m looking at how to modernize older IBM i (AS/400) warehouse workstation setups (dumb terminals and Zebra printers) to still provide green screen access along with Windows, touch screen, tablet, warehouse management … Continue reading

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IT Jungle: IBM i Platform Turns 24–Then and Now with AS/400 and IBM i

Tim Prickett Morgan has a really cool piece out about the 24th birthday of the original AS/400 machine, which has since morphed into the IBM i that we know and love today. Lots of cool stuff here, including the environment … Continue reading

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IT Jungle Interview: Richard Schoen for RJS SoftwareTalks Mobilizing IBM i Apps

Dan Burger has a nice interview this morning with Richard Schoen from RJS Software where Richard gives specific advice about his decision-making process for mobilizing IBM i apps. Dan and Richard go over three areas: Whether you need both on-line … Continue reading

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IT Jungle: EMC Unveils New VMAX, IBM i Support for FAST Technology

From Alex Woodie at IT Jungle: EMC yesterday announced that it now supports IBM i with its FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) technology, which enables data inside EMC arrays to be automatically moved between traditional disk … Continue reading

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Worth complaining about…Telling IBM to call an IBM i an IBM i

At the same time I was complaining yesterday about how IBM couldn’t call the IBM i operating system an IBM i in a post about the legacy of the IBM i and how it inspired PureSystems, comes this tweet from Steve Pitcher. @stevencpitcher #IBMi folks, … Continue reading

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Historically Correct But…Things PureSystems Have in Common with the old AS/400 Systems

Interesting blog post this morning from Waleed Youssef on IBM’s Expert Integrated Systems blog comparing IBM’s new PureSystems box with the historical AS/400 systems IBM produced in the late 1980s and in the 1990s. Besides the Rochester connection, there’s a lot of … Continue reading

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Gartner: “BYOD is Driving IT Crazy”…Oh Yeah, Just Wait

CIO Magazine has an article this week about the security challenges being posed by companies embracing Bring Your Own Device policies (BYOD). Not to sound dense, but no one’s thought about this before??? The funny thing is I’m thinking they … Continue reading

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Is There a Problem Here? IBM Redpaper: How to Migrate from the SDMC to the HMC

Update 4-28-12: IBM has withdrawn the SDMC from marketing as of April 24, 2012 in favor of enhancing the HMC. Details can be found here.   Last year, IBM was encouraging people to move to the new Systems Directory Management … Continue reading

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Slow News Day: IBM Wants Your Help To Decide About ‘Decide’ (Survey on New Technology Names)

Found on an IBM WebSphere Web site. You, yes YOU!!! can help name IBM’s new technology, via a very brief survey (see below). Took the survey and voted on these names and terms for the new technology. Believe it or not, these … Continue reading

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There’s an App for that? New Startup Announces Bring Your Own ERP (BYOERP) App;-)

Useless Software based in Whoville, Ohio is looking to control the burgeoning Bring Your Own ERP (BYOERP) marketplace by releasing its new CHAOS-i ERP software for iPhones, iPADs, Android devices, Windows servers, Atari 2600 consoles, and the Simon memory game. … Continue reading

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What Words Describe This Thing We Call IBM i?

Editor’s note: I suspect Joe isn’t being entirely serious here ( First published 3-13-12. Reposted and slightly updated with a little spritz on 11-7-13) Steve Will, Chief Architect for IBM i, recently cleared up a question many literal minded IBM i … Continue reading

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