IT Jungle: Saying Goodbye to an Old Power i

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royalty free moving truckIT Jungle just posted my latest article covering the steps to take when returning a Power i system (Power systems hardware running the IBM i operating system) to a leasing company. I cover the following steps to take when ending a lease and returning equipment. Continue reading →

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What Happens to the Giving IBM i When You Terminate a Lease?

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Flashing neon change signIn my February 12th IT Jungle article on returning your IBM i machines to the leasing company, I discussed why it’s important to inventory your Power i box (an IBM Power system machine running the IBM i operating system) before returning it to the vendor. This is because it’s common practice to perform in-lease upgrades to Power i machines, where equipment is removed and replaced to add new capabilities.

As a result of these upgrades, your Power i machine at the end of your lease may not exactly resemble the Power i machine you obtained at the beginning of the lease. So for many companies, it’s also common practice to “put your IBM i back together” before returning it to the leasing company. Which means you have to inventory your machine; locate any parts you may have removed and add them back; remove any additional parts you may have added that the leasing company doesn’t own; and send the machine back. Continue reading →

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Falling Back to a Previous Version with WordPress Revisions

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RevisionprocessWhen using WordPress to create new posts, take comfort that you have backup in case you accidently mess up or delete text from a WP post.

By default, WordPress keeps an in-process record of previous revisions that you’ve made to all of your posts. Continue reading →

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IT Infrastructure Heartburn: The Right and Wrong Way to Send Company-Wide Email

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email envelope from wikimediaFor your consideration: a case-study in how not to turn company-wide emails into company-wide aiiiiieeeee-mails. Continue reading →

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Community Post: List of IBM i Job Scheduling Software

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Zemanta Related Posts ThumbnailThis post is an in-process centralized shared list of all organizations or individuals who provide job scheduling software on the IBM i platform. Feel free to pull the information from this post into other posts to disseminate to the broader IBM i community.

Here’s the starter list of individuals and groups who provide job scheduling software on the IBM i platform. Continue reading →

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Check Out Joe Hertvik’s Page on Google+

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Google+ logoI’ve been setting up my Google+ profile over the last few weeks. While I don’t think Google+ is ever going to replace this blog, I believe every blogging professional should consider having a presence on G+ for the following reasons: Continue reading →

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Comparing the PureSystems #10Kandcounting Standard Versus the Power i Standard and Vice Versa

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IBM PureSystems 10K and counting picture--2-3-14

IBM promo picture on the #10Kandcounting campaign for PureSystems boxes. Picture from @IBMPureSystems tweet of 2-3-14

Here’s a thought experiment I’m conducting based on the recent PureSystem shipment announcements (the PureSystems #10kandcounting campaign).

With IBM recently announcing that “IBM PureSystems family of expert integrated systems…have now shipped more than 10,000 units through the 4th Quarter of 2013, is this a significant number compared against the number of existing accounts and installations for the IBM i family (Power 4 and above)?

Here are my reasons for asking that question. Continue reading →

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Don’t Put Your Address on Your Resume–Here’s Why (@avidcareerist)

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choosing doors to openHere’s an interesting article from Donna Svei (@avidcareerist) about why you shouldn’t put your home address on your resume. Continue reading →

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Patrick Botz White Paper: A Guide to Practical Single Sign-On

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Zemanta Related Posts ThumbnailPatrick Botz, known as the father of Single Sign-On (SSO) for the IBM i (AS/400) platform, and founder of the IBM Lab Services Security Consulting team, has put out a new paper called A Guide to Practial Single Sign-On.

In this paper, Patrick covers the following topics: Continue reading →

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Nice Recruiter’s Guide to LinkedIn

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Linkedin logo with magnifying glassJust got alerted to a nice resource for recruiter’s on LinkedIn. It comes from masters-in-human-resources.org and it’s called The Ultimate Recruiter’s Guide to LinkedIn.

It’s got a lot of good information that anyone who’s interested in LinkedIn (not just recruiters) can use, including: Continue reading →

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Searching Google+ by #hashtag with Explore+

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Google+ logoIn December 2013, Google added a search by category function called Explore+ to its Google+ social network, Explore+ allows you to search by #hashtag and to potentially create a socially-curated newsletter similar to Flipboard. According to Google, Explore+ is initially available in English for desktop users and for Android (big surprise there).

Here’s a post from Google engineer Steve Farrell that explains more about Explore+. Continue reading →

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The Complete Four Ways to Move an IBM i Partition: Parts 1, 2, and 3

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1145--Playing at Draughts from wikipediaIT Jungle just posted the last chapter in my series on Four Ways to Move an IBM i Partition. This series covers how you can move an IBM i partition from one location to another by using the following techniques:

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Creating a Cluster Map of Your LinkedIn Connections with InMap

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joe hertvik linkedin map of connections

A visual map of Joe Hertvik’s LinkedIn connections. When shared from LinkedIn, this map will look different depending on how you’re connected to Joe’s network (click to enlarge)

Take a guess at what this is and how it relates to my LinkedIn profile (hint: you can get one, too).

Answer after the jump. Continue reading →

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Joe to Appear on Camp IT Panel on February 26th

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CampConfLogoI’ll be part of a panel on Avoiding the Pitfalls to IT Operations Management Success at the Camp IT IT Infrastructure and Operations Management conference in Rosemont, IL on February 26, 2014.

If you’re in the area, feel free to stop by and say hi.

You can find more about this conference and how to attend by visiting the CampIT Web site. Continue reading →

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Hiding and Unhiding LinkedIn Status Updates from the über Poster

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linked mulitplesThere’s an option to hide or unhide LinkedIn status updates from any of your connections, if a connection gets too zealous in putting out daily updates. Here’s how to do it. Continue reading →

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