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  • iBegin: Security Part 2
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    In the 9th installment of the iBegin series, Margaret Fenlon will be going through the security components and object authorization levels of IBM i.

    In the 9th installment of the iBegin series, Margaret Fenlon will be going through the security components and object authorization levels of IBM i.

    Margaret Fenlon

    Software Engineer, IBM

    Margaret started working for IBM in 1983 on the S/36. From 1986-1994 she worked in various areas of what is now the IBM i including Authorization Management support of POSIX and the integrated file system. She worked on the port of SAP R/3 from 1994-1997. In 1998 Margaret joined the integrated file system team. As a member of the integrated file system team she has worked on the file server, QFileSvr.400 file system and the utilities to convert to the new directory format. Margaret is currently the team leader for the integrated file system and servers team.

  • iBegin: IBM i Essentials
    Contains 10 Product(s) 1 new product(s) added recently

    When first beginning work on IBM i, people always ask the same types of questions. How does it differ from other OS? What are the primary interfaces? What is the organizational structure like? In this bootcamp directed at new graduates and early-career professionals, we answers all of these questions and more.

    When first beginning work on IBM i, people always ask the same types of questions. How does it differ from other OS? What are the primary interfaces? What is the organizational structure like? In this bootcamp directed at new graduates and early-career professionals, we answers all of these questions and more.

    This bootcamp will be released over 13 weeks, from January 25th, 2024 through April 19th, 2024.

    All sessions will appear on the CONTENT tab of this page at 2:00PM CT on Fridays. Register now and return here on the premier dates to access the content.

    The primary subjects of the bootcamp are as follows.

    • Overview of IBM i
    • Acronyms and Terminology
    • Programming Languages
    • Career Pathways
    • Soft Skills
    • Interfaces and Connections
    • Security
    • Database

    This bootcamp is being provided at no charge to COMMON members through a generous sponsorship from Fortra.

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  • White Paper: Securing IBM i - A Dual Responsibility
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    We’ve long thought of IBM i as being ‘secure-able’ but where does the responsibility lie for making that happen? Carol Woodbury asserts that it’s a dual responsibility between IBM and organizations using IBM i.

    We’ve long thought of IBM i as being ‘secure-able’ but where does the responsibility lie for making that happen? Carol Woodbury asserts that it’s a dual responsibility between IBM and organizations using IBM i.

    Carol Woodbury

    President, CTO, Co-Founder

    DXR Security

    With over 25 years experience in the area of IT security, Carol is known world-wide as an expert in the area of computer security. During her career, Carol has architected security solutions for Fortune 100 companies as well as small and medium-sized organizations. Carol is passionate about sharing her knowledge of IBM i Security and helping clients make improvements to their IBM i Security one step at a time. Carol is co-founder and CTO of DXR Security, a firm specializing in performing IBM i penetration tests. Carol has been an IBM Power Champion since 2018.

    Carol is an educator, architect, designer, implementer and an award-winning speaker, specializing in IBM i Security.

    Carol is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and a member of the ISACA organization.

    Carol has written many books. IBM i Security and Administration, 3rd edition is available at MCPressOnline or amazon.com. Her latest book, Mastering IBM i Security is a ‘how to’ guide for implementing and managing security using SQL Services, New Nav and ACS. It includes all the latest in IBM i 7.5 and can be ordered from MCPressOnline https://www.mc-store.com/products/mastering-ibm-i-security or amazon.

  • iBegin: Soft Skills
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    In the 7th installment of the iBegin series, Marina Schwenk will be going through useful soft skills for new professionals.

    In the 7th installment of the iBegin series, Marina Schwenk will be going through useful soft skills for new professionals.

    Marina Schwenk

    Software Developer, Everbrite

    Marina started her career in January 2015 at Everbrite LLC in Greenfield WI after graduating from Gateway Technical College in May of 2014 with an Associate’s degree in IT Software Development. Marina works as a developer in both RPG and Java and she also is one of two junior IBM i admins at Everbrite. Marina earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems Software Development from Bellevue University in June of 2017. She is currently working on her Master’s degree program in Computer Information Systems Software development, with the goal of teaching part time, and empowering the younger generation. Marina is also a member of the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association, Women in IT committee and has recently started speaking on a couple of topics, ranging from RPG to SQL. She has completed one open source project and is currently working on releasing iUnit an open source RPG unit testing framework written in RPGLE.

  • POWERcast: Leverage IBM i Monitoring for Process Improvement
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    Join SEA on March 27 to learn five valuable ways to leverage IBM i system monitoring for process improvements, including: • Activating 24/7 IBM i monitoring & automated problem resolution across complex environments, including MSP installations • Enabling real-time IBM i resource status monitoring and notification before problems occur • Integrating IBM i events with Network Operations Centers (NOCs) for processing and tracking alongside enterprise network incidents • Providing IBM i event forensics & auditing, analysis, reporting, and historical trends • Yielding modernization benefits in cost reduction, efficiency, service delivery and production uptime

    Are you leveraging IBM i message & resource monitoring to unlock significant benefits in cost reduction, efficiency and application delivery? 

    Join SEA on March 27 to learn five valuable ways to leverage IBM i system monitoring for process improvements, including:

    • Activating 24/7 IBM i monitoring & automated problem resolution across complex environments, including MSP installations 
    • Enabling real-time IBM i resource status monitoring and notification before problems occur
    • Integrating IBM i events with Network Operations Centers (NOCs) for processing and tracking alongside enterprise network incidents
    • Providing IBM i event forensics & auditing, analysis, reporting, and historical trends
    • Yielding modernization benefits in cost reduction, efficiency, service delivery and production uptime

    IBM i monitoring protects application and service delivery, customer satisfaction and productivity. Learn how to maximize i monitoring system benefits with SEA on March 27 

    Lloyd Ramdarie

    IBM i Technical Support Team Member, Software Engineering of America

    Lloyd Ramdarie is an IBM i Technical Support team member at Software Engineering of America. His background includes working in IBM i space for quite a number years with a large extent of his experience coming from heavy involvement with securing the IBM i. He is a seasoned IT professional who can utilize his vast experiences and expertise to help you implement the very best end to end security solutions in the IBM i environment.

  • iBegin: Security Part 1
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    In the 8th installment of the iBegin series, Margaret Fenlon will be going through the authorities settings of IBM i.

    In the 8th installment of the iBegin series, Margaret Fenlon will be going through the authorities settings of IBM i.

    Margaret Fenlon

    Software Engineer, IBM

    Margaret started working for IBM in 1983 on the S/36. From 1986-1994 she worked in various areas of what is now the IBM i including Authorization Management support of POSIX and the integrated file system. She worked on the port of SAP R/3 from 1994-1997. In 1998 Margaret joined the integrated file system team. As a member of the integrated file system team she has worked on the file server, QFileSvr.400 file system and the utilities to convert to the new directory format. Margaret is currently the team leader for the integrated file system and servers team.

  • Programming Languages
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    In the 6th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson and Jasmine Kaczmarek will be going through information on the programming languages used on IBM i.

    In the 6th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson and Jasmine Kaczmarek will be going through information on the programming languages used on IBM i.

    Simon Hutchinson

    RPGPGM.COM

    Simon’s experience with IBM midrange started in the United Kingdom, in a pre-AS/400 world. Since immigrating to the USA he has worked mostly in the western half of the country, and is currently IT manager responsible for the Power servers and IBM i for a large bank in Central Texas. 
     
    Simon has been writing his acclaimed IBM i blog, RPGPGM.COM, for almost ten years sharing his knowledge, experience, and giving many detailed examples of the latest RPG, SQL, and CL. He was recognized by IBM as an IBM Champion for Power (2021,2022), and as an IBM i Community Advocate. 
     
    Since its founding, in 2020, Simon has been the president of the Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG.

    Jasmine Kaczmarek

    VP of Technology

    M.R. Williams

    With over ten years of experience on the IBM Power System, Jasmine's passions include modernization, API development, integration of gamification techniques into business applications and mentoring new developers. Jasmine is an avid promoter of adopting open-source languages into traditional RPG-only businesses to aid in the development of modern user experiences. She also has a keen interest in hobby development projects using Unity and improving outdated small business websites. Jasmine is a member of the N2i Committee and the COMMON America Advisory Council (CAAC)

  • POWERCast: Db2 Web Query Alternative – See m-Power in Action
    Contains 1 Component(s) Recorded On: 03/21/2024

    With IBM pulling the plug on Db2 Web Query, many customers are stuck looking for alternatives. While IBM states there is “no direct replacement for IBM Db2 Web Query for i,” there are options. In this webinar, we’ll take you through a live demo of one such alternative: The m-Power Development Platform. m-Power offers all of the reporting and BI capabilities of Db2 Web Query, and a whole lot more!

    With IBM pulling the plug on Db2 Web Query, many customers are stuck looking for alternatives. While IBM states there is “no direct replacement for IBM Db2 Web Query for i,” there are options.

    In this webinar, we’ll take you through a live demo of one such alternative: The m-Power Development Platform. m-Power offers all of the reporting and BI capabilities of Db2 Web Query, and a whole lot more! In this webinar, you will:

    • Get introduced to m-Power’s reporting capabilities.
    • Watch m-Power build reports from start to finish.
    • See how easily you can set up scheduled reporting, security, portals, dashboards, and more.

    You’ll learn how m-Power can replace what you’re doing with Web Query, and also deliver new capabilities! 

    Sal Stangarone

    Partner and Product Consultant

    mrc

    Sal Stangarone is a Partner and Product Consultant at mrc. Since joining mrc in 1992, Sal has worn a number of different hats–including Product Specialist, Consultant, and (currently) President/Owner. During that time, Sal has helped businesses across all industries deploy and create solutions that improve data accessibility and value. With over 32 years of experience, he offers a wealth of knowledge in areas of enterprise application development, Business Intelligence, and analytics. 

    Rick Hurckes

    Services Director

    mrc

    Rick Hurckes is the Services Director at mrc. Since joining the company in 2006, he’s helped hundreds of customers with m-Power training, technical support, and planning/delivering consulting projects. Rick brings 18 years of experience delivering BI, reporting, modernization, and application development projects to companies of all sizes. Rick’s knowledge of the IBM ecosystem combined with his expertise in m-Power make him perfectly suited to lead this webinar. 

  • IBM iSee Video Blog
    Contains 68 Product(s)

    Short demonstrations of tools to help you in your everyday work. Presented by Scott Forstie and Tim Rowe, IBM

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    Short demonstrations of tools, techniques and examples (including working SQL examples!!) to help you solve real problems that are part of your everyday work.  Presented by Scott Forstie and Tim Rowe, IBM

  • Acronyms and Terminology
    Contains 1 Component(s)

    In the 5th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson will be going through some of the common acronyms and terminology used in the IBM i environment.

    In the 5th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson will be going through some of the common acronyms and terminology used in the IBM i environment.

    Simon Hutchinson

    RPGPGM.COM

    Simon’s experience with IBM midrange started in the United Kingdom, in a pre-AS/400 world. Since immigrating to the USA he has worked mostly in the western half of the country, and is currently IT manager responsible for the Power servers and IBM i for a large bank in Central Texas. 
     
    Simon has been writing his acclaimed IBM i blog, RPGPGM.COM, for almost ten years sharing his knowledge, experience, and giving many detailed examples of the latest RPG, SQL, and CL. He was recognized by IBM as an IBM Champion for Power (2021,2022), and as an IBM i Community Advocate. 
     
    Since its founding, in 2020, Simon has been the president of the Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG.