When you buy a car, often its the accessaries that help make the car easier to driver, more fun, comfortable, in short it makes better.  Your IBM i is no different, there are all sort of 'Accessories' that have been added to the operating system. One of these best kept secrets is SYSTOOLS.  The database team continues to deliver some pretty interesting tools that can help you with gaining a better understanding of the system in some cases, better security practices, or just help you with general system management in faster and better ways. In this session Scott and Tim will play with a few of these newer SYSTOOLS showing you how they work and what they can do for you.

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

 Scott and Tim show you some great SQL using IBM i Services, and how these are the backbone for the new Navigator. We will have fun with talking a new look at how SQL can be used by both IBM and how we continue to make it even easier for you to use in your own activities.

We often hear that IT teams are either afraid do a planned switchover or aren’t sure how to tell when they’re ready for a role swap. It’s time to build a little confidence into your business continuity!  

During this webinar, two IBM i high availability experts demonstrate how to verify your data replication products are doing what you need them to do. We’ll show you what to look at on your system in order to verify that you’re replicating what you want replicated and that you are ready for the role swap. You’ll learn about:

• High availability options on IBM i

• How to verify/navigate PowerHA

• How to verify/navigate journaling software like Robot HA

• Monitoring options for high availability tools

Join COMMON and the IBM i team starting today, Wednesday, September 8^th, for the Power E1080 announcement and latest IBM i Technology Refresh. Steve Will, IBM i Chief Architect, will cover what all is included in the Technology Refresh, including an update to Rational Developer for i and Access Client Solutions. Dan Sundt, IBM i Product Manager, will overview the Power E1080 and what it does for IBM i. Tim Rowe, Business Architect of Application Development for IBM i, will showcase the new version of Navigator for i, including a live demo. 

Although ransomware doesn’t attack the IBM i operating system or native DB2 libraries, it can encrypt and rename Integrated File System (IFS) stream files that support native IBM i applications and store user documents.   

Ransomware attacks can disable critical IBM i processing by damaging IFS-based configuration settings and data files. Ransomware disables business processing, breaches security, and wastes money and time in recovering from an attack.   

Recent ransomware events have increased the probability your IFS will be attacked, as ransomware attacks have become more prevalent. Corporations, governments, auditors and regulators are increasingly requiring stronger protection against ransomware attacks.

Join this webinar where we’ll discuss how ransomware attacks the IBM i IFS, steps you can take to protect against ransomware and how to respond when you’re attacked. You’ll learn:  

• How ransomware attacks IFS stream files

• Critical IBM i security settings that protect your IFS from ransomware

• Recovery techniques and best practices to consider when an attack occurs

• Preventing, stopping, and isolating IBM i ransomware activity in real-time

Modernization is a top IT concern for 50% of IBM i shops in 2021. For many, that means replacing outdated technology like Query/400 and other manual and labor-intensive ways of getting data to business users.   

During this live webinar, the IBM i experts from HelpSystems demonstrate how the modern interfaces and advanced functionality in Sequel Data Access software can easily replace and enhance your current process for accessing data. You’ll also learn how to:  

• Quit writing expensive code or using Query/400 queries to access valuable business data

• Convert those old queries into SQL with Sequel

• Build dashboards to compile and track KPIs

• Deploy insightful, actionable dashboards through a browser 

• Quickly export your data to Excel

See how Sequel makes it possible for your IT team to deliver the valuable data and insight that users have been asking for without taking focus away from your other crucial functions.

The application development landscape is changing rapidly, and IBM i shops are being asked to create double the applications in half the time. For companies running IBM i, this demand is compounded by the continuously shrinking RPG developer pool, severely limiting your business’ ability to deliver in today’s challenging marketplace.

Profound.js.is a low-code, JavaScript/Node.js solution that runs on all platforms and is built specifically for developers. It is the first true, low-code platform to run natively on IBM i, with full RPG/DB2 integration, helping companies on IBM i move into the future, without losing years of IT investment.

With today's advanced malware and ransomware threats, malicious programs can cause a massive business disruption. Not all organizations can recover from attack.  To avoid corrupted data and downtime, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to malware defense for Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX, and Linux.   

Join this webinar to learn about advanced malware threats and simple strategies for protecting your systems. IBM i security experts Robin Tatam and Sandi Moore will show you:   

• The current state of malware and the latest trends around malware protection
• What we’re hearing from the IBM i community about the impact of malware attacks
• The controls an in-depth malware defense should include

This session will arm you with the information you need to secure your systems against today’s most pressing threats.

In this presentation I will go through 20 different unique things to IBM i and Power systems that other platforms just dreams about. Object security with connection to the hardware for example..