Tim Rowe and Scott Forstie will explain and demonstrate the new and enhanced capabilities recently added to IBM i Services and IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). The IBM i Services enhancements typically ship in the Db2 PTF Groups for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4, timed with each new Technology Refresh availability. Check out the IBM iSee Video Blog by Tim and Scott here and download the latest version of ACS here.

IBM i, with its integrated database, linkages to the latest programming languages, and connections to new cognitive technologies is perfectly positioned to lead companies into the future with AI, IoT and open source capabilities. In this session, Steve Will, IBM i Chief Architect, will highlight the new capabilities provided in the latest Technology Refresh for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4    

Digital events and conferences may be the new normal.  But that shouldn’t stop your IBM i education. IBM and COMMON are teaming up to bring you the latest enhancements and features to IBM i and Power Systems. Wherever you are, join the IBM experts for a 3-part webcast series from October 6 - 8. You will learn the latest information about IBM i, including IBM i Services, ACS, and Open Source.  

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October 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM CT: The Latest with IBM i — Steve Will, IBM

IBM i, with its integrated database, linkages to the latest programming languages, and connections to new cognitive technologies is perfectly positioned to lead companies into the future with AI, IoT and open source capabilities. In this session, Steve Will, IBM i Chief Architect, will highlight the new capabilities provided in the latest Technology Refresh for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4   

October 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM CT: Improve Productivity and Reduce the Skills Gap with Open Source on IBM i — Jesse Gorzinski, IBM 

For many IBM i companies, using open source is becoming a standard way of developing new applications. New open source capabilities are being added to the platform all the time with help from the community. In this session, Jesse Gorzinski, Business Architect for Open Source on IBM i, details the latest open source packages and technologies available for IBM i, including Ansible, and how they can take your business applications and developer productivity to the next level, as well as to help attract new developers and talent to the platform.       

October 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM CT: IBM i Services and ACS: What’s in the latest announcements?
— Scott Forstie and Tim Rowe, IBM

Tim Rowe and Scott Forstie will explain and demonstrate the new and enhanced capabilities recently added to IBM i Services and IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). The IBM i Services enhancements typically ship in the Db2 PTF Groups for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4, timed with each new Technology Refresh availability. Check out the IBM iSee Video Blog by Tim and Scott here and download the latest version of ACS here.

For many IBM i companies, using open source is becoming a standard way of developing new applications. New open source capabilities are being added to the platform all the time with help from the community. In this session, Jesse Gorzinski, Business Architect for Open Source on IBM i, details the latest open source packages and technologies available for IBM i, including Ansible, and how they can take your business applications and developer productivity to the next level, as well as to help attract new developers and talent to the platform.       

It’s a great time to be an IT professional. With the overall shortage of trained IT staff, you are in demand. Yet employee turnover is also highest in the tech sector. One day, you’re working comfortably alongside your colleague. The next day, she’s gone—poached by a competitor, reassigned, or retired—and your boss hands you her operating system: an AS/400, he says.  

“What the heck is an AS/400?” you think. What your boss might not know—and what you’re about to find out—is that this so-called AS/400 is actually the backbone of your entire business! With no in-house expert to teach you the ropes, where can you turn for help? 

Start with this live webinar! The IBM i experts at HelpSystems have decades of experience on the platform. They’ll share proven strategies for successful IBM i systems management, including:  

• IBM i architectural nuances

• IBM i interface options

• IBM i operational basics

• IBM i security considerations

• IBM i educational opportunities 

Most importantly, you’ll learn what your boss really expects from you now and what you need to ask your boss in order to succeed in managing this powerful new platform.

We all have great procedures for saving the data on our systems. But if something were to happen to your database table, you might have the data, but do you have the DDL to be able to easily rebuild everything ?   In this session we will look at how to easily extract the DDL such that you have that key description information for the future.

Many of us have DDS today that still is used to describe our data. We have asked, 'how to I convert that to DDL?' , 'Is there some magic tool?' .   In this session we are not going to show you any magic, but we are going to look at some methods that will empower you to be able to take those key files created with DDS and easily convert them to a table with DDL. This is an important step in being able to take advantage for the latest in database technology. 

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

We have been asked if you can tell how people connect the IBM i.  There good news is there are some ways.  You can easily determine who is connecting using what interface for any database connection!  You can see what level of ACS is being used, if users are still using the old Windows product, and other connections.  This session will show you how to set up an exit point, and then query that data to see how people are connecting to your IBM i.

Spreadsheets, its something so many of us rely on them every day for reviewing and understanding our business. The question is, how do you create those Spreadsheets ?  Using some simple building blocks, you can automate the extraction of data and the building of a spreadsheet on your IBM i (yes... your IBM i) with out adding ANY additional software. Its all on your system already!   In this session we will show you a progression of using SQL to build a data set (either from Db2, or IBM i Service) using ACS to build a spreadsheet, show how to automate that process so its happens every day at a set time, and lastly email that spreadsheet to a list of users.   This can all be done on your IBM i today!