(Ted Holt) “Make it easy on yourself,” warbled Dionne Warwick when I was just a pup. That may be good advice when severing a romantic relationship, but not when programming computers.

(Antonio Cangiano) IBM has partnered with edX.org, the leading online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT, for the delivery of several Professional Certificate programs. Professional Certificate programs are a series of in-demand courses designed to build or advance critical skills for a

(Michael Krafick) When I was in my early thirties, I was diagnosed with a learning disability. This really put my learning style into perspective.

SoftBase announces a free download of the TestBase SQLCODE -805 Tool which helps identify the source of Db2 SQLCODE -805 on z/OS.

(Milind Tamaskar) The rate of innovation for technologies impacting IT architectures is staggering, particularly where data management is concerned.

(Paul_McWilliams) IBM and IDUG are teaming up to deliver a three-day IBM & IDUG Data Tech Summit at the home of Db2 for z/OS, IBM Silicon Valley Lab. The event takes place Monday, October 8th though Wednesday, October 10th 2018, in San Jose, California.

(Jeff Olen) Not so long ago, I was an RPG developer working on IBM i. I’d been doing it for about 15 years when I came across an article about compiling your own PHP to run in the Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE).

(Craig S. Mullins) Practices and procedures for securing and protecting data are under increasing scrutiny from industry, government and your customers. Simple authorization and security practices are no longer sufficient to ensure that you are doing what is necessary to protect your Db2 for z/OS da

(Jan Marek) One of the most painful experiences in the work life of a database administrator (DBA) is probably the accidental drop of a database object on a production subsystem. Most IT shops have procedures to prevent this occurrence, yet it still happens.

(Ted Holt) Occasionally I hear someone comment about how terrible indicators are. I don’t think they’re bad. Indicator-laden RPG helped me graduate debt-free with a computer science degree and housed, clothed, and fed my family for several years.