Using SQL to Query IBM i System Information
When you’re an administrator on IBM i (or any platform) you are constantly looking for ways to do things more efficiently. In many cases, a better way of doing a task is sitting right under your nose. Such was the case for me and the DB2 for i – Services available in library QSYS2. These […]
Welcome to the World of IBM i: How I Got My Start
Nineteen years ago, when I was 24 years old, I hit a crossroads in my life. I had been managing the lifeguarding operations for a city in Southern California, spending my off hours hanging out at the beach. Although it may seem like the ideal life, it was not paying the bills, and I was […]
A Millennial Dives into the Mainframe World
I’m one of the millennials and I just started my career as a z/OS software engineer at Rocket Software Japan. Today, I want to share with you how I got interested in mainframe and how I feel now as a fresh Rocketeer in Japan. Last year, I was fortunately selected as one of the APAC […]
IBM Spectrum Protect with Rocket Servergraph: Solving Your 5 Biggest Backup Problems
The workload of backup professionals has only increased as backup environments have grown and diversified—something you’ve probably experienced firsthand. Between regular investments in backup technologies, acquisition of other businesses (bringing aboard their own backup systems,) and the lists of SLAs backup admins are expected to meet, it’s no wonder reporting on all of them is so time consuming. […]
Healthy data governance makes for healthy patients
This week, I am in India to attend the 2018 Great Indian Developer Summit. So far, I am so impressed with the quality of all the presentations and workshops I’ve attended, particularly those from my fellow Rocketeers. India is one of the world’s great centers for IT talent, and this event really reflected that. I […]
The power of terminal emulation in 2018: simplifying security, facilitating compliance
While organizations have been using terminal emulation on mainframes for 30+ years, the tech landscape has certainly changed around them. The good news is that terminal emulators have evolved dramatically as well. Suffice it to say that for many large organizations, mainframes continue to be a very secure and viable option for running mission-critical programs […]
Welcome to Rocket India
I recently joined Rocket Software as Global VP/General Manager of our India operations, and this week is an important one for the company as we begin to expand in both Pune and Bengaluru. Not only are we officially opening our offices here, but three of our executives – CEO Any Youniss, CPO Anjali Arora, and […]
Old Iron, New Tricks: Webinar Survey Results and Question Responses
We recently hosted a webinar entitled “Old Iron, New Tricks” featuring Jason Bloomberg, president of Intellyx. A recording of the session is available here if you want to view it again or share with colleagues. Before the webinar, we posed a series of questions and we want to share the results with you. Below is a […]
Change a Core Application without Breaking its APIs
Every programming student begins their education with the fundamentals of code logic. “Have the conditions been met? If yes, execute the action. If no, do nothing.” The open source video game-building application, Stencyl, teaches conditional logic in the form of visual, puzzle-piece-like blocks of code that the user drags onto the workspace in specific ways. […]
Celebrating Women in Technology at Rocket
Despite challenging weather conditions, hundreds of the best and brightest women in IT turned out in New York for the inaugural Women in IT Awards USA. Rocket’s own Jennifer Nelson made the short list for “Data Leader of the Year.” Jennifer’s contributions include helping to develop the data virtualization technology that helps many financial institutions, […]
