While most regulatory standards specify that you should use appropriate password security, they often don’t specify password composition standards. This makes it difficult to know whether your password security and composition rules will create more secure passwords and meet regulatory […]

IBM i file editors—such as the i Data File Utility (DFU), the Start SQL (STRSQL) command, and third-party i file editors—allow shops to quickly and easily make critical file changes without writing code. While file editors allow you to quickly […]

Last year, we listed all the reasons it’s a good idea to join a Local IBM i User Group. While all IBM i user groups are great, they are a few differences in how each group functions and what they […]

Now that IBM i 7.4 is available, many shops will want to upgrade their i 7.2 and 7.3 installations. Organizations migrating to i 7.4 should do their homework to ensure a problem-free migration. Here’s how to get started and some […]

What does the future hold for the IBM i? There are some definite clues about the direction IBM i running on Power will take. Considering that nobody knows with 100% certainty, let’s concern ourselves only with what we know so […]