June 7, 2023
Jenny Thomas
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna isn’t happy about artificial intelligence’s recent bad reputation. In fact, he said a recent report citing his statement that IBM could replace 7,800 employees with AI software was incorrect and his comments were taken out of context. Of course, that doesn’t explain why IBM recently paused hiring “fungible” roles. You can read more about what Krishna has to say about his AI in the top stories below. Our calendar continues to grow, so be sure to check back for the latest learning opportunities.
Around the Jungle Top Stories
(Barons) IBM’s CEO reversed course, saying AI will create more jobs.
(CIO Magazine) Hardware certainly plays a role in AI.
(within HPC) IBM plans to open its first European quantum data center in Germany next year.
(CMS wire) How do you make all the clouds floating around you talk to each other? Enter IBM’s Hybrid Cloud Mesh.
(Phys.org) Sometimes you have to take your best guess, which is also what quantum computers are good at.
Redbooks, whitepapers, blogs, podcasts and other resources
(Manta Technologies) A new milestone for Manta, who is celebrating his 29th birthday. But you get a present. She saves 20 percent on any course, series or combination pack. Sale ends July 31st.
(Tarsk) It’s not the time to panic about RPG developers retiring, according to the article.
(Seiden Group) Alan Seiden reviews the best updates to IBM i open source, including tips on how to use them.
(general) While you may still be recovering from POWERUp 23, the call for presentations for NAViGATE 2023 is now open. If you have ideas for sessions on any aspect of IBM i programming or administration, please contact COMMON. CFP closes next Monday, June 12th. NAViGATE 2023 will take place October 9-11, 2023 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
(System i developer) Our friends at SiD have announced the next series of Summit Deep Dive workshops for IBM i developers. Choose from 13 interactive half-day online workshops with Paul Tuohy, Susan Gantner, Jon Paris and Mike Pavlak. Develop new skills in SQL, RPG, open source on IBM i, API/Web services, Db2 for i, and more. The series begins September 19th and runs through October 31st.
Chats, webinars, seminars, shows and other events
June 8 – Webinar – Whether you’re currently running IBM i on-premises or looking to move to a cloud-based solution, take a look at this webinar, Migrating IBM i from On-Premises to Power Virtual Servers: Benefits and Best Practices. ” provides valuable insight into the benefits. Identify best practices and potential roadblocks for migrating to IBM’s Power Virtual Servers.
June 14th – Webinar – Seiden Group technical consultant and COMMON award-winning speaker, Patrick Behr, will demonstrate the basics of web services including HTTP, JSON and RESTful principles in this free webinar from OCEAN.
June 20th – Webinars – Over 90% of threats that reach users’ inboxes slip through email filters by impersonating individuals or brands. In this upcoming webinar, Fortra email security experts discuss how machine learning models can help detect and remove email spoofing threats at scale.
June 22nd – Webinar – Join us for a 30-minute ARCAD software webinar on how to easily create consistent test datasets that are small enough for rapid test cycles, yet large enough to accurately reflect a variety of operational data. please confirm.
July 27-29 – Tustin, CA – Join TechCon23 at OCEAN. IBM i Chief Architect Steve Will will be the keynote speaker, along with a CIO summit, expert panel discussions, and outstanding technology and professional development sessions.
July 18th – Online Workshop – RPG Freeform Overview. In this free online session, Susan Gantner walks you through the syntax of her RPG Freeform code. A brief refresher on free-form logic followed by a detailed discussion of recent free-form declarations (i.e. replacements for H, F, D, and P specs) and the ability to use as many columns as needed for RPG logic. To do. — Start with column 1 if necessary.
September 19th – Online Workshop – Access to modern databases on IBM iA half-day online workshop with Paul Tuohy to guide you through modern database design and definition, and the steps necessary to redefine an existing database using DDL without programmatic changes.
September 21st – Online Workshop – RDi Quick Start for PDM Fansis a half-day online workshop with Susan Gantner to help you jump-start (or restart) with RDi’s new PDM Perspective. This simplified interface includes tables that allow you to “manipulate members (or objects or libraries)” in a form that looks and feels much like PDM, but with many great features. It has additional features.
September 26th – Online Workshop – Data structures and arrays for today’s RPG apps. Half-day online workshop with Jon Paris covers nested data structures, multidimensional arrays, dynamic arrays, templates, usage of modern indicators, data structure I/O, and more.
September 28th – Online Workshop – IBM i open source overviewHalf-day online workshop with Mike Pavlak to introduce you to the fundamentals of using open source software on IBM i. Mike covers concepts and terminology, how to install and manage open source tools, and explores several open source projects and languages.
October 3 – Online Workshop – Basics of SQL on IBM iHalf-day online workshop by Paul Tuohy covering SQL terms and concepts, including basic data manipulation language (DML) and data definition language (DDL) syntax, and many SQL functions, some of which are compared to RPG To do. Built-in function. We will see how to use JOIN and UNION to access data from multiple tables. We will look at the use of subselects (SELECTs within SELECTs) and Common Table Expressions (CTEs) to achieve more complex data access.
October 5th – Online Workshop – RPG procedure and SRVPGM exampleSusan Gantner’s half-day online workshops show you how and why to use ILE procedures, modules, service programs, binding directories, binder languages, and activation groups.
October 9-11 – Virginia Beach, Virginia – Join COMMON for NASiGATE. The event will feature his 100+ sessions with industry expert speakers, an exhibition of leading solution providers in the IBM i space, and endless networking opportunities to connect with colleagues and experts to maximize your learning. will be featured. chance.
October 10th – Online Workshop – Python for RPG playersHalf-day online workshop with Mike Pavlak explores Python implementation, syntax, and application use cases on IBM i.
October 12th – Online Workshop – Enable your application with API Web ServicesA half-day online workshop with Jon Paris and Paul Tuohy that takes you step-by-step through the basics of creating and consuming web services using RPG or SQL, JSON or XML, HTTPAPI or IWS. Learn which approach is right for you.
October 17th – Online Workshop – Embedded SQL A to Z in RPGLearn the basics of simple SELECT statements, using cursors, paging cursors, managing data with SQL, wrapping SQL functions as RPG subprocedures, and access in half-day online workshops by Paul Tuohy. His web with SQL, good use of dynamic SQL, and many other things I can think of.
October 19th – Online Workshop – Is Code for IBM i right for you?introduces Code for IBM i, an open source extension to Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio, in a half-day online workshop with Susan Gantner and John Paris. His new IDE will support developers working on IBM i applications using languages such as RPG, COBOL and CL, as well as PHP, Node.js, Python and other open source languages.
October 24th – Online Workshop – PHP for RPG playersis a half-day online workshop by Mike Pavlak focused on PHP fundamentals. Then we show a simple use case of the application and break it down using many nifty tools and features.
October 26th – Online Workshop – Coding a modern RPG applicationA half-day online workshop by Paul Tuohy that explores the structure and code behind modern RPG applications and explores each of its many layers in detail.
October 31st – Online Workshop – SQL procedures, functions, triggersHalf-day online workshop by Paul Tuohy to learn how SQL can be used to enable other languages (and platforms) to leverage existing IBM i code and access SQL functionality from RPG or COBOL applications. indicate.
