
Scott Forstie (left) with Alan Seiden at a previous CIO Summit
In recent years, Db2 for i Business Architect Scott Forstie and his team have rapidly strengthened the IBM i database, improving the sophistication of its SQL query engine, and adding to its galaxy of IBM i services. What’s more, they have several years’ worth of new enhancements in the pipeline.
CIOs and IT Directors can meet Scott at the CIO Summit on March 25, 2019, Charlotte, North Carolina, for an IBM i strategy briefing.
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CIO Summit Features DB2 for i Briefing with IBM’s Scott Forstie
/0 Comments/in CIO Strategy, db2, IBM i, iSeries, System i /by Alan SeidenScott Forstie (left) with Alan Seiden at a previous CIO Summit
In recent years, Db2 for i Business Architect Scott Forstie and his team have rapidly strengthened the IBM i database, improving the sophistication of its SQL query engine, and adding to its galaxy of IBM i services. What’s more, they have several years’ worth of new enhancements in the pipeline.
CIOs and IT Directors can meet Scott at the CIO Summit on March 25, 2019, Charlotte, North Carolina, for an IBM i strategy briefing.
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Node.js Process Manager PM2 on IBM i
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State Sales Tax Ruling Spurs IBM i Integration
/0 Comments/in IBM i, Web development /by Alan SeidenLately we’ve been helping customers prepare for new state sales tax rules on internet sales by integrating APIs with their IBM i systems.
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Node.js, Ruby and Seiden Group
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PHP Debugging on the IBM i from A to Z (Apache to Zend)
/0 Comments/in PHP /by Stephanie Rabbani500 internal server error? Wait, now it’s a 404 error. I think it’s actually a syntax error. And now my program call isn’t returning anything. My page doesn’t look right, and my Javascript is not working.
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Highlights from Seiden Group’s October 2018 Events
/0 Comments/in Events /by Amy LantzWe hope you enjoy this photo (and video) tour of Seiden Group experiences at the CIO Summit, the RPG & DB2 Summit, ZendCon & OpenEnterprise 2018, and COMMON Fall.
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Db2, SQL, and Open Source Languages on IBM i
/0 Comments/in db2, IBM i, Open Source, Web development /by Alan SeidenThe ever-expanding capabilities of Db2 for i can simplify development in open source languages such as PHP, Ruby, Node.js (JavaScript), and Python. These languages, known for their effectiveness in building web and mobile applications, can tap into the power of SQL.
So why complicate them with repetitive code that distracts from their power and simplicity?
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Python Training from Seiden Group
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Sneak Peek at Plans for ILEditor 2
/0 Comments/in Announcements, IBM i, Open Source, RPG /by Stephanie RabbaniThe beauty of ILEditor is that it starts up quickly, performs quickly, and lets me return to whatever else I was doing. For example, I recently used it to copy and send some CL code to a client while I was on vacation. So fast!
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RPG APIs: A Modernization Treasure
/0 Comments/in PHP /by Alan SeidenA recent article about our client K3S got our attention. Author Alex Woodie wrote that the inventory forecasting software vendor had updated their package with an attractive web-based interface using PHP, while adapting their existing RPG code into APIs written in RPG.
But I knew there was more to this story. So I asked King Harrison IV—K3S’s executive vice president, friend, and founding member of Club Seiden— to elaborate on their choice of RPG APIs.
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