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    In the 5th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson will be going through some of the common acronyms and terminology used in the IBM i environment.

    In the 5th installment of the iBegin series, Simon Hutchinson will be going through some of the common acronyms and terminology used in the IBM i environment.

    Simon Hutchinson

    RPGPGM.COM

    Simon’s experience with IBM midrange started in the United Kingdom, in a pre-AS/400 world. Since immigrating to the USA he has worked mostly in the western half of the country, and is currently IT manager responsible for the Power servers and IBM i for a large bank in Central Texas. 
     
    Simon has been writing his acclaimed IBM i blog, RPGPGM.COM, for almost ten years sharing his knowledge, experience, and giving many detailed examples of the latest RPG, SQL, and CL. He was recognized by IBM as an IBM Champion for Power (2021,2022), and as an IBM i Community Advocate. 
     
    Since its founding, in 2020, Simon has been the president of the Central Texas IBM i User Group, CTXiUG.

  • Contains 6 Product(s)

    When first beginning work on IBM i, people always ask the same types of questions. How does it differ from other OS? What are the primary interfaces? What is the organizational structure like? In this bootcamp directed at new graduates and early-career professionals, we answers all of these questions and more.

    When first beginning work on IBM i, people always ask the same types of questions. How does it differ from other OS? What are the primary interfaces? What is the organizational structure like? In this bootcamp directed at new graduates and early-career professionals, we answers all of these questions and more.

    This bootcamp will be released over 13 weeks, from January 25th, 2024 through April 19th, 2024.

    All sessions will appear on the CONTENT tab of this page at 2:00PM CT on Fridays. Register now and return here on the premier dates to access the content.

    The primary subjects of the bootcamp are as follows.

    • Overview of IBM i
    • Acronyms and Terminology
    • Programming Languages
    • Career Pathways
    • Soft Skills
    • Interfaces and Connections
    • Security
    • Database

    This bootcamp is being provided at no charge to COMMON members through a generous sponsorship from Fortra.

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  • Contains 1 Component(s) Recorded On: 02/28/2024

    Donna Westmoreland is joined by other IT professionals to share experiences, hurdles, and advantages experienced while implementing DevOps methodology and CI/CD pipelines in their organizations. Bring your questions and learn what this powerful IT strategy can do for your company by listening to the stories of others.

    Donna Westmoreland is joined by other IT professionals to share experiences, hurdles, and advantages experienced while implementing DevOps methodology and CI/CD pipelines in their organizations. 

    Bring your questions and learn what this powerful IT strategy can do for your company by listening to the stories of others. 

    Donna Westmoreland

    CTO, Midrange Dynamics North America

    Donna Westmoreland, who is CTO for Midrange Dynamics North America, has over 25 years’ experience with IBM midrange systems and supporting consistent software change methodologies. Experience gained from leading major projects, including application modernization, at hundreds of corporations has given her a well-rounded view of development needs, audit requirements, and testing principles.

    Brij Anand

    Senior Director of Software Engineering

    American First Finance

    Brij has 22+ years of experience in the software industry with a background focusing on different phases of software development life cycle including program management, requirements capture, analysis, design, and solution architecture.He has worked in various industries including Finance, Telecom, and Manufacturing filling the positions of Program Manager, Solution Architect, Project Manager, Team Leader. He currently works at American First Finance as a Senior Director of Software Engineering.

    Marci Bertsch

    Lead Software Developer

    Dayton Freight Lines

    Marci is a Lead Software Developer at Dayton Freight Lines and has over 25 years’ experience. She's worked in multiple industries, including transportation, insurance, manufacturing, and education. She has worked in various roles on a multitude of projects including leading full system conversions and integrations with other systems. Marci uses this combined experience in conjunction with the full Software Development Life Cycle to deliver successful projects of various scale.

    Sapan Shah

    Implementation Specialis

    Midrange Dynamics North America

    Sapan has over 25 years of proven expertise as a high-performing IT professional. He specializes in solutions architecture, software development, customer relationship management, program and change management, and organizational development. He has been recognized for building collaborative, inclusive and high-achieving teams and is known for his ability to adapt to changing compliance standards and company direction.

  • Contains 1 Component(s)

    Attendees will discover advanced concepts that can be applied to DB2. Takeaways include Query Optimization, tools and techniques, fetching information about a query execution, system disk utilization, and system performance checks, multi-processing functionality of DB manager, and usage of QAQQINI query options.

    This session will unleash the power of Advanced DB2. Attendees will discover advanced concepts that can be applied to DB2. Takeaways include Query Optimization, tools and techniques, fetching information about a query execution, system disk utilization, and system performance checks, multi-processing functionality of DB manager, and usage of QAQQINI query options.

  • Contains 8 Product(s)

    Here you can find tips, tricks, and session replays from the COMMON India project, a partnership between COMMON North America and Infoview Systems

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    Here you can find tips, tricks, and session replays from the COMMON India project.  

    COMMON India is brought to you by COMMON North America and Infoview Systems

  • Contains 1 Component(s)

    In the 4th installment of the iBegin: IBM i Essentials bootcamp series, Scott Klement will talk about the architecture of IBM i. This will include information on the history of IBM i and the basic object structure.

    In the 4th installment of the iBegin: IBM i Essentials bootcamp series, Scott Klement will talk about the architecture of IBM i. This will include information on the history of IBM i and the basic object structure.

    Scott Klement

    Director, Product Development and Support

    Scott volunteers as a member of COMMON's Board of Directors, Strategic Education Team, Certification Committee and Innovation Awards. He is the author of around 1000 articles and a dozen open source projects. Scott's efforts to help out the IBM i Community have resulted in dozens of awards and accolades, including an IBM Innovation Award, Gary Guthrie Award, Al Barsa Scholarship, John T Earl Scholarship, medals from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, and the COMMON Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame. IBM has named Scott an IBM Champion for Power Systems.

  • Contains 1 Component(s)

    Marina Schwenk will be discussing the available career paths in the IBM i ecosystem in this segment of the iBegin: IBM i Essentials bootcamp.

    Marina Schwenk will be discussing the available career paths in the IBM i ecosystem in this segment of the iBegin: IBM i Essentials bootcamp.

    Marina Schwenk

    Software Developer, Everbrite

    Marina started her career in January 2015 at Everbrite LLC in Greenfield WI after graduating from Gateway Technical College in May of 2014 with an Associate’s degree in IT Software Development. Marina works as a developer in both RPG and Java and she also is one of two junior IBM i admins at Everbrite. Marina earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems Software Development from Bellevue University in June of 2017. She is currently working on her Master’s degree program in Computer Information Systems Software development, with the goal of teaching part time, and empowering the younger generation. Marina is also a member of the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association, Women in IT committee and has recently started speaking on a couple of topics, ranging from RPG to SQL. She has completed one open source project and is currently working on releasing iUnit an open source RPG unit testing framework written in RPGLE.

  • Contains 1 Component(s)

    Understand all the different areas of security one needs to consider — not just on IBM i — and prevent common mistakes and data loss or intrusion. This session will cover security best practices in objects, users, and system settings. Many of the built in IBM i Security features will be covered at a high level. But something everyone should be using is TLS encryption. That is why after we cover the basics system-wide, we are going to take a deep dive into TLS certificates and the tool used to manage them – Digital Certificate Manager, or DCM. Don’t miss it!

    Understand all the different areas of security one needs to consider — not just on IBM i — and prevent common mistakes and data loss or intrusion.  >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW72245912 BCX0">.  Many of the built in IBM i Security features will be covered at a high level.  But something everyone should be using is TLS encryption.  >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW72245912 BCX0">.  Don’t miss it! 

    Robert Andrews

    Team Lead

    IBM

    Robert Andrews is the Team Lead for the IBM i Security and Authentication Lab Services Power Systems Delivery Practice in Rochester, MN.  He is an Executive Security Consultant and a certified Thought Leader in IBM for security.  Besides security, Robert is an expert in Db2, journaling, and DDM/DRDA.  In addition to his technical work at IBM, Robert has been strongly involved in Emergency Management and Communications for over a decade at all levels from local to federal.  Robert has published seven books and holds degrees in mathematics, computer science, education, and management.

    Thom Haze

    IBM i Operating System Security Development, IBM

    Thom is the lead software developer for Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) and provides cryptography related enhancements to IBM i. He has been working on IBM i and earlier named platforms since 1989 on various projects such as Integrated Windows, Linux, and VMware Servers, Integrated File Server, IBM i Installation, and most recently on the IBM i Security team. Thom is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) focused on providing system availability,

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    You've been picked to keep your IBM i system up to date as far as operating system software goes. What do you do? What's the best way to handle, PTFs, OS upgrades and managing it all?

    You've been picked to keep your IBM i system up to date as far as operating system software goesWhat do you doWhat's the best way to handle, PTFs, OS upgrades and managing it all?  

    1. How to approach system OS maintenance 
     
    2. Compare various methods of applying PTFs 
     
    3. Making your next upgrade smooth 
     
    4. What if something doesn't work? 

    Jeff Carey

    Sr. System Administrator at Ensono

    Jeff Carey is an IBM i professional with over 25 years of experience on the platform, specializing in system administration. He currently is a Senior System Administrator for Ensono, a company providing managed services for Mainframe, IBM i, Cloud, and hybrid IT, headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. He is on the Board of Omni User, the Chicagoland IBM i user group. He's participated in Toastmasters and local theater. He holds an MS in Information Technology from Northwestern University, an MBA from University of Illinois at Chicago, and an AB from the University of Chicago.

  • Contains 9 Product(s)

    Replays of sessions from COMMON FOCUS 2024, originally aired February 13-14, 2024

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    Replays of half day workshops — around three hours each — from COMMON FOCUS 2024, originally aired February 13-14, 2024