IBM Champion, POWERUp18, PowerAI and the future of the IBM i

News

Liam Allan, IBM Champion and Fresh Face of IBM i There is has been a lot of talk about the Fresh Faces in the IBM i world. Here is one of the most notable ones, Liam Allan. The twenty some old programmer who has embraced the POWER of the IBM i. He symbolizes the future of the IBM i. The exciting thing is there is room for many more like him. Watch this short video and you will see what I mean. Summary of what happened at POWERUp18 in San Antonio, TX The IBM i “delivers what your business needs today and will continue to need tomorrow and gives you the opportunity to do cognitive and AI like no other platform in the industry”.

Leadership

Stefanie Chiras, IBM at THINK 2018 I think this video of Stefanie Chiras, VP of Offering Management, IBM Cognitive Systems, IBM compliments POWERUp18’s message that the IBM i and Power Systems are venturing into a new era of computing. Enterprises are starting to adopt PowerAI that has been built for specifically for the hardware. This is a game changer for those who wish to embrace the future. 3 ways your company might be messing up Digital Transformation There is a lot of buzz around digital transformation. What does it really mean for you and your company? You might think that you need to digitize everything. Not so fast. “Let’s take a look at how companies are messing up digital transformation, the consequences, and how to fix it.”

Modernization

The 5 fundamental questions for your data The IBM i is positioned to take advantage of AI. “To accelerate its journey to AI, a data-driven organization needs a trusted data foundation that empowers information stakeholders. Stakeholders need the ability to discover, understand, integrate, analyze, govern and self-serve structured and unstructured data.” Modernize by converting to IBM i SQL Are you in the process of working on a AS/400 system upgrade and “dragging decades old code into the twenty first century”? Maybe you can leverage some insight from Nick Litten, and use “one of the techniques for upgrading/converting older QUERY400 reports to modern SQL format?” Try using “IBM i’s very cool RTVQMQRY command.”

Open Source

Is Node.js hurting PHP? What’s the best choice Node.js or PHP for the IBM i community? It depends on the application. Here is a nice short article that offers up a comparison of the two. PHP and best practiced on how to get started Are you a PHP enthusiast or looking to become one? Take a listen to this podcast from the PHP Architect. It’s an interview with Steve Grunwell (7 :00) who covers the topic of technical debt (16:30) and how to take on debt intelligently. As many in the IBM i community start to leverage PHP he has some good insight about to get started.

Trends

What the future will look like for jobs, skills and wages Technology is making a huge impact on our daily lives. Both in how we work and live. So, regardless of what you do it's important to look ahead to better understand how it might impact you. Here is a study that covers how the "rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence" will impact us through the year 2030. When is serverless technology used for app modernization? There is a lot of talk around serverless technology. "Recent queries about businesses using serverless technology for application modernization -- even for mainframe applications" . The question is, when and how should it be used? And, is this relevant to the IBM i community as it goes down the road of application modernization?

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