Blogs

by Mel Beckman Sep. 1, 2008

Sharing Internet for Redundancy

Dear Doctor, A neighboring company with a high-speed Internet connection similar to ours, but from a different provider, has proposed that we pool our resources so that one company's connection can support the other company should it lose Internet access. A Cat-5 cable already interconnects our two data centers. I've found a number of....More

Educating Rita

by Rita-Lyn Sanders Oct. 15, 2012

PHP Conditional Statements Lead to Swiss Cheese Syndrome

I'm certain it's my lack of programmer experience and not working in the field that makes it this way for me, but one PHP topic gets me lost and then the next one the light will come on for me, leaving a few holes here and there akin to a slice of Swiss cheese. Regardless of how many holes are in my slice of cheese, we've covered a lot....More

Exploring Eclipse RCP

by Bill Blalock Jun. 19, 2007

Java data queues 321 -- User interface to model input dtaq for RCP DtaQ Demo

The next step toward completing RCP DtaQ Demo is to provide the User Interface (UI) to the demonstration model, that is a GUI to enter the values for the input data queue. To do this means adding support for the model input data queue and an EditorPart for the user to enter the instruction and message to send to the model running on the....More

iDigress

by Randy Dufault Aug. 9, 2012

Certification Schmertification

COMMON's business computing certifications qualify individuals to speak intelligently to other members of the broader business team, understand unique business problems, and solve challenges using expertise in IT tools....More

Industry Bits

by Rita-Lyn Sanders Jan. 14, 2013

John Earl, IBM i Internet and Security Pioneer

John Earl, our long-time colleague and contributor to iPro Developer and its predecessors, passed away January 3 after a long battle with brain cancer....More

Maxed Out

by Chris Maxcer Jan. 11, 2012

Pair of Power System Reviews Trickle In

Have you reviewed your IBM Power System yet? I know, I know, it seems a bit weird because it’s not like an IBM Power System is a consumer product you find on some retail outlet site. Still, might enterprise-oriented reviews become useful down the road?....More

Modern-i-zation

by Tim Rowe Jun. 19, 2013