Being a software company, we think a lot about why people should buy professionally developed IBM i software rather than programming similar functionality themselves.
After all, many companies have professional developers and their job is to develop software. Shouldn’t programmers always program new functionality rather than buying third-party software?
Let’s look at the financial side of the make versus buy ...
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If you’ll soon be upgrading an IBM Power 6 or Power 7 system to new Power 8 hardware, you may be charged a toll to run existing IBM i third-party software on your new Power 8 system.
Blame it on IBM i third-party software pricing policies that sock you with license transfer fees.
Here’s how a change to IBM’s hardware upgrade paths affects ...
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IBM i system monitoring packages such as my MessageFlex software, are some of the most popular and widely used packages in the IBM i community…with good reason. Many shops use these packages to provide 24×7 unattended monitoring, freeing up personnel from watching the system, and alerting on-call responders when a problem occurs.
Notice: Power ...
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For Windows managers, it can be confusing knowing how to post IBM i report data directly to Windows servers or how to send it to your users. While there are several techniques for converting IBM reports for external usage, there are also some IBM i-specific methods you need to be aware of.
Here’s a three-step guide for non-IBM i managers on delivering ...
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IBM 5250 Telnet sessions are not dead, but occasionally you have to kill one.
A lot of shops in the IBM i community still use old-fashioned Telnet terminal emulators such as the Personal Communications product that comes with IBM i Access for Windows, third party emulators like Mochasoft’s TN5250, or generic Telnet emulators that ...
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When buying IBM i professionally developed software, you may find several packages that meet your needs.
But how do you choose between the best IBM i software for your shop? Answer: look for a great software package that has a great vendor.
A great vendor enhances a software purchase beyond the software itself: including offering ...
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Did you know that you can change and reformat old IBM i reports without changing the underlying programming that created those reports?
With modern report re-formatting packages such as DRVTech’s ReportFlex software used in conjunction with our SpoolFlex package, you can easily modify standard text SCS spooled files to make them easier to convert to other formats, prepare them for graphical printing, ...
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As a software company, people ask us why they should buy IBM i professionally developed software instead of programming the functionality themselves.
I started discussing this question in an earlier post on why writing your own IBM i do-it-yourself (DIY) software isn’t really a bargain, and why you should look to professionally developed software ...
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In an earlier blog, I talked about how IBM i report formatting and distribution software can smooth out integration issues when small health care facilities affiliate with each other or large medical centers.
Report distribution software is also good at meeting day-to-day compliance challenges in the health care industry, including ...
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Many companies ask us what they should look for in IBM i database query and report writer tools, such as our DBXFlex software. IMHO, a great database query tool contains the following elements.