WebSphere App Server on the i/OS does not come with a feature to automatically start and stop, and sometimes its best to use a CL command to stop it. I frequently see users doing an ENDSBS(WAS7), which wreaks havoc with the JVM. Please don’t just end the subsystem. When you do this, the JVM drops … Read more
Lotus Domino and Notes fix pack 3 for 8.5.1 was released 3 days ago and already you should be considering patching your environment for these 10 reasons. Here are 8 fixes that apply to the server, followed by two that apply to the clients that you should not miss out on. The server fix pack … Read more
Now that the latest is out in the wild, I’d like to show off some of the new features. This release includes a few new very high priority features that customers and business partners have been asking for. There are more features in the works (which I am well aware of but cannot disclose due … Read more
Just a few weeks ago Ubuntu launched Ubuntu 10.4 codenamed Lucid Lynx. Now, the Fedora team has launched Fedora 13. If you run and experiment with Red Hat type software, Fedora a is a good platform to play around with. It is the experimental playground of Red Hat and most of the guts of Red … Read more
I rarely work with storage systems – I’m a software guy. But on occasion I need to manipulate storage arrays for either performance tuning, or new installations. IBM has a new product group of storage called their “D-series”, which is geared toward mid-sized businesses and they’ve put out a training site to help customers get … Read more
The Jazz team announced that RTC will support VS2010 in RTC version 2.0.0.2 iFix3, which is currently at milestone 1 build. This includes full client support on Windows 7. This build is primarily for developers that work with VS – if you don’t work with VS, then you can/should ignore the build. The interim fixes … Read more
I’ve tried to explain this topic in a couple of classes that I teach, but I can do no better than Andrei Zmievski’s post on SlideShare. This guy’s post is so excellent – it is THE best education source on Regular Expressions that I think I’ve ever seen. [slideshare id=3932758&doc=regexclinicforslideshare-100501144735-phpapp02] That said, sometimes as a … Read more
Netmarketshare, a site that analyzes Internet technology trends, posts that IE6 is down to 17.58% in April. Firefox 3.6 nearly matches that, and Firefox 3.5 adds another 5.8%. If you are not building your Internet or Intranet sites to match the features of modern browsers, you are missing out. If your development shop is STILL … Read more
If you have any of the following products, when you move to the next release, you will experience a change in how you obtain your licenses. Rational Developer for System i 7.5 (now re-branded as Developer for POWER systems) Rational Developer for System z 7.6 Previously the license file as a java .jar file obtained … Read more
IBM is offering a special this month on Rational Team Concert, whereby you can get 7 additional free developer client access licenses for free. They have also dropped the server prices by about half for Express, Standard, and Enterprise. This means, that with the Express edition server, you an enable your entire team for under … Read more