April 10, 2020

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Lead Article - Security

Practical Security Tips to Survive COVID-19 and Working from Home

The move to work from home brings increased security risks. Carol discusses what can be done to detect and defend against these new risks.

By Carol Woodbury

With the onslaught of the Coronavirus, many organizations have been forced to move their employees into a work-from-home status—often with little or no notice. From a system-security perspective, working from home is inherently less secure than working within the confines of a local network. And this risk is magnified by the volume of employees working from home, the lack of a formal work-from-home policy, and the rapidity with which this move had to be made.

Feature Article - Programming

SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Functions as SQL UDFs

It’s now time to get to know SQL user-defined functions and see how they can encapsulate your RPG code.

By Rafael Victória-Pereira

Although RPG stands for Report Program Generator, over the years, the language’s report-producing capabilities were neglected. Today they are clearly one of the least user- and programmer-friendly parts of RPG. This might seem a paradox, but given the fact that there are so many easy-to-use reporting tools today, IBM decided (wisely, in my opinion) that reporting was not a priority. However, when you have to produce complex reports that use data generated in real time and based on business rules, such as client debt risk or account balance, this can become quite a pain. The “halfway” approach is creating a program that generates a file with the report-ready data and then using a reporting tool, such as BIRT or Crystal Reports, to produce the final output.

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Node Webinar Series Pt. 1: The World of Node.js on IBM i

Have you been wondering about Node.js? Our free Node.js Webinar Series takes you from total beginner to creating a fully-functional IBM i Node.js business application.

Part 1 will teach you what Node.js is, why it's a great option for IBM i shops, and how to take advantage of the ecosystem surrounding Node.

In addition to background information, our Director of Product Development Scott Klement will demonstrate applications that take advantage of the Node Package Manager (npm).



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Low Code: A Digital Transformation of Supply Chain and Logistics

Learn how businesses leverage Low-Code to continue to deliver value through digital transformation. Discover how the power of Low-Code is helping many businesses evolve their supply chain, increase ROI, and achieve more tangible results.

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Featured News - Analytics & Cognitive

IBM Offers "Watson Assistant for Citizens" to Provide Responses to COVID-19 Questions

Engagements with government agencies, healthcare organizations and academic institutions around the world including in Arkansas, California, Georgia, New York, Texas, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Spain and UK

With COVID-19 affecting 206 countries, areas and territories, IBM is helping government agencies, healthcare organizations and academic institutions throughout the world use AI to put critical data and information into the hands of their citizens.

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