As a WebDocs iSeries administrator, if something goes wrong your users will look to you to find, and fix, the matter. Simply knowing where to look when an initial error message is unclear can resolve a huge percentage of difficulties.

NFS has long had a tentative relationship to security. As with its cousin, CIFS/SMB (more commonly know as Windows File Sharing), security was not an area of primary focus. The elements of security that exist are significant, but they are nontrivial to implement, particularly across operating systems and with third-party applications.

In the era of big data users need to view their data in a way that makes sense and lets them dive deeper. SEQUEL’s Client Tables are an interactive solution, much like pivot tables, which allow users to reorganize and summarize columns and rows of data in a spreadsheet-like format both on a PC and on a mobile device or tablet. With Client Tables on the go, you can access data from your office, in...

There is rarely a dull moment for IBM i administrators, as their operating environments continuously absorb and distribute new data. While this trend certainly keeps teams engaged, it also triggers fears that current protocols may not be enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow. First and foremost, there is often some doubt as to whether storage plans will be able to scale to manage the sheer...

With SEQUEL you can retrieve information not just from your local IBM i, but also on other IBM i’s, SQL servers, Oracle, MySQL, and other remote databases. Once you have the remote host definition defined you are ready to convert data on other platforms into meaningful information right from your local IBM i. The ability to design views with SEQUEL SQL and translate them on the fly to native SQL...

With the new SEQUEL ViewPoint repository, it’s easier than ever to manage, find, and run your SEQUEL objects. Learn more about the benefits of the repository.