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Enhance Your Reporting with Sequel Date Functions

By Heath Kath on Fri, 01/06/2017
Sequel makes it easy to work with your date fields, from converting the numeric or character field into a true date data type field to performing date calculations. Continue reading to learn how to convert non-date data type fields.
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How-To: Analyze Year-End Data Quickly with Flexible Client Tables

By Heath Kath on Thu, 12/01/2016
Year-end reporting is coming… Are you ready? Do you know your options? Are you prepared to collect all of the data you need to see how your company fared for the year? You’re in luck, because Sequel Client Tables make year-end reporting a breeze. Drill down into the level of information you need for your reports. Compare data across multiple years to spot trends and add context. And highlight key...
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Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services

Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. They offer consulting services as well as implementation and operation services for networks and data center infrastructures on or off client premises and in the cloud.
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How Banks Leverage Big Data for Big Value

Fri, 08/19/2016
Technology professionals in the banking industry face a wide range of concerns due to the nature of the data stored within their systems. The potential reward in stealing or compromising financial data makes these organizations a prime target for cybercrime, while stringent industry regulations require security to be extremely tight at all times. Is it possible to strike a balance between defensive, regulatory, and data access needs and still provide access to data for analytics without compromising the security of the entire system? The truth is that many organizations in the financial sector have deployed analytics technology while being able to keep their security tight, and are benefiting from it.
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Add Power to SEQUEL Scripts with Logic

Mon, 08/01/2016
SEQUEL Scripting is a process that allows users to run multiple SEQUEL and system commands together. Scripts allow for much of the same capability of Command Language Programs (CLP) without the need for programming knowledge or a compiling of the objects.
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The Partitioning Paradox Solved

Mon, 06/27/2016
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...
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Easily Accessing Data on Remote Databases with SEQUEL

Mon, 06/27/2016
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...
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Get Started with Remote Database Access

By Heath Kath on Mon, 06/27/2016
Many organizations are expanding to use multiple platforms in their IT environments. There are many reasons for this: it can be due to company acquisitions or application vendor platform shifts, or when a department requires a certain software package with features that require a different platform. For example, many Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools employed by sales teams reside on a...
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