July 2009

• iCommunity (July 2009) -
• Industry Observer (July 2009) - Non-Compete Agreements * Search Engine Visibility * Salary Realities * Opting Out
• Unified Communications: United We Stand? - An all-in-one solution that unites your landline, cell phone, email, IM, video, and seemingly any other imaginable form of communication? Sounds like a dream come true. Sounds like . . . Unified Communications. So what's the catch?
• f.y.iSystem (July 2009) -
• IBM Announcements (July 2009) -
• Will COMMON's Next Big Challenge Be Its Last? - With a dwindling bank account in a down economy, COMMON is making tough choices to survive.
• Hot New Products (July 2009) -
• Hook into IBM i Development Tools - The IBM i development pond is stocked with acronym after acronym. Learn what the letters mean and help your company choose which ones to reel in.
• MySQL and the DB2 Storage Engine for IBM i - While the popular MySQL open-source DBMS has been available on IBM i, MySQL AB has delivered a promising new storage engine officially called the DB2 for i Storage Engine for MySQL on IBM i, also known as IBMDB2I. This new storage engine greatly enhances the integration capabilities of MySQL with IBM i.
• NetIQ Security Solutions for iSeries Provides Customizable Security - Bolster System iis security with this product, which is customizable and offers access control, privilege management, and protection from a wide variety of threats.
• Enhance Your Software Development Toolkit by Extending RDi - If you want to get the most out of RDi, the new toolkit for software development, you’ll want to be able to tweak it. Learn how you can put your own utilities to work in RDi.
• Stored Procedures for Everyone - SQL's stored procedure capabilities offer many advantages, from streamlining maintenance by helping you modularize code to letting you leverage code written in multiple languages.
• How to Use the MySQL IBMDB2I Storage Engine for DB2 on i - To let your open source MySQL apps use your DB2-based data, you’ll need to set up the new IBMDB2I storage engine.
• Performance Tuning Tips for Journaling Newbies - Journaling is much more efficient than ever before--and a few key tips can make it even more so.
• SQL Table-Level Security Wards off Would-be Data Hijackers - Firewalls, VPNs, and ODBC credentials all comprise a frontline defense against unauthorized database access. But in case they fail, you should protect your most sensitive data items using SQL's own internal security mechanisms.
• IBM Systems Director Navigator for i: Performance Tasks Overview - The new Performance category in Navigator consolidates many performance-related tasks—some familiar, some new—in one place. Learn the function of each task and how and when to use them to assess your system's performance.
• Performance Data Investigator Consolidates Functions in One Place - The new Performance Data Investigator tool in IBM Systems Director Navigator for i consolidates functions from many tools in one place, making performance analysis accessible to the most inexperienced user and providing deep, powerful capabilities to advanced users.
• Tech Corner (July 2009) -
• Dr. I Doctor (July 2009) - Dr. I Doctor offers some quick solutions for two-factor authentication and an easy way to boost Gigabit Ethernet performance.