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International i-Power Conference 2015
IBM i revival – A well attended event and an upbeat atmosphere The International i-Power Conference, hosted by i-UG (the UK IBM i User Group), is the annual gathering of IBM i enthusiasts from across...
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iPulse 2012 Results
The 3rd annual iPulse Survey, organized by LANSA, ran during November and December 2012 and was promoted to the global IBM i community via email, social media and publicized by leading industry media...
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How to justify IT projects to your CFO
This article is based on a series of three blog posts I wrote entitled “How to justify Application Modernization to your CFO.” Very similar cost/benefit justification principles apply to other IT...
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Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence and Trends in Data Analytics
Data, information, and evidence Data is the foundation of information, information builds evidence and evidence allows you to make informed decisions about improving productivity, streamlining...
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Biz Data wins European Union tender to train users on LANSA software
For nearly 20 years LANSA has been operating a comprehensive partner program. Our Solution Partners use LANSA tools as part of their strategic development platform to provide packaged Web, Windows and...
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Technology has a place, and it’s not at your dinner table
My sisters and I grew up around the dinner table. We were fortunate enough to have parents that viewed mealtime as sacred. While my dad couldn’t get a word in if he wanted to – I guess being surrounded...
View ArticleWelcome to LANSA, Basil Khan!
The LANSA Professional Services team is growing, and we’re excited to welcome Basil Khan as an Associate Consultant. Basil will be working out of our Toronto office. Basil is a recent graduate of the...
View ArticleWelcome back, Louna Candelaria!
We love sharing the successes of our customers, but also feel it’s important to highlight our own growth and achievements; particularly as it relates to the hiring of talented new employees. We’re...
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Designing in Supportability
This post is a bit of a rant. I’m not continually amazed by what I’m about to describe – because I have seen it too often. What I find hard to understand is why corporations continue to fall into the...
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iPulse 2012 Results
The 3rd annual iPulse Survey, organized by LANSA, ran during November and December 2012 and was promoted to the global IBM i community via email, social media and publicized by leading industry media...
View ArticleHow to modernize applications for business value
The sole reason that most commercial IT groups exist is to enhance the productivity of their end users and to deliver business value to those users. Sometimes that raison d’être gets lost along the...
View ArticleSeven pitfalls to avoid when you have to offer data exchange via FTP
(note: abbreviations are explained towards the bottom of this article) Most will agree that Web services and EDIINT data exchanges are architecturally more elegant than FTP. However, when you have...
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Designing in Supportability
This post is a bit of a rant. I’m not continually amazed by what I’m about to describe – because I have seen it too often. What I find hard to understand is why corporations continue to fall into the...
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iPulse 2012 Results
The 3rd annual iPulse Survey, organized by LANSA, ran during November and December 2012 and was promoted to the global IBM i community via email, social media and publicized by leading industry media...
View Article8 Principles of the Innovator’s Way
Evolving From the IT Cost Center to the IT Innovator (The original article appears in IBM System Magazine Power Systems) At a recent IT conference, I started chatting with the other attendees of an IT...
View ArticleFaster and Cheaper by going IT alone
Paradigm Housing Group is one of the leading housing providers in the South East of England, managing over 14,000 homes across 33 UK local authorities. When we started over 20 years ago, we already...
View ArticleQuick! It’s High Time to Get GDPR Compliant
So, you’ve been swamped with massive application backlogs and haven’t been able to dig into understanding the requirements of GDPR. After all, the legislation won’t go into effect until mid-2018, and...
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How to justify IT projects to your CFO
This article is based on a series of three blog posts I wrote entitled “How to justify Application Modernization to your CFO.” Very similar cost/benefit justification principles apply to other IT...
View ArticleEvaluating Customer Service Before You’re a Customer
Who hasn’t been stuck in auto-phone-system purgatory for hours or been routed to a first-line customer support rep who knew less about the product you were using than you did? In other cases, your only...
View ArticleGDPR – The journey has only just begun
As a marketing professional, this week has been quite unlike any other. The implementation date for GDPR has really focussed minds and although some say, “it’s not a deadline”, the reality is that it...
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