Author: Steve Bradshaw
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Exclusive: IBM i 7.2 delivers 17x performance gain with zero change
When Steve Bradshaw decided to test an assertion made in his previous piece for PowerWire, he made a rather pleasing discovery… In my last article, I mentioned how surprised I was that in v7.2 of IBM i, the SQL Query Engine (SQE) now supported Query/400 and Open Query File (OpnQryF). This simple fact meant that…
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What can I do with v7.2?
Steve Bradshaw explains some of the cool enhancements to speed, security and temporary storage management in the latest update to the IBM i operating system. IBM i v7.2 has arrived and the press is full of news on how its new functionality relates to IBM’s major targets – mobile, cloud and availability. But less has…