What is modernization? By Erwin Earley On July 12, 2018 Enterprises are seeing benefits by modernizing with PHP on the IBM i platform. Learn how PHP helps realize the goals of modernization.
30 Years of IBM i(-ers)… Happy anniversary By Kara Howson On June 20, 2018 We asked our experts to reflect on their history with IBM i and where the platform will go in the future.
Introduction to microservices for IBM i By Erwin Earley On March 7, 2018 While there is no standard or formal definition of the term “microservice,” one can essentially view microservices as a method of developing software systems as a suite of independently deployable, small, modular services that work together. Each service performs a specific process and communicates via a well-defined, typically lightweight mechanism to satisfy a particular business […]
Welcome to the future on IBM i By Zeev Suraski On June 6, 2017 OK, this is a bit of a far-reaching title, but I think in this case, it’s fully warranted. We’ve recently released Zend Server 9.1, which brings the wonders of PHP 7 (and more specifically, 7.1) to the IBM i platform. This is huge news for the IBM i crowd, which is typically very interested in performance, […]
10 years of PHP on IBM i – Attend the celebration at ZendCon 2016 By Amy Anderson On September 30, 2016 2016 is a special year for ZendCon. It’s the first where we’ll dedicate a focused track to the myriad of open source technologies, use, and support. And in similar vein, it marks 10 years of PHP on IBM i. In my earlier blog post, “Open source on IBM i: Has hell frozen over?” I talked about the […]
Back to basics with IBM i and PHP By Mike Pavlak On August 16, 2016 A recap of two recent PHP on IBM i webinars, helping you get started and tune performance.
Open source on IBM i: Has hell frozen over? By Amy Anderson On June 9, 2016 In the not-so-distant past, the idea of running open source software (OSS) on the famously proprietary AS/400 was an anathema: not only was the idea technically unfeasible, it was also improbable from a business perspective. Few people would have been able to list three reasons why a customer would ever want such a thing. But […]
PHP and the IBM academic initiative By Amy Anderson On April 26, 2016 IBM has a long-standing commitment to provide its best technology to colleges and universities around the world through its Power Systems Academic Initiative (PSAI). Professors get free or low cost access to IBM systems and software, and in return, students have cutting edge skills when they join the workforce. IBM clients are able to find […]
Two approaches, one great result: Modernizing with PHP By Amy Anderson On April 5, 2016 A recent study shows that the number one concern for IBM i customers is application modernization: how to maintain the high performance, resiliency, and security of the IBM i environment while delivering business data and logic to the web and mobile devices that users demand. Worldwide, one of the most popular development languages for web […]
Taking it to the Summit: We’ll be attending the RPG & DB2 Spring Summit! By zend On March 17, 2016 Next week, two of our IBM i experts will be attending the RPG & DB2 Summit in Dallas. This Summit has been called the best educational value for IBM i developers, so we’re thrilled to be in attendance! While there, we’ll be exhibiting at a booth, networking with fellow enthusiasts, and presenting on a daily […]
