Exploring SQL Advancements on IBM i: Insights from Birgitta Hauser

Guest: Birgitta Hauser

Dive into the latest SQL features on IBM i with expert Birgitta Hauser, covering new tools for JSON handling, OLAP specifications, SQL services, and tips for optimizing queries to boost developer productivity and efficiency.

Empowering Women in Tech: Insights from Heidi Schmidt at Common Europe 2024

Guest: Heidi Schmidt

Heidi Schmidt, President of Common Germany and Switzerland, discusses the importance of diversity in tech, inspiring women in leadership, and initiatives like Hacker School to close the gender gap and empower the next generation

Exploring PUP400: A Community-Driven IBM i Platform with a Unique Legacy

Guest: Holger Scherer

Holger Scherer, CEO of PUP400, shares the story of this unique IBM i platform, hosted in a Cold War bunker, offering free accounts, bespoke services, and modern development tools to support the IBM i community.

Insights from the Common Europe Conference 2024: A Growing Hub for IBM i and Power Users

Guest: Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel, President of Common Europe, reflects on the success of the 2024 Milano conference, featuring record attendance, extensive sessions, and networking, while announcing plans for the 2025 event in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sheilds Connect Raspberry Pi & IBMi : Insights From Chirs Hird

Guest: Chris Hird

Chris Hird explores integrating Raspberry Pi with IBM i systems to enhance performance monitoring. He highlights its cost-effectiveness for web interfaces and the role of HTTP servers in data visualization. Tools like Grafana and Nagios improve monitoring and insights, streamlining operations and decision-making across multiple partitions

Discover F8/F8 And Wild Card Search : Insights From Tim Rowe

Guest: Tim Rowe

Tim Rowe discusses enhancing efficiency on IBM i by rediscovering the F8 and F9 keys, which improve navigation and command searching. His story of their discovery has energized the community, leading to educational content on their IC video blog. Users are encouraged to try these features for a smoother workflow.

MongoDb Comming to iBmi : Podcast At Common PowerUP

Guest: Jack Woehr

Jack Ward, an IBM i Champion, discusses MongoDB's role in multi-tier web applications at the Common Conference. He highlights its strengths as a flexible, document-driven database while addressing licensing challenges for IBM i integration. Jack recommends MongoDB Atlas for easy experimentation and remains optimistic about its future in enterprise environments.

Exploring AI in Modernization with Chris Koppe from Fresh Solutions

Guest: Chris Koppe

Chris Koppe, Senior VP at Fresh Solutions, discusses their AI research in modernization, focusing on automating testing and streamlining workflows. While AI for code transformation is still evolving, Fresh Solutions has seen promising results in improving efficiency through AI-driven testing automation.

Integration Solutions for IBM i: Insights from InfoView Systems

Guest: Dmitriy Kuznetsov

Dmitriy Kuznetsov from InfoView Systems shares insights on integrating IBM i systems with modern tools like MuleSoft and Kafka. He highlights APIs, event streaming, and InfoView's change data capture tool for real-time data sharing and automation to improve efficiency.

AI in IBM i: Exploring the Future with Steve Will at the Common Conference 2024

Guest: Steve Will

In this episode of the Common Conference 2024 podcast, Steve Will, CTO of IBM i, discusses IBM's efforts to integrate AI into IBM i systems. The initiative aims to train a large language model to assist with RPG code modernization. By gathering community contributions, IBM hopes to streamline the upgrade process from traditional RPG and DDS to more modern technologies like SQL.