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- 03/06/2012
Zend webinar: Performance Tuning PHP on IBM i
Online, 12PM ETStretching your dollar to maximize your investment in IBM i hardware is paramount to many shops. In this webinar, Mike Pavlak and Alan Seiden discuss some of the more fundamental areas that reveal performance bottlenecks. They will explore hardware, softw - 03/21–22/2012
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association: Spring Conference
Grand Geneva Resort and Spa, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USAI'll be presenting four PHP talks, including the new "Web Performance First Aid." Many great speakers at this conference. Come the night before (3/20) for a panel discussion that I'll be on. - 03/29/2012
"Web Performance First Aid" webinar
Online, 1PM ET (12PM central)If your web application runs slowly, your reputation and business could suffer. To restore confidence, you must improve performance immediately, because frustrated users might not return to give you a second chance. You need “Web Performance First Aid.” - 04/05/2012
Webinar: New PHP Toolkit from Zend and IBM
Online (time TBA)PHP developers on IBM i now have a new way to access resources such as RPG and COBOL programs, system commands, data areas, and more, using a new, free, flexible, open source toolkit, supported by Zend. With this open, transparent toolkit, the only limit - 04/18/2012
New PHP Toolkit from Zend and IBM
Long Island, New York, 5PM (pre-session talk)PHP developers on IBM i now have a new way to access resources such as RPG and COBOL programs, system commands, data areas, and more, using a new, free, flexible, open source toolkit, supported by Zend. With this open, transparent toolkit, the only limit - 05/06/2012 – 05/09/2012
COMMON 2012 annual meeting and exposition
Anaheim, California, USAI've proposed 7 talks (mostly PHP and Zend Framework) for this annual meeting of the COMMON membership and the largest gathering of the Power Systems user community.
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Tag Archives: IBMi
We’ve been named a Top 10 IBM i blog
This blog, alanseiden.com, has been named to the “Best i Blog Bets” top 10 list by Alex Woodie, Senior Editor of IT Jungle. Thank you to Alex for this honor. This site will continue to offer articles, presentations, event listings, … Continue reading
Zend/PHP 2011 Photos, Part 1 (IBM i)
IBM i had a solid presence at ZendCon, the Zend/PHP conference. IBM itself was a sponsor and staffed a booth (Tim Rowe and Tony Cairns). Here are a few photos from the conference. I’ll post more when I get time.
NEUGC and COMMON are coming right up
Next week I’ll be in Framingham to present at the Northeast System i Users Groups Conference (NEUGC). In early May, it’s Minneapolis for the COMMON 2011 annual meeting. Here are the dates and places of these great conferences: NEUGC: April … Continue reading
SSH on IBM i
Instructions for setting up SSH on IBM i, a handy way to save scripts from Zend Studio 8.0. Continue reading
Q&A: Upgrading from Zend Core to Zend Server
Zend Core and Zend Platform will reach “end of life” on July 1, 2011. Some of my clients have asked me what this will mean to them. In this article I’ll answer some common questions. Q. What does “end of … Continue reading

