Posts by Kenny Smith

COBOL or C++ on IBM POWER?  Still coding by hand?

COBOL or C++ on IBM POWER? Still coding by hand?

If you have COBOL applications on AIX and are not taking advantage of Rational’s compilers and the new Developer for...

A customer case study on Rational HATS

A customer case study on Rational HATS

IBM just released a nice video customer case study for one of our customers. This was filmed at the Innovate...

Common Apache CXF Error with WebSphere App server 6.1 and WSFP

Common Apache CXF Error with WebSphere App server 6.1 and WSFP

Symptom :After you have installed the web services feature pack for WAS 6.1, you try to install an application running...

Happy New Year!  .. . . . . . . where did everyone go?

Happy New Year! .. . . . . . . where did everyone go?

Ok, so I’m a bit late saying this, but Happy New Year to all. Guess I missed the party. Yes,...

Reducing RAD 8 memory footprint

Reducing RAD 8 memory footprint

Rational Application Developer has always been a bit of a hog on memory. I noticed this neat little feature today....

Setting up the Jazz build engine: Resolving issue with getNextRequest

Setting up the Jazz build engine: Resolving issue with getNextRequest

I received this error while setting up the engine. [Jazz build engine] CRRTC3527E: Operation blocked by process: ‘Control The Build...

Webcast: A better way to develop Enterprise Applications – Nov 4th

Webcast: A better way to develop Enterprise Applications – Nov 4th

Imagine if your mainframe and distributed development environments were seamlessly integrated, platform choice was removed from the development stage and...

Comparing Rational Team Concert to Subversion

Comparing Rational Team Concert to Subversion

I get lots of questions about why RTC over subversion. If you are only interested in source code management, and...

Choosing secure passwords

Choosing secure passwords

Do you have secure passwords? (from lifehacker)

5 ..no.. 6 Steps for Avoiding SPAM break outs in your environment

5 ..no.. 6 Steps for Avoiding SPAM break outs in your environment

In light of a recent issue I had at a client site, I want to share some simple tips that...

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