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Expanding Your Options with IBM Query Management (QM)
NGS provides advanced IBM i query, reporting and analytics software - but right now your company may expect you to get more out of your existing legacy reporting tools from IBM. IBM Query Management (QM) is a great example. It hasn’t changed, but it has helpful features that are often overlooked. We asked respected IBM i developer and IBM® Db2® on i expert, Vern Hamberg, to explain what IBM QM can do. A quick overview of NGS-IQ is included after Vern's presentation. 60 minutes. |
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What's the IBM i Solution Edition Offer?
NGS's participation in the IBM i Solution Edition program can help you save 30% and more on IBM i software when you move up to an IBM POWER9 server model. It's surprisingly easy to take advantage of this offer. Please watch this video for an overview of IBM's Solution Edition hardware and software offering. 18 minutes. |
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IBM POWER Lifecycle
Where is your IBM POWER server on the IBM POWER hardware lifecycle? What is the support timeline for your current IBM i release and future releases? NGS asked Mike Budzich, Managing Partner/CEO of GEMKO Information Group, LLC, to provide some guidance. 15 minutes. |
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Strengths and Benefits of IBM i
Is IBM committed to IBM i? Is IBM i the right foundation for your current and future computing requirements? NGS welcomes Mike Budzich, Managing Partner/CEO of GEMKO Information Group, LLC, to explain the unique strengths and investment protection features of the IBM i environment. 23 minutes. |
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Exploring the Most Useful Features of SQL for IT and Business Users
For the best viewing experience, select 1080p in the quality section of the player settings. NGS welcomes IBM i expert Simon Hutchinson of RPGPGM.COM to share his thoughts on the most useful features of SQL for IT professionals, including SQL Views, extracting data from spool files, searching history logs, and much more.
Following Simon's presentation, there will be a quick overview and demonstration of how the NGS-IQ query, reporting, and analytics solution leverages the power of IBM i to enable non-IT staff members to securely access, visualize, analyze, export, and share data without programming. This presentation is also available to anyone registered to attend the COMMON iNSIGHT virtual conference during May and June 2020. Length: 55 minutes. |
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Business Forms, Reporting, and Analytics for IBM i Users
NGS-IQ is a versatile and proven upgrade path from IBM Query/400 and a cost-effective alternative to IBM DB2 Web Query. TLA Forms from TL Ashford transforms data in your spool files into beautiful custom PDF forms and automates their distribution.
This joint presentation from NGS and TL Ashford demonstrates how these two solutions complement each other to help IBM i users economically generate custom business forms, reports, OLAP models, and more. 60 minutes. |
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Using SQL Views to Simplify DB2 on i Query and Reporting
This video features respected IBM i programming expert, Simon Hutchinson of www.rpgpgm.com, who explains SQL Views and how you can use them to support database access. A short demonstration of NGS-IQ concludes the presentation. Approx. 60 minutes. |
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Introduction to Data Science
Data science is a relatively new term being used to describe data analysis, data exploration, and the application of statistical methods to identify business opportunities. In this short video, we introduce some of the vocabulary, broad concepts, and ways data science might be useful. Approximately 10 minutes. (Requires Adobe Flash with Java enabled.) |
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