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2026
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| June | IBM i Modernization in the Age of AI | Richard Schoen, Mark Schweinhart, Alan Seiden and Laura Ubelhor |
| May | IBM Bob and Db2 for i | Scott Forstie |
| April | Connecting the Dots…with IBM SQL Services | Brian Snyder |
| March | IBM Power11 and IBM i 7.6 | Pete Massiello |
| February | AI on i Day | Steve Will, Edmund Reinhardt, Adam Shedivy |
| January | Code for IBM i – What’s New, What’s Next? | Sanjula Ganepola |
2025
| November | Journey to the Cloud | Kris Whitney |
| October | Forget ODBC! Here’s a New Db2 Connector | Jesse Gorzinski |
| September | Breaking Up a Monolith | Brian May |
| June | External Storage and IBM I | Richie Palma |
| May | AI Tools for IBM i | Adam Shedivy |
| April | Code for IBM i in 2025 | Liam Allan |
| March | IBM i Development with PHP: Configuring Your Environment for Success | Jacob Anderson |
| February | Enhancing Security, Resiliency, and Scalability with IBM FlashSystem Storage | Richie Palma |
| January | 7 IBM I Security Tasks for 2025 | Justin Loeber & Steve Riedmueller |
2024
| November | Accessing IBM i Resources using Stored Procedures and More | Mike Pavlak |
| October | Modern Application Development on Stream Files and AI Coding Assistants | Edmund Reinhardt |
| September | Go Mobile without Creating a Mobile App | Richard Schoen |
| June | Git-based DevOps for the Next Generation of IBM i Applications | Dan Magid |
| May | The Magic of Rest APIs | Tim Rowe |
| April | Managing IBM i PTFs, oops ‘Fix information!’ | Larry Bolhuis |
| March | IBMi Strategy Roadmap and Innovation | Steve Will |
| February | Wayne’s World of ACS Administration Tips and Tricks | Wayne Bowers |
2023
| November | Writing “Modern” RPG Code | Barbara Morris |
| October | What is Open AI and Why Should You Care? | Mike Pavlak |
| September | Advanced SQL Made Simple | Sue Romano |
| June | Celebrate Good Times Come On! | IBM i at 35 |
| May | Recent additions to modern CL language | Simon Hutchinson |
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| March | Streaming/Replicating Db2i Data into “The Cloud” | John Westcott |
| February | Tricks with Spool Files using SQL | Simon Hutchinson |
| January | “BOB” (Better Object Builder) | Edmund Reinhardt |
2022
| November | IBM i – it’s not just AS/400 | Tom Huntington and Steve Will |
| September | Recent additions to modern RPG languages | Simon Hutchinson |
| June | IBM i 7.4 Enhancements | Dan Sundt |
| May | IBM Navigator for i – A Live Demo | Tim Rowe |
| April | Intro to object-level security | Robin Tatam |
| March | Benefits of External Storage for IBM i | Richie Palma |
| February | Service Programs and Unit Testing | Marina Schwenk |
| January | Monitor and Manage IBM i with SQL services | Sue Romano |
2021
| November | Navigator for i | Larry Bolhuis |
| October | Db2 Web Query Potpourri | Doug Mack |
| September | Application & Software Modernization |
Tom Huntington, Charles Guarino, Mike Pavlak, and Laura Ubelhor |
| June | IBM i 7.4 Enhancements | Dan Sundt |
| May | Things you probably didn’t know you could do with Db2 Web Query | Doug Mack |
| April | Modern Authentication Methodologies | Robert Andrews |
| March | RDi What’s New and What’s Next | Steve Ferrell and Tom Huntington |
| February | Fundamentals of Python on IBM i | Mike Pavlak |
| January | Email/Text From RPG | Mike Larsen |
2020
| November | IBM i (SQL) Services for the Developer | Sue Romano |
| October | Improve Productivity and Address the Skills Gap with Open-Source | Jesse Gorzinski |
| September | Practical Tools for Work from Home | Richie Palma |
| June | IBM i Administrative Security Risks | Robert Andrews |
| May | Darn… Cursored Again! – Using SQL & Cursors in Your Programs! | Jim Buck |
| April | How to Remain Relevant in a changing IT Environment | Jim Buck |
| March | What is next for Node.js | Michael Dawson |
| February | Debugging with RDi From the On Ramp to the Cruising Lane | Charles Guarino |
| January | Cool Things in Navigator to be a Rockstar System Administrator | Pete Massiello |
2019
| November | IBM i Meets IoT | Jesse Gorzinski |
| October | IBM i 7.4 and TR Announcements | Scott Forstie |
| September | SQLRPGLE The Better File Access | Marina Schwenk |
| June | Anatomy of a Security Failure | Steve Pitcher |
| May | Overview of Open Source on IBM i | Jesse Gorzinski |
| April | Understanding your High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options | Brian Nordland |
| March | Watson Student project reveal | Laura Ubelhor |
| February | Deep dive into fully free-form RPG | Barbara Morris |
| January | Daily Care and Feeding of IBM i | Larry Bolhuis |
2018
| November | Strategic Modernization with PHP | Alan Seiden |
| October | POWER9 and IBM i: Install, upgrade and backup using USB | Bob Schuster |
| September | The “Best Stuff” of Advanced RDi | Charles Guarino |
| June | Leveraging Db2 Web Query to Simplify Security Compliance and Systems Utilization Monitoring | Doug Mack |
| May | Simple Strategies for In-Depth Malware Defense | Sandi Moore |
| April | IBM i Cloud Hosting | Pete Czornohus |
| March | Openi — Exploring Open Source Solutions on IBM i | Erwin Early |
| February | Talent Acquisition Resource for the Future | Laura Ubelhor |
| January | Platform comparison – Why i? | Richie Palma |
2017
| November | It’s Not Just AS/400 | Steve Will, Tom Huntington |
| October | IBM i and Access to Watson | Jesse Gorzinski |
| September | The ABCs of RDi Shortcuts | Charles Guarino |
| June | What’s new in DB2 for IBM i | Sarah Mackenzie |
| May | Cool Things You Can Do with IBM DB2 Web Query | Jim Bainbridge |
| April | BRMS/Disaster Recovery | Jim Oberholtzer |
| March | IBM i Mobile Access – 5250, Database and Print on the Go | Wayne Bowers |
| February | Strategic Modernization with PHP | Alan Seiden |
| January | The State of ERP on IBM i | Mike Breitbach |
2016
| November | Node.js Crash Course | Tony Cairns |
| October | Performance Data Investigator | Lora R. Powell |
| September | Deep dive into free-form RPG | Barbara Morris |
| June | Designing Responsive IBM i Web and Mobile Applications | Greg Patterson |
| May | 7-Minute Presentations | Members of SEMIUG |
| April | RPG OA to PHP: IBM i Modernization and Mobile Approaches | Greg Patterson |
| March | What’s up with DB2 for i | Scott Forstie |
| February | Putting the Pedal to the Metal for RDi | Charles Guarino |
| January | Let’s Get Mobile (A Hands-on Introduction to IBM i Mobile Access) | Wayne Bowers |
2015
| November | Communication Excellence | Colleen Garton |
| October | IBM i OS V7R2 updates | Mary Monine |
| September | IBM i Systems Management Workshop | Larry Bolhuis |
| June | Mobile Access to IBM i | Wayne Bowers |
| May | RPG Free | Barbara Morris |
| April | IBM i Cloud Hosting | Guy Cunningham |
| March | Introduction to the IBM i Navigator Performance Tasks | Dawn May |
| February | Connecting the Dots: Building Web Applications with PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript | John Valance |
| January | From STRDBG to the RDi Debugger | Charles Guarino |
2014
| November | Student Game Activity “The Big Reveal” | Laura Ubelhor |
| October | Service-Oriented Architecture on IBM i | Rich Diedrich |
| September | IBM i Virtualization and Open Storage Options | Mike Schambureck |
| June | DB2 for i and you… what’s new in 7.2 | Scott Forstie |
| May | LATEST IBM i ANNOUNCEMENTS | Steve Will, Mark Olson, and Alison Butterill |
| April | What’s New in DB2 for IBM i | Scott Forstie |
| March | Application Modernization Redbook Preview | Tim Rowe |
| February | RPG Free-form Enhancements | Barbara Morris |
| January | Why Ruby and Rails? | Aaron Bartell |
2013
| November | System i Navigator “Programmer Prospective” Hands-On | Paul Tuohy |
| October | IBM i Navigator “The Basics” Hands-on | Larry Bolhuis |
| September | CL Hands On | Laura Ubelhor, Ted Holt |
| June | Modern RPG – Unrealized Capabilities | George Slater, Michelle Gavalya |
| May | Skills for the Modern IBM i Technical Resource | Char Parker, Paul Ubelhor, Michael Cain, Tim Rowe, and Mike Pavlak |
| April | SQL Think Tank | Paul Tuohy |
| March | i Can Serve You – Providing Web Services from Your IBM i | Charles Guarino |
| February | RPG Free for All | Barbara Morris |
| January | Topic: Application Modernization | Brian May |
2012
| November | Web Query hands on project big reveal | Jackie Jansen |
| October | What’s new in Web Query and Web Query Hands on Project Kick-off | Jackie Jansen |
| September | How Change Management Assists with Application Development and Modernization | Michael Morgan |
| June | Common IBM i certification testing | Randy Dufault |
| May | Hands-on With Ajax, jQuery, Json and RPG | Jim Cooper |
| April | Developing Mobile Applications for i using Open-Source Tools | Pete Helgren |
| March | Drive Efficiency Using Systems Management Tools | Jan Stewart |
| February | Stress on the Go | Donna May |
| January | PHP Hands-On Project Preview | The PHP Teams |
2011
| November | Topic: Don’t Become a Business Refugee – Maxava Discusses Real Life Disaster Recovery Scenarios | Simon O’Sullivan |
| October | PHP on IBM i – Getting Started | Laura A. Ubelhor |
| September | Topic: Cloud Architecture on Power Systems | Dean Woodke, IBM |
| June | PHP and web-based security | Kevin Schroeder |
| May | Tapeless Backup | Bob French |
| April | Open Source Technology | Eric Hill |
| March | Automatic Encryption with V7R1 | John Earl |
| February | PHP Toolkit Functions (Beginner) | Mike Pavlak |
| January | DB2 Web Query | Jackie Jansen |
2010
| November | ILE concepts for RPG: an overview | Barbara Morris |
| October | Power Systems Announcement | John Bizon |
| September | RPG Open Access – The Path Forward | Nick Hampson |
| June | IPv6 – In your mirror and closer than you think! | Fant Steele |
| May | System i Product Announcements | John Bizon |
| April | RPG Free | Jim Martin |
| March | Hardware Upgrade considerations: Green, ROI, Do the Math | Larry Bolhuis |
| February | An Introduction to Browser Based Applications and HTML | Laura A. Ubelhor |
| January | Installing and configuring Zend PHP Sever for IBM i | Mike Pavlak |
2009
| November | IBMi and Web 2.0 | Tim Rowe |
| October | Virtual Tape and Virtual Vaulting/Recovery Using The Secure Data Solution | John Sawyer |
| September | PHP for IBM i: Getting started | Erwin Earley |
| June | Practical Web Services for RPG | Tim Rowe |
| May | Integrated Application Server | Tim Rowe |
| April | System i Navigator | Larry Bolhuis |
| March | OS/400 Forensics 101 | John Earl |
| February | A Great Time To Be i | Ross Freeman |
| January | Top 10 “Gotchas” for Admins in Upgrading to V6R1 | Larry Bolhuis |
2008
| November | Introduction to Hardware Management Console (HMC) for Power systems | Allyn Walsh |
| October | System Management | Bob Padzieski |
| September | PHP for System i: What to do after you say “Hello, world” | Larry Farmer |
| June | Ten of the 17 Project Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them | Russ Bartlett |
| May | System i and i5/OS Announcements | John Bizon |
| April | What’s New in V6R1 | Larry Bolhuis |
| March | IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform | Linda Cole |
| February | CGIDEV2 – RPG Programming for Web Browsers | Gordon Larkins |
| January | What’s New With CL | Kevin Forsythe |
2007
| November | DB2 Web Query | Jackie Jansen |
| October | .NET | Richard Schoen |
| September | SQL Stored Procedures and Functions | Kevin Forsythe |
| June | Introduction to Unified Modeling Language | Omar Pérez |
| May | LPAR Configuration Issues and Planning | Larry Bolhuis |
| April | The System I Developer Roadmap | Allison Butterillo |
| March | DB2 – What´s New and other Cool Stuff | Doug Mack |
| February | IBM Toolbox for Java and Toolbox Micro Edition | Kim Button |
| January | RPG and Cobol Tools in WDSC | Nazmin Haji |
2006
| November | IBM WebSphere Commerce | Lisa Hunter/Chris Putnam |
| November | PHP on the iSeries | Leonardo Llames |
| October | RPG Free | Kevin Forsythe |
| September | The Modernization Meal | Christopher Burns |
| June | IP Telephony on the System i | John Tsang |
| May | Introduction to WebTooling in WDSc | Claus Weiss |
| April | Simplify Your Life – Eliminate Passwords with Single Sign On | Dan Riehl |
| March | WDSC for RPG Programmers | Joe Pluta |
| February | V5R4 Announcement | John Bizon |
| January | Intro to the IBM Java Toolbox | Kim Button |
2005
| November | The best of both worlds: ILE RPG and SQL | Kevin Forsythe |
| October | WDSc the latest release and what´s IBM´s Investment in RPG | George Farr |
| September | Hardware Management Console | Allyn Walsh |
| June | Building WebSphere Based Applications for The iSeries Server | Bob Maatta |
| May | Modernizing RPG with Prototyping, free Format, and CGIDEV2 | Kevin Forsythe |
| April | A Critical Comparison of Refacing Tools | Carole Miner |
| March | Spam and Virus Solutions | Chuck Finley and Dave Scheinost |
| February | iSeries Access for Web Open Lab | Carole Miner |
| January | How to Achieve Sorbane-Oxley Compliance Faster | Laurie LeBlanc |
2004
| November | iSeries Navigator | Larry Bulhois |
| October | Security – top-10 Security Exposures | John Earl |
| September | i5/OS – What´s new in V5R3 | John Bizon |
| June | Many uses for SQL on the iSeries | Kevin Forsythe |
| May | Websphere Commerce Express for the iSeries | Robert Desmarais |
| April | Utilizing SQL in RPG/LE Programs | Bob Bergstrom |
| March | Using the Apache Server | Michael Ryan |
| February | Client Access for Web | John Bizon |
| January | Building Dynamic iSeries WebSphere Apps in 3 steps and 3 minutes | Paul Holm |