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January 31, 2014

Modernization wins for CM First meant a need for more space. Fortunately, the company didn’t need to leave the well-located building they were in – they simply moved upstairs, graduating from the Tech Ranch workspace. This location means developers can still benefit from the co-location with other software companies and industry experts.     See

December 11, 2013

In part one of this series, we looked at calling an IBMi API with an RPG user program.  It would be nice to call the same API directly from 2E but in this case, it does not work. That is because the API is not a program we can call directly.  You can see this

December 11, 2013

With the latest release of CM WebClient, companies seeking to offer mobile access to legacy applications now have a much easier way to do this.   See the full news release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11409074.htm Did you like this article about “CM FIRST GIVE THE GIFT OF MOBILE ENABLEMENT” – email us future blog topics to info@cmfirstgroup.com

December 9, 2013

Has your IT department given your company all the tools to make the holiday season a success?  Increasingly, customers and even your employees prefer to do all their work on a mobile device, either a tablet or a smartphone.  Do your business applications run on these devices at all?  Is the display truncated or virtually

December 3, 2013

IBMi APIs provide many tools that a 2E programmer might need. There are also different ways a programmer can interface with the APIs. The first method is to write a native RPG program as a user program and include that program within the 2E model. Once it is written any programmer can call the user

November 15, 2013

We just finished the 2E/Plex conference yesterday. I found it to be an outstanding event.  For those of you that could not attend I will be sharing some of the ideas that I taught in the Advanced 2E Workshop in future posts.  I also want to share some of my impressions of the conference. I

November 12, 2013

Learn about how Hapimag and United Heritage Insurance used the features of CM WebClient 1.8.2 to create mobile apps from legacy applications without putting existing staff through a long training cycle or having to add staff with new skills.   See the full news release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11321186.htm   Did you like this article about “CM

November 12, 2013

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