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Volume 9, Number 1 -- January 6, 2009
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Safestone Gives i Security Officers Greater Control
by Alex Woodie

Despite declining IT budgets, companies should think twice before slashing security spending. Cyber criminals are becoming more proficient by the week, while the poor economy elevates the temptation for insiders to cheat. To that end, i OS security experts Safestone last month rolled out several updates to its DetectIT suite of security software that should give security officers greater control and deeper insight into System i activities. READ MORE >

SPSS to Update ShowCase OLAP Server Technology
by Alex Woodie

The ShowCase division of business intelligence software maker SPSS is working with Oracle to bring a new release of the Hyperion Essbase OLAP product to the IBM i OS operating system. SPSS says it has been working with Oracle to port the latest release of Essbase, which Oracle has incorporated into its Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) product suite, to i OS, with a ship date tentatively set for next quarter. READ MORE >


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Rand McNally Keeps Truckers On the Go and In the Know
by Alex Woodie

Rand McNally is best known for the maps used by millions of Americans each year--you might even have a tattered old road atlas stashed in your car. But the Skokie, Illinois, company is also a software developer, and its digital products are used by some of the biggest trucking fleets in the country. Recently, Rand McNally issued new releases of its i OS-supported IntelliRoute and MileMarker suites that help truckers get to their locations using the fastest, most fuel-efficient routes. READ MORE >


The Who's and What's of ESBs and eSBs
by Alex Woodie

The software integration business is notorious for its acronyms, and any new integration technology or technique worth its salt must have a compelling TLA (three letter acronym) to go with it. The latest TLA making the rounds is ESB, which stands for enterprise service bus. We asked Jim O'Leary, vice president of product management at integration software vendor EXTOL International to give us a rundown on ESB and its little brother, eSB. READ MORE >




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Mohawk Slashes Report Delivery Times, Thanks to Centerfield
by Alex Woodie

A year ago, the folks at Mohawk Fine Papers were thinking about adding a Windows-based system to speed up the delivery of critical reports. The core i5/OS infrastructure was maxed out, they feared, and couldn't churn out the reports as fast as Mohawk's business moved. But the company found a better solution by utilizing Centerfield Technology's database optimization software, HomeRun, and now those Windows plans are shuttered. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• T.L. Ashford Eases Setup with Barcode400

• Shore Bancshares Licenses i-Based Core System from Jack Henry

• LogRhythm Debuts New 'Intelligent' IT Search

• Siemens Taps CCSS to Monitor Outsourced i OS Environment

• Infor Begins North American VAR Recruitment Drive


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
Shannon O'Donnell, Timothy Prickett Morgan
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The Four Hundred
Now What?

IT Doing Better Than Other Careers in 2009

Strengthening Dollar Whacks Oracle's Second Fiscal Quarter

As I See It: The Rhythm of Things Unseen

Uncle Sam to Stop Buying Used IT Gear?

Four Hundred Guru
Two A-maze-ing Programs

End-of-Year Odds and Ends

Admin Alert: Upcoming i5/OS and AnyNet End of Service Dates

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

System i PTF Guide
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December 20, 2008: Volume 10, Number 51

December 13, 2008: Volume 10, Number 50

December 6, 2008: Volume 10, Number 49

November 29, 2008: Volume 10, Number 48

November 22, 2008: Volume 10, Number 47

TPM at The Register
Server racket to slow in 2009?

Big Blue urged to open Notes and Domino

Data center budgets to stay course in 2009?

New Unisys CEO tightens the belt

Sun boosts OpenSolaris on Atom

VMware piles up next virtual stack for servers

Supermicro does micro server for SOHOs

Red Hat shakes off economic meltdown

UBS says IT spending in Europe, US to drop 2 per cent in 2009

Visionman launches Nehalem Core i7 servers

American IT staffing will not tank in Q1

Rackable servers goin' mobile

Red Hat extends RHEL release support

Sun revs VirtualBox desktop virtualization

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safestone Gives i Security Officers Greater Control

SPSS to Update ShowCase OLAP Server Technology

Rand McNally Keeps Truckers On the Go and In the Know

The Who's and What's of ESBs and eSBs

Mohawk Slashes Report Delivery Times, Thanks to Centerfield

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

T.L. Ashford Eases Setup with Barcode400 . . . Shore Bancshares Licenses i-Based Core System from Jack Henry . . . LogRhythm Debuts New 'Intelligent' IT Search . . . Siemens Taps CCSS to Monitor Outsourced i OS Environment . . . Infor Begins North American VAR Recruitment Drive . . .


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