MBS Technologies Provides Storage Options for Content Manager Users
by Alex Woodie

iSeries shops that don't want to use optical libraries as secondary storage medium for their IBM DB2 Content Manager for iSeries environments have a friend in MBS Technologies. While IBM pushes optical libraries to Content Manager for iSeries users, MBS Technologies is having success selling its StorageView Alternative Storage Manager, which opens the content management solution to external disk arrays, such as IBM's new DR550, instead of optical. READ MORE >

eXc Software Connects iSeries to Microsoft's MOM and SMS
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops have a plethora of options when it comes to systems monitoring and management tools. One only has to look through past issues of this newsletter to find reports on dozens of tools, which are valued for their capability to save administrators time and effort. Additional options can be found from Microsoft, including its Systems Management Server (SMS) and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), which can collect messages and issue commands to iSeries servers with some help from eXc Software's eXctender for AS/400 product. READ MORE >

Linoma Expands Security Power on Data Transfer Product
by Dan Burger

If you rely on the Internet for transporting files, then cyber security should be part of your planning and procedures. Any time you share sensitive information, whether the Internet is the means of transportation or not, there is a risk of that information passing into the hands of unauthorized people. How do you know if and when this happens? Honestly, you don't. But you can minimize risks. That's the emphasis Linoma Software has given to its Transfer Anywhere data transfer product. READ MORE >

Of E-Commerce Web Sites and Fruitcake: Camelback Makes Good
by Alex Woodie

You can have your fruitcake and eat it too, judging from Camelback Web Architects' latest promotion. Late last year, the Dallas software company announced it would be giving away free seats to liveSite Content Management Server, a Web application development tool designed to make it easier for non-technical personnel to create sophisticated Web sites. Web sites created with liveSite run on a variety of servers, including the iSeries, which is where the world's largest fruitcake company runs its e-commerce site. READ MORE >