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Volume 9, Number 6 -- February 10, 2009
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Linoma Refines Data Distribution Tasks with GoAnywhere 2.0
by Alex Woodie

Linoma Software recently announced and shipped a new version of its data distribution tool for i5/OS, Windows, Linux, and Unix servers. With GoAnywhere 2.0, Linoma has bolstered the browser-based product's capability to integrate into Windows and open systems environments. It also buoyed the interface with Web 2.0-style attributes, added more automation, and generally refined the product to give customers more control over their data distribution tasks. READ MORE >

DB2 Web Query Goes Multiplatform
by Alex Woodie

Information Builders and IBM announced last week that they are collaborating to build an adapter that allows the DB2 Web Query for i business intelligence product to process data from non-DB2/400 databases. The first database adapter, expected later this year from Info Builders, will target SQL Server, with more database adapters expected in the future. READ MORE >


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GroundWork Revs Performance of Monitoring Tool
by Alex Woodie

In the enterprise systems management arena, where 10,000 devices or more are continuously monitored for the slightest hiccup, performance is king. To that end, enterprise-level customers of GroundWork Open Source's new GroundWork Monitor version 5.3 release, unveiled today, will gain a 50 percent performance boost compared to previous versions. In addition to higher throughput, the new release brings security fixes, new operational reports, scheduling enhancements, and a new patch and update notification system. READ MORE >


InstallAnywhere 2009 Looks to Smooth Java App Installs
by Alex Woodie

Software installations are notoriously fickle. Incompatible runtimes, missing drivers, non-existent libraries, and other common situations conspire to reject new programs on a fairly regular basis, causing time and productivity loss for the customer and a backlash against the software developer. Acresso, the software startup that owns the InstallShield franchise, last week unveiled a new release of the multiplatform version of the product, called InstallAnywhere 2009, that aims to thwart installation imps, particularly in Java environments. READ MORE >




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New Address Correction Software from WorksRight is Suite
by Alex Woodie

You've probably seen it before: Somebody forgets to mark your company's correct suite number on a letter or package, but it makes it to you anyway. Usually, this is the result of an astute postal carrier who knows his route like the back of his hand. But other pieces of mail may not be so lucky. Now, AS/400 shops can ensure their mail has the correct suite number by utilizing WorksRight Software's mailing software, which was recently enhanced with the U.S. Postal Service's SuiteLink technology. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• System i: The New Choice of a Fashion-Conscious Generation

• SafeNet's Crypto Appliance Plugs Into SOA

• Hitachi Updates Identity Management Software

• IBM Teams with Lawson for HR Management

• Payback Is Not Sweet for RFID, ABI Research Says


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,
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Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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The Four Hundred
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Who's the Fool When it Comes to Training?

Google's Love Affair with IBM's Offspring

As I See It: If I Were Wise Enough, I Might Say. . .

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Four Hundred Guru
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Admin Alert: Time Gobbling Tasks for a System Upgrade

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
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System i PTF Guide
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January 31, 2009: Volume 11, Number 5

January 24, 2009: Volume 11, Number 4

January 17, 2009: Volume 11, Number 3

January 10, 2009: Volume 11, Number 2

January 3, 2009: Volume 11, Number 1

TPM at The Register
NEC confirms European PC biz shutdown

US sheds 598,000 jobs in January

Ubuntu shops believe in Ubuntu

Chipzilla sits on its Tukwila

IT questions Obama's IT stimulus

Sun christens once and future Supernovas

Citrix boosts seat count for XenDesktop

Hitachi takes losses, chops jobs

Uncle Sam buys 20 petaflops BlueGene super

Dell pairs with Xsigo on virtual I/O

Sun taps ex-Merrill, ex-Fannie Mae exec for board

Intel to spill Nehalem secrets

Novell cuts 1000 100 workers

Ex-IntelCrayAkamai startup rejiggers virtualization

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Linoma Refines Data Distribution Tasks with GoAnywhere 2.0

DB2 Web Query Goes Multiplatform

GroundWork Revs Performance of Monitoring Tool

InstallAnywhere 2009 Looks to Smooth Java App Installs

New Address Correction Software from WorksRight is Suite

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

System i: The New Choice of a Fashion-Conscious Generation . . . SafeNet's Crypto Appliance Plugs Into SOA . . . Hitachi Updates Identity Management Software . . . IBM Teams with Lawson for HR Management . . . Payback Is Not Sweet for RFID, ABI Research Says . . .


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