Lakeview Launches MIMIX network1 IP Accelerators
by Alex Woodie

Lakeview Technology scored a major coup today, when it announced the formation of an exclusive OEM agreement to resell Expand Networks' line of IP ACCELERATOR appliances in the data replication market. Lakeview has tweaked the devices, which already showed a special affinity for compressing OS/400 data streams, to allow further compression of its own MIMIX data replication software for OS/400, and the company says network1 users can expect to squeeze seven times as much MIMIX data through the same pipes. READ MORE >

LANSA Ramps Up for RFID, Joins EPCglobal
by Alex Woodie

LANSA is taking concrete steps to develop a radio frequency identification (RFID) solution by the end of the year. Last week the software company announced it has joined EPCglobal, the industry organization tasked with creating the open data standards to be used by RFID hardware and software to enable wireless inventory tracking. As a founding member of EPCglobal, LANSA will have a hand in shaping the standards, thereby ensuring compatibility with its future RFID offering. READ MORE >

Sterling Commerce Brings Gentran Integration Suite to OS/400
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops searching for enterprise-strength integration software may want to check out the Gentran Integration Suite, which Sterling Commerce recently made available as a native program for the OS/400 and z/OS platforms. A slew of plug-ins gives Java-based GIS Version 3.0 an abundance of capabilities, ranging from business process design and enterprise application integration connectivity to classic electronic data interchange translation and UCCnet compliance. With its older electronic document interchange software in maintenance mode, Sterling is banking on customers upgrading to GIS. READ MORE >

M-Tech Simplifies Discovery of User IDs Across Disparate Systems
by Alex Woodie

One of the trouble spots when implementing identity management systems is user ID discovery. It takes a lot of work to sort out the different user IDs that people use to access disparate systems. M-Tech Information Technology has a new product that automates much of this user ID discovery process, while providing an upgrade path to its full ID-Synch user provisioning system. M-Tech is also developing new OS/400-specific capabilities in its P-Synch password synchronization software. READ MORE >

  News Briefs and Product Shorts

DPS Announces New Releases of E-Business and PocketPC Applications . . . Iowa Manufacturer Installs Movex on iSeries to Streamline Business Across 60 Countries . . . Iowa College Picks iSeries to Teach E-Business, Linux, and Web Development . . . Bostech Supports New XML Standard for Retailers with EAI Software . . . Evergreen Adds New XML, E-Mail Features to iSeries Report Downloader . . . Florida Hospital Automates with HMS on iSeries . . . READ MORE >

Correction

The article "WebSmart 4.0 Is Cornerstone of BCD's Web Application Stack" has been corrected since it was first published. The price for Nexus was originally listed as $18,000. The price is, in fact, $12,000. Guild Companies regrets the error. [Correction made 2/20/04.]

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