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Volume 9, Number 8 -- February 24, 2009
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Speedware Says RPG-to-.NET Code Converter Is the Real Deal
by Alex Woodie

Want to get from RPG to .NET without a lot of muss and fuss? You might be able to, now that Speedware is reselling and servicing Sykora-ML's ML-iMPACT code converter in the North American market. Skykor-ML claims the tool can convert 100 percent of RPG functions into fully maintainable C# or Java. That's quite unusual and special for a code converter, according to Speedware officials, who have decades of experience in the IBM midrange and mainframe migration business. READ MORE >

Tripwire Adds i OS Support to Configuration Control Software
by Dan Burger

Regulatory compliance, increased accountability, and providing audit-ability have tightened the screws on some otherwise sloppy corporate practices. It's also put pressure on IT departments to take care of a lot of the messes. And once again, we have issues relating to monitoring multiple platforms in an effective manner. Moving a step closer to cracking this nut, Tripwire has added support for IBM i (formerly i5/OS and OS/400) to its change control software called Tripwire Enterprise. READ MORE >


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Automated Routing Streamlines Deliveries, Lowers Distribution Costs
by Andy Hedrick

When Southland Sod Farms decided to automate its fleet routing operations, the company knew that two years worth of coding mathematical algorithms and integrating various geographic tools were not in the plans. The order data needed for planning delivery routes was already in place on the AS/400. The goal was adding an optimization tool that would streamline route planning and reduce the miles and hours needed for making deliveries. READ MORE >


iEnterprises CRM Goes On-Demand with Help from IBM
by Alex Woodie

Hope springs anew in the IT business. For the last five to 10 years, there's been plenty of hope in the areas of software as a service (SaaS), open source software, service oriented architecture (SOA), CRM, and mobile computing, but it mostly failed to live up to the hype. Now, as a result of a partnership between iEnterprises and IBM, System i shops may gain access to advanced CRM software that utilize these technologies, without incurring the costs of building it themselves. READ MORE >




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iWay Debuts New Information Management Suite
by Alex Woodie

iWay Software last week announced the Enterprise Information Management (EIM) suite, a new product that aims at solving the disparate IT integrations tasks that are required to support standard batch-oriented reporting needs, which tend to be well defined, as well as real-time reporting requirements, which has a wider scope that varies according to need. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• New Encryption Key Management Standard Posited by Vendors

• BI Vendor QlikTech Celebrates Success

• Lawson Debuts Another M3 BI Tool

• XAware 5.3 Goes GA, Opens Up to the WSDL

• New InfoPrint 5000 Printers Unveiled


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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Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Speedware Says RPG-to-.NET Code Converter Is the Real Deal

Tripwire Adds i OS Support to Configuration Control Software

Automated Routing Streamlines Deliveries, Lowers Distribution Costs

iEnterprises CRM Goes On-Demand with Help from IBM

iWay Debuts New Information Management Suite

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

New Encryption Key Management Standard Posited by Vendors . . . BI Vendor QlikTech Celebrates Success . . . Lawson Debuts Another M3 BI Tool . . . XAware 5.3 Goes GA, Opens Up to the WSDL . . . New InfoPrint 5000 Printers Unveiled . . .


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