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Volume 8, Number 10 -- March 11, 2008
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Solidcore Supports i5/OS with Real-Time Change Control
by Alex Woodie

Solidcore Systems is now supporting the System i server with its collection of real-time change control and PCI compliance software, the company confirmed last week. While a formal announcement with IBM is weeks away, System i shops today can use Solidcore's products to continuously monitor changes to their i5/OS servers, boost security, and help automate PCI compliance. READ MORE >

Vision to Support IBM's HASM Technology in Clustering Software
by Alex Woodie

Vision Solutions last week announced that it's supporting the new High Availability Solutions Manager (HASM) that IBM will include with the forthcoming release of i5/OS V6R1. With HASM support in Cluster1, the largest System i shops will have a single solution for managing their entire high availability environments, from logical replication all the way through hardware-based clustering solutions such as HASM. READ MORE >


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CodeGear Offers a Rational Alternative for System i Development
by Alex Woodie

Borland subsidiary CodeGear yesterday announced that it is reselling the Delphi/400 family of products, which was originally developed by SystemObjects. With the Delphi/400 and Delphi/400 for PHP offerings, CodeGear customers gain a way to develop Web- and Windows-based front ends to existing RPG and COBOL applications from within Delphi, Borland's 4GL IDE--and also gain another alternative to IBM and its WebSphere and Rational development tools. READ MORE >


TDCI Hooks Product Configurator into i5/OS ERP
by Alex Woodie

Is it possible to have too much choice? It can often seem that way when trying to order products from manufacturers that offer a dizzying array of features, options, colors, and dimensions. To help streamline the decision making process, TDCI sells a piece of software called BuyDesign that makes a manufacturer or distributor 'easy to do business with.' And now with the new iSeries Adapter, TDCI is making it easier to hook BuyDesign into i5/OS-based ERP systems. READ MORE >




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Fax Added to System i VoIP Solutions
by Alex Woodie

Interested in getting FoIP, or fax over IP, along with your System i voice over IP (VoIP) solution? Then you may want to check out >Sagem-Interstar, which next month plans to begin shipping a new version of its Linux-based FoIP server technology designed to work with the System i-based VoIP offerings from 3Com and Nortel. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• Chrono-Logic Updates Change Management Offering for LANSA

• ACOM Improves Web-Based Document Management Solution

• Wheelabrator to Cut Waste with Paperless Solution from Quadrant

• S4i Systems Goes SOA with Doc Management

• New i5 Offering from TurboChef to Speed Batch Runs


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
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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System i Security: Lots of Room for Improvement

Server Virtualization and Consolidation Require More Resiliency

Thermometer Money: Changing a Business Partner Paradigm

Arrow Buys French Midrange Distributor

The Linux Beacon
Linux and Windows Server Sales Outpace the Market in Q4

Novell Swings to a Modest Profit in Fiscal Q1

MetaRAM Quadruples DDR2 Memory Capacity in Servers

As I See It: Change in Plan

Microsoft Promises To Be Less Secretive, More Open

Big Iron
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Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

Four Hundred Guru
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Don't Let SQL Name Your Baby, Take 2

Admin Alert: When System i Ethernet Cards Stop Broadcasting

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The Windows Observer
Ballmer Shrugs Off $1.4 Billion Fine from EU

Linux and Windows Server Sales Outpace the Market in Q4

Microsoft Touts Speed, Simplicity of Windows Server 2008

SMBs Get the MOS Attention From Microsoft

Yahoo Says Microsoft Bid is Hurting Business

The Unix Guardian
AMD Says Barcelona Bug Is Fixed, Almost Ready to Ramp

Linux and Windows Server Sales Outpace the Market in Q4

MetaRAM Quadruples DDR2 Memory Capacity in Servers

Mad Dog 21/21: Plane's Peeking

Infinite Software Partners with HP, Acquires Altos Technology Group

Four Hundred Monitor
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THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

LANSA
ARCAD Software
Seagull Software
Bytware
MKS



TABLE OF CONTENTS
Solidcore Supports i5/OS with Real-Time Change Control

Vision to Support IBM's HASM Technology in Clustering Software

CodeGear Offers a Rational Alternative for System i Development

TDCI Hooks Product Configurator into i5/OS ERP

Fax Added to System i VoIP Solutions

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

Chrono-Logic Updates Change Management Offering for LANSA . . . ACOM Improves Web-Based Document Management Solution . . . Wheelabrator to Cut Waste with Paperless Solution from Quadrant . . . S4i Systems Goes SOA with Doc Management . . . New i5 Offering from TurboChef to Speed Batch Runs . . .


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