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Volume 5, Number 11 -- March 15, 2005


 
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LANSA Unveils 2005 Version of IDE
by Alex Woodie

It's always interesting to see what the wizards at LANSA cook up with new versions of their fourth generation language (4GL) integrated development environment (IDE), because it provides a glimpse into what kinds of programming techniques are hot, and where the pain points lie with current development architectures. LANSA 2005, which the vendor officially unveiled at the COMMON conference in its hometown of Chicago this week, does not disappoint in this respect. READ MORE >

 

Jim Sloan's TAA Toolset Bigger and Better than Ever
by Alex Woodie

Life is good for Jim Sloan these days. The retired IBMer is able to work when he wants, on whatever he wants, and he's able to get away from Rochester, Minnesota, and spend time in warmer climes, like Aruba, where he recently vacationed. He also enjoys continued success with his business and product, TAA Tools, an ever-growing collection of OS/400 utilities that has helped thousands of OS/400 shops, and which now boasts more commands than OS/400 itself. READ MORE >


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Qualcomm Offers New TrailerTRACS Hosting Options
by Alex Woodie

Trucking companies looking to implement Qualcomm's wireless trailer-tracking system can let Qualcomm do the heavy lifting through a new hosting solution it announced last week. Since the new T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS system became generally available last fall, customers have been able to integrate it with their OS/400-based dispatch systems. Now Qualcomm is offering to run it on its own iSeries servers, and provide access to it over the Web. READ MORE >

 

NetManage Positions Software for iSeries Single Sign-On
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops should be able to easily integrate host access products from NetManage into their sign-on (SSO) environment as a result of the newly added support for Kerberos authentication that NetManage announced last week. In addition to simplifying user log-ons with SSO, RUMBA 7.4 and OnWeb 7.2 both bring additional security enhancements, including new Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell (SSH) features. READ MORE >

 

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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

IBM Looking to Flesh Out iSeries Application Portfolio . . . nuBridges Finalizes TrailBlazer Acquisition with Name Changes . . . IBM Lowers Cost of DB2 Content Manager for iSeries . . . ACOM Solutions Gains ServerProven Validation . . . CA Unveils COBOL Code Migration Service . . . Geac Wins $800,000 Contract for System21 Extension . . . READ MORE >




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
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
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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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

Goering iSeries Solutions
SoftLanding Systems
iTera
Bytware
Twin Data


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
LANSA Unveils 2005 Version of IDE

Jim Sloan's TAA Toolset Bigger and Better than Ever

Qualcomm Offers New TrailerTRACS Hosting Options

NetManage Positions Software for iSeries Single Sign-On

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
Open Source Servers

Re-Energizing ISVs Is a Tough Chore for IBM

The All-Everything Machine

Four Hundred Guru
Recursion and the Alternatives

PC5250 and the Print Key

Admin Alert: Creating a Save Changed Objects Backup Tape

Four Hundred Monitor




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