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Sponsored By
CALIFORNIA SOFTWARE
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California Software is a global leader in Legacy Extension and Business Intelligence/OLAP products.
InfiniteNET from California Software provides all the functionality of Websphere at a fraction of the price.
If your web-to-host project needs to get done fast and on budget, InfiniteNET is your answer.
www.californiasoftware.com
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Sponsored By
ITERA
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High Availability
That's Affordable, Reliable, Easy-to-Use
State-of-the-art high availability isn't as expensive and complex as you think. Not only does Echo2 cost about half of other solutions, it is so dependable, automated and self-managing that monitoring of the system usually takes less than an hour a day, and production-to-backup switchovers can be reliably accomplished in minutes.
For the Free White Paper, "High Availability - It's More Affordable Than You Think," call 1-800-957-4511, email to info@iterainc.com, or visit www.iterainc.com.
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Discount Tire Zooms Through POS Rollout with ON iCommand
by Alex Woodie
The IT folks at Discount Tire were not looking forward to rolling out the new Dell Optiplex point-of-sale systems last year. With close to 3,000 POS systems to replace, at more than 500 retail locations, the migration would probably still be underway if Discount Tire had used its biped-based "sneakernet." Instead, the company used a software package called iCommand, from Symantec, to automate the roll-out, and finished the job, in January, within five weeks. READ MORE >
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MKS Addresses SarBox Transparency with Implementer 5.5
by Alex Woodie
MKS has delivered enhancements to Implementer, its OS/400 software configuration management (SCM) system, that it says will help companies provide greater transparency into business process changes, as required by government mandates such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Software developers are rarely the ones who must justify to management and shareholders the changes being made to core applications. But before Implementer Version 5.5, non-technical decision makers lacked the appropriate tools to help them understand changes at a business process level, and then deploy them. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
TRAILBLAZER SYSTEMS
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Do you need EDI-INT or UCCnet connectivity to Wal-Mart and other trading partners?
TrailBlazer Systems' UCCnet certified AS/400 solution is written in C/C++, providing the fastest and most efficient solution for the AS/400. Plus, it does not require hardware upgrades like the Java solution.
Find out why over 1,700 companies use ZMOD Exchange to get connected.
For more information call (770) 850-6966
or visit: www.trailblazersystems.com
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Sponsored By
BYTWARE
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The iSeries is the heart of your operations, and keeping it healthy and secure is essential. Bytware offers a line of award-winning, ServerProven solutions that come together to make a Networthy iSeries. Automated monitoring, notification, and consoling with Messenger, the most trusted solution of its kind for more than a decade. Unprecedented security from the inside out with StandGuard Network Security. And the first and only native anti-virus solution for the iSeries, StandGuard Anti-Virus.
When you have to be sure, count on Bytware www.bytware.com
Plus...Play the Great Security Caper of 2004 & win an Apple iPod! www.houstonrecord.com
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Magic Throws iBOLT into RFID Fray
by Alex Woodie
Magic Software made its first move into the burgeoning market for radio frequency identification (RFID) technology last week. Magic officials provided a high-level view of how its integration software, called iBOLT, will be used to glue events captured by RFID readers with ERP and "legacy" OS/400 applications. Meanwhile, IBM upped the RFID ante with its acquisition of Trigo Technologies, for an undisclosed sum. READ MORE >
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DRV Technologies Expands Output Options with SpoolFlex 3.0
by Alex Woodie
Companies gained the option of converting OS/400 spool file output into RTF, XML, and the native Excel XLS format with the newest version of DRV Technologies' SpoolFlex. Last week the Atlanta company announced the immediate availability of SpoolFlex Version 3.0, which, in addition to the new supported formats, features a new OS/400-based address book for frequently used e-mail addresses and fax numbers. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
TWIN DATA
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Full system console control for multiple AS/400s and LPARs from anywhere on your LAN, WAN, VPN, even over the Internet!
Perform certain System Maintenance and Configuration Procedures while in "Restricted State." Execute certain types of System Backups (SAVYSYS) and respond to "System Console Only" messages.
Call for details about this IP Console Solution: 800-597-2525
www.twindata.com
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
Zephyr Ditches Windows Requirement with Web-based 5250 Emulator . . . Ohio Company Finds WebReport/400 a Cure for Too Many Faxes . . . Home Depot Ramps Up UCCnet Initiative, Names 'Preferred' Software Providers . . . Versata to Support iSeries Linux with Java IDE . . . Yrrid to Support Microsoft .NET with New Release of Integration Software . . . Telecom Namibia Licenses ICMS Billing System Again . . . READ MORE >
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Editor: Alex Woodie
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
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