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Volume 5, Number 12 -- March 22, 2005


 
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Award Ceremony Another Haines Jewel
by Alex Woodie

IBM pulled out all the stops for the first iSeries Innovation Award ceremony at the COMMON conference in Chicago last week. The 100 or so guests of the invitation-only event--including representatives from the five OS/400 shops receiving awards for their innovative use of the server--were treated to a culinary and operatic ensemble from the brain of iSeries chief propagandist Malcolm Haines the likes of which haven't been seen since the Dance of the Sugarplum Server at the fall 2000 COMMON in Baltimore. READ MORE >

 

LXI Launches Virtual Tape Library, Acquires TD Systems
by Alex Woodie

With the market for third-party backup and recovery software waning due to the inclusion of BRMS with new OS/400 licenses, LXI faced a decision: try to compete with IBM's free product, or branch out into new market opportunities. The Irving, Texas, company chose the latter, and last week at the COMMON conference in Chicago, the company unveiled its new strategy, announced the acquisition of TD Systems' assets, and launched a new virtual tape library (VTL). READ MORE >


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RJS Unveils New Workflow Product, Cross-Platform Strategy
by Alex Woodie

RJS Software Systems took the wraps off a pair of new products last week at the COMMON conference, including the upcoming Enterprise Workflow and WebSpool products that aim to simplify electronic document routing and viewing. Richard Schoen, the company's president, also discussed RJS Software's new Java development strategy that will enable the company to sell products that work across a range of back-office computer platforms, in addition to the iSeries. READ MORE >

 

BCD Ships WebSmart 5.1 as IBM Eases Off on WebSphere
by Alex Woodie

Now that IBM has backed off its WebSphere push and started to include tools from BCD Software Int'l and other partners on its iSeries Developer Roadmap, there is expected to be a surge of interest in third-party Web enablement tools for the iSeries platform. BCD is ready to serve any new business that comes its way with a new release of its OS/400 Web application server, WebSmart version 5.1, which it unveiled at the COMMON conference in Chicago last week. READ MORE >

 

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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

Midrange Resources Selling Native OS/400 Replication Software That's Affordable . . . Metafile Gets SaaS(y), Rolls Out Hosted Content Management Service . . . TriAWorks Partners with NetManage for OS/400 Single Sign-On . . . SaveMart Gets Smart with the ShowCase Analytical Suite . . . NetIQ's iSeries Security Tools Gain ServerProven Status . . . GeneXus, looksoftware Latest to Jump Aboard IBM's Developer Roadmap . . . 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
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:

Quadrant Software
California Software
Guild Companies
Lakeview Technology
RJS Software Systems


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Award Ceremony Another Haines Jewel

LXI Launches Virtual Tape Library, Acquires TD Systems

RJS Unveils New Workflow Product, Cross-Platform Strategy

BCD Ships WebSmart 5.1 as IBM Eases Off on WebSphere

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
iSeries Top Brass Commit to the Platform and Growth

Soltis and Friends Give Their Visions for the iSeries

iSeries Users Sound Off, Sometimes with Praise, at COMMON

Four Hundred Guru
Rounding Over a Set of Rows

More About the SAVRSTxxx Commands

Admin Alert: Using OS/400 Autostart Jobs for Repetitious Server Processing

Four Hundred Monitor




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