Capitalware Clamps Down on WebSphere MQ's 'Big Dirty' Security Secret
by Alex Woodie

Capitalware is bringing three WebSphere MQ products to the IBM i operating system, the vendor announced recently. The three tools--MQ Standard Security Exit, MQ Authenticate User Security Exit, and MQ Instant Secure Data--will help to address major security shortfalls with default installations of WebSphere MQ, company officials say. The i OS ports of the products are currently in beta, with GA expected next month. READ MORE >

FalconStor Casts a Wider De-Duplication Net
by Alex Woodie

FalconStor next week is expected to unveil a new data de-duplication product that will work with a greater number of applications than its first-generation de-duplication software. As opposed to its virtual tape library (VTL)-based de-duplication technology, which has been around for two years and only works with tape-based backup systems, the new File-interface De-duplication System (FDS) will work with any CIFS- or NFS-storage resource, such as disk-to-disk backup products, archiving systems, and even System i data. READ MORE >

Help/Systems Extends i OS Job Scheduler to Linux and Unix
by Alex Woodie

Interested in scheduling and controlling jobs for AIX, Solaris, and Linux servers from the comfort and security of your System i? Now you can, thanks to Help/Systems, which last week launched a new product called Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise. The new product extends to open systems (and soon Windows and HP-UX) the features that made the standard version of Robot/SCHEDULE so popular among AS/400 shops over the last decade, including event-driven job scheduling. READ MORE >

Shield Adds More Smarts to Budget HA Software
by Alex Woodie

Users of Shield Advanced Solutions' budget-minded high availability (HA), called Receiver Apply Program (RAP), gained several new features this week with the launch of RAP version 4.1. The most exciting new capability is automated object replication, which the company heralded as the last hurdle preventing the two-year-old RAP from being recognized as a 'true' HA product. The product update also gains new job monitoring capabilities. READ MORE >