Fujitsu Introduces RPG to .NET Application Modernization Service
by Dan Burger

The reason application modernization gets as much attention as it does in the IBM System i market is directly related to two widely believed drivers. Executives see it's possible to improve business performance and reduce application and infrastructure costs. How to reach those goals is another issue. Moving RPG applications to Microsoft .NET is one tactic, and it's brought a new vendor into the System i community. Fujitsu has begun to market a service it calls Progression. READ MORE >

LANSA Adds Refinements to BPI Product
by Alex Woodie

Users of LANSA's visual business process integration (BPI) tool, Composer, can expect to see a smoother installation, better performance, and improved manageability with version 2.0, which recently became generally available. The software--which automates common integration tasks and office grunt-work (such as re-keying an order from Word into a 5250 application) using customizable workflows created in a drag-and-drop editor--also gains more EDI and document output functionality, as well as support for Windows Server. READ MORE >

SkyView Adds PCI Checks to Risk Assessment Tool
by Alex Woodie

SkyView Partners this week will begin delivery of a new release of its SkyView Risk Assessor product that includes new checks for the Payment Cardholder Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements. By comparing a System i shop's security settings against the PCI standards, the tool can make the difference between the company passing a PCI audit and continuing to process credit card transactions, or failing an audit and paying thousands of dollars in fees--or worse. READ MORE >

SPSS Changes Data Miner's Name, Drops System i Support
by Alex Woodie

'You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.' System i shops that relied upon SPSS' data mining software suite, Clementine, may be heard humming this old song to themselves following the vendor's recent decision to end support for the System i server with the latest release of the product, version 13. The Chicago software company also changed the product's name to PASW Modeler as part of a company-wide move to the Predictive Analytics Software name. READ MORE >