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Volume 10, Number 16 -- April 27, 2010
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IBM Updates Development Tools and Compilers for i/OS 7.1
by Alex Woodie

Along with new POWER 7 servers and new POWER 7 operating systems, IBM has delivered new development tools for the platform it calls i for Business. Tucked into IBM's big April 13 announcement that introduced i/OS 7.1 to the world were new application development tools, new compilers for the POWER 7 hardware, new Web-enablement tools, and new change management tools. READ MORE >

Linoma is Ready for New Automated Encryption Feature in i/OS 7.1
by Alex Woodie

Linoma Software last week announced that its i/OS encryption software, called Crypto Complete, is now available to support the new SQL Field Procedures encryption mechanism that IBM built into i/OS 7.1. Linoma is one of only two third-party software vendors that have committed to supporting the new feature, which is expected to eliminate the need to modify application source code to enable encryption in DB2/400. READ MORE >


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SEQUEL 10 Brings i/OS Reporting Enhancements
by Alex Woodie

The SEQUEL Software subsidiary of Help/Systems unveiled a new release of the SEQUEL business intelligence software earlier this month. SEQUEL 10 will give System i customers faster connections to DB2/400, as well as the capability to create longer and more complex queries that execute against DB2/400 or other databases, among other enhancements. READ MORE >


HATS Delivers an i Server to iPhone Connection
by Alex Woodie

System i and System z shops that are looking for a relatively quick and easy way to deliver application interfaces to the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch mobile devices may want to check out IBM's latest version 7.5.1 release of Rational Host Access Transformation Services, or HATS. Support for Web services, Lotus Notes rich clients, and AJAX capabilities have also been enhanced. READ MORE >




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Lawson Unveils Software for Running Internal Clouds
by Alex Woodie

Lawson Software yesterday unveiled Internal Cloud Services, a collection of software designed to allow customers to more efficiently run and manage their Lawson products on their own X64- and VMware-based clouds. The software, which ships next month, uses the same cloud management console that Lawson unveiled last month with its Amazon-based External Cloud Services offering, and will eventually work with the vendor's full line of ERP products. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• VAI Looks Forward to RPG Open Access

• nuBridges Supports i/OS 7.1 with MFT and Security Offerings

• i365 Expands Microsoft DR Solution to i/OS, Other Platforms

• Infor to Staff 550 Workers at New Facility in India

• Royal Caribbean Cruises the Seas with Updated JDE 'Blue Stack'


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,
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The Four Hundred
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RPG Open Access Is No Panacea, Say BCD and LANSA

Power Systems Slammed by Power7 Transitions in Q1

As I See It: Depriving the Senses

UNICOM Loses in Court, Forces SoftLanding Customers to Upgrade

Four Hundred Guru
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Yet Another Super-Easy Way to Copy a Spooled File from One Partition to Another

More on Whether IPLs Help System Performance

Four Hundred Monitor
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TPM at The Register
Platform kicks out HPC Enterprise Edition

HP: last Itanium man standing

EMEA server racket no longer crashing

Windows Server to ride upgrade wave

Citrix profits soar on hodgepodge of desktop virt

Mellanox rides networking upgrade wave

HP preps Tukwila servers for April 27

VMware sales up smartly in Q1

RHEL 6 gets its first beta

Adaptive Computing consolidates cloud control

IBM pares down Power7 blade server

Ubuntu Server primed for the bigtime

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IBM Updates Development Tools and Compilers for i/OS 7.1

Linoma is Ready for New Automated Encryption Feature in i/OS 7.1

SEQUEL 10 Brings i/OS Reporting Enhancements

HATS Delivers an i Server to iPhone Connection

Lawson Unveils Software for Running Internal Clouds

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

VAI Looks Forward to RPG Open Access . . . nuBridges Supports i/OS 7.1 with MFT and Security Offerings . . . i365 Expands Microsoft DR Solution to i/OS, Other Platforms . . . Infor to Staff 550 Workers at New Facility in India . . . Royal Caribbean Cruises the Seas with Updated JDE 'Blue Stack' . . .


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