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Volume 5, Number 18 -- May 3, 2005

 
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Exercises in Simplicity
by Alex Woodie

iSeries servers don't require a lot of muss and fuss. They typically just keep running, day after day, which can be bad if you're in the support business (remember the Maytag Man?) or in the server business (IBM secretly wishes your trusty old AS/400 would die so you'd finally upgrade to a new iSeries). While the OS/400 ecosystem is, in a way, the victim of its own success, customers such as the USDA and Sun National Bank benefit by running lean and mean. READ MORE >

 

Lakeview Adds Quick Start Service to Disaster Recovery for SMBs
by Dan Burger

Any company doing tape backup lives with the ramifications of taking its system down for as long as it takes to perform the backup. Reducing downtime is a big reason alternative backup methods are being considered, and lost data between tape backups, should an unplanned downtime occur, adds unwanted drama to IT staffers' lives. Products such as Lakeview Technology's MIMIX dr1 provide an alternative, and Lakeview has extended its services to reach more customers in the small the medium size business (SMB) market. READ MORE >


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ASC's SEQUEL Database Tool Goes Multi-Platform
by Alex Woodie

Imagine being able to manipulate and query iSeries, Unix, Linux, and Windows databases using the same tool, and to do so comfortably from an iSeries-centric environment. It may sound like a pipe dream, but it became a reality last week when Advanced Systems Concepts launched a new release of SEQUEL, its database query and analysis tool for the iSeries. READ MORE >

 

Kisco Launches Spool File Distribution Software
by Alex Woodie

Kisco Information Systems last week announced new software for moving OS/400 spool files between iSeries servers, or OS/400 partitions. SpoolMover/400, as the new FTP-based product is called, only needs to be installed on the sending machine, which makes distributing reports to many servers easy, the company says. READ MORE >

 

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   News Briefs and Product Shorts

PowerTech's AuthorityBroker to be Distributed with New Copies of i5/OS . . . AS/400 Report in the Middle of U.S. Olympic Committee Steroid Scandal? . . . Agilysys Unveils iSeries Solution Edition for LMS . . . TomorrowNow Expands Third-Party J.D. Edwards Support to Europe . . . California Software Partners with Indian Offshoring Firm . . . Cruise Ships: the Choice for New Offshore Programming Havens . . . 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:

PowerTech
California Software
looksoftware
Lakeview Technology
Global Software


Four Hundred Stuff

BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Exercises in Simplicity

Lakeview Adds Quick Start Service to Disaster Recovery for SMBs

ASC's SEQUEL Database Tool Goes Multi-Platform

Kisco Launches Spool File Distribution Software

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
The i5 Tests Well on SAP Data Warehousing Benchmarks

A Bunch of IBM iSeries Announcements

Tools Can Help Manage Change and Diverse Systems

Four Hundred Guru
A Simple Encryption/Decryption Algorithm for Numbers

Suppress Runtime Display When Qshell Cancels

Admin Alert: Getting Ready for Single Sign-On

Four Hundred Monitor




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