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Volume 10, Number 18 -- May 11, 2010
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Maximum Availability Unveils New HA Monitor
by Alex Woodie

Knowing if a target System i server is ready to take over processing from a primary server is one of the biggest challenges to successfully operating an i/OS high availability (HA) environment. With its new browser-based MAXView console unveiled last week at the COMMON conference in Orlando, Florida, HA software vendor Maximum Availability intends to take the guesswork out of gauging system readiness. And since MAXView runs on the iPhone, IT managers can stay informed wherever they go. READ MORE >

Profound Brings RPG:OA-Like Features to V5R3 and V5R4
by Alex Woodie

Profound Logic extended its lead in the young field of Rational Open Access: RPG Edition enablement last week with several announcements at the COMMON conference in Orlando, Florida. One of the most promising is a new preprocessor tool that will allow users of i5/OS V5R3 and V5R4 to get started with RPG OA development via the Profound UI tool. The software vendor also unveiled a new DDS conversion tool designed to help with modernizing existing RPG code, as opposed to developing new applications with RPG:OA. READ MORE >


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.NET App Modernization Tool Unveiled by looksoftware
by Dan Burger

Before starting an IBM i application modernization planning process, it's good advice to examine your application portfolio and understand where you want to make investments. Existing applications may not fit new business requirements or high maintenance may be strangling app dev progress. Either one makes you question their value. Some circumstances move companies in the direction of Microsoft .NET development, and if this occurs to you, then looksoftware should get your attention. READ MORE >


NGS Makes OLAP Module Easier to Use
by Alex Woodie

New Generation Software next month will deliver a new release of its SmartView OLAP software that will give users more power over how they analyze and manipulate data. Specifically, the addition of the new calculated fields function will allows users to perform their own calculations on SmartView data presented to them. In addition to eliminating the need for developers to anticipate to a high degree the data users need, it also opens up entirely new ways of deriving new information from existing data. READ MORE >




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Raz-Lee Gets the Twitter Bug
by Alex Woodie

i/OS security software vendor Raz-Lee Security unveiled a slew of product enhancements during last week's COMMON conference in Orlando, Florida. At the top of the list was iTweet, a new Raz-Lee app that leverages the Twitter Web service to enable bi-directional communication with System i servers. The vendor also unveiled other improvements to its iSecurity suite, including support for SYSLOG and multi-system environments. It also announced plans to give away free copies of Filescope, its file editor for DB2/400. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• nuBridges Eases i/OS Integration for Tokenized Data

• Quadrant Eases ECM Deployments with IntelliChief 3.0

• RJS Unveils Signature Capture Software

• HiT Software Acquired by BackOffice Associates

• Trubiquity Updates Data Exchange Product for OFTP2


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
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Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Maximum Availability Unveils New HA Monitor

Profound Brings RPG:OA-Like Features to V5R3 and V5R4

.NET App Modernization Tool Unveiled by looksoftware

NGS Makes OLAP Module Easier to Use

Raz-Lee Gets the Twitter Bug

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

nuBridges Eases i/OS Integration for Tokenized Data . . . Quadrant Eases ECM Deployments with IntelliChief 3.0 . . . RJS Unveils Signature Capture Software . . . HiT Software Acquired by BackOffice Associates . . . Trubiquity Updates Data Exchange Product for OFTP2 . . .


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