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ELIMINATE QUERY AND REPORT BACKLOG
Take A Work-Free Vacation This Summer!
SEE NGS-IQ - function to match RPG; easier than Query/400; results you've got to see; Windows, Web, and 5250 user interfaces.
Give your users secure, easy access to your DB2 data in the format they need - dynamic Web dashboards, OLAP presentations, Excel spreadsheets, HTML, PDF, and much more.
Attend our Webinar on June 5th and then start planning your get-away in the sun.
Visit www.NGSI.com or call 1-800-824-1220
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HOW MUCH IS YOUR DATA WORTH?
It is estimated that the value of 100 MB of data
is worth $1 million (Source: McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.) One LTO 3 tape can contain 800 GB, which is equivalent to $8 Billion. So how
are you handling the security of $8 billion worth of data?
Secure your data at rest with the
Q3 Storage Encryption Appliance.
Click here to download our 'Best Practices for Securing your Backup' whitepaper.
Visit www.theq3.com for more information.
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Look, Ma, 5250 App Access from Outlook, Google
by Alex Woodie
One of the latest trends in business application interface design is less is more. The fewer computer screens your users need to learn and use, the faster they pick it up and the greater their productivity. To that end, many business application vendors, such as Microsoft and SAP, have started enabling access to ERP functions from within Microsoft Office. Now System i application modernization specialist looksoftware is offering similar capabilities with version 8.1 of its modernization suite.READ MORE >
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LANSA Upgrades Modernization Tool
by Dan Burger
For a lot of companies, the reality of an overworked IT department doesn't mesh well with the idea of an application modernization project. Where does the time to modernize fit into a schedule that keeps the staff humping just to do the day-to-day stuff? If you are a development tool vendor, like LANSA, you upgrade your products to improve performance and productivity so that modernization projects become less of a workforce burden. READ MORE >
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When Disaster Strikes - many businesses without a dependable High Availability and Disaster Recovery solution backing them up will not recover.
The *noMAX Suite of Products provides secure, cost-effective, real-time HA and DR solutions for the IBM system i environment.
Our new product release offers enhanced functionality, control & ease-of-use to ensure businesses of all sizes get the ultimate protection they need against costly downtime & data-loss.
Strike first - find out how*noMAX will work to protect you and your business today.
www.maximumavailability.com
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Harness Application Complexity
If you want to organize and automate multi-platform application change, check out our integrated product suite. We can help unite your System i, UNIX, Linux, and Windows technical teams to ensure the integrity of modernization projects and make enterprise application deployment more reliable. We offer:
· rigorous, cross-platform change management,
· application intelligence and retro-documentation,
· test automation, and help desk suites
Call 800-676-4709 or visit www.arcadsoftware.com
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RJS Unveils New Forms, PDF Solutions for System i
by Alex Woodie
RJS Software Systems announced two new products at the recent COMMON conference Anaheim, California. The first is iForms, a new electronic forms and reporting tool that runs on the System i and works with all kinds of databases. The second is iPDF, an application programming interface (API) that RPG programmers can use to automatically generate PDF documents from RPG applications. READ MORE >
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NGS Makes DB2/400 Data Accessible from MS Office
by Alex Woodie
There is no sense in denying it: Microsoft Office--not a 5250 screen--is the interface that the majority of people feel the most comfortable using. With this sentiment in mind, System i business intelligence software vendor New Generation Software unveiled a new product called Qport Office that gives users of Excel, Word, and even PowerPoint quick and easy access to DB2 data and queries. Best of all, NGS is giving away the new entry-level BI product to the first few hundred customers. READ MORE >
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For tough production and warehouse environments, Affirmative introduces the industrial-strength YEStablet wireless thin client.
Featuring a magnesium alloy case and
shock protection boot for industrial applications,
the new YEStablet supports 5250 and 3270 emulation
with built-in GUI and touch-screen keyboard.
The USB port supports barcode scanners and
other data collection devices. Vehicle mount and
wearable options are also available.
Visit www.affirmative.net for more information.
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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 >
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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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IT Jungle Store Top Book Picks
The System i Pocket RPG & RPG IV Guide: List Price, $69.95
The iSeries Pocket Database Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket Developers' Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket SQL Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket Query Guide: List Price, $49.00
The iSeries Pocket WebFacing Primer: List Price, $39.00
Migrating to WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
iSeries Express Web Implementer's Guide: List Price, $59.00
Getting Started with WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries: List Price, $79.95
Getting Started With WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries: List Price, $89.00
Getting Started with WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
WebFacing Application Design and Development Guide: List Price, $55.00
Can the AS/400 Survive IBM?: List Price, $49.00
The All-Everything Machine: List Price, $29.95
Chip Wars: List Price, $29.95
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May 5, 2007: Volume 9, Number 18
April 28, 2007: Volume 9, Number 17
April 21, 2007: Volume 9, Number 16
April 14, 2007: Volume 9, Number 15
April 7, 2007: Volume 9, Number 14
March 31, 2007: Volume 9, Number 13
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