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Volume 7, Number 20 -- May 22, 2007
Sponsored By
VISION SOLUTIONS

Vision Solutions Announces
iTera High Availability Version 5.0

 

The first new HA release
from the newly merged
Vision and iTera companies

 

Features include:
Expanded autonomic capabilities for even
easier installation, expanded alerts, new role
swap testing and monitoring features
and expanded security.

 

Read more at

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Sponsored By
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Rochester Alums Plan New Customer Care App for i
by Alex Woodie

The folks at VACAVA are, you might say, System i bigots. For those who are familiar with the IBM System i server, which is designed and manufactured in Rochester, Minnesota, where VACAVA is also based, that is a good thing. Now the former IBMers at VACAVA are gearing up to launch a new application, for System i shops that run call centers, called Customer Care.READ MORE >

Lakeview Touts Customer Win at Competitor's Expense
by Alex Woodie

Lakeview Technology is using the bad i5/OS high availability experience of a Nevada casino to tout its own product, MIMIX, and rub dirt in the face of its longtime competitor, Vision Solutions, which now owns and sells the popular Echo2 high availability software. As the story unfolds, it will become apparent that high availability industry still has a ways to go on two fronts: making HA software more automatic and self-managing, and separating HA fact from fiction. READ MORE >


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HarrisData Serves Competitive Party Goods Maker for 14 years
by Robert Gast

Thousands of gallons of punch have cascaded down the fountain since ERP made its debut in the 1990s, and people have figured out how to make some ERP products work without the aid of a platoon of well-compensated experts. The key to having your ERP cake and eating it from a beautifully decorated disposable plate, it seems, is understanding your requirements in detail, having a plan to get everyone in your organization from the CEO on down to buy into the project, and finding a system that snugly fits your business objectives. READ MORE >


ProData Goes Cross-Platform with DBU
by Alex Woodie

ProData Computer Services has released a version of its Database Utility (DBU) that can access other relational database management systems in addition to DB2/400. With the new capability, available from ProData as a plug-in called DBU Remote Database (RDB), System i programmers can now get the same high-powered, real-time access to SQL Server, DB2 UDB, Oracle, MySQL, and other database as DBU customers have realized when accessing DB2/400.READ MORE >




Sponsored By
AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER

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
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The USB port supports barcode scanners
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News Briefs and Product Shorts:

CollabNet Snags Former SoftLanding Development Director . . . Raz-Lee Updates iSecurity Suite . . . SoftTree Adds MySQL Support to Data Audit Tool . . . Info Builders Sees Strong Mid-Market Growth . . . Elite Adds Card Payment Processing Option . . . IBM: SOA Fits Skills Shortage to a 'T' . . .


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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The Four Hundred
IBM Tweaks i5 515 and 525 User-Based Prices

An i5 Platform: Q&A with Marlin Equity's Top Brass

The Gulf Between Buyers and Sellers Widens in IT, Says IDC

As I See It: Operating on Overload

The Linux Beacon
Red Hat to Push Desktop Linux with Intel Partnership

RHEL 5: How's It Going?

IBM Sees Green in Going Green in Data Centers

As I See It: Education--the Other Dysfunction

Big Iron
Unisys Ports OS 2200 Mainframe Operating System to Xeons

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

Four Hundred Guru
Groovy: A Powerful Scripting Language for Java Developers on System i

Old Programs Can Learn to Behave Themselves

Another Way to Retrieve i5 System Storage Space

System i PTF Guide
May 12, 2007: Volume 9, Number 19

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

The Windows Observer
It's Official: Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Slashes 'Viridian' Features to Meet Ship Date

Microsoft Talks Up SQL Server 'Katmai'

Microsoft Claims Linux Violates 42 of Its Patents

The Unix Guardian
HP Turns in a Solid Fiscal 2007 Second Quarter

IBM's AIX Roadmap Through 2015

Sun's Board Authorizes $3 Billion in Share Buybacks

The X Factor: Small Is Beautiful

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

Vision Solutions
Bytware
SafeData
LaserVault
Affirmative Computer



TABLE OF CONTENTS
Rochester Alums Plan New Customer Care App for i

Lakeview Touts Customer Win at Competitor's Expense

HarrisData Serves Competitive Party Goods Maker for 14 years

ProData Goes Cross-Platform with DBU

News Briefs and Product Shorts:


CollabNet Snags Former SoftLanding Development Director . . . Raz-Lee Updates iSecurity Suite . . . SoftTree Adds MySQL Support to Data Audit Tool . . . Info Builders Sees Strong Mid-Market Growth . . . Elite Adds Card Payment Processing Option . . . IBM: SOA Fits Skills Shortage to a 'T' . . .


Four Hundred Stuff

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