Paglo Aims to be the Google of IT Management
by Alex Woodie

Paglo yesterday started the public beta of its new hosted IT management offering that's designed to help IT professionals do their jobs more efficiently by employing the Web's original breakthrough technology--search--to cross organizational boundaries to solve common IT problems. With a simple Web-based GUI, a blend of commercial open source and SaaS business models, and a successful private beta, Paglo just might live up to its billing as the Google of IT management. READ MORE >

RPG Programmer Avoids 'Learn Java or Flip Burgers' Pitfall
by Dan Burger

Brad Bauer remembers the 'Learn Java or Flip Burgers' warning that IBM gave to RPG programmers years ago. It's funny to him. He took several Java classes and created some rudimentary applications, he never became a Java advocate and he didn't abandon his IT career for a job at McDonald's. Instead, he looked for a Java alternative--one that seemed intuitive to him as an RPG programmer. His search eventually led him to ASNA's Visual RPG (AVR) for Microsoft Visual Studio. READ MORE >

Lieberman Adds i OS Support to Password Program
by Alex Woodie

Organizations struggling to keep their users from forgetting their passwords while maintaining an acceptable level of authentication may want to check out the latest release of Lieberman Software's Enterprise Random Password Manager. The software automatically generates random passwords for users, while providing them a way to recover their passwords from a hardware-encrypted location when passwords are forgotten. With the introduction of support for i (formerly i5/OS) and z/OS with version 4, the product can now be used in enterprise IBM shops. READ MORE >

KST Offers DataTrigger to Protect DB2/400 Files
by Alex Woodie

There are many different ways to secure data residing on an i OS-based server. From exit point programs and field-level encryption to firewalls and limiting powerful user profiles, there are as many protection techniques as there are ways to access the server. KST Software, an Israeli developer of i OS utilities, recently launched a new i OS security tool called DataTrigger that offers another approach: using DB2/400's trigger technology to detect attempts to access specified files. READ MORE >