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Volume 4, Number 22 -- June 1, 2004


 
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Access OS/400 Servers from Wireless BlackBerry Devices
by Alex Woodie

BlackBerry, meet your iSeries. Epoch Integration, a developer of management software for the wireless BlackBerry devices made by Research In Motion, recently launched a new version of its NeedTEXT Shell terminal emulation software that allows users to access, monitor, and manage OS/400 servers through a secure command line interface displayed on their BlackBerry screens. READ MORE >

 

IBM Introduces Integration Software to the Midmarket
by Alex Woodie

Acknowledging that integration application problems can effect small and midsized businesses as well as large enterprises, IBM last month announced WebSphere Business Integration Server Express, a new software product for streamlining business processes from disparate applications and databases running across OS/400, Linux, and Windows servers. IBM also introduced three new Express offerings for specific integration problems, including UCCnet data synchronization, sending and receiving message queues, and connecting to electronic trading networks. READ MORE >


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LAUNCHER/400 lets you create 100% MS-Word Documents with live AS/400 data, transfer data to Excel Spreadsheets and export calculated cells to your programs, print created documents on any printer, convert them to .pdf format, or send them by email or fax.

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eStorage Offers 70 GB iSeries Disk Drive for $995
by Alex Woodie

eStorage, the only independent provider of internal disk for OS/400 servers, last week announced three new 70 GB iSeries disk drives. The new drives include one 15K RPM model, one 140 GB, 10K RPM drive that has been "shortstroked" to boost access time, and one standard 10K RPM model that eStorage says is 65 percent less expensive than the comparable 70 GB disk from IBM. READ MORE >

 

ASNA Updates Visual RPG for .NET Development Tool
by Alex Woodie

ASNA this month will start shipping the second release of its flagship product, ASNA Visual RPG for .NET, or simply AVR for .NET, a "superset" of the familiar RPG language that plugs into Microsoft's Visual Studio 2003 development environment and compiles to native .NET code. The company, based in San Antonio, also announced DataGate Component Suite for .NET, which provides .NET programmers with optimized access to DB2/400. READ MORE >

 
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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

Raytheon Aircraft Set for Smooth Flight with Customer Service, Supply Chain Enhancements . . . LXI Tracks Tape Movement with New Wireless Scanner . . . UCCnet Offers Free Utility for Product Data Registration, Synchronization . . . WRQ Enables OS/400 Hosts to Play in Plumtree's Portal . . . 'Mushroom'-Like Growth of Web Services Leads to X-Registry . . . Vanguard Enhances Single-Sign-On Software . . . 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
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
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:

ACOM
Aldon
AURA Equipments
Lakeview Technology
Guild Companies


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Access OS/400 Servers from Wireless BlackBerry Devices

IBM Introduces Integration Software to the Midmarket

eStorage Offers 70 GB iSeries Disk Drive for $995

ASNA Updates Visual RPG for .NET Development Tool

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
OS/400 Community Reacts to eServer i5

Java, .NET on iSeries Programmers Minds, RPG in Their Blood

Worldwide Server Market Perked Up in Q1

Four Hundred Guru
Creating Dynamic Queries, by Bruce Guetzkow

Security and DDM Files, by Wayne O. Evans

Calculate Ages with Query/400, by Ted Holt

Four Hundred Monitor




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