Synergivity Brings i/OS Change Management to US Market
by Alex Woodie

There is a new name in the i/OS change management market: Synergivity Software. The New Hampshire-based company was founded recently to be the U.S. distributor for i/OS change management tools developed by Midrange Dynamics, which is headquartered in Switzerland. In addition to change management, Synergivity sells impact analysis and auditing software developed by Midrange Dynamics--and hopes to add other security, testing, and high availability tools to its portfolio in the future. READ MORE >

Shield Unveils New DR Solution for i/OS
by Alex Woodie

Shield Advanced Solutions hopes a new low-cost disaster recovery product unveiled last week will find a comfortable spot among small and medium-sized System i shops. Called DR4i, the new offering continuously replicates changes to i/OS data and objects to a secondary server or LPAR. The software, which is based on IBM's remote journaling technology, is a scaled-down, and lower-cost, version of Shield's high availability software product. READ MORE >

Centerfield Makes SQL Tuning Easier with HomeRun 7.0
by Alex Woodie

System i database performance experts Centerfield Technology recently launched HomeRun version 7.0, the newest version of its suite of application and database optimization tools for the i/OS platform. With HomeRun version 7.0, Centerfield has overhauled AutoDBA, the suite's automated database administrator component of the suite, to make it easier to use and to allow customers to get results quicker than before. READ MORE >

Linoma Beefs Up MFT Offering
by Alex Woodie

System i shops on the hunt for a managed file transfer (MFT) solution may be interested in learning about the latest release of Linoma Software's GoAnywhere Director. Last week the company unveiled version 3.2, which adds support for sending and receiving files using the AS2 protocol. The new release also marks a gain in the auditing department with the introduction of support for Syslog, the de-facto industry standard for handling activity logs from servers and network devices. READ MORE >