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Volume 4, Number 25 -- June 22, 2004


 
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    Vendors Offer Support for New UCCnet Services 2.3 Spec
    by Alex Woodie

    Six months after Wal-Mart's first UCCnet deadline, product data synchronization projects continue among the nation's midmarket manufactures and distributors, particularly those that sell to The Home Depot and other hard-lines retailers with UCCnet mandates. Last month the Uniform Code Council announced the new UCCnet Synchronization Suite Version 2.3 specification, which includes the capability to publish pricing information, in addition to extensions for the hard-lines supply chain. READ MORE >

     

    Message Monitoring Software from CCSS Gets Tighter Security
    by Dan Burger

    The emphasis on security resounds throughout the industry these days. With tough auditing compliance a mandate for many organizations (and a priority for some, when mandates are not forcing the issue), it's not uncommon for IT departments to be tightening down the security screws. So it's not surprising that iSeries systems management software developer CCSS focused on security threats when adding features to QMessage Monitor Version 6. What is surprising are the 426 new possibilities for auditing. READ MORE >


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    Damon Delivers New GUI Editor with RPG Server Pages 3.0
    by Alex Woodie

    Developing dynamic Web content from RPG applications just got easier with the new release of Damon Technologies' RPG Server Pages software, a development tool that leverages existing RPG by embedding RPG code directly inside HTML pages. The new integrated development environment Damon has delivered with RPG Server Pages 3.0 combines an HTML Page Designer with an RPG Editor into a single product, which, the company says, gives programmers the benefits of WYSIWYG screen creation and faster development cycles. READ MORE >

     

    ProData Now Supports Database Utility on Linux
    by Alex Woodie

    OS/400 developers can now work with their DB2/400 files from behind a Linux, Unix, or Windows workstation with the new release of ProData Computer Services DBU/GUI, the graphical client that works with ProData's DB2/400 database utility, DBU 6.0. The Nebraska software company is also working on a new product called DBUnifier, which can be used to quickly create interactive maintenance and inquiry applications. READ MORE >

     
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      News Briefs and Product Shorts

    IBM Integrates ThinkDynamics Virtualization Software with Tivoli Provisioning Product . . . GST Introduces New SAIT Autoloader for OS/400, Other Platforms . . . IBM Validates Touchtone's WebSphere-Based CRM 'Portlets' . . . Zebra Ships New Read-Write RFID Encoder . . . Avnet Hall-Mark's Five Pillars of i5 Workload Training . . . PeopleSoft Certifies FormScape's Output Solution for EnterpriseOne 8.9 . . . READ MORE >




    Reader Feedback and Insights

    The article "In Server Consolidations, Knowledge Means Power" has been corrected since it was originally published. The article misidentified David Price. He does not currently work as a consultant for his former employer. Guild Companies regrets the error. [Change made 6/16/06]


    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
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    PowerTech
    ProData Computer Svcs
    AURA Equipments
    Computer Keyes
    Tango/04 Computing Group


    BACK ISSUES

    TABLE OF
    CONTENTS
    Vendors Offer Support for New UCCnet Services 2.3 Spec

    Message Monitoring Software from CCSS Gets Tighter Security

    Damon Delivers New GUI Editor with RPG Server Pages 3.0

    ProData Now Supports Database Utility on Linux

    News Briefs and Product Shorts




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