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Volume 11, Number 23 -- July 12, 2011
Four Hundred Stuff is taking a hiatus next week. We will resume publishing on July 26.
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Silvon Re-Emerges with Update to Stratum BI
by Alex Woodie

It's been a while since we've heard from Silvon, the Chicago, Illinois, software company that has a long history in the AS/400 market. While the company's CEO, Mike Hennel, says Silvon never wavered from product development and support commitments, he says it's now putting more focus on marketing and press relations. This is how we found out about the recently shipped version of its BI product, Stratum version 6, which brings improvements in the areas of user interaction, performance, and advanced analytics for manufacturers and distributors. READ MORE >

DR Testing an Integral Part of RES-Q's Services
by Alex Woodie

When it comes to disaster recovery, preparation is everything. Most organizations realize that a disaster could happen, which leads them to adopt a tape-based backup solution, at the very least. But a failure to regularly practice the disaster scenario and perform recovery drills will usually result in glitches and gotchas if the real thing were to happen. One IT vendor that is putting a strong emphasis on DR testing and preparation is the RES-Q division of Corus360, which recently expanded its recovery center near Atlanta. READ MORE >


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LaserVault Launches Hybrid Cloud Backup Appliance for IBM i
by Alex Woodie

LaserVault recently introduced a new hybrid cloud backup solution for IBM i shops that utilizes a Fibre Channel-connected, Windows-based storage appliance and replication of deduplicated data to Rackspace's storage cloud. Called the UBD Cloud, LaserVault says the new offering will appeal to IBM i shops that have large volumes of data to protect, relatively small backup windows, and require off-site storage for disaster recovery purposes. READ MORE >


iWay Detects Business Events in Social Network Feeds
by Alex Woodie

New software from iWay Software can combine events occurring on multiple systems, such as an IBM i ERP system and a particular Facebook page or Twitter feed, to trigger the execution of a third event, such as the generation of detailed sales leads from a business intelligence system. READ MORE >




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Amazing i Server Survival Story from Australia
by Alex Woodie

If you've been involved with the IBM i platform for any length of time, you've probably heard stories about the incredible abuse that the AS/400 and its successors can take. Whether it's water, wind, neglect, or dust, the server just seems to go right on ticking. Now we're hearing of another amazing feat of disaster recovery from the floods in Australia earlier this year. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• Informatica Addresses the Big Data Problem

• Roto Rooter Taps Quadrant for IBM i Fax Solution

• Attachmate Updates Fraud Fighting Software

• Helzberg Diamonds Expands Use of Original Testing Tools

• PostgreSQL, Progress DB Now Supported on mrc's m-Power


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, Timothy Prickett Morgan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Silvon Re-Emerges with Update to Stratum BI

DR Testing an Integral Part of RES-Q's Services

LaserVault Launches Hybrid Cloud Backup Appliance for IBM i

iWay Detects Business Events in Social Network Feeds

Amazing i Server Survival Story from Australia

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

Informatica Addresses the Big Data Problem . . . Roto Rooter Taps Quadrant for IBM i Fax Solution . . . Attachmate Updates Fraud Fighting Software . . . Helzberg Diamonds Expands Use of Original Testing Tools . . . PostgreSQL, Progress DB Now Supported on mrc's m-Power . . .


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