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Volume 4, Number 28 -- July 13, 2004


 
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    IBM Extends i5 Model 570, Steps on Model 550
    by Timothy Prickett Morgan

    IBM said in May that it would keep up a steady rate of OS/400 server announcements as it rolls out the Power5-based machines, and today Big Blue is making good on that promise. The word on the street two weeks ago was that IBM would be launching the four-way eServer i5 Model 550 and extending the Model 570 to 16-way processing as it debuted the AIX-based eServer p5 variants of the "Squadron" servers. The Model 570 made it, but the Model 550 didn't. READ MORE >

     

    IBM Delivers New iSeries 'Starting Point'
    by Dan Burger

    New OS/400 portal software is available from IBM as part of its Solutions Builder Express portfolio of pre-built software templates. Last week Big Blue launched five new "Starting Points," which are templates designed to help resellers or system integrators instigate implementations in areas, such as e-commerce Web sites, or analytics software. The new template IBM delivered for the iSeries is called the Collaborative Community and Employee Portals for IBM eServer iSeries. READ MORE >


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    Aldon Touts Single Change Management App for All i5 Platforms
    by Alex Woodie

    For some people, it can be difficult to get excited about software change management (SCM) software, but Dan Magid is not one of them. Magid, president of SCM vendor Aldon, is energized about his company's new product, the Application Lifetime Management Suite, which he says is the culmination of six years of work and will help put the eServer i5 firmly in control of code management and deployment of OS/400, Linux, AIX, and Windows applications. READ MORE >

     

    MAPICS Fleshes Out Business Intelligence App for iSeries ERP
    by Alex Woodie

    MAPICS and Cognos have almost doubled the number of key performance indicators in the business intelligence software they sell to MAPICS manufacturing customers, the two companies recently announced. MAPICS Enterprise Business Intelligence for iSeries now includes more than 400 key performance indicators, which should make it easier for executives and managers to make decisions about inventory rates, sales forecasts, accounts receivables, and other aspects of manufacturing operations. READ MORE >

     

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      News Briefs and Product Shorts

    PeopleSoft Invests in ALMs for Greater ROA . . . Waste Industries USA Sifts Through J.D. Edwards Data with Spreadsheet Server . . . Cognos Provides the EAI and ETL for French Caterers . . . Proginet Boosts Automation, Authentication in File Transfer Utility . . . Gartner Finds Business Process Management Delivers Good ROI . . . OpSource Buys EnterpriseOne Hosting Business in Denver . . . 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
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    BACK ISSUES

    TABLE OF
    CONTENTS
    IBM Extends i5 Model 570, Steps on Model 550

    IBM Delivers New iSeries 'Starting Point'

    Aldon Touts Single Change Management App for All i5 Platforms

    MAPICS Fleshes Out Business Intelligence App for iSeries ERP

    News Briefs and Product Shorts




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