LANSA Unveils Major Update to aXes Modernization Tool
by Alex Woodie

A new Web browser engine in the latest release of LANSA's aXes screen modernization tool will enable users to display i/OS application screens on practically any Web browser, including those running on mobile devices. aXes version 1.35, which was a major rewrite of the product, also contains something called aXes eXtensions, which will allow customers to integrate Microsoft .NET components directly into the Web interfaces of their RPG or COBOL applications, or integrate aXes screens into SharePoint portals. READ MORE >

ASNA Updates RPG Technology for MS Visual Studio 2010
by Alex Woodie

ASNA, a division of BluePhoenix since 2007, this month will begin shipping ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) version 10, the latest release of its technology that generates Windows executables from its RPG-like syntax. With version 10, AVR gains support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, and the capability to run within that popular development environment. Version 10 also gives users the option of running within the free Visual Studio Shell. READ MORE >

Pat Townsend Claims Industry First with Tokenization Offering
by Alex Woodie

Patrick Townsend Security Solutions is taking a unique approach to data security with its latest offering, Alliance Token Manager. Like all tokenization offerings, ATM inserts a token in the place of sensitive data, making the data useless without the key, but maintaining internal consistency. But unlike other tokenization offerings, PTSS' new i/OS-based product will generate non-recoverable tokens, which means the data can never be recovered--not even with the key. ATM is the first tokenization offering to offer this feature, PTSS claims. READ MORE >

Attachmate Roots Out Insider Fraud with New Software
by Alex Woodie

Attachmate this month shipped Luminet, a powerful fraud-detection program that gives corporations Big Brother-like monitoring capability over their workers. The enterprise-strength product, which starts at around $100,000, captures every screen and records every keystroke made by users as they traverse applications running on midrange and mainframe IBM systems and open X64 systems alike, thereby picking up the trail of malicious users where traditional log-based security and auditing products leave off. READ MORE >