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Volume 5, Number 30 -- August 2, 2005

 
Sponsored By
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DRV Technologies Gets Hip to Forms
by Alex Woodie

DRV Technologies, the developer of SpoolFlex, has discovered the value of electronic forms. Last week, the company announced the general availability of FormFlex, a relatively low-cost form overlay application for OS/400 that enables users to design their own invoices, shipping labels, checks, and other forms--and thereby send their pre-printed forms packing. Combined with SpoolFlex, the company's flagship product, DRV Tech now offers a document management solution that can satisfy the needs of most OS/400 shops. READ MORE >

 

KCI Updates Excel-Based Business Intelligence Tool
by Alex Woodie

KCI Computing recently shipped a new release of CONTROL, a business intelligence tool that runs on the iSeries and uses Excel as its primary user interface. By pulling data from DB2/400 and other back-end data stores in real time, CONTROL enables analysts to use Excel to create up-to-the-minute forecasts and budgets. Version 8.7 adds new features in the areas of security, scheduling, and customization of the interface. READ MORE >


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Farabi Bolsters Host Access Wares with HostFront 4.0
by Alex Woodie

Farabi Technology last week announced HostFront Enterprise Server 4.0, a new version of its host access and integration technology for connecting to OS/400, mainframe, and Unix servers. This version introduces fairly significant changes to the product's packaging, simplified set-up and deployment, easier Web services generation, a new management console, and the introduction of high-end features, such as clustering. READ MORE >

 

No Summer Vacation for Intentia as it Preps for Lawson Merger
by Alex Woodie

Intentia International may be in the middle of a merger with Lawson Software, but that isn't stopping it from making the most of its summer. Last month the Swedish ERP software vendor made several notable announcements, including a new release of its ERP system, a new optimization tool designed to improve food and beverage makers' inventory efficiencies, several new customers, an iSeries award from IBM, and an increase in second quarter revenues. READ MORE >

 

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   News Briefs and Product Shorts

Beer Distributor Takes a Liking to Linux for Self-Service Web Apps. . . Free Windows-based Utility for DB2/400 Is Spelled F.R.O.G. . . . Crate and Barrel Taps Firstlogic for Data Quality, Customer Analysis Programs . . . Fidelity Launches Corebank J2EE . . . Pump Manufacturer Finds QSystem Monitor Helps with ISO 9001, SOX . . . Moeller Marine Streamlines MAPICS Reporting with Compleo . . . 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
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
SPONSORED BY:

PowerTech
ACOM
Lakeview Technology
Computer Keyes
Asymex


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BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
DRV Technologies Gets Hip to Forms

KCI Updates Excel-Based Business Intelligence Tool

Farabi Bolsters Host Access Wares with HostFront 4.0

No Summer Vacation for Intentia as it Preps for Lawson Merger

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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