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Volume 5, Number 33 -- August 23, 2005

 
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ASNA's Monarch Lets RPG Apps Sprout .NET Wings and Fly Through Windows
by Alex Woodie

Year after year, surveys point to iSeries customers being the most satisfied with their chosen server, compared to other shops and their dominant platforms. Just the same, the move from iSeries to Windows is a simple reality at many shops, for a variety of reasons. Organizations looking to migrate their RPG applications from OS/400 to Windows have new options available in Monarch 2.0, which ASNA announced last week. READ MORE >

 

IBM Takes On EDI Challenges with WebSphere DataStage TX
by Alex Woodie

IBM last week announced WebSphere DataStage TX version 8.0, a new release of data integration middleware designed to support the complex EDI transformation services required by companies operating in regulated industries. This release benefits from progress made in the Serrano and Hawk data-integration projects currently underway at IBM and Ascential Software, which is operating as an IBM subsidiary, and makes it even easier to integrate complex data from virtually any source across OS/400, mainframe, and distributed platforms, according to Big Blue. READ MORE >


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Quadrant Bolsters OS/400 Forms Design Software
by Alex Woodie

Listed separately, the new features that Quadrant Software added to its Formtastic document management software aren't earth-shattering. But taken as a whole, the additional items and enhancements, including advanced query options, generation of RFID tags, generation of searchable PDF files, new image manipulation capabilities, and enhancements to its Formatter spool file preprocessor, point to Formtastic version 5.3.1 being a solid new release. READ MORE >

 

Questys Document Management System Gains iSeries File Support
by Alex Woodie

In another example of the importance of cross-platform benefits, companies can now pull up iSeries documents and reports from Questys Solutions' Windows-based document management and imaging software. The new capability to use the OS/400 platform as a file storage server results from a technology partnership that Questys formed with inFORM Decisions, a developer of native OS/400 document management systems. READ MORE >

 

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   News Briefs and Product Shorts

Bytware's StandGuardAV Can Now Detect Patched Programs on OS/400 V5R2 . . . FormScape, Create!form Gain EnterpriseOne Certifications from Oracle . . . NLynx Launches Upgradeable Windows-Based Thin Client . . . Playtex the Latest Company to Outsource iSeries Management to Connectria . . . CNX Brings ATOMIC Planning System to BPCS . . . Mid Size Chinese Banks Targeted with High Availability Bundle from Vision and Vanda . . . 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:

Bytware
Aldon
TeamQuest
Lakeview Technology
Affirmative Computer


Four Hundred Stuff

BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ASNA's Monarch Lets RPG Apps Sprout .NET Wings and Fly Through Windows

IBM Takes On EDI Challenges with WebSphere DataStage TX

Quadrant Bolsters OS/400 Forms Design Software

Questys Document Management System Gains iSeries File Support

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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