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Volume 4, Number 35 -- August 31, 2004


 
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    Boost Launches Event Monitoring Software for OS/400
    by Alex Woodie

    Imagine getting a text message on your cell phone the minute your iSeries detects that inventory levels have reached critically low levels. It could save your company thousands of dollars and hours of hassle by getting a jump on the ordering process. Such a notification system is now available from Boost Information Systems, a Rochester, Minnesota, software company that recently launched Boost IntelliSense for the iSeries Version 2.0. READ MORE >

     

    Informatica Drives Data Integration for Upsher-Smith
    by Alex Woodie

    The planning and analysis group at drug-maker Upsher-Smith Laboratories was in a special kind of Excel hell. With a monthly data feed from a pharmaceutical information clearinghouse topping 50 million rows, technicians had to do some fancy summarizing or risk breaking the celebrated spreadsheet program, which bottoms out at 64,000 rows. So the company decided to implement a data warehouse, and when it came to connecting to its core OS/400 systems, including SAP, it found success with Informatica's data integration tools. READ MORE >


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    Jinfonet Delivers Easier-to-Use Java Reporting Tool
    by Alex Woodie

    You don't have to be a Java developer to get something out of Jinfonet's latest reporting tool. Not that you did with previous versions, but JReport Version 7.0, announced this month, features new ad-hoc reporting capabilities that allow people at practically any skill level to build reports from JDBC data sources, on the fly. There's also a new migration utility for Crystal Reports, JReport's primary competition. READ MORE >

     

    CocoBase Object-to-Relational Mapping Tool Gets DB2 Support
    by Alex Woodie

    THOUGHT last week added support for IBM's DB2 database to CocoBase Enterprise O/R Version 4.5, Service Release 6, the latest release of its Java-based object-to-relational mapping tool. CocoBase was designed to automate much of the work that goes into allowing applications written in object-oriented languages, such as Java, to access relational databases. With support for DB2, CocoBase also now supports the iSeries. READ MORE >

     
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      News Briefs and Product Shorts

    Cleo Delivers New Management GUI with VersaLex 2.2 . . . iSeries Reseller Develops P&C Insurance Solution Based on WebSphere . . . ENER.G Group Happy with SpreadSheet Server for EnterpriseOne . . . ACOM Knocks 30% Off Electronic Checks and Xerox Printer Bundle . . . CSG Systems Enhances Integration with New API in Telecommunications Solution . . . California Software Updates OS/400 Migration Utility . . . READ MORE >




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    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
    SPONSORED BY:

    ACOM
    TrailBlazer Systems
    Guild Companies
    Bytware
    Asymex


    BACK ISSUES

    TABLE OF
    CONTENTS
    Boost Launches Event Monitoring Software for OS/400

    Informatica Drives Data Integration for Upsher-Smith

    Jinfonet Delivers Easier-to-Use Java Reporting Tool

    CocoBase Object-to-Relational Mapping Tool Gets DB2 Support

    News Briefs and Product Shorts




    The Four Hundred
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    Admin Alert: Searching for Elusive OS/400 Green-Screen Commands

    Four Hundred Monitor




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