PowerTech Translates SOX Requirements Into iSeries Terms
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops preparing for Sarbanes-Oxley Act audits can find some help in a new release of PowerLock SecurityAudit unveiled by The PowerTech Group last week. With SecurityAudit 2.0, PowerTech is including a new AuditAdvisor function that encapsulates the knowledge of the company's OS/400 security experts, as well as COBIT and ISO standards, and helps generate the required SOX reports. The company is also making it easier to configure security on multiple iSeries with new releases of its NetworkSecurity and CentralAdmin products. READ MORE >

NGS Puts the Graphics Into Business Intelligence
by Alex Woodie

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then why are your top business analysts ruining their eyes reading line-for-line the reams of reports output from your ERP system? That's the question New Generation Software wants you to ask, especially since it unveiled its Business Performance Dashboard software earlier this year. This month NGS is shipping a new Starter Pack of templates designed to get users up and running quickly with graphical reports based on iSeries data. READ MORE >

Capella Tech Delivers Multi-Host Print Solution
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops looking to save a little money in the printing department may want to check out a new product called Multi-Host Print (MHP) that was unveiled by Hewlett-Packard business partner Capella Technologies last month. MHP is a printer-resident memory module that converts IPDS and SCS datastreams into a format compatible with HP LaserJet printers. The MHP module also includes a forms overlay component for sprucing up SCS reports with graphics. READ MORE >

IBM Boosts OS/400 Coverage in Mainframe Utilities
by Alex Woodie

There are many similarities between IBM's iSeries and zSeries servers. Both are built on proprietary architectures, both are renown for their excellent reliability and security, and both have very committed user bases. In fact, a good number of the 20,000 or so mainframe shops in the world are also OS/400 shops. To keep these customers happy, IBM is introducing new Tivoli Omegamon and Rational-branded utilities to enable the testing of new workloads and the monitoring of production systems on iSeries and distributed platforms from the big daddy of servers: the mainframe. READ MORE >

   News Briefs and Product Shorts

Hormel Picks Aldon for SOX Compliance, But Finds Other Benefits Too . . . CLI Launches Two Thin Clients, One for Windows, one for Linux . . . MAC-PAC Gains New Document Management Capabilities, New Ownership . . . SP Newsprint Finds Global the Right Choice for J.D. Edwards Analysis . . . New Infoprint 4100 Series Provides Serious Oomph to Production Printing . . . Adobe Licenses NetManage Librados Connector Technology for LiveCycle Product . . . READ MORE >

Correction: SSA Executives Did Not Sell Stock

Last week's article "SSA Global Wastes No Time Integrating Boniva" has been corrected. SA Global has informed IT Jungle that we erroneously reported recent SEC filings by SSA executives as sales of stock. The transactions in question--by CEO Michael Greenough, by vice president of operations Ross Garrity, by CFO Stephen Earhart, and by executive vice president Graeme Cooksley--were not sales of stock. IT Jungle regrets the errors. READ MORE >

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