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Volume 4, Number 37 -- September 14, 2004

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Versata Completes Port of Java Tool to iSeries
by Alex Woodie

Versata recently followed through on its promise to support the iSeries with its J2EE development tool, which, it claims, can automate 98 percent of the process of generating Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) and cut Java development costs in half. In August the Oakland, California, company announced that Versata Logic Server Version 5.6.2, which, together with the Versata Logic Studio, make up the Versata Logic Suite, is now available on iSeries servers running Linux. READ MORE >

 

Olympic Effort Not Required for Publishing Business Communications
by Dan Burger

Publishing your own newsletter or product bulletins is a strategy used by many companies to achieve a polished and professional method of communicating with business partners, customers, employees, and other stakeholders. For years this was accomplished with printed publications that required substantial amounts of time and labor and costs. If you could reduce production expenses, primarily printing and mailing, and also accommodate the inclusion of more timely information, you would probably be looking at publishing content via an e-mail newsletter, Web site, or portal. READ MORE >


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Tree of Life Finds Supply Chain Answers in Datamart
by Hellena Smejda

Supplier performance is a key success factor in the fiercely competitive food distribution business. How quickly and how well suppliers fill orders affects not only service to retail customers but also profitability. So it's no surprise that the first datamart tackled by Tree of Life, an international food distributor based in St. Augustine, Florida, was the supplier datamart. READ MORE >

 

SSA RFID Offering Shows Benefits in Wal-Mart Test
by Alex Woodie

Wal-Mart's top 100 suppliers won't need to go live with their radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging operations until January 1, but that isn't stopping one third-party logistics company from trying it out early. The RFID Deployment Center in Dallas is helping customers comply with Wal-Mart's mandate, using RFID hardware and software from multiple vendors, including SSA Global, whose RFID middleware enables the 3PL provider to automatically generate Advanced Ship Notices from its SSA warehouse management system. READ MORE >

 
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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

Computer Lab International Says New Linux Thin Clients Ideal for OS/400 Shops . . . La Brea Bakery Picks Global for Movex Reporting . . . Toolmaker Finds the Right Stuff in LANSA . . . PeopleSoft Selects Motive for Automated Support System . . . Ingrian Networks Considering Other DB2 Flavors for Cryptographic Appliances . . . Hummingbird Announces Release of Connectivity 10 . . . 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
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
Contact the Editors: To contact anyone on the IT Jungle Team
Go to our contacts page and send us a message.



THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

Bytware
Aldon
Quadrant Software
Computer Keyes
RJS Software Systems


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Versata Completes Port of Java Tool to iSeries

Olympic Effort Not Required for Publishing Business Communications

Tree of Life Finds Supply Chain Answers in Datamart

SSA RFID Offering Shows Benefits in Wal-Mart Test

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
PeopleSoft Says It's Working Hard to Make a Better World

Tales of an iSeries Offshore Outsourcer

UDO Storage Now Available for the iSeries

Four Hundred Guru
Sifting Through the Java Quagmire

Define Compile-Time Array Data in D-Specs

CRTDUPOBJ and Logical Files

Four Hundred Monitor




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