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Volume 6, Number 38 -- September 26, 2006
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Looksoftware Takes OS/400 Transaction Processing Offline
by Alex Woodie

Two months ago, looksoftware introduced a pretty neat trick when it unveiled a new product that lets iSeries shops bypass interactive workloads as part of a modernization project--even if the users opt to keep their 5250 green screens. Last week at COMMON's Fall 2006 conference, the chaps from Down Under pulled another rabbit out of their hat: the ability to work with an OS/400 application from a browser interface, even when there's no connection to the "i" server. READ MORE >

Keeping an i on Application Modernization with Profound
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Not every iSeries shop is ready to extend its traditional RPG applications to the Web, but those that have given the idea some thought should add the name Profound Logic Software to their planning. Last week the company announced version 6 of its RPG Smart Pages (RPGsp), a Web application development environment that programmers have found to be a quick and easy way to create professional-quality, CGI-based Web applications. READ MORE >


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SEA Launches OS/400 Messaging Utility at COMMON
by Alex Woodie

Software Engineering of America announced the general availability of a new OS/400 messaging utility at the COMMON conference last week in Miami. In addition to the new absMessage solution, SEA had two other OS/400 products to talk about, which marks a three-fold improvement in product breadth from the conference last spring, when the established mainframe utility vendor and sales and marketing organization was in between relationships with developers. READ MORE >


RJS Acquires Twin Cities Reseller, Discusses Product Realignment
by Alex Woodie

RJS Software Systems took a definitive step to build its business last week when it announced plans to buy Ultimate Data Systems, an iSeries reseller and technical services provider based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. In addition to the acquisition, RJS lifted the lid a little on the upcoming launch of its new suite of cross-platform document and content management solutions, which it expects to ship in early 2007.READ MORE >





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News Briefs and Product Shorts:

BOSaNOVA Adds Antivirus, Biometeric Authentication to Thin Clients . . . The Tropicana Streamlines Forms Design Changes with EZeDocs/400 . . . Vision Launches High Availability Assessment Program . . . I/O Concepts Secures Other Vendors' Emulators with SAMS . . . Stampede Adds Application Plug-In to Acceleration Appliance . . . Bytware Boosts SMS Support for Mobile Message Management . . .



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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