Quadrant Unveils IntelliChief for Paperless Process Management
by Alex Woodie

Quadrant Software pulled out the stops at the COMMON conference last week to unveil IntelliChief, a new suite of document and content management software designed to help iSeries shops break their reliance on paper-based processes and make the move to electronic documents and workflow. The new product has been a long time in coming for Quadrant, which celebrated the occasion by welcoming several hundred conference attendees to an open-bar party and a chance to win a $90,000 Porsche 911 Carrera. READ MORE >

Web-based Document Management Gets the RJS Treatment
by Dan Burger

Companies are interested in Web-based access to documents, reports, and files for one reason--it's the quickest way to distribute critical business data. The spotlight is on productivity, but the side benefits of decreasing paper, postage, and storage costs are not unobserved either. As Richard Schoen, president of RJS Software Systems, points out, these storage and management advantages apply internally, where employees capitalize on easier and quicker location and distribution of documents, and externally, where customers and suppliers gain accessibility. READ MORE >

Linoma Bolsters Security of iSeries Database Tool
by Alex Woodie

In the past, the primary users of Linoma Software's Surveyor/400 were programmers and administrators who required fast and powerful DB2/400 access from a graphical interface. But that user profile is changing as customer service representatives and other workers find the tool fits the bill for a variety of everyday tasks. Last week at the COMMON conference, Linoma unveiled a new version of Surveyor/400 that enables admins to restrict user access to sensitive information, and track people's use of the tool. READ MORE >

MaxAv's New Wizard Simplifies Remote Journaling Setup
by Alex Woodie

While Maximum Availability has taken pains to simplify the installation and configuration of OS/400 high availability, there has still been a certain level of time and patience required, particularly in the area of setting up local and remote journaling. Now much of that, too, has been automated through a new *noMAX wizard unveiled at the COMMON conference last week. The company has also made strides with resellers, particularly in Germany, where its agent has averaged a deal a month for the last year and a half. READ MORE >

   News Briefs and Product Shorts

EXTOL Enables Customization with Business Integrator for UCCnet Services 2.6 . . . IBS Renames ERP Suite, Begins Roll-Out of New Version . . . SSA Global Renames Technology Architecture to Open Architecture with Version 5.1 . . . Kronos Sweeps iSeries Central into New Division, Gets to Work on zSeries Software . . . Solimar Improves OS/400 Fonts with iConvert 9.05 . . . ISVs Pre-Announce a Slew of Products at Fall COMMON . . . READ MORE >

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