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Volume 4, Number 40 -- October 5, 2004


 
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ASNA Launches Monarch for RPG-to-.NET Migration
by Alex Woodie

ASNA last week launched a new migration tool called Monarch, which, the company says, can help iSeries shops move their RPG applications to Microsoft .NET in a matter of weeks, as opposed to the months or years such a migration could entail. With Monarch and existing ASNA language and database tools, the company says it now offers everything for a whole or partial migration of RPG applications to .NET, and an upgrade path to service-oriented architectures. READ MORE >

 

Storm Weary Caribbean Considers High Availability Options
by Alex Woodie

The recent spate of hurricanes in the Caribbean has taken a horrible toll on the area. People and businesses are still recovering from the sudden onslaught of big storms in August and September, while at the same time preparing for potentially more storms, as eight weeks still remain in the hurricane season. For data center operations, the storms have highlighted the importance of good disaster recovery procedures, as these Maximum Availability customers attest to. READ MORE >


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New Software from IIS Improves Document Workflow
by Alex Woodie

Billing department are the intended users of two new modules that Image Integration Systems announced last month. One of the new modules, called Pass-Through-Billing, helps users to turn vendor invoices around so they can bill their customers more quickly, while another, called AutoVoucher, eliminates the manual entry of vendor information in batch invoice runs. Both of the new modules plug into the company's Windows-based DocuSphere content management and workflow software, which is used at hundreds of OS/400 shops. READ MORE >

 

Bug Busters Enables True Object Broadcasting with RSF 7.2
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops that need to distribute objects to hundreds of iSeries servers will be delighted to hear about the latest release of Bug Busters Software Engineering's Remote Software Facility. RSF Version 7.2 features a new broadcast distribution option that enables a single iSeries to send OS/400 objects, libraries, and IFS objects to any number of other iSeries in the same amount of time it would take to transmit to just one of them. READ MORE >

 

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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

IBM Starts Shipping Host Access Client Package for iSeries Version 5 . . . Minnesota Twins Thwart Ticket Fraud with Barcode Scanners . . . Quadrant Enhances Fax Distribution with FastFax Version 4.6 . . . Aldon Change Management Plug-In Gets WebSphere Studio Certification . . . TrailBlazer's ZMOD Exchange Certified for UCCnet Services . . . New iSeries Disaster Recovery Services to Be Available in Midwest . . . READ MORE >




Four Hundred Stack Reader Feedback

Feedback on "Dubious Achievement: iSeries Gets Some Attention From Hackers" . . . An interesting question by email from a reader . . . Feedback on "Midrange i5s Versus the iSeries, Revisited" . . . A general observation from a Model 520 customer . . . Feedback on "As I See It: What I Did on My Summer Vacation" . . . A criticism from a reader on some of our advertising . . . General comment on the August 4, 2004 issue of Four Hundred Guru . . . Feedback on "Using Member Filters in Remote Systems Explorer" . . . Feedback on "Admin Alert: Searching for Elusive OS/400 Green-Screen Commands" . . . 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:

Quadrant Software
Aldon
COMMON
Lakeview Technology
RJS Software Systems


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ASNA Launches Monarch for RPG-to-.NET Migration

Storm Weary Caribbean Considers High Availability Options

New Software from IIS Improves Document Workflow

Bug Busters Enables True Object Broadcasting with RSF 7.2

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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