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What Will DB2 Web Query Cost You?
WE'VE PUT AN END TO THE MYSTERY!
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Then, consider other factors: performance, support, and complexity. Let NGS show you an easier, cost-effective alternative for business intelligence and reporting: NGS-IQ!
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Call 800-824-1220 for info on NGS-IQ.
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QJRN/400 Sniffs Out Fraud, One Journal Receiver at a Time
by Alex Woodie
QJRN/400 from Cilasoft is a database auditing tool for the IBM System i server that relies on the operating system's extensive journaling function to dig up evidence of malfeasance or fraud by users. Clever System i users will be able to hide their tracks to some extent. But when every little action is tracked and recorded, it's just a matter of piecing the puzzle together, and that's where QJRN/400 excels. READ MORE >
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Databorough Beefs Up X-Analysis for Application Modernization
by Alex Woodie
Databorugh is in the process of rolling out X-Analysis version 8, a major new release that has been overhauled to provide a range of modernization services for RPG and COBOL applications. With new features such as Java and UML generation, migration to SQL-based databases, and low-level documentation of business processes, X-Analysis version 8 will give IBM i OS shops powerful new options for modernizing or migrating their applications to Java, EGL, or other languages, the vendor says. READ MORE >
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FREE White Paper
IBM iSeries Recovery Options:
An Executive Guide
50% of businesses that have a data recovery solution may still be vulnerable to downtime.
Download the FREE white paper now to avoid this risk and examine solutions for protecting your IBM iSeries investment that are affordable, reliable and simple.
Download now at www.safedata.net
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Strike Back Against Security Risks
Sometimes security breaches come from where you least expect them; and in the latest MoshiMoshi, System i manager Harold Stanley finds himself faced with an unexpected security challenge.
Find out how he solves the problem and how you can close the gaps in your security. Plus, you can take Mr. Ono's Security Quiz to win a free license of Bytware's StandGuard Network Security!
Enjoy the hit animated series today! Learn about security and win great prizes!
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BCD's Presto Web Enablement Software Goes GA
by Alex Woodie
Business Computer Design Int’l. last week announced the general availability of Presto, its new application modernization and Web enablement tool for applications running on IBM Power Systems servers. Presto instantly converts 5250 screens to Web interfaces, without requiring any invasive code changes, access to source code, or OLTP (interface) processing capability, BCD claims. READ MORE >
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IBM Promotes the i--iPhone, That Is
by Alex Woodie
IBM became the latest high-tech company to jump on the iPhone bandwagon last week when it announced new software, called iNotes ultralite, for accessing Lotus Notes and Domino software from the ever-present Apple handheld device. While the iNotes ultralite software has been received well among businesses, IBM continues to ignore its own business-centric computing platform, the IBM i. READ MORE >
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Full system console control for multiple AS/400s and LPARs from anywhere on your LAN, WAN, VPN, even over the Internet!
Perform certain System Maintenance and Configuration Procedures while in "Restricted State." Execute certain types of System Backups (SAVSYS) and respond to "System Console Only" messages.
Call for details about this IP Console Solution: 800-597-2525
www.twindata.com
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Valid Gets IBM Certification for i OS-Based Biometric System
by Alex Woodie
Valid Technologies last month announced that it has received certification from IBM for using its i OS-based biometric authentication system with two Tivoli identity- and access-control products. The certification will allow organizations to ditch the use of passwords and tokens for authenticating log-ins for Web applications, and instead rely on peoples' fingerprints to serve as the keys for entry. READ MORE >
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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 >
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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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IT Jungle Store Top Book Picks
Easy Steps to Internet Programming for AS/400, iSeries, and System i: List Price, $49.95
Getting Started with PHP for i5/OS: List Price, $59.95
The System i RPG & RPG IV Tutorial and Lab Exercises: List Price, $59.95
The System i Pocket RPG & RPG IV Guide: List Price, $69.95
The iSeries Pocket Database Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket Developers' Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket SQL Guide: List Price, $59.00
The iSeries Pocket Query Guide: List Price, $49.00
The iSeries Pocket WebFacing Primer: List Price, $39.00
Migrating to WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
iSeries Express Web Implementer's Guide: List Price, $59.00
Getting Started with WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries: List Price, $79.95
Getting Started With WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries: List Price, $89.00
Getting Started with WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
WebFacing Application Design and Development Guide: List Price, $55.00
Can the AS/400 Survive IBM?: List Price, $49.00
The All-Everything Machine: List Price, $29.95
Chip Wars: List Price, $29.95
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September 20, 2008: Volume 10, Number 38
September 14, 2008: Volume 10, Number 37
September 7, 2008: Volume 10, Number 36
August 30, 2008: Volume 10, Number 35
August 23, 2008: Volume 10, Number 34
August 16, 2008: Volume 10, Number 33
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