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Volume 4, Number 43 -- October 26, 2004


 
Sponsored By
BYTWARE

Sarbanes-Oxley.

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Sponsored By
ALDON

The 'Natural Selection' for Enterprise Change Management.


In the new climate of regulatory compliance, enterprise change management has become an increasingly complex animal. If you're not taking steps to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, you might soon find it's a real jungle out there.

The survivors are those who rely on Aldon software to automate complex compliance and development process control procedures.


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PFSweb Launches XML Connector for Real-Time iSeries Transactions
by Alex Woodie

PFSWeb launched a new middleware product last week, called the iS Connector Toolkit, which exposes iSeries transactions, in real time, as XML. The company had sold the technology as part of an e-commerce software suite that it introduced this spring. But PFSweb, a publicly traded company whose day job is providing fulfillment services to Fortune 1000 manufacturers, discovered that iSeries shops were actually more interested in the XML connector. READ MORE >

 

Bytware's StandGuard Anti-Virus Now Detects Patched OS/400 Programs
by Alex Woodie

To combat the security risk posed by allowing patched programs to run on OS/400 servers, IBM and Bytware have collaborated to include the capability to detect patch programs through a new release of Bytware's StandGuard Anti-Virus software. While most patched programs are not dangerous, they can be written to wreak havoc, and the fact that OS/400 shops unknowingly run patched programs provided by ISVs presents a serious breach of good security practices, IBM's OS/400 security architect says. READ MORE >


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Sponsored By
IMESSAGING SYSTEMS

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BCD Announces RPG Code Converter, Outlines Web App Enhancements
by Alex Woodie

When BCD Int'l starts shipping ProGen WebSmart Version 5 next year, it will include a new RPG code converter designed to jumpstart iSeries shops' Web development projects using the WebSmart development environment. The code converter in WebSmart 5 is just one of the announcements BCD made at the COMMON conference last week, including an upcoming release of its Spool-Explorer/400 product and new features in its Nexus Web portal. READ MORE >

 

New BOSaNOVA Tool Integrates iSeries Data with Windows, Office
by Alex Woodie

OfficeVision/400 stragglers take note: BOSaNOVA introduced a tool at the COMMON conference last week that automatically merges iSeries data with Microsoft Office programs and documents. There are many other iSeries-to-Windows integration capabilities of OLE-based Launcher/400 Office, for which BOSaNOVA gained exclusive distribution rights in North America from its French developer. BOSaNOVA also used the show to flesh out its thin client lineup with two Windows-based, touch-screen, wireless tablets and a low-end, bargain-basement Linux device. READ MORE >

 

Sponsored By
AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER

For tough production and warehouse environments, Affirmative introduces the industrial-strength YEStablet wireless thin client.

Featuring a magnesium alloy case and shock protection boot for industrial applications, the new YEStablet supports 5250 and 3270 emulation with built-in GUI and touch-screen keyboard.

The USB port supports barcode scanners and other data collection devices. Vehicle mount and wearable options are also available. Visit www.affirmative.net for more information.


  News Briefs and Product Shorts

SEA and Visara, Traditionally Mainframe Vendors, Make iSeries Debuts At COMMON . . . MKS Announces Requirement Planning Software That's Integrated with Change Management . . . PKWARE Launches PKZIP Server and SecureZIP Server Products . . . LANSA Rolls Out New EDI Software . . . Computer Associates Announces New Releases of 2E and Plex . . . Mincron Strikes OEM Deal with Relativity for JENASYS RPG-to-Java Conversion . . . 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
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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

Bytware
Aldon
Lakeview Technology
iMessaging Systems
Affirmative Computer


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PFSweb Launches XML Connector for Real-Time iSeries Transactions

Bytware's StandGuard Anti-Virus Now Detects Patched OS/400 Programs

BCD Announces RPG Code Converter, Outlines Web App Enhancements

New BOSaNOVA Tool Integrates iSeries Data with Windows, Office

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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Four Hundred Monitor




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