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Volume 5, Number 44 -- November 8, 2005

 
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Infor's Owners Gobble Up Geac for $1 Billion
by Alex Woodie

The equity group behind Infor yesterday announced a $1 billion plan to acquire Geac, a provider of ERP software for numerous platforms, including the iSeries. Gold Gate Capital, the private equity firm that has funded about a dozen Infor acquisitions over the last several years, plans to split Geac up into three components, with System21 and other ERP products going to Infor, and Geac's industry specific and financial applications becoming two units of a newly created company. READ MORE >

 

RODIN Simplifies Maintenance of Data Warehouses
by Alex Woodie

Keeping large data warehouses up-to-date with the latest data from production systems should be easier for iSeries shops running the new release of RODIN, an extract, transform, and load (ETL) tool from Coglin Mill. With RODIN V4R1M6, the company has introduced a new capability to identify just the files that have been changed since the last update, saving time and resources during nightly updates. READ MORE >


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Kisco Boosts Security in WebReport/400
by Alex Woodie

Information access is a double-edged sword these days. On the one hand, companies should take advantage of the ubiquity of network access to route data from back-office servers to the field, where it can help drive business. On the other hand, new regulations require tighter security measures for sensitive applications and data. Kisco Information Systems is addressing both ends of the information access spectrum with a new version of WebReport/400. READ MORE >

 

Wyse Takes Software-Oriented Thin Client Strategy to the Market
by Dan Burger

Thin client devices have had a very attractive value proposition for a number of years. The secure feeling of having no data stored on the desktop, the ease of central management, the high degree of reliability, the cost-saving benefits relating to a modestly lower acquisition cost, a much more significantly reduced total cost of ownership--all of this would seem to put thin clients in a position of rampant growth, much to the dismay of salespeople who fill businesses with PCs. READ MORE >

 

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   News Briefs and Product Shorts

HiT Partners with Funambol to Connect Databases with Cell Phones . . . Company Glad it Didn't Move Off MAPICS . . . Devon IT Adds 256 Bit AES Encryption to Application Gateway . . . Bassett Croons for Global's Spreadsheet Server . . . PFSweb Offers 10 Tips for Securing E-Commerce Business . . . Manhattan Associates Joins UPS Ready Program . . . READ MORE >




CORRECTION

The story "Informatica Aims to Virtualize Data with PowerCenter 8" in last week's issue contained two spelling errors. IT Jungle regrets the errors. 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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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

Aldon
PowerTech
nuBridges
Lakeview Technology
Asymex


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BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Infor's Owners Gobble Up Geac for $1 Billion

RODIN Simplifies Maintenance of Data Warehouses

Kisco Boosts Security in WebReport/400

Wyse Takes Software-Oriented Thin Client Strategy to the Market

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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Domino on the iSeries Versus the Competition

Two New iSeries ISVs Target Large Accounts

PA Semi Divulges Its Power Processor Aspirations

Four Hundred Guru
Be Sure Qshell Accesses the Right IFS Data

Restricted Access to SST

Admin Alert: Hidden Secrets of the i5/OS Save Commands

Four Hundred Monitor




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