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Volume 5, Number 46 -- November 29, 2005

 
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QlikTech Targets iSeries Base with Business Intelligence App
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops on the hunt for a new business intelligence tool may want to check out QlikView from QlikTech, an up-and-coming Swedish software house. QlikView is a Windows-based program that gives users the capability to create graphical reports, perform data manipulations, and view key performance indicators (KPIs) for data originating from a variety of sources, including DB2/400. With last month's release of QlikView 7.2, the scalability factor has been ramped up, and the product now supports billion-record data sets with its in-memory associative database. READ MORE >

 

Bytware Adds Disk Monitoring to MessengerPlus
by Alex Woodie

In the grand scheme of things, there are minor crimes people commit against iSeries servers, and there are major felonies. Most administrators commit the occasional misdemeanor, such as skipping a nightly backup or a PTF, without causing great harm. But when it comes to major offenses that have serious repercussions, such as running out of disk space, there are lots of excuses, but no good reasons. A new disk monitoring feature in Bytware's MessengerPlus utility can help administrators avoid this unpleasant and unnecessary situation. READ MORE >


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Kisco Maintains Session Integrity, Security with ScreenSafer/400
by Alex Woodie

iSeries servers are used to maintain sensitive information. That should not surprise you. But you may not be aware that the majority of security breaches are the result of people inside the organization. It is at the confluence of these two facts that Kisco Information Systems offers ScreenSafer/400, a security-enabled 5250 screensaver. This month Kisco shipped a new version of ScreenSafer/400 that brings enhancements in the areas of support for long passwords and dealing with periods of extended inactivity. READ MORE >

 

Ipedo Seeks to Bridge Web Services with Business Intelligence
by Alex Woodie

As companies begin to adopt Web services and allow Web services to update their production databases, they're finding a gap in the lineup when it comes to reporting tools that can access the data carried by Web services, according to Ipedo. The Silicon Valley startup says it has a solution to this problem with the latest release of its data integration software, XIP 4.1, which brings a new SQL-to-XML buffer called Web Services Tables.READ MORE >

 

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   News Briefs and Product Shorts

SafeData and EVault Partner for iSeries Disaster Recovery . . . IntelliChief, Quadrant's Next-Generation Document Management System, Now Available . . . IBM Drops Concurrent User Licensing Option for HATS . . . New Products, Ownership On Tap for TMW Systems . . . RentalMan Gets Tight with Qualcomm's GlobalTRACS . . . FormScape Updates Document Management System . . . 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
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:

Vision Solutions
California Software
iMessaging Systems
LANSA
Affirmative Computer


Four Hundred Stuff

BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
QlikTech Targets iSeries Base with Business Intelligence App

Bytware Adds Disk Monitoring to MessengerPlus

Kisco Maintains Session Integrity, Security with ScreenSafer/400

Ipedo Seeks to Bridge Web Services with Business Intelligence

News Briefs and Product Shorts




The Four Hundred
Domino on the iSeries: The Empire Can Strike Back

The Once and Future OS/400 Ecosystem

International Business Server, International Business Desktop

Four Hundred Guru
API Corner: Backup APIs

Two Handy Programs

Admin Alert: Darn Good FTP Commands You've Probably Never Heard Of

Four Hundred Monitor




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