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Volume 10, Number 43 -- December 7, 2010
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Web 2.0 Development Such a 'Drag' in RBD 8
by Alex Woodie

The new version of Rational Business Developer (RBD) that shipped Friday will have developers dragging and dropping their way to creating rich, Web 2.0-style user interfaces in new ways. With RBD version 8.0.1, IBM introduces a range of new code generation capabilities that are heavily dependent on developers arranging Web 2.0 widgets on a visual canvas, and conceal much of the underlying complexity. READ MORE >

Aldon Gets Agile, In More Ways Than One
by Alex Woodie

Aldon is going all in for agile development. The creator of lifecycle management tools for development teams recently introduced agile features in two products, include Agile Manager, a brand new Web-based tool designed to help teams organize the backlog of feature requests, and Community Manager, its IT service desk product. The company is also undertaking an interesting experiment with the free Agile Manager, which uses agile techniques to guide the evolution of the new product. READ MORE >


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Linoma Bolsters Encryption Tool with New Data Masking Feature
by Alex Woodie

Users who lack the proper authority to view sensitive IBM i data that's been encrypted with the latest release of Linoma Software's Crypto Complete will instead be shown masked values when they try to access it. What's more, this nifty security trick can be accomplished without fancy programming, in part because it's based on the new DB2 Field Procedures functionality that IBM introduced with IBM i 7.1. READ MORE >


Virtualization is Hurting DR Preparedness, Vision Says
by Alex Woodie

A misunderstanding of the disaster recovery benefits that virtualized servers and applications provide underscores the threat of a downturn in DR preparedness this year, according to executives at Vision Solutions, which unveiled its third annual IT resiliency study today. While Vision says organizations may mistakenly believe that hypervisors possess some inherent data protection properties (it's actually more like high availability), the study identified some positive trends too, such as an increase in the uptake of logical replication and failover capabilities. READ MORE >




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RJS Streamlines the Application of Digital Signatures
by Alex Woodie

Users will be able to add a digital signature to IBM i spool file documents by simply entering the correct PIN code with the new release of RJS Software Systems' SignHere product, which was unveiled last week. Support for a broader array of back-end systems, as well as a simplified signature capture process, are also now available in a new release of SignHere. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• Attachmate Updates MFT Tool

• Infor Expands Tools Partnership with Utilities 400

• Micro Focus Adds C# Support to Modernization Workbench

• Tupperware Heats Up for Holidays with New Power Servers

• UNIT 4 Opens Hybrid Cloud Division, Buys Polish ERP Developer


Reader Feedback and Insights

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Web 2.0 Development Such a 'Drag' in RBD 8

Aldon Gets Agile, In More Ways Than One

Linoma Bolsters Encryption Tool with New Data Masking Feature

Virtualization is Hurting DR Preparedness, Vision Says

RJS Streamlines the Application of Digital Signatures

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

Attachmate Updates MFT Tool . . . Infor Expands Tools Partnership with Utilities 400 . . . Micro Focus Adds C# Support to Modernization Workbench . . . Tupperware Heats Up for Holidays with New Power Servers . . . UNIT 4 Opens Hybrid Cloud Division, Buys Polish ERP Developer . . .


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