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Volume 4, Number 49 -- December 14, 2004

Four Hundred Stuff is taking a vacation and will resume publishing on Tuesday, January 4.


 
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PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees to Oracle Acquisition
by Alex Woodie

After a bitter 18-month battle, PeopleSoft's board of directors agreed today to be acquired by Oracle for $26.50 per share, or $10.3 billion. While the agreement will end an extremely unpleasant period for the companies and their customers, it raises new questions about the future of some of PeopleSoft's products, particularly the World ERP line, which runs only on IBM iSeries servers and is heavily relied upon by thousands of companies across the world. READ MORE >

 

Kisco Introduces New CFINT Buster
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops looking to get the most 5250 performance out of their boxes may want to check out Kisco Information Systems' new GoFaster product, which the company introduced last week. Kisco says that GoFaster implements a simple software change that overcomes the CFINT interactive governor to allow users to access the full power of their OS/400 server for 5250 sessions. The software was developed in Europe and is now available in the United States for the first time through Kisco. READ MORE >


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iSeries CRM Boosts Service Level At Sons of Norway
by Alex Woodie

A new CRM system is paying dividends at Sons of Norway. By integrating Touchtone's Wintouch eCRM system with its OS/400 membership database, the Minneapolis organization has given its members Web-based self-service and has made its office staff's job easier at the same time. Wintouch users like Sons of Norway will also benefit from new workflow enhancements Touchtone included in Wintouch eCRM Version 6.3, which was released last month. READ MORE >

 

Centerfield Addresses Compliance with delta/TRACKER
by Alex Woodie

Centerfield Technology is rolling out new OS/400 software called delta/TRACKER to help administrators keep track of changes made to their systems over long periods of time and to prepare for regulatory compliance audits. The promising plug-in for iSeries Navigator already features 41 different pre-configured reports, which cost only $60 each, and Centerfield wants your ideas for more reports that it can build into the product. READ MORE >

 

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  News Briefs and Product Shorts

Look for the 'Four Hundred 2005 Special Report' on December 15 . . . Smart Client Technology from looksoftware Is Now Shipping . . . 'The Dawg' Chases Away Bad Decisions for Trucking Companies . . . Sunbeam Regains That Healthy (Wal-Mart) Glow with LANSA's UCCnet Solution . . . BaByliss Follows in Footsteps of Parent, Implements Manhattan Associates WMS on iSeries . . . Jinfonet Improves Drill-Down Capability in JReport 7.1 . . . Micromuse Boosts Network Event Handling with Netcool/OMNIbus 7 . . . READ MORE >




Happy Holidays!

After a year full of exciting changes in the information technology market, we have all earned a brief respite from having to process any more information about IT. It is the holiday season, and that is the time for family and friends, as well as some quiet contemplation. But before we close out the year here at the IT Jungle, I have some thoughts I would like to share with you. 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:

El Camino Resources
LANSA
California Software
Lakeview Technology
RJS Software Systems


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees to Oracle Acquisition

Kisco Introduces New CFINT Buster

iSeries CRM Boosts Service Level At Sons of Norway

Centerfield Addresses Compliance with delta/TRACKER

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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Four Hundred Guru
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Admin Alert: Use Fix Central to Order iSeries PTFs on CD-ROM

Four Hundred Monitor




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