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In This Issue
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We Bring It All Together So You Don't Have To.
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Top OS/400 Stories from Around the Web
(Guild Companies) IBM raised the curtain a bit on its forthcoming Power5 processor for the pSeries and the iSeries, at the Hot Chips conference at Stanford University last week. Big Blue divulged details such as the addition of simultaneous multithreading and some innovative power features that allow the chip to consume less electricity and to produce less heat. But what IBM didn't talk about were potential features such as increased clock speeds, extra database and networking acceleration, and the available flavors of its Squadron machines.
(iSeries Network) COMMON attendees are already preparing for the conference's "sound off" session, where customers air their concerns directly to IBM brass and get some answers. The iSeries Network talked to several customers and business partners--including PowerTech, Midrange Performance Group, ProHelp Systems, and Al Barsa, who traditionally throws out the first question--about what they might ask Big Blue about in the open forum.
(iSeries Network) IBM recently announced that Capacity Upgrade on Demand pricing will be extended to IBM software. This move ensures that customers being charged a daily rate for additional hardware processing power will be billed correctly. The daily rates apply to selected iSeries, pSeries, and zSeries software.
(CNET News.Com) Recently unsealed e-mail from Oracle executives outline some of the company's thoughts and strategies concerning its proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, including Oracle's support plans for PeopleSoft products if the merger goes through.
(Internet Week) The SCO Group defended itself against criticism from the open source community this week, saying that Unix-based Linux code did indeed come from SCO's copyrighted version of Linux, not from earlier versions of Unix that were released into open source, as some Linux advocates have argued. SCO also said the General Public License (GPL) for releasing software into the open source community violates U.S. and international copyright law.
(Guild Companies) In a new report called "Linux Strategies and Solutions 2003: Linux Server Suppliers Contend for Leadership," D.H. Brown Associates discusses how the "fab four" of IT--IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Sun Microsystems--are trying to convince corporate IT departments that they are the best ones to meet their data-center and desktop Linux needs.
(eWeek) Open Text announced that it plans to buy German Web-content-management developer Gauss Interprise for $11 million. The deal adds Gauss' content-management and business-process-management solutions, as well as its ERP connectors for IBM's iSeries applications, to Open Text's Livelink integrated collaboration and content management product.
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Vendor Announcements, Promotions, And Deals
(iSeries Network) Arsenal Capital Partners, the holding company that owns Genicom, has completed its acquisition of European printing company Tally. Tally and Genicom will merge to create a new unit, called TallyGenicom, with anticipated global revenue of about $220 million in the midrange printing market.
(CRN) BMC will be adding real-time data synchronization and migration features to its SmartDBA package, thanks to a new partnership with GoldenGate Software.
(ComputerWorld) Computer Associates announced it has agreed to settle three outstanding class-action lawsuits involving its accounting procedures. The computer industry giant will issue up to 5.7 million shares of common stock to shareholders as part of the settlement agreement.
(Guild Companies) RPG migration expert CrossWorks is developing an "integrated re-engineering environment" for managing RPG-to-Java conversion projects. The new Cross2Java environment will contain a set of tools for analyzing RPG applications, editing source code, and packaging or deploying the converted application. CrossWorks also plans to bundle an RPG-to-Java translator with the package.
(Guild Companies) Dynamic Systems Solutions announced a new version of its OS/400-based Auditron400 auditing tool. The new version keeps tabs on any changes, additions, or deletions made at the member level of a file.
(Guild Companies) IBM introduced Infoprint Server for iSeries V5R2. The new package includes intelligent document routing, new capabilities for setting up intelligent routing without programming, and new ease-of-use features.
(IBM) The IBM 7207 Model 330 external SLR60 tape drive, which uses a 1/4-inch data cartridge format, is scheduled for availability on September 26. This drive is compatible with both iSeries and pSeries machines.
(IBM) The IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape Drive 3580 is now eligible for specified discounts.
(MC Press Online) News about upcoming IBM Lotus products and features has been trickling out of IBM over the last few weeks. There are two new Express editions of Domino Enterprise Server 6.0. IBM may also offer subcapacity pricing for some iSeries products.
(CRN) Printer vendor Lexmark will roll out new enhancements to its solution-provider programs by the fourth quarter. The enhancements are designed to grab additional sales in the small and midsized business market.
(CRN) PeopleSoft will add new process integration software to its CRM software suite next month. The offering will link PeopleSoft CRM to back-office systems using Oracle and SAP.
(CNET News.Com) PeopleSoft has resurrected its money-back guarantee. Like the original program, which expired June 30, PeopleSoft will guarantee customers a refund of two to five times the cost of the software license fee if PeopleSoft is acquired and the acquiring company stops selling PeopleSoft products. The new offer covers J.D. Edwards customers, as well as PeopleSoft customers.
(Guild Companies) Pfastship is now shipping PfastCarrierRefund, a new software package that uses information from parcel carriers, such as UPS, FedEx, and Airborne Express, to identify when a carrier has failed to deliver a package as promised, allowing customers to demand a refund or to negotiate a better long-term shipping contract.
(eWeek) pmcAmerica, developer of automotive business-process software, announced that SAP AG has added the company's software as a qualified mySAP all-in-one vertical solution.
(InformationWeek) An analyst at JMP Securities said yesterday that Siebel Systems' OnDemand CRM offering should be launched by the end of the year.
(CNET News.Com) Siebel Systems issued a new set of corporate compensation packages and said it would not oppose a shareholders' application for reimbursement of legal fees over a lawsuit involving excessive compensation for the company's CEO.
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New Redbooks, White Papers, and Other OS/400 Resources
(IBM) The draft Redbook HTTP Server (powered by Apache): An Integrated Solution for IBM eServer iSeries Servers is billed as a helpful guide for planning, installing, configuring, and trouble-shooting the HTTP Server (powered by Apache) running on an iSeries server. This book contains lessons, an in-depth look at the server, and information on migrating from the iSeries' original HTTP Server for AS/400 to the Apache server.
(IBM) The draft Redbook Bynari's Insight Server V4 for Linux on iSeries helps system administrators and IT managers understand the benefits of using the server and how to install, configure, and use the software on Linux on iSeries.
(IBM) Even though it's not supported by IBM and competes with the iSeries WebSphere Application Server, Big Blue has published one of its hints and tips on how to install Tomcat Version 4.1 on an iSeries server. This tip points to other resources that explain what Tomcat 4.1 is and how to port it to the iSeries.
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Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings
September -- LANSA is presenting a number of seminars, workshops, and Webinars across North America in its LANSA Solution series. These seminars deal with various LANSA products as well as hot topics for LANSA users. Go to www.lansa.com/events/solutionseries.htm for dates and more information.
September-November -- ASNA has one-day seminars on ASNA Visual RPG and Caviar and on how to run AVR for .NET. Future seminar locations include Hartford, Connecticut; Portland, Oregon; Denver; St. Louis; Houston; and Guildford, England. For a complete list of seminar topics, locations, and dates, go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_seminars.asp.
September-November -- Bytware is conducting several workshops to help customers take advantage of the most valuable features of Bytware's monitoring, security, and paging products. Workshop topics include MessengerPlus, StandGuard, and MessengerConsole. aGo to www.bytware.com/products/workshops.html for more information.
September 4 -- Help/Systems presents the online seminar "Robot Automated Operation Solution." Help/Systems' vice president of technical services, Tom Huntington, covers the 14 modules that make up the Robot Automated Operation Solution. Go to the Help/Systems Web site for more information.
September 7-11 -- The COMMON user group presents its fall 2003 conference and expo in Orlando, Florida. COMMON is the largest and most widely attended of the iSeries-specific conferences. IBM's own experts and many other industry professionals present sessions and hands-on labs. COMMON provides an excellent opportunity to network with fellow professionals, attend a multitude of educational tracks, and get real-world solutions at the vendor expo. The meeting also will feature a behind-the-scenes tour of the AS/400-based IT department at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure theme park. Go to the COMMON Web site for more information and to register.
September 18 -- Help/Systems presents an online seminar on Robot/CONSOLE, Robot/NETWORK, and Robot/ALERT. The seminar demonstrates how these packages work together to provide enterprise monitoring for your network through message processing (Robot/CONSOLE), paging and e-mail (Robot/ALERT), and networking for logical partitions or networked iSeries boxes (Robot/NETWORK). Go to the Help/Systems Web site for more information.
September 23 -- MKS presents "Workflow-Enabled Software Configuration Management for the iSeries," a Webinar that demonstrates the product Implementer Software Configuration Management and its integration with MKS Integrity Manager to provide a complete audit trail for all software changes. Go to the MKS Webinar registration site for more details.
September 25 -- MKS presents "Using IBM WDSc in a Team Enviroment to Successfully Develop, Build, and Deploy eBusiness Applications," a Webinar that demonstrates how native AS/400 and Java developers can access required software configuration management functionality directly from IBM's WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries product, working in conjunction with the MKS Implementer package. Go to the MKS Webinar sign-up page for more information.
October 1 -- Help/Systems presents an e-conference on what Robot/CLIENT is, how it works, and how your iSeries operation can benefit from using the product. Go to the Help/Systems Web site for more information.
October 13-17 -- IBM presents an iSeries Technical Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Orlando, Florida. According to IBM, this twice-annual iSeries event is where technical experts and programmers can get their questions answered by IBM's most knowledgeable Rochester and Toronto gurus. Go to www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/iseries/ for more information.
November 7 -- The Washington Area Midrange Users Group presents its annual technical conference (JAM) at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The conference features in-depth educational sessions, presented by nationally recognized experts. The agenda includes breakfast with iSeries Chief Scientist Dr. Frank Soltis and a luncheon keynote address by iSeries marketing maverick Malcolm Haines. The cost is $225 for members and $250 for non-members. Go to www.wash-midrange.org/jam.html for more information.
November 18-21 -- EXTOL will host its 2003 user conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Go to www.extol.com/forms/uc2003/confinfo.cfm for more information.
April 28-30, 2004 -- ASNApalooza 2004 will be held at the Westin River Walk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. ASNApalooza is three days of ASNA Visual RPG instruction and technical insight, with an emphasis on the RPG development environment for Microsoft's .NET platform. Go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_palooza2004.asp for more information.
May 19-21, 2004 -- Aldon Computer Group will present its annual Aldon User Conference 2004 in Chicago. Sessions will highlight the practical application of Aldon's software, including Affiniti, CMS, and eTEAM. Go to www.aldon.com/events/user_conference.html for more information.
June 20-22, 2004 -- The COMMON European Congress will present its annual conference in Cardiff, Wales. Initial planning has already commenced, but if you have any ideas for the event, go to the COMMON Europe Web site to see how you can contribute.
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Editor: Joe Hertvik
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
If you have a resource, event, or any other interesting item that you want to see publicized in Midrange Monitor, send an e-mail to Joe Hertvik
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