Plasmon to Bring Ultra Density Optical Technology to iSeries
by Alex Woodie

IBM and Plasmon, a British manufacturer of high-end removable storage, announced last week that they have agreed to bring Plasmon's ultra density optical (UDO) technology to the iSeries. UDO is a new storage technology that Plasmon is developing to satisfy a surge in data archiving capacity that is expected to occur as a result of new federal regulations affecting the financial, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries. READ MORE >

EXE Technologies Pins Hopes on Midmarket
by Alex Woodie

EXE Technologies, once the dominant vendor of warehouse management software for many Fortune 100 companies, is lowering its aim a notch and targeting its software sales efforts, for the first time, at small and midsized businesses (SMBs) in North America. The company has streamlined its implementation methodologies and enacted aggressive pricing in hopes of luring smaller businesses that could benefit from advanced supply chain software, but have had trouble justifying the high cost. READ MORE >

iTera Unveils Major New Release of Purge & Archive
by Alex Woodie

iTera last week announced that the newest version of its Purge & Archive data management tool, V2R1, features major improvements in helping users choose the right data to archive. The new release features several enhancements, including a new data selection interface, a "mock purge" function, and new data grouping functions, designed to increase the product's effectiveness. Purge & Archive V2R1 also features new interfaces to other programs, and the capability to archive to disk and tape simultaneously. READ MORE >

Help/Systems Ships SAP Interface for Robot/SCHEDULE
by Alex Woodie

Companies running ERP software from SAP on an iSeries server can now automate their ERP system's jobs using OS/400-based scheduling software from Help/Systems. Last week, Help/Systems announced the availability of its new Robot/SCHEDULE interface to SAP, which gives Help/Systems users expanded capabilities to incorporate SAP jobs with processes occurring on other applications, even if they're running on non-OS/400 platforms. READ MORE >

Shield Updates FTP Security Tool
by Alex Woodie

FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is one of the most useful protocols the Internet Gods have provided. However, given FTP's open-source nature and its ubiquity, it also represents a serious security threat, especially for critical data being sent in an OS/400 network. The Ontario, Canada, software company Shield Advanced Solutions provides a utility called FTP Security Manager/400 that lets administrators control who has access to iSeries-based FTP. Last week, the company announced an update of that product, FTP Security Manager/400 Version 2.1. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

Ohio Distributor Gets Connected to Customers with Internet EDI Project . . . Save Output Queue 8.8 Available from WorksRight Software . . . Ohio Insurance Company Ditches Green for GUI . . . Solzon Announces New RF Barcode Interface for PRISM . . . B.O.S. Launches Web Site for Technical Support . . . Microsoft's Plays Musical Monikers with Windows OS . . . READ MORE >

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