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Midrange Stuff - Hardware, Software & Services
OS/400 Edition
Volume 2, Number 4 - January 29, 2002
In This Issue
All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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Linux Distributors Keen on Dedicated eServers
by Alex Woodie


iSeries Linux distributors Turbolinux and SuSE see promise in the new dedicated Linux servers that IBM announced last week. Representatives for the two companies said they expect to see a healthy demand for the servers, which will run their versions of the Linux operating system and consolidate the workloads of other servers. They also said that they're currently working with major resellers to put together solution packages that include preloading Linux onto the new boxes.
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Develop Web Apps with OS/400 Development Skills
by Dan Burger


Putting a fresh Web face on legacy OS/400 applications is near the top of innumerable to-do lists these days. Adapting OS/400 applications to a browser interface can take many paths, from screen-scraping to Webulation to rip and replace. Linoma Software believes companies should not have to abandon their existing OS/400 development skills to get on the Web. And with the latest release of Envoy, Linoma's OS/400 development tool, the company is backing up that belief.
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LANSA Partner MDC replaced its hand-written Java remote system integration programs with LANSA Integrator and gained a tenfold increase in performance. InsureIT uses LANSA Integrator to offer XML Java services between heterogeneous insurer & broker systems.

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Create!form Bullish on
E-Document Biz

by Alex Woodie


Create!form International has reason to be optimistic about its business these days. The company just shipped a new release of its flagship software, which will help satisfy a need for electronic document distribution that is expected to double by 2005. The privately held company also has zero debt, a host of new alliances around the world, and is primed for the market consolidation it sees taking place this year.
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Bostech Enhances EAI Engine with Web Services
by Alex Woodie


Bostech, one of the new players trying to capture a share of the growing market for midmarket enterprise application integration solutions, has started shipping a new module that extends its suite of EAI tools into the realm of Web services.
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BCD Updates iSeries Database Editor
by Alex Woodie


When you go into your AS/400 or iSeries server's database to make changes during application development, you don't want to dally around. To that end, Business Computer Design Int'l last week announced it has completely rewritten its OS/400 database editor, File-Flash Plus, and in the process made it more powerful, more flexible, and more easy for developers to use.
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News Briefs and Product Shorts


We have several juicy news tidbits and lots of name dropping in this week's installment of News Briefs and Product Shorts. Will Microsoft be as successful against the world's biggest media monger as it has been against the Department of Justice? AOL-Time Warner stepped up its assault on the software giant last week, filing a new lawsuit against Microsoft and reportedly opening up talks to acquire Red Hat, a Linux distributor and Windows detractor. Read on to find out.

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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to drop us a letter to the editor and we will post them in a reader feedback column associated with this newsletter. READ MORE >
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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:
Wintouch eCRM
Help/Systems
LANSA
COMMON
RJS Software Systems
BCD Software Int'l
BACK ISSUES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Linux Distributors Keen on Dedicated eServers
Develop Web Apps with OS/400 Development Skills
Create!form Bullish on E-Document Biz
Bostech Enhances EAI Engine with Web Services
BCD Updates iSeries Database Editor
News Briefs and Product Shorts

Editor
Alex Woodie

Managing Editor
Shannon Pastore

Conributing Editors:
Joe Hertvik
Timothy Prickett Morgan
Shannon O'Donnell
Dan Burger

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