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Midrange Stuff - Hardware, Software & Services
OS/400 Edition
Volume 2, Number 6 -- February 12, 2002
In This Issue
All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
Sponsored By
ALDON COMPUTER GROUP

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AS/400 Screen Saver Shields Sensitive Data
by Alex Woodie


Kisco Information Systems last week introduced a new security solution designed to help prevent unauthorized viewing of AS/400 screens. ScreenSafer/400 behaves much like a regular screen saver in a PC environment, in that it kicks in after a period of idle time and displays colorful animation that hides the original screen. However, ScreenSafer/400 adds an element of security by requiring users to enter their password to resume their session, and doesn't interrupt the user's session.
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Five Minutes with SSA GT's Graeme Cooksley
by Alex Woodie


System Software Associates, once a proud provider of ERP software for the OS/400 platform, suffered deeply as a result of the post-Y2K spending lockdown. The public company fell into bankruptcy in 2000 and was eventually reborn as a private company, SSA Global Technologies. But questions remained concerning the vendor's viability in the new e-business era. During a recent interview, Graeme Cooksley, SSA GT's executive vice president of global sales and marketing, explained the company's transformation strategy.
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Sponsored By
LANSA

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DEVELOPMENT & PERFORMANCE
OF JAVA

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.

Find out more at www.lansa.com/press/20122.htm

Sponsored By
COMMON

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We've posted new information on the COMMON Users Group's Spring 2002 IT Education Conference & Expo, April 14-18, at Opryland in Nashville: www.common.org/Conferences/
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Register by 03/04/02 to get the Early Bird $1,150 fee and save $245! COMMON membership required. Individual membership is $125 for one year. www.common.org/LANSA/
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Touchtone Debuts Wireless CRM Offering
by Alex Woodie


If your company requires sales staff or support personnel to use customer relationship management software out in the field, you know how difficult it can be sometimes to synchronize the work done offline with the CRM database back at the office. To that end, Touchtone recently announced a new solution that allows field personnel to log on to a Wintouch eCRM server, using a common cell phone modem installed in a laptop PC, and maintain real-time contact with the CRM server indefinitely.
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New Report Generator Designed for LANSA Apps
by Alex Woodie


Momentum Utilities, an Australian provider of report generators for the OS/400 platform, recently announced it has developed a report writer designed specifically for AS/400 and iSeries applications created using LANSA's fourth-generation language development environment. LANSA Reporter is based on Momentum's Jacana Collection suite of tools but includes a special interface that allows for retrieval of information from the data repository that underlies all LANSA applications.
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Sponsored By
QUADRANT SOFTWARE

Our fax, forms, email, and print solutions leverage the iSeries 400 integrated enterprise to create and deliver mission-critical documents quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively.

Our solutions stand alone or work together to fax, print, and email documents in batch or on the fly directly from within your users' familiar business application.

Eliminate pre-printed forms and stand-alone fax machines by calling 800-258-3399 or visit www.quadrantsoftware.com/products

Sponsored By
RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

Save TIME AND MONEY with our AS/400-iSeries Report and Data Delivery Systems

Delivering AS/400 reports via email, web, Lotus Notes, Domino or CD.

Whether it's Native AS/400 or PC-based, we have the solution.

For a FREE FULLY FUNCTIONAL DEMO CD, please visit our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com/mrs.asp.

Contact us at 888-RJS-SOFT or email us at sales@rjssoft.com

JDE Releases New Asset Management Application
by Alex Woodie


J.D. Edwards has started shipping a new enterprise asset management application that will, says JDE, save companies money by synchronizing operations requirements with planned maintenance to avoid unplanned shutdowns and extend the life of field equipment and plant assets. The enterprise software vendor previously offered EAM functionality as a component of its ERP suites--WorldSoftware (for OS/400) and OneWorld (for OS/400, Unix, and Windows); this is the first time JDE has marketed EAM as a stand-alone application.
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News Briefs and Product Shorts


This week's news roundup includes a mix of financial reports, major software implementations, and event announcements that can help you tell which way the wind is blowing in the midrange. These glimpses offer somewhat of a forecast--an indication of which IT companies are riding the business cycles and which ones are stalled in their tracks. Keep an eye on things with a quick read starting right here.

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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 >
Corrections
Guild Companies strives to publish accurate information at all times. Minor errors of spelling, punctuation, and the like will be corrected on our Web site without notice. When we correct significant errors of fact or substance, we will note the correction on the page containing the corrected version of the original article, as well as in the next issue of the newsletter. READ MORE >
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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:
Aldon Computer Group
BCD Int'l
LANSA
COMMON
Quadrant Software
RJS Software Systems
BACK ISSUES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AS/400 Screen Saver Shields Sensitive Data
Five Minutes with SSA GT's Graeme Cooksley
Touchtone Debuts Wireless CRM Offering
New Report Generator Designed for LANSA Apps
JDE Releases New Asset Management Application
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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