PerformanceIT Brings Affordability to Network Management
by Alex Woodie

Network monitoring and management systems have historically been the realm of large companies with diverse IT departments, or of midmarket shops aggressively striving for "lights out" automation. A young Atlanta software company, PerformanceIT, is trying to change all of that, with ProIT, an affordable network management system the company says compares to IBM's Tivoli, Hewlett-Packard's Open View, and BMC Software's Patrol, while costing less than $25,000. The company last week announced ProIT 2.5, which brings new support for OS/400 servers. READ MORE >

21st Century Rereleases VFI/400, an OS/400 Disaster Recovery Tool
by Alex Woodie

21st Century Software recently announced the reintroduction of an OS/400-based disaster recovery tool that's designed to speed backups and get a company's most vital applications up and running quickly after an outage. VFI/400, which is functionally equivalent to the company's flagship mainframe disaster recovery tool, DR/VFI, had entered beta tests but never became generally available. 21st Century has also set a low introductory price to increase VFI/400's acceptance in a tight economy. READ MORE >

Tango/04 Brings 'X-Ray' Vision to Help Desk Tool
by Alex Woodie

Superman could be the ultimate systems administrator. Botch a software configuration? The Man of Steel could simply reverse time and fix the problem. Server room overheating? Never fear, for Superman's super-cooling breath would turn that around fast. But Superman's schedule is too full battling the forces of evil to work in your OS/400 shop. That's why Tango/04 Computing Group is harnessing some of Superman's capabilities, such as X-ray vision, in VISUAL Support Pro 5.0, the latest release of its help desk tool. READ MORE >

Jinfonet Adds Enterprise-Class Features to Reporting Software
by Alex Woodie

Jinfonet Software recently announced JReport 5.0, the latest version of its suite of report generation software for OS/400 and other platforms that support Java. JReport helps users create sophisticated reports and other documents using dynamic data pulled from ODBC, JDBC, and XML data sources, and then provides the means to deliver those reports in a variety of formats. With the 5.0 release, designers gain new report generation capabilities, while the server portion gains enterprise-class features such as load balancing and failover. READ MORE >

BOScom's New Remote Access Server Fills Backup Role
by Alex Woodie

BOScom recently announced it is shipping a new remote access server (RAS) designed to provide remote workers with additional access to AS/400 and iSeries LANs when their primary Internet service is down. BOScom's new RAS, called the LANLynk, includes an integrated firewall and Windows-based management software, and allows remote Windows-based PCs to connect to an AS/400 or iSeries LAN using analog modems or ISDN cards at speeds of up to 115 Kbps. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

STORServer Rolls Out HIPAA-Conformant Backup Appliances . . . Quadrant Software Puts More Muscle Behind FastFax/Enterprise Fax Server . . . DRV Technologies Adds New Output Options with SpoolFlex 1.4 . . . ASC Developing a New GUI Builder for Eclipse . . . Resolutions Enables One-Touch Faxing from Document Archives . . . Irvine Homebuilder First Adopter of New J.D. Edwards ERP Software . . . Productive Systems Gives FLEXform Forms Software Stripes . . . READ MORE >

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