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Help/Systems Releases SNMP Trapper for OS/400
by Alex Woodie
Help/Systems last week unveiled a new member
of its systems management suite that adds network monitoring power to OS/400 servers. Robot/TRAPPER
uses the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to passively gather information about the status of
devices, including other servers, PCs, routers, firewalls, time clocks, shipping scales--anything that can be
assigned an IP address--and to actively "ping" the devices periodically to make sure they're still working
properly.
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ICOM Informatics Offers Web-to-Host Subscription Licensing
by Joe Hertvik
Connectivity software vendor ICOM Informatics has
announced a new annual subscription-licensing pricing scheme for its Winsurf Mainframe Access Web-to-
host solution. The new licensing is a competitive move designed to lure customers who have large corporate
deployments of over 500 users away from traditional desktop emulator packages, such as IBM Personal Communications or NetManage RUMBA software, to ICOM's server-deployed and
browser-based emulation.
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High Availability a High Priority at Olympics Games
by Alex Woodie
The Olympic Winter Games are over, but as a result of the increased security awareness--
and the level of security spending--that accompanied the Games, Utah's Department of
Public Safety now has a redundant set of OS/400 servers to ensure that a critical law
enforcement application stays online.
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ResQNet Boosts Network Security Through Tunneling
by Alex Woodie
With security continuing to be a top concern in IT departments across corporate America, ResQNet has retrofitted its Java-based Web-to-host access software
with a new feature designed to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to host servers, including the
iSeries, from outside the corporate firewall. In addition to the new security feature, ResQNet now supports
Unix hosts for the first time.
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BOS Addresses Printing, Availability Issues
by Alex Woodie
Better On-Line Solutions last week announced
enhancements to its e-Twin@x Controller that address issues concerning lost network connections and label
and barcode printing clarity. The Version 2.5 release of this multipurpose networking device, which allows
AS/400 and iSeries shops to bring 5250 "dumb terminals" and other legacy, SNA-based peripherals into
modern IP-based networks, features new hardware and software that BOS says alleviate circumstances that
sometimes lead to lost data.
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
The ramifications of the vulnerabilities of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) continue to
occupy the minds of software vendors, tech reporters, and, to a lesser degree, users last week. Several
vendors said they were looking into potential exposures to the flaw in their software and preferred to hold
off discussing the matter until they could be sure of their status. Other vendors such as Peregrine Systems capitalized on the situation by quickly rolling
out new products.
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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
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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.
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