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In This Issue
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
Sponsored By
 LANSA
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LANSA Certified to Provide
EDI-INT AS2 Internet Security
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Major Retailers like Wal*mart and Food Lion are implementing Internet-based EDI to reduce costs and improve supply chain efficiencies.
See how LANSA's AS2 Direct solution enables Suppliers to quickly comply with AS2 standards.
www.lansa.com/solutions/as2.htm
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Sponsored By
 CALIFORNIA SOFTWARE
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California Software migrates Native AS/400 applications to Windows, Unix, and Linux in days not years. California Software's BABY and Unibol products include Migration Tools, GUI/Web enablement tools, Business Intelligence/OLAP tools, and Terminal Emulation tools.
Meet the new California Software at
www.californiasoftware.com or
(800) 841-1532.
California Software enjoys over 100,000
installations in 56 countries.
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iTera Overhauls Echo2 to Take Advantage of OS/400 Clustering
by Alex Woodie
This week at COMMON, iTera is introducing Echo2 V3R1, a new version of its OS/400 high availability middleware. With Echo2 V3R1, iTera has redesigned the application around IBM's OS/400 clustering technology. By rebuilding Echo2 for clustering, many of the replication, monitoring, and failover tasks that were previously manual processes with older versions of Echo2 can now be performed automatically, with little to no oversight required from operators. Cluster-enabling Echo2 also has repercussions for iTera's relationship with IBM. READ MORE >
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Profound Logic Launches IDE for RPG-Based Web Development
by Alex Woodie
Profound Logic Software, developers of the popular RPG Alive programming tool, announced the introduction of its first integrated development environment (IDE) this week at the COMMON conference in Indianapolis. The new IDE, called RPG Smart Pages (RPGsp), is an RPG-centric Web application development environment that integrates a drag-and-drop HTML designer with a Windows-based RPG editor. By keeping the HTML and RPG development components together, company officials say, RPGsp speeds development and presents a more polished-looking CGI-based Web application. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 ASNA
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Affordable. Reliable. Fast.
Do you really have to pick two?
Nope! Pick ASNA! ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) provides affordable, reliable and very fast database access to the iSeries/400 database from both Web browser clients and traditional Windows clients. And, programs written with ASNA Visual RPG use your existing team's RPG skills.
You can't do it faster than with ASNA!
Download your free copy of
ASNA Visual RPG today!
http://www.asna.com/AVR_literature.asp.
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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High Availability / Disaster Recovery
The World's Best High Availability Solution!
iTera offers a comprehensive suite of continuous availability solutions for the iSeries. We eliminate unplanned downtime caused by system failures and disasters, as well as planned downtime from backups, system saves, application upgrades, OS upgrades, data conversions, file reorgs, and system migrations.
To realize the benefits of true 24/7 operations,
call 1-800-957-4511,
email us at info@iterainc.com,
or visit our website at www.iterainc.com.
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New Software from IPS Connects iSeries to Any Remote Printer
by Alex Woodie
Companies looking for a way to allow remote workers to print graphical documents, such as logos and barcodes, from iSeries servers on any local printer now have a solution from Integrated Print Solutions. The Plano, Texas, company is introducing its new product, internet OnePrint Solution (iOPS), this week at the COMMON conference in Indianapolis. The iOPS lets OS/400 hosts assign temporary print device IDs, allowing IPDS documents to print to practically any printer, over the Internet. READ MORE >
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Magic Details New iBOLT Integration Software and Strategy
by Alex Woodie
Magic Software provided additional details last week about iBOLT Integration Suite, the enterprise application integration (EAI) software that it announced earlier this year. Officials with the Irvine, California, company outlined an integrated software suite that includes a new business process flow designer, additional support for messaging protocols, and a range of prebuilt connectors and adapters. iBOLT is scheduled to debut in April and will be marketed to midsized companies with less than $100,000 to spend on EAI projects. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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Implement Document Imaging on your iSeries-AS/400 in 30 minutes or less
Image Server/400 is a Web browser-based document image management system for the iSeries.
Documents can be quickly scanned and stored in IFS folders, and then located and retrieved for viewing via any Web browser. Integrate with other iSeries-AS/400 applications.
Call us at 888-RJS-SOFT or download a FREE fully functional demo from our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com
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Sponsored By
 ESKER SOFTWARE
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Why pay for more emulation than you need? Get proven SmarTerm® IBM® host access for only $50 USD.
SmarTerm 3270/5250 by Esker gives you everything you need for secure access to IBM host systems-and nothing you don't. It's a complete solution tailored for high-performance, low-maintenance host access in AS/400® iSeries™ and/or IBM mainframe environments. And you can get new licenses for only $50 USD.
Click www.esker.com/whypaymore now to request a FREE SmarTerm 3270/5250 info kit and evaluation CD.
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InstallShield Ships New Version of Multiplatform Installation Utility
by Alex Woodie
InstallShield last week launched MultiPlatform 5.0, the latest edition of its cross-platform installation solution for OS/400, Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS platforms. With this release, InstallShield introduces support for Mac OS X and for more flavors of Unix. InstallShield 5.0 also enables developers and vendors who use InstallShield to get their customers up and running more quickly than before, to distribute executables in more formats, and to customize installations according to InstallShield's customers' needs. READ MORE >
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
Mortgage Lien Documents Now Paperless at Two Wisconsin Counties . . . Varsity Logistics Helps Recover Overpaid Shipping Expenses with ShipAudit 1.1 . . . Teamstudio Updates Java Code Analysis Tool . . . TurningPoint Extends and Renames OS/400-Based Warehousing Suite . . . English Retailer Chooses SeeBeyond for OS/400 Integration Project . . . McDonald's Germany Finds the Beef with CCSS . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email public. READ MORE >
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Editor: Alex Woodie
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
Shannon O'Donnell, Timothy Prickett Morgan
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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