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In This Issue
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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Curl Sees 'Rich' Interface Technology as OS/400 Preservative
by Alex Woodie
A young company named Curl is looking to the OS/400 platform as a fertile market for its user interface technology. The company, which sells development tools for creating so-called "rich client" interfaces, says the time has come for regaining the functionality lost when developers moved from client/server architectures to Web browser interfaces. Considering that thousands of green-screen RPG applications were never upgraded to client/server in the first place, Curl hopes to help OS/400 developers leapfrog interface trends while preserving the RPG investment. READ MORE >
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NYCO Expands into U.S. for OS/400 Hardware Error Detection Services
by Alex Woodie
An English company that develops iSeries systems management software is building a network of service bureaus in the United States to provide OS/400 shops with automated hardware error management capabilities. For the last six months, NYCO has been in talks with prospective business partners--mostly larger OS/400 shops and third-party maintenance providers--that are interested in becoming hosts for server software that continually monitors customers' OS/400 servers and notifies them when a hardware problem arises. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 EBI SYNETICS GROUP
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Breathe new life into your favorite old utilities and greatly improve the productivity of your developers who write and maintain software on the iSeries.
For more information or to download a free evaluation copy, visit us at: www.ebisynetics.com/rpgtofree.htm
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Sponsored By
 KISCO INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Pat Townsend Launches Scalable Line of Credit Card Software
by Alex Woodie
Patrick Townsend & Associates wants to become your one-stop shop for credit card authorization software, no matter the size of your company or your computer platforms. Last week the Olympia, Washington, company announced Alliance AuthExpress, a scalable line of OS/400-based authorization and settlement packages. While the core AuthExpress application remains the same across the line, providing a smooth upgrade path, each offering is tuned and packaged differently to meet the volume, security, and connectivity requirements of small, midsized, and large businesses. READ MORE >
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Silvon Pushes Intelligence Down to the Browser with iPlanner
by Alex Woodie
People have used Silvon Software's Stratum suite of business intelligence software for years to formulate budgets, forecasts, and other predictions. After all, that's what business intelligence software is supposed to do. But when it came to updating those forecasts to reflect up-to-the-minute events--like signing a big contract--the software didn't provide an easy method. Silvon says it has resolved this shortcoming with the release of new browser-based software called Stratum.iPlanner. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
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inFORM Launches New eCommerce Shopping Cart App for OS/400
by Alex Woodie
inFORM Decisions, the Irvine, California, software company best known for its forms-design and document-management applications, is going into the e-commerce business. Last week inFORM launched iShop, an out-of-the-box e-commerce application for OS/400 servers that includes a pre-built, Web-based storefront interface, secure payment facilities, and ready integration with ordering applications on AS/400 or iSeries servers. READ MORE >
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
Elite Documents Debuts 'Print Preview' Capability for OS/400 Forms Suite . . . Clear Technologies to Deliver DB2/400 Support in CRM Suite . . . GO Software Announces Kodak Kiosk Deal and Direct Link to American Express Network . . . SEAGULL Delivers New Utility for Secure FTP Delivery . . . Stiefel Labs in 'Shared Services' Roll-Out of Intentia Movex ERP . . . Courion Improves Group Provisioning Function in AccountCourier 3.0 . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights on 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 for this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your e-mail public. READ MORE >
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Corrections
The article "Geac Unveils Major Refresh of System21 ERP Line" has been corrected since its was first published. The sentence "The company is considering whether to adapt to the changes or ditch the system entirely" has been replaced with the sentence "The company is considering whether to adapt to the changes or drop maintenance entirely." Guild Companies regrets the error. [Correction made 4/11/03.]
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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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