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Midrange Stuff - Hardware, Software & Services
OS/400 Edition
Volume 2, Number 17 -- April 30, 2002
In This Issue
All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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BCD to Offer Java Deployment Option with WebSmart
by Alex Woodie


It's becoming a big, bad Java world, and Business Computer Design Int'l is right there with it. BCD's ProGen WebSmart development environment has helped programmers to create dynamic Web applications that run as ILE RPG-based CGI programs on AS/400 and iSeries servers. Now BCD is adding Java-generation capabilities to WebSmart, which will allow developers to take the same WebSmart applications they created as CGI scripts for OS/400 and deploy them with Java to practically any platform.
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IBM Releases iSeries Model 890 Regatta Servers, OS/400 V5R2
by Timothy Prickett Morgan


As we reported in detail in this week's issue of The Four Hundred, IBM has moved up the iSeries "Regatta" Power4-based server announcement to this week. While the high-end Regatta-H servers will make their debut in 16-way, 24-way, and 32-way configurations under an early-release program running OS/400 V5R2, don't expect those entry Regatta-L and midrange Regatta-M servers any time soon. IBM does not have any other plans for server announcements for the remainder of 2002 in the iSeries line.
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Inventive Designers to Introduce X-Platform Document-Processing Tool
by Dan Burger


Companies possessing documents on various platforms supporting the Java 2 Version 3.1 environment-- which includes OS/400, Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS--will soon be able to consolidate and standardize their workflow within one architectural infrastructure. In June, Inventive Designers will start shipping Scriptura, a platform-independent document-processing tool designed to produce customized documents and reports that can be printed by any network printer, Web enabled, or output to PDF format for e-mail distribution.
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PentaSafe Ships OpsNav Plug-In for Exit Points
by Alex Woodie


PentaSafe Security Technologies recently announced that it is shipping new software that allows systems administrators to use Operations Navigator to configure OS/400's exit points and lock down AS/400 and iSeries servers from potentially dangerous requests coming in from unprotected areas outside the firewall. The new software works with the Remote Request Manager module of PSSecure 7.0 and is called the RRM Plug-in for Operations Navigator.
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Freight Carrier Gets Real-Time with iSeries Shipping App
by Tom Warburton


AIT Worldwide Logistics has specialized in heavy-cargo transportation logistics since it was founded, in 1979. The Itasca, Illinois, company operates 37 offices nationally and contracts with hundreds of independent agents to ensure that more than 13,000 customers receive their shipments in a timely and cost-effective manner. While its OS/400 shipping application was powerful enough to handle the tremendous daily volume of transactions, AIT realized that its green-screen interface was becoming a hindrance, and found it was difficult to integrate with, too.
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RJS Software Delivers Productivity Tools for iSeries
by Alex Woodie


RJS Software Systems earlier this month started shipping a new suite of file transfer tools to help office workers get the most out of their company's AS/400 and iSeries investments. Called the iSeries Office Integration Bundle, the new software allows users to access live OS/400 data from PC applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel, for such activities as word processing, creating mail merges, and distributing database queries.

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News Briefs and Product Shorts


Profound Logic Launches iSeriesLink Studio . . . IBM to Deliver WebSphere Portal to OS/400 . . . Small Parts Goes to Bostech for EAI . . . Cybermation Announces Deal with Rite Aid and Ships SCM . . . JDA Software Goes into ASP Business . . . COMMON Says Conference a Success . . . iBaan Collaboration Debuts for Baan's OS/400 Apps . . . Larry Ellison Goes to Rochester . . .
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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:
ACOM Solutions
Aldon Computer Group
BCD Int'l
Midrange Blue Book
RJS Software Systems
Tramenco
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BCD to Offer Java Deployment Option with WebSmart
IBM Releases iSeries Model 890 Regatta Servers, OS/400 V5R2
Inventive Designers to Introduce X-Platform Document-Processing Tool
PentaSafe Ships OpsNav Plug-In for Exit Points
Freight Carrier Gets Real-Time with iSeries Shipping App
RJS Software Delivers Productivity Tools for iSeries
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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