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In This Issue
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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IBM Debuts New Entry iSeries Model 810, Upgrade Paths
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM today will announce a new server in its iSeries product line to help the company and its channel better pursue sales opportunities at small and midsized businesses that like the low prices of the Model 800 but want a machine that can run the full enterprise edition of OS/400 and get more 5250 OLTP processing capacity. IBM also will announce several new upgrade paths to the Model 810 and Model 825 servers from prior generations of machines. READ MORE >
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Sky IT Ships Bundled Business Intelligence 'To Go' for iSeries
by Alex Woodie
Sky IT Group last week introduced a new bundled business-intelligence software package for the iSeries. The new offering, Business Intelligence to-go for iSeries, includes business intelligence software from Information Builders, installed at the factory on a new iSeries Model 810. By pre-installing software on the Model 810 and delivering expert configuration services, the company says, users can analyze their data quickly, for less than $80,000. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 CMS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
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"With CMS/400, we are better able to apply Just-in-Time (JIT) production concepts to our operations in a very straightforward manner that does not require lots of people. The information we need is simply a by-product of the application." -- Larry Coe, Manager of Information Systems McNairn Packaging
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Bentley Motors Finds Solution for Dealer Network Woes
by Alex Woodie
Few auto companies can match the prestigious heritage of England's Bentley Motors, where a tradition of creating fast and elegant cars dates back to 1912. Until recently, however, the Bentley dealer network was decidedly un-Bentley-like. The system it used to access critical AS/400 applications was slow, unreliable, and involved a tedious sign-on process. It took Bentley a couple of tries, but it eventually found a solution that fit. READ MORE >
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IBM Ships 3582 LTO Tape Library and Upgrades 3583 Library
by Alex Woodie
iSeries shops looking to upgrade their tape drives may want to check out the latest LTO 2 tape libraries that IBM announced last week. Big Blue's new entry-level 3582 tape library uses the latest LTO Ultrium 2 tape drives, while an updated version of the midrange 3583 library allows users to intermix LTO 1 with LTO 2 drives and tapes. LTO 2 offers double the capacity and data-transfer speed of first-generation LTO drives and has other benefits as well. READ MORE >
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Bug Busters Serves Up Ease of Use with New Release of Menu Tool
by Alex Woodie
Bug Busters Software Engineering recently announced a new version of its A la Carte menu and security system, a tool for creating green-screen menus and managing access to OS/400 objects. With ALC 3.0, the Seattle software company has added ease-of-use features, such as support for custom function keys, the capability to track the use of menus, and several other improvements in the way administrators and users create and maintain menus. READ MORE >
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
MediNomics Finds Good Fit After Trying Out App via ASP . . . Fiserv Ships New Check Fraud Detection Suite . . . EBS Streamlines Mortgage Loan Review Process with ACES GOLD 6.2 . . . MailAnalyzer 3.5 Identifies E-mail Usage Patterns for Domino, Exchange, Sendmail . . . Spam Fighter GROUP Tech Forms Professional Services Organization . . . Logility Launches New Version of Supply Chain Software . . . 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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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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