Arcad Announces OS/400 Test Tool, Establishes East Coast Office
by Alex Woodie

Arcad Software, an established OS/400 software company based in France, is putting the finishing touches on a new utility for testing OS/400 applications. The new record and playback tool, called Verifier, will be added to Arcad's well-rounded suite of OS/400 software management tools, which includes integrated change management, source code analysis, cross reference, software distribution, and help desk capabilities. Verifier will be generally available in the United States in July, out of Arcad's new office in New Hampshire, which opened in May. READ MORE >

BSafe Updates iSeries Security Tool, Adds New U.S. Distributors
by Alex Woodie

North American OS/400 shops may be seeing more from BSafe Software Solutions, an Israeli software company that is expected to ship a new release of its OS/400 security software this week. In April, two iSeries resellers signed agreements with BSafe to distribute the BSafe/iSeries Global Security system, a product that has seen regional use in Israel, Europe, and Asia, but has yet to gain widespread use in the United States. BSafe officials say an increased awareness of security issues is driving sales throughout the world. READ MORE >

Vision Solutions Adds New Features, Performance to Replication Software
by Dan Burger

Many modern businesses are faced with the challenge of accessing data from multiple databases and operating systems and integrating that data in order to make the best use of information throughout their organization. Vision Solutions, one of the prominent managed availability vendors that includes the iSeries in its cross-platform support, announced last week that its data replication product, Symbiator 4.1, was immediately available and is offering new enhancements. It replaces Symbiator 4.0, which was introduced April 15, 2002. READ MORE >

Maximum Availability Adds Dynamic Database Support to HA Software
by Alex Woodie

Maximum Availability has updated its high-availability software to work in closer harmony with applications that use the OS/400 database. The new support for dynamic database operations in *noMAX Release 8.0, which started shipping last week, should keep data replication running smoothly between two OS/400 servers, even as an application adds, moves, renames, or deletes database files as a normal course of its logic, something that was not as easily handled with previous releases of the software. READ MORE >

Original Software Supports New Object Types with Test GUI 3.1
by Alex Woodie

OS/400 shops developing client/server applications using Component Object Model (COM) and ActiveX controls have a new vendor to turn to for automated testing. The Original Software Group last week issued a new release of its client-side testing tool, TestGUI, with a new technology it calls "Tri Sense," which provides testers with object-level checking of three object types commonly used in GUI development, including COM and ActiveX components, traditional Windows classes, and Microsoft Active Accessibility objects and controls. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

CCSS Starts Shipping QSystem Monitor 11.0 . . . Minnesota Pharmaceutical Firm Ready for Growth, with New SAP Software . . . Goering Automates OS/400 Report Distribution with iExcelGen . . . Pat Townsend Announces Integration with BellSouth's FTP Server . . . Raz-Lee Plugs You into iSeries Navigator with New 'Tree Building' Service . . . SolarMetric Introduces 5250 Support to JDO Data Mapping Tool . . . READ MORE >

We're Looking for a Few Good Techies

Do you know RPG, DB2/400, SQL, Java, or other iSeries technologies better than you know most of your extended family? Do you like them better, too? Can you write, and do you like to do it? Then we want to talk to you about the possibilities of being a contributing editor at Guild Companies. Please send an e-mail with your areas of expertise and interest to Dan Burger, executive managing editor, at dburger@itjungle.com. Past writing experience is helpful but not required.

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 >