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In This Issue
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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 COGLIN MILL
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No matter the platform (iSeries, Windows, Unix, Web, etc.) or development environment you use, including WebSphere, Affiniti supports it.
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GST Launches a Broad Line of Midrange Tape Products
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
A few weeks ago, we told you a new storage company named Global Storage Technologies had been launched to provide various storage alternatives for IBM's iSeries, pSeries, and xSeries customer bases. This week, GST is rolling out its tape storage products, as it engineers other storage products--very likely disk arrays and maybe even server main memory--for future release. The company is focusing on tape for now, which is a core competency of GST's founders. READ MORE >
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O'Reilly Auto Gets Accolades for Successful OS/400 Planning System
by Alex Woodie
The forecasting and replenishment planning system jointly developed by O'Reilly Auto Parts and supply chain software vendor Evant nearly took home the gold at Retail Systems 2003 Achievement Awards in Chicago last month. O'Reilly, which was one of the first companies to implement Evant's software on AS/400s, and worked closely with the vendor to improve the package, lost out to industry juggernaut Wal-Mart in the end, but that does little to sour the retailer's tremendous ROI. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 BYTWARE
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The mystery of the flashing red gem is revealed as Bytware introduces StandGuard Anti-Virus, the world's first and only native virus detection product for the iSeries.
Powered by McAfee's industry-leading scanning engine, StandGuard Anti-Virus revolutionizes the way you protect your company's systems and data from viruses, malicious code, and information thieves.
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Sponsored By
 SUSE LINUX
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Linoma's New Software Web-Enables OS/400 Apps Without the Interactive
by Alex Woodie
Linoma Software last week announced a new product that Web-enables OS/400 applications on-the-fly, while avoiding use of the 5250 data stream. The software, called aXes, uses XML, FastCGI, data compression, and a proprietary technology called InterSession to provide fast access to OS/400 application screens from a Web browser. The product doesn't generate jaw-dropping GUI effects, Linoma officials say, but it works efficiently and is a suitable choice when bandwidth is a major hurdle. READ MORE >
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IBM's New VX2 Tape Drive Offers OS/400 Shops an Alternative to QIC
by Alex Woodie
IBM recently started shipping a new entry-level tape drive for OS/400 servers, the 7206 Model VX2. Based on Exabyte's 8mm VXA-2 drives, IBM's 7206 Model VX2 offers native capacities of up to 80 GB, transfer rates of up to 6 MB per second, and the capability to withstand abuse, thanks to its discrete packet technology and overlapping heads. For OS/400 shops, IBM is positioning the new drive as a desirable alternative to older 4mm and quarter-inch-cartridge (QIC) drives. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER
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For tough production and warehouse environments, Affirmative introduces the industrial-strength YEStablet wireless thin client.
Featuring a magnesium alloy case and shock protection boot for industrial applications, the new YEStablet supports 5250 and 3270 emulation with built-in GUI and touch-screen keyboard.
The USB port supports barcode scanners and other data collection devices. Vehicle mount and wearable options are also available. Visit www.affirmative.net for more information.
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Sponsored By
 TWIN DATA
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Full system console control for multiple AS/400s and LPARs from anywhere on your LAN, WAN, VPN, even over the Internet!
Perform certain System Maintenance and Configuration Procedures while in "Restricted State." Execute certain types of System Backups (SAVYSYS) and respond to "System Console Only" messages.
Call for details about this IP Console Solution: 800-597-2525
www.twindata.com
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Zephyr Whips Up Tool for Exposing Host Screens to Microsoft Programmers
by Alex Woodie
OS/400 and mainframe shops looking to leverage their programmers' expertise in Microsoft languages have a new way to build interfaces to their host applications. Zephyr Development Corp. recently started shipping PASSPORT Host Integration Objects, a new development tool that allows programmers to build composite applications, using Microsoft languages, that can navigate, read, and write to 5250 and 3270 screens, using the Open Host Interface Objects (OHIO) interface. READ MORE >
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
Wimbledon Gets Modern, Moves OS/400-based Ticketing App to the Web . . . EXE Technologies to Port Supply Chain Applications to Linux . . . CCSS Earns IBM's ClusterProven Certification for QSystem Monitor . . . HiT Software Updates SQL Development Tools for Accessing DB2/400 . . . Invensys Partners with Solzon to Give PRISM New Module for Wireless, RFID . . . Surround Technologies Rebrands Entire Software Line to Emphasize Integration . . . 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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