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OS/400 Edition
Volume 2, Number 28 -- July 30, 2002
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
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Sheriff's AS/400 App Goes Thin and Wireless
by Alex Woodie

Sheriff's deputies in Arapahoe County, Colorado, had reason to dislike the way they received information on the criminal histories of people they just pulled over. They would call a dispatcher over the radio and ask him to search the county's AS/400 database. The dispatcher then reported, over the radio, the results of the search. The problem was that violent criminals might overhear the report, putting the deputy in a potentially hairy situation. READ MORE >

Precosis Has an Interactive Workload Monitor, Too
by Alex Woodie

Two weeks ago, we brought you news of a new tool from Storage Solutions Group called FastAct, which allows you to see how much of your OS/400 server's interactive processing capabilities are being blocked by the CFINT governor and therefore could be reclaimed by the company's Fast400 interactive governor buster. Since then, we've been alerted to the availability of a tool from Australian shareware provider Precosis that does much the same thing as FastAct, only it doesn't cost as much. READ MORE >

Sponsored By
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Aldon Improves Multiplatform Change Management Tool
by Dan Burger

Not every company or organization is concerned about managing multiple development environments. It's is a complex management issue, however, and each year many companies come face to face with the realities of it. Multiple operating environments in AS/400 and iSeries shops typically involve Unix and Windows developers working in a coordinated effort with OS/400 developers. Each developer typically versions files within his own development sandbox, which makes the process a bit of a free-for-all. READ MORE >

Sterling Commerce Giving Free Upgrades for EDI Software
by Alex Woodie

Sterling Commerce is planning to give away its new Gentran Integration Suite to current users of its EDI (electronic data interchange) software for OS/400, OS/390, Unix, and Windows, the Columbus, Ohio, company has announced. Gentran:Server users under maintenance agreements will qualify to receive the base version of Gentran Integration Suite as a free upgrade, and will be given the option to purchase additional functionality, such as business process management and enterprise application integration modules. READ MORE >

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Sponsored By
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PowerTech Introduces Centralized Security Management
by Alex Woodie

Following good security practices on a single AS/400 or iSeries is tough enough, but when a company has additional remote servers to configure and monitor, the time and effort expended on security can add up in a hurry. To that end, PowerTech Group last week unveiled a new utility called PowerLock CentralAdmin that is designed to centralize much of the work of setting up security policies and watching for intruders on multiple boxes. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

Hotel Information Systems Launches New Java Apps . . . INPRO International Debuts Network Service . . . LXI Joins IBM's eServer Tools Network . . . Bioterrorism Response Suite Launched by iWay Software . . . OASIS Forms Web Services Security Committee . . . Magic Software Draws Crowd for Chinese Introduction . . . 'Handheld' Not Really That . . . READ MORE >



Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to drop us a letter to the editor and we will post them in a reader feedback column associated with this newsletter. READ MORE >

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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

LANSA
Aldon Computer Group
ASNA
BCD Int'l
RJS Software Systems
Centerfield Technology


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sheriff's AS/400 App Goes Thin and Wireless

Precosis Has an Interactive Workload Monitor, Too

Aldon Improves Multiplatform Change Management Tool

Sterling Commerce Giving Free Upgrades for EDI Software

PowerTech Introduces Centralized Security Management

News Briefs and Product Shorts




Editor
Alex Woodie

Managing Editor
Shannon Pastore

Contributing Editors:
Dan Burger
Joe Hertvik
Shannon O'Donnell
Timothy Prickett Morgan

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