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OS/400 Edition
Volume 2, Number 32 -- August 27, 2002
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.

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A Heart-Felt Message from Your iSeries
by Bob Balderson

Ever send a greeting card to someone? Most people would say yes. Ever use software to notify someone about an iSeries event? Most people would say no. So what do greeting cards and iSeries event notification software have in common? They both need to communicate a clear message, in a timely manner. That common need is the beginning of the story of how Carlton Cards Retail, one of the world's leaders at conveying social expressions, automated its iSeries event notification. READ MORE >

Jacada Sees Inter-Company Application for Web Services
by Alex Woodie

Jacada isn't the first software company in the midrange space to announce support for Web services, the widely heralded collection of protocols that are supposed to power the next generation of e-business applications. But with Integrator Version 3.6, which Jacada announced two weeks ago, the Atlanta, Georgia, company is hoping that companies see value in Web services as a way to enhance the interoperability between their existing OS/400 assets and new applications being installed. READ MORE >

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PentaSafe Updates iSeries Security Apps
by Alex Woodie

PentaSafe Security Technologies recently issued a service pack upgrade to its suite of security tools for OS/400 systems, which include PSDetect, PSSecure, and PSAudit. The Houston, Texas, company says the upgrade, which includes new wizards, streamlined menus, and integration points for security software that PentaSafe ships next month, will make it easier for iSeries security administrators to configure and manage secure access to OS/400 servers. READ MORE >

Affirmative Announces Low-Cost Text-Based Terminal
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Affirmative Computer Products, the Tempe, Arizona, vendor of thin clients for OS/400, mainframe, and other kinds of servers, has expanded its terminal product line with the introduction of a new text-based terminal. The YEStation LE TCP/IP Terminal, also known as a Model 2509, is aimed at users who have modest needs to access their green-screen applications. The new YEStation LE text-based terminal, says Affirmative, is aimed at competing products from ComputerLab International and NLynx Technologies. READ MORE >

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Web Applications for the Programming-Challenged
by Dan Burger

Say it's Monday morning and your boss hands you a new job to go with the 101 other tasks you do. You have to create Web applications that include a registration form, a shopping cart application, a login password, an order-entry form, an online job application, market research surveys, and promotional contests. But wait, you also need to build Web pages that provide easy data access to training class schedules and an interactive shop-floor calendar. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

ProData Introduces RPG Conversion Tool . . . Spool File/Report Distribution Tool from BCD Int'l Gets Enhancements . . . Electronic Archiving Added to EZeDOCS/400 . . . Manta Training Courseware Gets Administrative Software . . . iSeries Lauded by Value Added Resellers . . . READ MORE >



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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

looksoftware
Aldon Computer Group
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Midrange Direct
RJS Software Systems
Centerfield Technology


BACK ISSUES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Heart-Felt Message from Your iSeries

Jacada Sees Inter-Company Application for Web Services

PentaSafe Updates iSeries Security Apps

Affirmative Announces Low-Cost Text-Based Terminal

Web Applications for the Programming-Challenged

News Briefs and Product Shorts




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

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