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In This Issue
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All the Product News That's Fit to Print.
Sponsored By
 ASNA
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Make solutions, not excuses:
ASNA releases Visual RPG for .NET!
"When comparing AVR for .NET to other products, it is much more cost effective and easier to use which yields much greater productivity."
-Mike Fonner, Telephone Service Co.
Learn more about AVR for .NET today!
www.asna.com/infoavrdotnet.aspx
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Sponsored By
 ALDON COMPUTER GROUP
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UPGRADE ADM NOW:
IBM's recommended solution
IBM partners with Aldon to offer ADM users upgrades to Aldon Affiniti change management. Aldon's 20-plus years of experience, 5,000 clients and future-ready software provide ADM users with the reliability needed to migrate to e-business development.
No matter the platform (iSeries, Windows, Unix, Web, etc.) or development environment you use, including WebSphere, Affiniti supports it.
Learn more at: www.aldon.com
800.825.5858
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Quadrant Shrinks OS/400 Report Sizes with New Formatter
by Alex Woodie
Quadrant Software has introduced a new software utility that it claims reduces the size of OS/400 reports by 75 percent or more without losing any information. The new product, called Formatter, works with Formtastic Fusion5, Quadrant's electronic document management system for the iSeries, to eliminate redundant headers and footers and to rearrange other report components to make reports much smaller and easier to read and understand. READ MORE >
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Coil Coater Forges Customer Gains with Self-Service DB2/400 Access
by Robert Gast
The coil-coating business unit of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, based CENTRIA used to rely heavily on faxing. As the company sought to close the gaps in its just-in-time supply chain, however, it replaced that decades-old communication technology with something more modern. CENTRIA chose ASNA's DataGate Component Suite to bridge its DB2/400-resident production data files with new browser-based applications, giving customers real-time status on inventory, work in process, and more. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 COMPUTER KEYES
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- Spool Files to PDF Documents -
KeyesPDF converts spool files into images or PDF documents. Spool files can be standard *SCS printer files, *AFPDS spool files, or *USERASCII spool files. Burst and convert these spool files into TIF images, PDF documents, or ASCII text and place them in a physical file or transfer them directly into your IFS. The resulting documents can then be e-mailed or published to a web site.
Try it out for free!
Just go to www.computerkeyes.com
or call (800) 356-0203.
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Sponsored By
 SUSE LINUX
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Mainframe Linux for IBM
Midrange Systems
· Available for i/p/z/x Series
· Mainframe stability
· Access to legacy data
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server lets you keep your current environment and add the power of Linux. Utilize the best of both worlds, exchange data between each OS, all on one system.
Get and evaluation copy today
www.suse.com
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Magic Addresses Business Processes with New iBOLT Release
by Alex Woodie
Magic Software has given more teeth to its iBOLT suite of enterprise application integration (EAI) tools. In November, Magic issued Version 1.5 of the iBOLT Integration Suite, with enhanced testing capabilities and support for Business Process Execution Language for Web Services, a promising new specification expected to enable transaction processing with Web services. The company also describes how iBOLT is being used to streamline the procurement system of a Dutch OS/400 shop. READ MORE >
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iMessaging Boosts Support for Spanish in Interactive Voice System
by Alex Woodie
iMessaging Systems has improved its Spanish language support in iVoice, an interactive voice response system for OS/400 applications. With iVoice 2.03, due out this week, the company has expanded the number of voice options for dynamic DB2/400 text-to-speech conversion, including a new voice selection named "Javier," which features a male voice speaking the Mexican dialect of Spanish. This release of iVoice now also supports Spanish for the first time with its automated speech-recognition capability. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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Implement Document Imaging on your iSeries-AS/400 in 30 minutes or less
Image Server/400 is a Web browser-based document image management system for the iSeries.
Documents can be quickly scanned and stored in IFS folders, and then located and retrieved for viewing via any Web browser. Integrate with other iSeries-AS/400 applications.
Call us at 888-RJS-SOFT or download a FREE fully functional demo from our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com
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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
CMS/400 – ERP for small & midrange manufacturers.
E-mail sales@cms400.com
for a no obligation test-drive,
or go to www.cms400.com.
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Expand Widens Coverage with New Network Control Software
by Alex Woodie
Expand Networks, developer of WAN acceleration devices, expanded the scope of its product offerings last week, when it announced a new network monitoring and control solution. Whereas Expand's family of Network ACCELERATORS use a combination of data caching and compression technology to boost a given pipe's bandwidth by up to 400 percent, the new ExpandView offering concentrates on understanding application traffic and ensuring a certain level of service. READ MORE >
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News Briefs and Product Shorts
Linoma Web-Enables Daksoft's Camping Reservation Program with aXes . . . inFORM Decisions Updates Native OS/400 PDF Conversion Engine . . . Ultra Hardware Keeps Up with Distribution Demands, Using Varsity Logistics' ShipSoft . . . Pacific Sunwear, Footstar License Bostech's Integration Software . . . California Software Says New Release of baby.NET Faster, Easier to Use . . . Food Flavor Maker Fills in BPCS's Reporting Gaps with Global's Spreadsheet Server . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. 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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