Manage Windows Backups from iSeries with New LXI Software
by Alex Woodie

LXI officially launched new software last week that lets organizations manage backup and recovery operations for Windows, Unix, and Linux servers from their OS/400 server, and vice versa. The new product, called the Universal Client Backup, works with LXI's backup and recovery software for OS/400 and open systems, called MMS and TMS/ix respectively, and lets those two products function as either a client or a server to the other. READ MORE >

BMC Streamlines Access to Performance Data
by Alex Woodie

BMC Software is shipping new utilities for mainframes and OS/400 servers that make it easier to access and view performance data collected by other BMC products on those platforms. PATROL for iSeries-Perceive and MAINVIEW Perceive let company employees who don't have access to BMC's performance tools view performance reports in a Web browser, which, BMC says, helps companies manage information technology more like other closely watched business processes. READ MORE >

Aldon's Change Management System Has Full Support for SQL
by Alex Woodie

Aldon Computer Group has issued a new release of its change management system for AS/400 and iSeries environments, Aldon/CMS Version 7.2, which has full support for SQL objects. Handling of SQL objects was limited with prior releases of the system, but the new release supports SQL objects just like it does every other OS/400 object, which should streamline SQL development on the box and improve code portability. READ MORE >

Kisco Offers More, and Less, with New SafeNet/400 Release
by Alex Woodie

Whether you're looking for an advanced OS/400 network security product or a more affordable entry-level security tool, Kisco Information Systems says its SafeNet/400 security software has you covered. The vendor last week launched Version 7.0 of the product, which includes some nifty new functionality, such as a GUI management console. What's more (or, rather, less), the vendor has repackaged the product into four different versions, including a scaled-down "Lite" version that operates only at the user profile level. READ MORE >

eStorage Has Some ESP of Its Own
by Alex Woodie

eStorage has a new software and services offering for its line of tape and disk drives that alerts eStorage's technical support team when problems are detected in these devices. The new offering, called eStorage System Protection, or ESP, is similar in some respects to IBM's Service Director, offered through Big Blue's own iSeries Extreme Support Personalized program, which ironically bares the same acronym, ESP, as eStorage's new offering. However, eStorage says its ESP offering has some advantages over IBM's. READ MORE >

News Briefs and Product Shorts

Create!form Launches Document Management Tools for PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Suite . . . Disk Drive Component Maker Chooses Intentia for OS/400 ERP . . . Acclaim Software Ships 2003 Tax Software for OS/400 . . . Cannondale Seeks to Streamline Forecasts with Logility Supply Chain Software . . . LANSA Helps User Groups Launch Web Sites on AS/400 . . . eStorage Taps Industry Veteran to Head High Availability Product Sales . . . READ MORE >

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