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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
Sponsored By
 LANSA
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LANSA Certified to Provide EDI-INT
AS2 Internet Security
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Organizations like Food Lion, Mejier and Wal*Mart are asking their Suppliers to implement EDI-INT AS2 Internet Security.
LANSA AS2 Direct enables Suppliers to quickly comply with AS2 standards, while reducing costs and improving supply chain efficiencies.
www.lansa.com
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Sponsored By
 SOFTLANDING SYSTEMS
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Are your development projects chaotic? Take too long? Frustrating?
Get your RPG, Web, WebSphere, & cross-platform development synched up & under control with the leading Change Management, Testing & Deployment solutions from SoftLanding. Automation reduces risk, creates a more sane work environment, & frees time for critical projects. New TurnOver plug-ins embed automation within WDSc, WSAD, & WSSD!
Come to www.softlanding.com for info & software trials, plus FREE copies of our WDSc Spooled File plug-in & Paul Conte's Software Development Survival Guide.
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StorageTek Recommits to Supporting the iSeries
by Alex Woodie
StorageTek is back on the iSeries bandwagon. After a period of about two years, with no new compatibility between OS/400 and its tape drives and libraries, the company has recommitted itself to supporting the iSeries. This commitment takes the form of backcasting OS/400 support for some older tape products, as well as promises to support the iSeries with a new tape drive later this year. READ MORE >
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Palmisano Outlines On Demand for Shareholders, IBM Rolls Out Products
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano has seen the future of the IT industry, and it is black and blue. The black part is not the abyss, but rather profits; the blue part is, as you might expect from Palmisano, Big Blue itself and its central role in what IBM is calling e-business On Demand. You and I might call it distributed computing as originally intended but never delivered. Of course, when addressing shareholders at its annual meeting in Kansas City several days ago, Palmisano didn't come out and say that. He likes On Demand better. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 BCD INT'L
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- Save $20K to $200K and Time -
Unlike many iSeries WebSphere users, 95+% of WebSmart users DO NOT have to upgrade hardware saving $20K to $200K! WebSmart compiled ILE/CGI web based apps run 100% in the batch subsystem, DO NOT use interactive resources, and run much faster than Java apps.
Use your existing staff and skills. Run on iSeries fast as ILE/CGI. Run on multi-platforms as Java Servlets -- All from one single effort. Extend BPCS, MAPICS, JDE & other apps affordably.
So Try Award Winning WebSmart for FREE
Save time & money www.bcdsoftware.com
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Sponsored By
 BYTWARE
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It seemed like a normal day at the office.
Little did anyone know that Jennifer in payroll was about to hand out an unexpected pay cut.
With full unrestricted access to the company's accounting and payroll directories, Jennifer's after-lunch system cleaning tossed out not only some old PDFs but this week's payroll files, too.
Don't send your employees into financial shock.
Get Secure.
Get StandGuard.
www.bytware.com
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HP Tops Q1 Worldwide Server Shipments, Dell Tops in US
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The battle for the leadership position in the server market continued to be brutal between Hewlett-Packard and Dell in the first quarter, according to research from Gartner's Dataquest unit. While server shipments were better than expected, it's still tough out there, according Dataquest's analysts. The dynamics within the server market are complex right now as companies are shifting priorities and platforms, making it somewhat more volatile than the Dataquest shipment numbers suggest. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Copying IFS Files from One iSeries to Another
by Joe Hertvik
In OS/400 shops with multiple iSeries and AS/400 machines, there's always a need to copy Integrated File System, or IFS, data between machines. And as OS/400 continues to host more stream-file-based applications, like IBM Lotus Domino and WebSphere, that need becomes more important, but a standard file transfer utility like FTP can make your transfers easier. 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
 KISCO INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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SafeNet/400. . . The MARKET LEADER in
iSeries & AS/400 Network Protection. . .
Since 1996, SafeNet/400 has been protecting systems around the world.
· Request logging and audit trail
· Time of day/day of week control
· Object level protection. . .
And many, many more features are standard. SafeNet/400 is the best value in the network security market. Come see for yourself. Sign up for a FREE, NO RISK 30-Day Trial:
www.kisco.com/safenet
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As I See It: Only Mushers Lead from Behind
by Victor Rozek
"On my dresser sits an oak box lightly coated with dust. In it, for reasons passing memory, I keep an assortment of random relics that have somehow survived years of domestic downsizing." I wrote those words a decade ago, and wouldn'tchaknowit, the box is still there, and still holds the same collection of oddball memorabilia. Among my neglected treasures are a broken watch, a black stone, the significance of which I've forgotten, an expired library card, a commemorative belt buckle, about the size and weight of a waffle iron, a button that says "The Scenery Only Changes for the Lead Dog," and eight shares of IBM stock. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
IBM Offers Actual Discounts on iSeries Upgrades . . . Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guides . . . Updated WebFacing Tool Available as IBM Ships WDSc 5.0 . . . John Earl Appointed to Fill Vacant Seat on COMMON's Board of Directors . . . FormScape Scores a First in Joining New J.D. Edwards ISV Program . . . Advanced Logic Solutions to Resell DRV Tech's SpoolFlex . . . Fluffi Bunni Is No More? 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: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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