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Sponsored By
 LANSA
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LANSA Integrator
Simplifies Business
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See what LANSA Integrator can do for your business.
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Sponsored By
 TANGO/04 COMPUTING GROUP
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IBM's Possible Future iSeries and OS/400 Announcements
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
OS/400 V5R2 is now available, and the talk in the midrange has now predictably turned to what IBM will do next. While the hardware and software engineers continue to plug away on the future Armada Power5 servers and their Power6 kickers, due over the next few years in various eServer product lines, what IBM actually does in the iSeries line has more to do with what customers and partners want than with what technology it can deliver to the marketplace. READ MORE >
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iSeries Model 890 Tops Web Serving Benchmark
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The people who run the iSeries business, who have been positioning the OS/400 server as a respectable platform for e-business since the advent of the AS/400e, in 1997, have announced that an iSeries Model 890 server, with only half of its full complement of 32 processors cranking through Web transactions, is the top-ranking machine on the SPECWeb99-SSL benchmark test. Being tops on that test is interesting, mostly because it sheds some light on the effect of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption on throughput. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 QUADRANT SOFTWARE
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Replace pre-printed forms with digital documents delivered via print, email, and fax using our Electronic Document Distribution solutions for the iSeries 400 enterprise.
Engineered for error-free creation, management, and automated delivery of mission-critical documents, these electronic forms, MICR checks, bar code labels, fax servers, and email gateways offer plug-and-play installation and seamless integrations with major business applications.
Better Documents. Better Delivery. Better Together.
www.quadrantsoftware.com
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Sponsored By
 MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY
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Hugh Morgan B.Sc. IS Manager, Edmonton Tube and Alloys: "The current (and planned) capabilities of the *noMAX software are a perfect fit for our availability needs and budget. I would certainly not hesitate to recommend the *noMAX software to anyone requiring a replication or availability solution."
Visit www.maximumavailability.com now to download your free trial.
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Who Is Top Gun for Servers? Depends Who You Ask
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The latest revenue rankings for the top server vendors are out from IDC and Gartner. As is always the case, the two market research firms do not exactly agree on their market share estimates. But one thing they do agree on: For the first time in the history of the IT industry, a vendor--namely, Hewlett-Packard--has tied with IBM for the top sales spot in the market. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Produce Pleasing PC5250 Pictures for Pupils and Printers
by Joe Hertvik
Microsoft's Word has the right idea. Out of the box, Word's default document colors are black text on a white background, just like the printed page. PC5250, on the other hand, features the same "dynamic" green text on a black background interface that's remained unchanged since before the days of the first Bush presidency. But green on black doesn't cut it for today's users, so a handy technique for changing PC5250's screen colors is invaluable. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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Save TIME AND MONEY with our AS/400-iSeries Report and Data Delivery Systems
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Whether it's Native AS/400 or PC-based, we have the solution.
For a FREE FULLY FUNCTIONAL DEMO CD, please visit our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com, contact us at
888-RJS-SOFT, or email us at sales@rjssoft.com
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Sponsored By
 COGLIN MILL
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Load your data warehouse fast!
RODIN delivered amazing results at a recent ETL benchmark test -- data warehouse load rates of up to 625 million rows per hour!
These industry leading results are enabled by RODIN's unique parallel loading technology which utilizes all available processors. A native iSeries product, RODIN was designed from the ground up to take advantage of all unique features of the iSeries architecture.
Download a FREE report with actual results at www.coglinmill.com. Contact Pete Wangen at 507-282-4151 x45 or pwangen@coglinmill.com
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Reseller Successful with iSeries Despite Down Economy
by Dan Burger
Avnet Hall-Mark is a computer marketing armada. It distributes the full range of IBM products, leading with iSeries but also pushing pSeries, xSeries, zSeries, storage, software, and services. Everything IBM makes and positions with its considerable development, production, and marketing might, Avnet Hall-Mark directs through its massive reseller channel. No company distributes more IBM midrange products in North America. So how do things look from the top of the mountain? READ MORE >
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IBM Sells OS/400 Billing App to CSG Systems
by Alex Woodie
CSG Systems, a growing Denver, Colorado, company that provides billing and customer care software and services for telecommunications firms, cable and satellite TV operators, and broadband Internet service providers, has acquired the Integrated Customer Management System from IBM. ICMS is a billing and customer service application used by about 40 telecommunications companies around the world. It runs only on the OS/400 server and is CSG's only iSeries application. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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High Availability / Disaster Recovery
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Backups and system saves
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System migrations
Call 801-799-0300 Ext. 128, email info@iterainc.com or visit www.iterainc.com.
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Sponsored By
 COMMON
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Choose from over 720 sessions and labs covering a wide range of industry topics. Also receive training from J.D. Edwards, MAPICS, and other vendors.
Don't miss out! Go to www.common.org
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Access360 Acquisition to Bolster IBM's EIM Initiative
by Alex Woodie
IBM's Enterprise Identity Mapping software, which debuted last month on OS/400 V5R2 and which IBM said will soon be rolled out to all of its eServers, got a boost last week, when Big Blue announced its intent to purchase Access360, an Irvine, California, company that writes identity management and provisioning software that can help streamline users' access to more than 70 different applications and platforms. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . Synstar Survey Says Sept. 11 Did Not Spur Business Continuity Awareness or Spending . . . Triple-Merger of SynQuest, Viewlocity, and Tilion Announced . . . Tango/04 to OEM iSeries Tuning Tools from Midrange Performance Group . . . Geac Acquires French iSeries Reseller . . . Lakeview Extends Partnership with CommercialWare . . . Aldon User Conference Scheduled for October . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights on the OS/400 market. Feel free to drop us a letter to the editor, and we will post it in a reader feedback column for with this newsletter. 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
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