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Sponsored By
T.L. ASHFORD
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BARCODE400 by T.L. Ashford is the easiest, fastest way to create and print Compliance Labels directly from the AS/400 and iSeries.
Ashford's comprehensive library of Compliance formats is available to Barcode400 users. AIAG labels for Ford and Motorcraft, GM, and many more are available.
BARCODE400 is backed by the best Technical Support Team in the industry.
FREE Guide to Bar Code Labeling
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or call 800.541.4893
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SOFTLANDING SYSTEMS
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Want to accelerate
your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance?
Visit the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) resource page judged "Best Web Link" by Search400! Designed specifically for IT, it features links & free white papers, including the IT Manager's Working Guide to SOX Compliance with its actionable list of 164 IT-specific audit points, plus info on how SoftLanding's change management, security, and application testing solutions can help you achieve compliance faster & make future audits easier.
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iSeries Application Innovation Program Exceeds IBM's Expectations
by Dan Burger
Despite various manic methods to hasten the pace of progress, it most often remains a step-by-step process that seems comparatively slow, especially to those who think impatience is a virtue. Rebuilding the iSeries ecosystem is a good example. This is not a chore of great leaps and bounds, except maybe when viewed in one-year increments. Still, measuring sticks are required to gauge progress. So when IBM says its Application Innovation Program (AIP) will play an important role in reconstructing the iSeries foundation, it's worth measuring. READ MORE >
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Server Sales Skyrocket in Q3--But Can It Last?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
There has been much joy in the server business in recent quarters, and the latest market statistics from IDC and Gartner for sales in the third quarter of 2005 are bound to cause even more exuberance among those who sell servers for a living. This is one of the best quarters the market has seen in a long, long time, and there are very good reasons for this. And, sorry to be a killjoy, but I think there are equally good reasons why this will not last for long. READ MORE >
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NUBRIDGES
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Need to send payroll data to your bank? Want to upload your 401(k) information to your financial services provider? Concerned about Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliance? Finally, there's one solution for every FTP need - nuBridges. A leading provider of automated, secure FTP on the iSeries, nuBridges offers truExchange FTP with unmatched PGP and SSH encryption support.
Over 2,000 customers use our solution for direct, secure partner connections, financial institution transactions, HIPAA and SOX compliancy, as well as VAN connections.
Contact us or visit our Web site.
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Sponsored By
COMPUTER KEYES
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*SCS Printer Files to Full Color PDF*
KeyesOverlay rapidly converts standard *SCS printer files into PDF documents, in either black and white or full color. It can be used for individual documents, such as invoices or purchase orders, or can be used to prepare large reports with or without an overlay. KeyesOverlay will enhance either KeyesPDF or KeyesMail, allowing them to create fancier PDF files for web publication or e-mailing.
Learn more at www.computerkeyes.com or call 800 356 0203.
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Major IT Firms Join to Standardize SOA
by Mary Lou Roberts
Services oriented architecture, or SOA, is the up and coming model for creating and implementing applications in diverse environments. And "diverse environments" is a good description of the collection of vendors that have now united in an effort to develop specifications and resulting collaborative technologies that simplify how organizations create and implement applications in a services oriented architecture. READ MORE >
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As I See It: RAM, ROM, and Rama Rama Ding Dong
by Victor Rozek
What do Thomas Edison and Monty Python have in common? Give up? They both inadvertently helped to popularize two of the most brilliant stars in the IT jargon firmament: Bug and Spam. Although it is generally believed that the term "bug," as applied to computing, originated in 1947 when Grace Hopper purportedly found a moth in a Harvard Mark II computer, the first references to "bugs" actually emerged from Edison's lab some 70 years earlier and were chronicled in a number of articles about the great man. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
i5/OS V5R4--January, February, or March 2006? . . . The iSeries Not Hit by Marketing Layoffs at IBM . . . IBM Offers Discounts on Online Training . . . CCSS Partners with i3Tech Group to Conquer the Great White North . . . Evans Data Survey Says Companies Are Developing New Code--Finally! . . . Lakeview Hires New Marketing Top Gun . . . 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: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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