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  • Abacus Solutions Puffs Up An IBM i Cloud

    May 7, 2012 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    You can find a million places that offer you cloudy instances of Windows or Linux operating systems on X86 servers running out there on the Internet, but finding similarly cloudy slices of Power-based machinery sporting the OS/400 or IBM i operating systems can be a challenge. Especially if you don’t want to make long-term commitments and only want to buy a relatively small slice of a machine. But this week at the COMMON midrange trade show, Abacus Solutions is throwing its data center in the ring with its i in the Cloud offering.

    Yeah, it would be better if they

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  • Apps And IBM i Evangelism

    May 7, 2012 Dan Burger

    “You’re only as old as your apps feel.” I can’t get that thought out of my head. Thank you, Trevor Perry. Of all the things that were said Friday by Preacher Perry and the other ordained evangelists at the iBelieve revival meeting, those few words summed it up best for me. If the IBM i is going to escape eternal damnation in some IT closet in Hades, application developers are going to be responsible for saving its soul. Old applications, dependent on and limited by the 5250 data stream and green type on a black background must go.

    I can

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  • Admin Alert: Secrets Of The IBM i IPL Parameters

    May 2, 2012 Joe Hertvik

    IBM i operating systems contain a number of attributes that are used to control IPL processing when you start or restart a partition. Some attributes (such as Start To Restricted State) are well-known, while others are seldom looked at. This week, let’s take a look at your system’s IPL attributes and how they can help you perform specific functions on your system.

    Viewing And Changing Your IPL Parameters

    You can view and change your IPL parameters by typing in the Change IPL Attributes (CHGIPLA) command from a 5250 green screen and pressing the F4 key. When you do this, you’ll

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  • How Do I Format Date Literals? Let Me Count The Ways

    May 2, 2012 Hey, Ted

    I have a strange SQL problem. I have an SQL DELETE command that works perfectly in interactive SQL. But when I use Run SQL Statement (RUNSQLSTM) to execute it, it does not find any rows to delete.

    –Jabir

    Strange, indeed. I gave Jabir some suggestions, but none of them helped. Jabir found his problem himself. In one of those environments (he didn’t say which), the date format was *MDY, while the date format of the other one was *DMY. SQL was interpreting a date value in two different ways. It’s fortunate that Jabir did not test with a date that

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  • CL Error-Handling With APIs

    May 2, 2012 Ted Holt

    Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here.

    I had the great pleasure of meeting Brian Rusch in Milwaukee last month, when I spoke to the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professionals Association (WMCPA). Brian told me about the method his shop uses to handle CL program exceptions. I’d like to share it with you.

    IBM has established an architecture for exception handling. When a program exception occurs, the system may send one or more diagnostic messages that give information about the error. The system does send an escape message, which summarizes the problem and cancels the program.

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  • Island Pacific Completes ERP Upgrade for Clothing Retailer

    May 1, 2012 Alex Woodie

    Island Pacific last week announced that it has successfully completed an upgrade of its IBM i-based Merchandising Suite for Aéropostale, which sells clothing to teenage girls and boys through nearly 900 stores.

    The Irvine, California-based software vendor said it upgraded Aéropostale’s implementation of its Merchandising Suite (formerly IPMS) from Release 1.5 to Release 3.2. The upgrade involved several Merchandising Suite modules in use by Aéropostale, including Sales Audit, Finance, and Deals and Promotions.

    This was a “major upgrade” that brought several new capabilities, Island Pacific said. For example, Aéropostale gains better encryption for customer-related data, which is a big concern

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  • InsightSoftware.com Updates Reporting Suite for JDE

    May 1, 2012 Alex Woodie

    InsightSoftware.com, a provider of business intelligence software for users of Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne, last week announced the availability of a new community support portal for customers, as well several new features in its software.

    InsightSoftware.com develops business intelligence software that is used by 500 Oracle JDE and EBS shops around the world. The company’s flagship Insight Reporting tool replaces native JD Edwards reporting tools like Enterprise Report Writer (RDA), WorldWriter, and FASTR. Surrounding Insight Reporting are several other products that work with both JDE World and EnterpriseOne, including Insight Reconciler, Insight Budgeting, Insight

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  • DocPath Touts Migration Path from IBM InfoPrint Designer

    May 1, 2012 Alex Woodie

    DocPath, a Spanish developer of document management software, will be using next week’s COMMON conference to show prospective users how it can help them migrate away from IBM‘s InfoPrint Designer.

    DocPath is a developer of document management software that was founded in 1992 by Julio Olivares. The Madrid-based company has a U.S. office in Atlanta, Georgia (thanks to its 2008 acquisition of IBM i document management software developer Resolutions), and touts more than 50,000 installations around the world, including companies such as BBVA, Santander, Groupama, Liberty, Mapfre Group, DHL, and Danone.

    DocPath says existing InfoPrint Designer users are

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  • mrc Posts a ‘Timeline Template’ on mPower App Exchange

    May 1, 2012 Alex Woodie

    mrc recently unveiled a template that allows users of its mPower Web app dev tool to quickly create timeline applications. The Timeline Template allows users to view events across a scrollable timeline, and was posted to the Project Exchange, a free online app exchange for mPower users.

    The new Timeline Template makes it easy to implement a Web-based timeline of events. The template allows users to use their mouse wheel or cursor to scroll forward and backward through the timeline. When an event piques their interest, they can click on it, and a window pops up that contains detailed information

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  • RJS Expands Connectivity Options for Digital Signature Software

    May 1, 2012 Alex Woodie

    RJS Software Systems last week unveiled a new release of SignHere, a piece of software that applies captured signatures to digital documents. SignHere version 1.3.3 brings several enhancements, including integration with the signature capture components of VeriFone point of sale (POS) devices, one-click integration to Microsoft Word and Excel, and “print-to-sign” capability from any Windows application.

    RJS introduced SignHere a year-and-a-half ago to streamline the flow of digital documents, speed up the approval process, and minimize wasteful printing. When an invoice, bill of lading, or other document in digital form requires a signature, the user can use SignHere to apply

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