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  • EXTOL Helps IBM i Shop with Web Services . . . m-Power Delivers In-Memory Analytics . . . VAULT400 Racks Up Another Win

    September 16, 2015 Timothy Prickett Morgan


    EXTOL Helps IBM i Shop with Web Services

    CURT Manufacturing has been using the EXTOL EDI Integrator for i software from EXTOL International for over a decade. But when the tow-hitch manufacturer decided to expand its business on the Web, it needed something to accelerate its new ordering processes.

    That’s when it tapped another product from the Pottsville, Pennsylvania, software company: EXTOL Business Integrator (EBI) Web Services. With EBI Web Services installed on the company’s Power Systems server, CURT Manufacturing found the solution it needed.

    It’s all about ensuring that CURT’s back-end processes could deliver faster response times to requests from its trading partners, says EXTOL Vice President of Sales Peter Harper. CURT could have achieved that by building its own internal Web services infrastructure, he says, but that wasn’t practical for a variety of reasons.

    “We were able to give them a solution that provides immediate response on submitted orders as a pass/fail status, as well as detailed information on already submitted orders, without the need for a separate Web services license or costly professional services engagement,” Harper says.

    “By providing CURT with an integrated Web services solution, EXTOL now captures exact statuses through the EBI Web Services solution, which offers better tracking while offering a synchronous XML response,” he says.

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    m-Power Goes In-Memory

    Applications developed with the m-Power development tool from mrc can now utilize in-memory processing to speed analytics, the company announced last month.

    m-Power can be used to develop a range of applications that run on IBM i and other OSes, including Web and mobile clients, e-commerce storefronts, and CRM systems. But one of the most popular types of applications for the Java-generating tool is creating business intelligence systems and dashboard applications.

    The new in-memory processing option will be particularly useful in several scenarios, mrc says, most notably when one wants to perform interactive analyses over large sets of data, or when offloading analytical workloads from the database will free it up to run other tasks.

    In-memory processing is not a panacea, however, and mrc gives us two examples where it should not be used. This includes when users have a small data set to analyze and when real-time processing of data is required.

    “In-memory analytics is a growing trend, and offers many advantages,” says Tyler Wassell, mrc’s director of development. “But, it’s not the best choice for every situation. With this enhancement, m-Power users get the freedom to choose the best approach for their needs.”

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    Mobile Instrument Repair Company Heads to the VAULT

    by Alex Woodie

    When Mobile Instrument Service & Repair set out looking for a new backup solution for its IBM i environment, it had several requirements. After trying out the VAULT400 service from United Computer Group, it was satisfied that its requirements were met.

    Mobile Instrument Service & Repair (MIS&R) is one of the country’s largest providers of surgical equipment repair. The Bellefontaine, Ohio-based company owns nearly 200 mobile repair labs that service hospitals across the nation, and runs satellite facilities in Tennessee and Southern California.

    The IBM i server is critical for the company, and secure backups are critical to IBM i operations. In addition to completing backups within the allotted time window, MIS&R required that its backup data be compressed, encrypted, and backed up to two offsite locations, without using additional hardware.

    iSeries Software Development Specialist Steve Smith explains the company’s decision to go with VAULT400 backup as a service (BaaS) offering. “VAULT400 BaaS is a cost-effective way to create secure daily offsite copies of our data that would give us a duplicate of our tapes,” Smith says. “VAULT400 records our data each night and provides quick file restores when needed.”

    VAULT400 is a cloud-based backup and recovery service that uses a backup agent installed on the IBM i server, which replicates data to UCG’s cloud recovery center. Cleveland, Ohio-based UCG gives VAULT400 customers several options when it comes to recovery time objectives (RTO), including 12-hour, 24-hour, and 48-hour services. The company also offers high availability hosting services and as well as its Quick Ship program.

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    CYBER-ATTACKS ON THE RISE. PROTECT WITH THE TRIPLE PLAY.

    COVID-19 has not only caused a global pandemic, but has sparked a “cyber pandemic” as well.

    “Cybersecurity experts predict that in 2021, there will be a cyber-attack incident every 11 seconds. This is nearly twice what it was in 2019 (every 19 seconds), and four times the rate five years ago (every 40 seconds in 2016). It is expected that cybercrime will cost the global economy $6.1 trillion annually, making it the third-largest economy in the world, right behind those of the United States and China.”1

    Protecting an organization’s data is not a single-faceted approach, and companies need to do everything they can to both proactively prevent an attempted attack and reactively respond to a successful attack.

    UCG Technologies’ VAULT400 subscription defends IBM i and Intel systems against cyber-attacks through comprehensive protection with the Triple Play Protection – Cloud Backup, DRaaS, & Enterprise Cybersecurity Training.

    Cyber-attacks become more sophisticated every day. The dramatic rise of the remote workforce has accelerated this trend as cyber criminals aggressively target company employees with online social engineering attacks. It is crucial that employees have proper training on what NOT to click on. Cyber threats and social engineering are constantly evolving and UCG’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Training (powered by KnowBe4) is designed to educate employees on the current cutting-edge cyber-attacks and how to reduce and eliminate them.

    A company is only as strong as its weakest link and prevention is just part of the story. Organizations need to have a quick response and actionable plan to implement should their data become compromised. This is the role of cloud backup and disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS).

    Data is a company’s most valuable asset. UCG’s VAULT400 Cloud Backup provides 256-bit encrypted backups to two (2) remote locations for safe retrieval should a cyber-attack occur. This is a necessary component of any protection strategy. Whether a single click on a malicious link brings down the Windows environment or an infected SQL server feeds the IBM i, once the data is compromised, there is no going back unless you have your data readily available.

    Recovery is not a trivial task, especially when you factor in the time sensitive nature of restoring from an active attack. This leads to the third play of the Triple Play Protection – DRaaS.  Companies have myriad concerns once an attack is realized and a managed service disaster recovery allows employees to keep focus on running the business in a crisis state.

    The combination of training employees with secure backup and disaster recovery offers companies the best chance at avoiding financial disruption in an age of stronger, more frequent cyber-attacks.

    Reach out to UCG Technologies to discuss your company’s security needs and develop a data protection plan that fits you best.

    ucgtechnologies.com/triple-play

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    1. https://theconversation.com/cyberattacks-are-on-the-rise-amid-work-from-home-how-to-protect-your-business-151268

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