Alex Woodie
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ERP Vendors Delivering Better Value, Nucleus Says
July 16, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreThe era of the slow, apathetic ERP software vendor that peddles monolithic products that are difficult to upgrade may be coming to an end, according to a recent report from Nucleus Research, which finds ERP vendors are increasingly responding to user demands for more intuitive UIs and integrated mobile and analytic capabilities.
In its ERP Technology Value Matrix for the first half of 2013, Nucleus detected a change taking place in the ERP market. Driven by customer demands to “break the re-implementation cycle” and shift to a more “incremental, value-building upgrade cycle,” the Boston, Massachusetts, firm says that ERP
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Informatica Embeds PowerCenter into Zettaset’s Hadoop Software
July 16, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreInformatica has entered into an OEM agreement with Zettaset to provide its PowerCenter software with Zettaset’s Hadoop cluster management software.
As part of the deal, Informatica’s PowerCenter Big Data Edition will be embedded into Zettaset’s Orchestrator Hadoop cluster management solution, which is designed to accelerate and simplify the Hadoop installation process, and provide on-going management and security capabilities.
Getting data into and out of the Zettaset-managed Hadoop implementations will be easier with PowerCenter Big Data Edition managing the movements. PowerCenter is Informatica’s flagship data integration tool, and it supports a range of data sources, including IBM i and DB2/400.
Informatica
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Liaison Grows EDI VAN Services Business, Thanks to VAN Consolidator
July 16, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreLiaison Technologies helps organizations move and secure data with a range of tools and services. What you may not know is that Liaison has become the fourth largest provider of traditional EDI VAN services in the country. Liaison says that its partnership with NewEDI is responsible for much of the growth.
NewEDI is a VAN services consolidator that buys excess VAN capacity from tier-one service providers. It then resells the capacity to smaller enterprises with lower EDI volumes, thereby enabling them to get top-tier EDI service levels at a discount of up to 50 percent, the company says.
Some companies
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Infor Customers Are Really Happy With IBM i, Survey Finds
July 15, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreA recent survey performed by Infor‘s EMEA group found a very high degree of satisfaction with the IBM i server platform. The survey, released on the 25th anniversary of the launch of the AS/400, finds a strong belief among users that the system is “future proof.” However, more than half of the users considered a lack of IBM i skills as a looming problem for themselves.
Infor’s EMEA System i Survey 2013 puts into numbers the feelings toward the box expressed by more than 100 managers and high-level decision makers at organizations that use the IBM i server to
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LANSA Product Takes On Greater Role in Data Sync Initiative
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreWhen LANSA launched its Data Sync Direct product years ago, the plan was to use it to pull product-related data from various data sources, such as DB2/400, so it can be merged into the global data synchronization network (GDSN). Over time, as the GDSN has expanded its reach, LANSA’s DSD has evolved, as well. In fact, for some DSD users, the product now serves as the original source of product data, or a product information management (PIM) application.
The trend toward omnichannel retailing is having a major impact on the GDSN exchanges, such as 1WorldSync, which is the primary data
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Linoma Delivers Android App for MFT Server
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreLinoma Software last month officially unveiled a new Android app that allows mobile users to upload and download files to and from the IBM i server (or any other supported server). The new client, called GoAnywhere File Transfer, works much like Linoma’s Web client. It supports encryption, and even features the capability to insert download file links into emails.
The folks at Linoma have been working on the Android app for at least the past six months. The Android app has been available on the Google Play Store since late May, but Linoma waited until two weeks ago to
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SystemObjects Takes Hybrid Approach with IBM i Mobile App Dev Tool
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreSystemObjects has adopted the jQuery mobile framework with the version 2 release of SmartPad4i, its mobile application development tool for the IBM i server. The tool now enables IBM i shops to take a hybrid approach to mobile application development, which enables them to utilize features such as GPS receivers and cameras that are common on mobile devices that run Android, iOS, and other mobile operating systems.
Development tool maker SystemObjects, which unveiled SmartPad4i in late 2012, developed the software with the aim of enabling IBM i shops to automatically generate mobile apps that reuse existing RPG and COBOL
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Halcyon Goes Mobile with MIMIX Monitoring Tool
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreIBM i shops that use MIMIX software can now monitor their high availability environments from a mobile device with the latest release of Halcyon Software‘s HA-MX Monitor. Version 11 of Halcyon’s tool allows administrators to check on the status of MIMIX replication and manage alerts from any iOS and Android smartphone and tablet.
HA-MX Monitor is a little-known member of Halcyon’s suite of systems management and monitoring tools for the IBM i server. The product, which Halcyon has not talked about much over the years, keeps an eye on MIMIX replication processes and errors, freeing administrators to work on
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Shield Updates Disaster Recovery Tool for IBM i
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreShield Advanced Solutions has issued a major new release of DR4i, its remote journaling-based disaster recovery tool for IBM i servers. With V8R1, the company has overhauled the code base and added a new apply process that should give users more control and delivered a new PHP-based user interface.
DR4i is a scaled down version of the company’s flagship high availability product, called HA4i. Like HA4i, the DR4i product enables customers to replicate transactions across the network to a secondary IBM i system using IBM‘s remote journaling technology.
The big difference between the products is that DR4i doesn’t provide
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Apache Casino Hotel Taps Agilysys for LMS, POS
July 9, 2013 Alex Woodie
… Read moreAgilysys‘ IBM i-based Lodging Management System (LMS) will be used to automate processes at the new 132-room hotel that the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma recently built at the site of its casino in Lawton. The Apache Casino Hotel also licensed the InfoGenesis point of sale (POS) system.
The new $27 million hotel will provide guests with amenities like a pool, gym, gift shop, business center, and 2,500 square-feet of meeting space, in addition to existing facilities, including a 100,000 square-foot casino, two restaurants, a coffee shop, and a bar.
The Apache tribe will be able to manage