Dan Burger
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EAI Specialist iWay Aims to Integrate Collaborative Applications
October 12, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreYou’ll find more than one dilemma barking for attention in IT departments these days. But at or near the top of the list is the topic known as enterprise application integration. The majority of companies feel this as a distinct pain in the ERP, where integration of customer relationship management, sales force automation, and human resources should, but often won’t, mesh. That’s where iWay Software fits into the equation.
iWay’s newest product, CEP Enable, is designed to remedy the integration puzzle that naturally exists between enterprise information and social collaborative applications.
Dave Watson, iWay Software vice president in charge of
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BOSaNOVA Emulation and File Transfer Product Now Windows 7 Ready
October 12, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreBOSaNOVA Plus, a software and hardware combination that provides PC users with access to IBM System i, iSeries, AS/400 and System/36 via Twinax is now available with support for Microsoft Windows 7. By supporting the latest version of the Windows operating system, BOSaNOVA Plus version 8 offers 5250 display/printer emulation and file transfer applications to companies that have upgraded to Windows 7 or are planning to do so in the near future. Support for Windows 95, NT, 2000, Me, and XP will continue.
Additional features of BOSaNOVA Plus include support for APPC and TDLC connectivity types, a wizard that simplifies
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.NET in the Midrange: Not Migration So Much As Integration
October 11, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreThe fact that Microsoft is making an impact in IBM i shops is no shock. Sometimes the sparks fly and you can feel the electricity in the air though depending on who is doing the talking and what the listener wants or doesn’t want to hear. Many of the AS/400 faithful bristle whenever Windows or .NET is mentioned, but you can’t ignore the growing need to integrate these two systems.
Two weeks ago in The Four Hundred, Microsoft platform migration executive Dee Hester talked about the successes his company is enjoying in the IBM midrange market. His calculations
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DevCon Delivers iSeries Education; IT Jungle Offers a Deal
October 11, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreYour budget for IBM i training and education probably doesn’t have “The sky’s the limit” penciled into the first line. But it’s a fact modern skills go a long way toward making the IBM i a modern platform. Here’s your chance to bump up your skills, become a more productive and valuable programmer or system admin, and go easy on the budget. As a reader of IT Jungle newsletters you can save yourself or your company some money. That’s never been discouraged to the best of my knowledge.
Your opportunity comes next month at the 12th Annual iSeries DevCon,
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DB2 on i: The Time, Money, and Risk of Modernization
October 4, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreYou are sitting on a gold mine of database technology and probably don’t even know it. You have many of the essential pieces undiscovered in your existing system. Untapped capabilities in DB2 for i, the integrated relational database at the heart of IBM i 6.1 and 7.1, can be put to use meeting business requirements that have executives nervously searching for answers. Your first discovery is that a database does far more than store information. Take a closer look at what you have here.
This is an information management system, not a container. It’s not just a barn, a
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Microsoft Technologies Gaining Ground in the IBM Midrange
September 27, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreThe battle of the midrange continues. And Microsoft continues to put the heat on IBM. We know it best as a struggle for IBM i shops to remain i-centric when it comes to their mission critical applications as Microsoft technologies gain stronger footholds in enterprises. Last week I talked with Dee Hester, who heads up platform migration sales in North America and Latin America for Microsoft. Here’s the view from where he sits.
Hester works for Microsoft’s Enterprise Partner Group (EPG), which has a goal of accelerating the adoption of Microsoft technologies at the enterprise level and supporting business
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Central Florida User Group to Disband in December
September 20, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreTony Morelli has been a member of the Central Florida Midrange User Group since the mid-1990s. He’s served on the local user group’s board of directors for years and has seen the highs and the lows. At the end of this year, he’ll watch CFMUG fade away. At its meeting last month, the board set December 31, 2010, as the final day of business for organization.
“We haven’t had people responding to and attending our meetings,” Morelli. “I believe it is just a lack of interest. We were willing to do whatever people let us know they want. But nobody
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An IT Jungle Reader Appreciation Offer from iSeries DevCon
September 20, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreI don’t mean to boast, but as a reader of IT Jungle newsletters you are already understand the importance of keeping current with the IBM i community’s array of hardware, software, and services. You get it. You’re connected. And we’re glad you’re with us.
For many of you IBM i enthusiasts (even those who refer to the system by one of its former, more familiar brand names), education and training is a priority. And even as such, ongoing education may not always translate into a reality. So IT Jungle has an incentive to maybe make it your reality this year.
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Power7 Planning Beyond the Bells and Whistles
September 13, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreWhile IBM gets busy with its Fall 2010 Power of the i road show schedule (see the Redbooks, White Papers, and Other OS/400 Resources section of Four Hundred Monitor for dates and cities), business partners have their own plans for getting out and talking about Power7 and IBM i 7.1. Where Big Blue tends to make grandiose presentations that showcase all the bells and whistles, the business partners spend more time talking with individuals about the best fit for their purposes.
Recently I spoke with Jim Kandrac, president of United Computer Group (UCG), a business partner based in Cleveland, Ohio,
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COMMON Fall Conference Offers 112 Sessions in San Antonio
September 13, 2010 Dan Burger
… Read moreYou hear a lot of talk about upgrades these days. Upgrade your server, upgrade your operating system, and upgrade your mission critical software. Well, what about upgrading your mission critical training and education? Putting that on the back burner is really downgrading your IT investments.
COMMON president Pete Massiello last week took there you area break from his regular job as owner of iTech Solutions Group, to beat the drum for COMMON’s Fall Conference and Expo that is coming up October 4 through 6 in San Antonio, Texas. Massiello also serves as the chairman of the Fall Conference Task