RSA Security recently certified IBM i security software from Raz-Lee Security to feed log data into its enVision security information and event management (SIEM) offering. The integration gives IBM i shops a proven way to keep one of the security world’s most adopted and well-respected SIEM devices in tune with events occurring on the IBM i server.

Earlier this month, Raz-Lee announced that RSA had certified iSecurity version 11.4 to translate IBM i data into the Syslog format, and feed it into the enVision SIEM, an enterprise-class security device that’s been adopted by about 1,600 customers. The integration involves various

The open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project is starting to draw attention from big-name companies and the vendors that serve their IT needs. Actuate, the publicly traded company that founded the BIRT project and still leads its development, is riding that wave with successful sales of its commercial products. Now, with new offerings in the software as a service (SaaS) and mobile arenas, Actuate is poised to grab more share.

Actuate started BIRT in 2004 as an Eclipse project with the goal of creating a Web-based reporting product. While the San Mateo, California, company has been

A second webcast is being planned by the IBM i Manifest Americas group. This one is specifically for independent software vendors (ISVs) and product developers a critical contingent for the success of iManifest. The vendor community has been one of the traditional strengths of the IBM i ecosystem dating back to the debut of the AS/400. It’s fair to say the IBM i ISVs know the midmarket better than IBM does.

I don’t know the exact number of IBM i ISVs in the Americas, but it’s many hundreds and there are thousands of applications that run natively on the IBM

Each year IBM presents the Beacon Awards. It’s like the Academy Awards, but without the faces you see on the magazines at the grocery store checkout counter. That is to say it is a big deal and a prestigious honor for IBM business partners that nab this piece of hardware. Sirius Computer Solutions has taken some of the drama out of this presentation after grabbing the Overall Technical Vitality award for the third year in a row. The award signifies achievement in technical excellence and innovative solutions based on IBM products and services.

“The IBM Beacon Awards recognize Business Partners

PowerTech has inked a deal with Innovatum to resell DataThread, a powerful database monitoring tool designed to provide real-time alerts into DB2/400 events for security and regulatory compliance purposes. PowerTech says the security tool complements its existing offerings, and will benefit from the market reach provided by PowerTech’s owner, Help/Systems.

DataThread is a powerful real-time change-monitoring solution designed to work with the IBM i security audit journal and the DB2/400 database. The software complements native IBM i capabilities by providing filtering and workflow mechanisms that sift through the millions of innocuous journal and database entries, and brings the most

We all have too many e-mails, but a new solution from ACOM Solutions can help you get a handle on your inbox. ACOM last week launched EZCM Plug-In, delivering one-click e-mail management for Microsoft Outlook users.

EZContent Manager (EZCM) is a Windows-based content management and workflow system that’s designed to meet the needs of small and mid-size IBM i customers. In addition to serving as a searchable repository for business documents, the software includes a workflow system designed to enable better collaboration among employees, and hopefully reduce the organization’s dependence on paper documents.

With EZCM Plug-In, ACOM has delivered an

Thirty-two years after rolling out its first COBOL application for the S/34, MaddenCo has introduced its first graphical user interface (GUI) for its IBM i application, the Tire Dealer System. MaddenCo officials say the transition, which was enabled by Seagull Software and its LegaSuite software, went quicker and smoother than expected.

MaddenCo is an Evansville, Indiana, software company whose software has been installed by 160 independent tire dealers at more than 1,500 locations. The COBOL-based TDS suite covers a tire retailer’s needs for functionality such as point-of-sale, warehousing, bar coding, re-treading, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general ledger. The product

IBM i server reseller Key Information Systems will distribute the CODA Financials software package from UNIT4 CODA, the companies announced last week.

CODA Financials is an integrated collection of Java-based software that supports a range of business requirements, including core accounting (GL, AP, and AR); planning, budgeting, and forecasting; cash management; purchasing and invoice matching; and reporting and business intelligence. The product, which starts at about $50,000, also includes integrated document management and imaging; features a control framework for automating compliance and audit activities; and employs modern XML-based Web services for integration.

The UNIT4 CODA group markets its software

The consolidation of midrange application vendors continues in January when IBM i ERP software developer Friedman announced the acquisition of Viewlocity Technologies, a Dallas, Texas, company that developed supply chain management (SCM) software that ran on a variety of platforms, including IBM i.

Viewlocity was formed about nine years ago from the triple-merger of vendors, Viewlocity, SynQuest, and Tilion. The company originally took the SynQuest name, but changed it to Viewlocity soon after.

Viewlocity develops several products in the SCM space, including inventory management, supplier management, planning and production, logistics and transportation, and supply chain design software. The company

Solarsoft Business Systems has sold its IBM i-based ERP suite to several new customers, including GW Plastics, one of the 100 largest plastic injection molding firms in the United States, and Autotube, which manufactures tubes and fluid-level indicators for car makers.

Based in Bethel, Vermont, GW Plastics is a growing plastic injection molding company that makes products for the automotive and medical industries. With an award-winning year behind them, and double-digit growth and overseas expansions expected for 2011, the company felt it was time to improve its core ERP system.

GW Plastics was already a user of Mattec, which is