• ASCI Delivers More Application Hooks with Job Scheduler

  August 16, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Advanced Systems Concepts (ASCI) unveiled a new release of its ActiveBatch job scheduler that features better integration with enterprise software from SAP, Informatica, and Zenoss. ActiveBatch is an enterprise job scheduler that helps organizations manage workloads running across IBM i, Windows, Linux, Unix, mainframe, OpenVMS, and Mac OS environments. The software supports time-based and trigger-based scheduling, and features an array of templates designed to simplify implementation. Those templates were refined with the release of ActiveBatch version 8 service pack 2, which ASCI unveiled last week. Chief among the new features is better out-of-the-box integration with several SAP

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• Attachmate Bolsters Security of MFT Offering

  August 16, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Attachmate this month unveiled a new release of its managed file transfer (MFT) offering that can provide secure file transfers among a variety of platforms, including IBM i. With FileXpress version 7.1, Attachmate added another layer of security when using the SSH-based secure file transfer protocol (SFTP). It also bolstered support for AS2, expanded its platform coverage, and added a new smart client. The FileXpress family of products is an Attachmate-branded version of the CyberFusion Integration (CFI) product that was originally developed by Proginet (now part of TIBCO Software). The product uses a proprietary protocol based on UDP and

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• IBM’s Multi-Faceted Mobile Strategy

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  IBM rarely offers single, simple answers to questions. After all, if Thomas Watson and his successors didn’t foster a culture of interdepartmental competition, we might never have had this thing called the AS/400. And so when posed a 21st century question, such as “What tool does IBM offer for mobile application development?” the answer is, as expected, complex and nuanced. IBM offers an array of tools for mobile application development. On one side of the house is IBM Collaboration Solutions (ICS), the new name for the Lotus Notes/Domino group of products, which encompasses Lotus tools like Sametime and Quickr, as

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• Three IBM i Solution Editions Unveiled by Infor, IBM

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Infor and IBM last week announced three new IBM i Solution Editions featuring Infor’s ERP suites for manufacturers preconfigured and sized for IBM i servers. The three new offerings are based on Infor’s ERP LX (BPCS), ERP XA (Mapics), and ERP System21. IBM i Solution Editions are the result of work that IBM does with IBM i application developers to simplify the acquisition, configuration, and roll-out of IBM i solutions running on the latest IBM Power 7 servers. IBM currently offers three choices of hardware, including a four-core Model 720 and a six- or eight-core Model 740 server. The four-core

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• ClearPointe and EView Pair Up for Remote Management of IBM i Servers

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Organizations that are hesitant to completely outsource their critical business servers are increasingly turning to remote management services that give them some of the financial benefits of outsourcing without all of the risk. Now, as the result of a partnership between IBM i- and z/OS-monitoring specialist EView Technology and the Texas-based remote hosting provider Clearpointe, companies have another option when it comes to remote management of their IBM i environment. EView is a Raleigh, North Carolina, company that develops software that allows IBM i and z/OS servers to be administered with enterprise operations management consoles from Microsoft or Hewlett-Packard

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• Kisco Hooks WebReport/400 to Apache for Intranet Serving

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Kisco Information Systems last week unveiled a new release of its WebReport/400 utility that enables customers to publish IBM i content through their own intranets powered by the Apache HTTP server that IBM integrates into the IBM i operating system. WebReport/400 allows IBM i shops to make more effective use of the spool files and reports generated by their applications. The software can automatically convert IBM i spool files to PDF, HTML, RTF, XLS, or CSV formats, and then distribute them via email, fax, FTP, or the Web. WebReport/400 version 11.05 introduces a new report intranet feature that uses the

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• DRV Sets Sites on International Expansion

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  SpoolFlex developer DRV Technologies last month unveiled a partnership with GroovySoft, a French company that specializes in introducing IBM i and z/OS products to worldwide markets. The move will help drive the international expansion for the Atlanta, Georgia, developer of IBM i tools for automating the handling of spool files and system messages. The partnership with the Montpellier, France-based GroovySoft will help DRV expand not only into the European market for IBM i software, but also the Asian markets, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan, according to DRV president Richard Voss. “We are excited about our potential for growth

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• Language Barriers Broken, mrc Says

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Development tool maker mrc last month unveiled new software that it claims will help eliminate the hassle that organizations face when trying to prepare and maintain Web sites in multiple languages. The company says its new product, called m-Power Translate, automatically generates copies of the same Web site in multiple languages. According to mrc’s announcement, m-Power Translate eliminates the need for companies who want to do business internationally to pay for multiple translations for each language, and then to pay for the ongoing maintenance of those website whenever something changes. Instead of handling translations manually or as a one-off job,

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• Swiss Bank Adopts Linoma’s IBM i Encryption Tool

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  The Swiss banking system is renowned for the tight-lipped approach it takes to information security. This has led to a steady stream of business from wealthy individuals and organizations who want their affairs handled with the highest of confidence. So when IDB (Swiss) Bank sought an encryption solution for its IBM i environment, its worth noting that it selected a solution from Linoma Software. IDB (Swiss) Bank provides private banking and financial services to private and corporate clients around the world. The bank, which is headquartered in Geneva and has a branch in Zurich, is a subsidiary of Israel

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• JD Edwards World Training Brought Back by JDEtips

  August 9, 2011 Alex Woodie

  JDEtips recently announced that it has reinstated its JD Edwards World training regimen, with the first live, instructor-led classes set for this fall in Texas. About five years ago, JDEtips moved away from training on JD Edwards World in favor of providing learning services for World’s better-known, cross-platform sibling, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. The decision to bring back JD Edwards World training shows that Oracle‘s old (but solid) RPG application still has legs. “I grew up with World software in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and I’ve never forgotten the way it gets the job done for so many

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