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Zend Server for IBM i 5.1 Introduces New Toolkit

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Zend Technologies recently started shipping Zend Server for IBM i 5.1, a new release of its PHP implementation for IBM‘s midrange platform. Major new features include the new open source PHP Toolkit for IBM i, which is currently in beta. Other noteworthy additions are a new RESTful API for Web service integration, support for PHP version 5.3, and fixes for the IBMDB2i storage engine for accessing MySQL.

Zend is in the process of rolling out the new open source PHP Toolkit for IBM i, which allows PHP programs to interact with native IBM i services, applications, and data,

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Visual LANSA Apps Now Deploy to Mobile Devices

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

IBM i and Windows shops that develop with LANSA‘s Visual LANSA environment can now generate client interfaces that deploy to mobile devices, such as the Apple iPad and Android phone. The new capability, which was delivered as an update to the Visual LANSA Framework, is expected to be enthusiastically adopted by LANSA customers that are eager to give their users access to business applications from the latest mobile devices.

As the flagship development environment for LANSA, Visual LANSA has traditionally supported two server platforms, IBM i and Windows, and two types of client user interfaces: Windows-based rich clients and

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Agilysys to Sell Server and Services Biz, Focus on Software

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Agilysys will sell its $474-million Technology Solutions Group (TSG) to OnX Enterprise Solutions for $64 million in cash, the companies announced in late May. The move, which immediately preceded a doubling in Agilysys’ stock value, will let the Cleveland, Ohio, company concentrate on its enterprise software products for the retail and hospitality markets. CEO Martin Ellis also resigned.

Agilysys’ TSG unit sold computer hardware and provided professional IT services to companies primarily in the United States, Canada, and the U.K. As a member of the Arrow Electronics distribution channel, TSG resold servers and IT gear from OEMs such as IBM

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Real Vision Delivers iPad App for IBM i Imaging System

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Real Vision Software customers can now access their images and documents stored on an IBM i server via their iPad and iPhone mobile devices via a new iOS app available on the Apple iTunes app store. The product, which was launched in January, gives users access to invoices and other documents while on the go.

The mobile revolution is in full swing, and devices originally targeted at consumers, like the Apple iOS products and devices that run Google Android operating system, are finding their way into the enterprise. As a result, enterprise software companies are flocking to crank out client

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IBM Patches WebSphere Portal XSS Vulnerability

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Organizations running WebSphere Portal versions 6 and 7 are encouraged to apply an IBM patch to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to run arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s Web browser. The vulnerability, which was revealed in late May, affects WebSphere Portal 7 running on several operating systems, including IBM i.

According to IBM’s Internet Security Systems‘ X-Force database, which can be accessed at xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67594, the XSS vulnerability stems from the failure to properly sanitize user input in the search center component of a WebSphere Portal application. This vulnerability could

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PowerTech’s IBM i Security Conference Slated for September

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

The close-knit IBM i security world will converge in the Nevada desert late this summer to partake in PowerTech‘s aptly named “IBM i Security Event of the Year.” The show (dare we call it a security extravaganza?) will feature many of the top names in IBM i security, including IBM‘s lead security developer for the platform, and will be held on September 22 and 23 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

PowerTech’s security conference will feature 12 sessions across two tracks, and two keynote addresses. Topics for the general IBM i security track include

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Bytware Releases Japanese Versions of Messaging Products

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Bytware last week announced that two systems management tools for IBM i, including MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole, are now available in the Japanese language. The new versions were enabled following a development effort to enable double-byte character set (DBCS) support, which is a requirement for displaying Asian languages.

Bytware’s Messenger products are power tools designed to save administrators’ time and increase response time during unforeseen events. They do this by continuously monitoring the IBM i message queues, logs, and journals for critical messages, and automatically responding to certain events by sending alerts to administrators or automatically running scripts.

MessengerPlus also generates

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Maintec Launches ‘Graveyard Shift’ Outsourcing Service

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Here’s a fun little fact: When it’s night in the United States, it’s daytime in India. Maintec Technologies, which runs a server outsourcing operation in Bangalore, India, is using this discrepancy in the distribution of photons to launch its new Graveyard Shift Service. Under the new service, Maintec will monitor and manage the critical IBM i, z/OS, and AIX servers of American companies during tough-to-fill shifts, including the graveyard shift, holidays, and weekends.

The global economic downturn has forced many companies to make due with less. For those running the data centers of mid-sized and large companies, that means

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CCSS Picked by Hospital Serving Mississippi’s ‘Golden Triangle’

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Mississippi’s OCH Regional Medical Center has picked CCSS to provide IBM i systems management tools, the software company announced last month. The software will be employed in the management of critical information systems used by the hospital, which serves a seven-county area known as Mississippi’s Golden Triangle.

Based in Starkville, the Oktibbeha County Hospital (OCH) Regional Medical Center serves a seven-county area of northeastern Mississippi known as the Golden Triangle. While the area is largely rural, the OCH Medical Center prides itself on being a progressive hospital. For example, many of its 100 staff physicians are board certified, according to

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MyEclipse Blue Edition 9.0 Offers RAD Alternative

June 7, 2011 Alex Woodie

Power Systems Java developers who are looking for an alternative to IBM‘s pricey Rational Application Developer (RAD) may want to take a look at the latest release of the MyEclipse Blue IDE from Genuitec. In May, Genuitec delivered the ninth version of MyEclipse, which supports HTML5, Java EE 6, and other technologies.

Genuitec has been developing Java IDEs since it was founded in 1997. In 2003 it launched MyEclipse Blue, its most feature-rich IDE. MyEclipse Blue replicates many of the Java-development features in IBM’s RAD, including support for deployment of Java applications to IBM i and DB2/400. But,

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