IBM i is renowned for being a very securable OS. Its object-level security capabilities enable customers to lock the system down to a very tight degree. However, the operating system’s object-level security capabilities don’t extend to the Windows-like Integrated File System (IFS) data store that’s used to house non-traditional data and application objects, including all Java and PASE/AIX data and objects. Now Raz-Lee Security says it has an answer to that with a new product called IFS Object Security (IOS).

Implementing object-level security on the server is considered by IBM to be best practice for security on the system. However,

Getting financial data out of its homegrown, AS/400-based accounting program used to be a giant hassle for Superior Bulk Logistics, a privately held trucking company an Oak Brook, Illinois. Reports were distributed to managers on paper, and if they had any questions, it required accounting and IT to dig through the general ledger. Since implementing accounting software from UNIT4 CODA in September 2011, it’s been smooth trucking for the firm.

Superior Bulk Logistics is national trucking company with 52 terminals throughout the US. The company specializes in hauling and handling tank carriers that transport liquid commodities. It operates two primary

Being out of the office used to mean being separated from back office data and workflows. But thanks to today’s advanced smartphones and tablets, business professionals no longer must sacrifice total productivity for some semblance of mobility. With the latest release of its Windows-based MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT) software, Ipswitch has added clients for iOS and Android mobile devices, giving road warriors (including those at IBM i shops) the capability to move large files in a secure manner.

Ipswitch is a New England company that is perhaps best known for WS_FTP, a classic piece of FTP shareware that traces

Avalara last month announced that its cloud-based sales tax calculation and compliance solution, AvaTax, has been certified for use with Infor ERP XA (MAPICS) and the IBM i platform in general. This is the first time Avalara has supported the IBM i platform with its cloud-based sales tax solutions, although it previously supported the platform with its on-premise software.

Specifically, Avalara said it has successfully tested and validated the performance of a pair of new tax calculation connectors–dubbed AvaTax Calc–that connect its AvaTax cloud service with the Infor ERP XA software and the IBM i platform.

Putting sales tax calculations

Cone Drive, a manufacturer of precision worm drives, had automated about 60 to 80 percent of its IBM i operations following the first implementation of Robot products from Help/Systems. After the second go around and some training, the company made it to the holy grail of lights-out computing, or 100 percent automation.

Cone Drive is a Michigan-based manufacturer of high-precision, double-enveloping worm gear sets, which deliver higher torque and last longer than other types of gearing. The company’s products are used all over the world in a variety of industrial applications, including solar tracking, satellite tracking, machine tools, plastic

Santa Margarita Water District will have better protection of its critical IBM i resources now that it’s being protected by United Computer Group‘s VAULT400 cloud backup and disaster recovery program.

SMWD provides drinking water and waste water services to 155,000 residents and businesses across several cities in southern Orange County. Like many special districts across the country, SMWD relies on the IBM midrange server to automate key aspects of its business.

Recently, the district began looking for a replacement for its tape-based backup and DR strategy. The district settled upon VAULT400, the online backup and DR service offered by

TMW Systems is gearing up to launch new “Web editions” of its various IBM i-based trucking applications, and Profound Logic is right there alongside it.

Profound last week announced that the new Web Editions of the Innovative, TL2000, and TMT Fleet Maintenance products that TMW will launch at the TransForum 2013 conference were developed using its Web development and modernization tools.

As part of the development process for the new applications, TMW Systems (now owned by Trimble) engaged Profound in creating a custom conversion theme using the Profound UI. To that end, developers were able to transform traditional 5250

UK-based luxury brand L.K. Bennett has replaced its tape-based backup system with Asigra online backup service and an onsite backup appliance from Cisco.

L.K. Bennett has developed a reputation for selling high-end luxury shoes, clothing, handbags, and other accessories. Since being founded in 1990, the privately held company has found success, and now counts more than 174 retail outlets around the globe.

Supporting this company is a complex IT environment consisting of physical and virtual servers from IBM, HP, and Dell connected over a multi-protocol label-switching (MPLS) network. Up until recently, the privately held company relied on tape drives

Attunity says the “TurboStream DX” data transfer engine in its newly released Replicate 3.0 software can deliver high replication speed from databases located in remote geographies or connected via low-bandwidth network lines.

TurboStream DX is designed specifically for use in wide area network (WAN) data transfers, especially those involving big databases and data warehouses located in the cloud or remote areas, where high-speed networks are not available. It’s particularly well suited to satellite-based network connections, the company says. All data sent via the TurboStreamDX engine (the product also includes the TurboStream CDC engine) is encrypted.

The new feature in Replicate

Customers who adopt the latest format-preserving tokenization software from Liaison Technologies will have more flexibility to adapt tokens to different types of data they want to encrypt, the company announced this month.

Liaison sells an all-inclusive data security product called Liaison Protect that includes encryption, tokenization, and encryption key management for a range of platforms, including IBM i, Windows, Linux, and Unix.

Most organizations are probably familiar with the types of encryption solutions that are available on the market. What makes Liaison Protect unique is that it also includes tokenization, which refers to the process of replacing sensitive data in