IBM i shops that are struggling to store and manage copies of their production data may be interested in a new solution unveiled this summer by Actifio. With the launch of Actifio version 6, the company added native IBM i support to its eponymous copy data software, which is a storage controller designed to centralize the storage of data, and thereby eliminate the need to copy and replicate data all over the place for various needs.

Many IT organizations today are struggling to cope with ever-increasing storage demands. In many cases, it’s not the production data that’s eating an

Bytware has updated its IBM i malware detection software with the latest security technology from its business partner, McAfee. By adding the latest McAfee 5600 series engines to its StandGuard Anti-Virus offering, Bytware is giving IBM i shops the tools to detect the latest blended security attacks that combine multiple attack vectors, including viruses, worms, Trojans, rootkits, spyware, and other advanced persistent threats.

It’s a well-known fact that Windows viruses and other assorted pieces of malware can reside in the IFS portion of an IBM i server. While the malware can’t infect the IBM i OS directly, the IFS

The upcoming free format enhancements that will debut with IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 7 (TR7) are good for the programming language and good for the platform as a whole. But according to IBM i educator Jim Buck, the biggest impact may be helping to attract a new generation of workers who are eager to find jobs.

The free format RPG enhancements unveiled earlier this month will become available on November 15, when IBM ships a database group PTF that contains the free format updates to the RPG compiler. At that time, any developer working inside of Rational Developer for

Notable Solutions (NSi) recently launched NSi Output Manager, its new offering designed to bolster the security of printed output by requiring a user to authenticate himself before retrieving the paper-based document at the printer. The software provides some IBM i and IPDS capabilities in its own right and supports an even broader array of source inputs as a part of NSi’s overall AutoStore suite.

NSi Output Manager has two, interrelated roles. For starters, it’s designed to ensure that the person who sent a job to the printer is the one to pick it up, thereby helping to prevent sensitive information

Several months ago, we told you about the new VTLBackup4i offering that VRTech launched in 2012. The folks at the Israeli software firm tell us they’re also having success with LinkIt, an integration tool that hooks IBM i applications to Web and Windows programs.

According to VRTech, LinkIt provides integration between a midrange application and the data housed in Windows-based programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook, as well as document archives, document scanners, and biometric authentication. The software gives users another way to access data and documents from the IBM i environment and also provides another data and document output mechanism.

IBM i shops in the market for a data analytic and visualization tool may want to add MicroStrategy‘s Analytics Desktop tool to their short list, for one very good reason: It’s free.

Analytics Desktop is a new, in-memory business intelligence tool unveiled last week by the Tysons Corner, Virginia, company. The product is a scaled-down version of existing Windows-based desktop analytics tools that it previously offered.

MicroStrategy says its new software will enable customers to detect patterns, trends, and relationships hidden in their data, and build visualizations and dashboards. Users can view, sort, pivot, drill, and apply statistical analysis

Baustoff Union, a provider of building materials, equipment, and construction services in the German state of Bavaria, implemented an AS/400-based ERP system in the late 1990s. Since then, the ERP system has been extended and modernized in multiple ways using tools from LANSA under a partnership that continues to this day.

LANSA recently revisited its Baustoff Union (BU) relationship with a case study posted to its website. It all started in 1997 when BU implemented the RPG-based ERP suite from S.M. Hartmann (SMH) GmbH, a German software company. “The choice that we made over 15 years ago still proves

Rocket Software this month issued a minor update to its iCluster IBM i high availability (HA) software, which it bought from IBM last year.

iCluster 7.1 Interim Fix 3 (IF3) adds support for SQL functions and procedures and gives iCluster customers the capability to replicate those SQL creations using the HA software. It has added two new object specifiers–*SQLFUNC and *SQLPROC–to support this capability, which was also enabled with its TR1 release, the company says.

The move was made primarily in response to Rocket customers who also use its Aldon LifeCycle Manager for i (LMi) change management software, the company

An IBM survey of chief information security officers found that mobile security is the top initiative at the moment, with 25 percent of CISOs having deployed some mobile security solutions in the last year. IBM also rolled out a new security service, based in part on partner Akamai‘s technology, that’s aimed at dealing with distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks.

While mobile security may be on the minds of CISOs, there’s still a lot to be done. According to IBM’s survey, less than 40 percent of organizations have security policies in place to deal with the bring your own

Manhattan Associates brought in a total of nearly $108 million in revenue during the third quarter ended September 30, a 17 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago. The provider of supply chain and warehouse management software for IBM i and other platforms also recorded a 43 percent increase in net income, with more than $19 million profit.

“We’re pleased with our third quarter performance in a generally tepid macro environment,” Eddie Capel, Manhattan Associates’ president and CEO, said in a statement. “The financial results and operating metrics were solid and our competitive win rate remains strong.”

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