FalconStor has added OS/400 support to its disk-based virtual tape library appliance. The Melville, New York, company now offers OS/400 support as an option with the enterprise edition of its IPStor VirtualTape Library, a disk-to-disk backup appliance that emulates many of today’s popular tape drive formats and can help reduce cost and complexity in data centers through tape library consolidation.

In the same way that server virtualization technology, such as OS/400’s advanced logical partitioning (LPAR) technology, is fueling the consolidation of many smaller Linux and OS/400 servers onto a smaller number of larger servers, virtual tape libraries are helping companies

What happens when you accidentally delete a file or a library on OS/400’s Integrated File System (IFS) from your PC? If you’re lucky enough to have back-ups, you could restore the data from tape. But if the file or library had just been created, you are simply out of luck. Yesterday Bytware launched a new data recovery tool called StandGuard Recycle Bin, which prevents accidental or malicious deletion of data on the IFS.

PC users have long been accustomed to the safety net provided by Microsoft‘s Windows Recycle Bin (one of several ideas that Microsoft “borrowed” from the Apple

Like many companies in service industries these days, the Kanawha Insurance Company is paying an outside company to manage a portion of its IT operations. The change was made in January, when it outsourced its iSeries servers, including any custom programming work that its Genelco Software Solutions insurance applications might need. When it came to quality assurance testing, however, Kanawha elected to keep the work in-house, and to expedite the testing process using a suite of tools from Original Software.

Kanawha Insurance Company is one of the country’s top insurers, ranking among the largest privately owned life- and health-insurance

CCSS started shipping a new release of its wireless systems management tool for OS/400 servers this month. QRemote Control Version 2.0 has several new features, including an e-mail client and enhanced security that should help systems administrators keep a closer eye on iSeries servers from GSM mobile phones.

CCSS launched QRemote Control in late 2000 near the peak of the wireless hype cycle. At that time, wireless applications were set to be the next big thing, especially with widespread expectations in the industry that speedy third-generation (3G) mobile network were sure to soon become a reality.

Now, in 2004, mobile