FalconStor is offering new connectivity options with its VirtualTape Library (VTL), an appliance that enables companies to set up disk-to-disk backups for iSeries and other servers. With FalconStor’s VTL version 3.1, the company has upgraded the device’s firmware to include new emulations of IBM tape drives and libraries for OS/400 servers, as well as new support for StorageTek storage software, Novell SuSE Linux servers, and new 64-bit processors from Intel.

FalconStor’s VTL appliance is designed to help users set up and provision a high-speed disk-to-disk backup system, without changing existing tape backup software and procedures. The VTL–which sits between

Jacada fleshed out its service oriented architecture (SOA) strategy last week when it unveiled Jacada Fusion 2.0, a new version of its flagship software suite for exposing business processes locked up in OS/400, mainframe, Unix, and Windows applications, and rearranging them in new and useful ways. With this release, Jacada has focused on providing a tighter, more integrated experience across the Fusion product line, as well as paving the way for future enhancements.

It’s been almost a year since Jacada rolled out its Fusion product line and unveiled its new strategy for helping organizations get more out of their IT

Like other providers of legacy integration middleware, Seagull Software sees the impact that Web services and service oriented architectures (SOA) are having on how users interact with their host systems. Last week Seagull announced a new partnership with Jan Baan’s software startup, Cordys, that will provide Seagull customers with new opportunities for hooking Web services together and managing their interaction.

Cordys is a young software company focused on providing tools to help users connect their applications using new Web services technologies. The company was founded in 2004 by Baan founder and former CEO, Jan Baan, and other former executives

Face it, every company participates in business to business (B2B) transactions on some level. Whether that means a simple FTP transmission, participation in an EDI network, or publishing of product data through the advanced UCCnet repository, B2B transactions are the lifeblood of business. While there are many forms that B2B transactions can take, Sterling Commerce says it has everything covered in Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) 4.0, which it started shipping earlier this month for the iSeries and other platforms.

Sterling’s GIS is an Enterprise Java-based software product that companies can use to set up, execute, and then monitor the exchange