The year 2005 is shaping up to be a banner year for auditors performing Sarbanes-Oxley Act audits and, perhaps, for sales of software that helps companies comply with the new regulations. While it appears many companies are choosing to use manual processes to meet their first SOX deadline, iSeries software vendors in the source code management and database audit trail spaces–two primary SOX-related tool categories–are hoping that companies realize the value of software automation to ensure continued compliance.

If you work in a public company with a market capitalization of $75 million or more, the first SOX deadline, on November

A lot of things were different when the Museum of Modern Art reopened its doors in midtown Manhattan last November, following a two-and-a-half year, $425-million renovation. First, there is MoMA’s new building, an architectural gem in itself, in addition to new exhibits and educational facilities. The museum’s IT systems have also seen a bit of an overhaul, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the iSeries’ role in running MoMA’s back-office applications. An iSeries future at MoMA wasn’t necessarily in the cards, however.

MoMA’s technology refresher began several years ago, when Steven Peltzman took the role of chief information officer

English developer CXL unveiled a new software utility this month called AZScan that tells users how security settings have been configured on their OS/400, Unix, or OpenVMS midrange systems. In addition to revealing what the actual security settings are, the sub-$500, PC-based AZScan also provides an explanation of settings and recommends ways to make them more secure.

AZScan is actually three products in one, and a license to AZScan gives users the right to run security scans with any of the individual products, which include AScan (OS/400 V4R4 and later), VScan (for HP/DEC Alpha/VAX systems), and UScan (for 75 different

Brooks Internet Software has developed a new software product that enables regular Windows printers to replace IPDS printers in OS/400 and mainframe environments. By converting IPDS print datastreams into PDF or PCL format, ExcelliPrint enables less expensive Windows printers to stand in for their pricier IPDS printing brethren, while simultaneously preserving the advantages of IBM‘s AFP architecture, such as support for graphics, barcodes, and bidirectional communication, the company says.

ExcelliPrint works by emulating a high-end IPDS printer. The software runs as a Windows service on a Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 PC, and continuously