• Indonesian Bank Picks MIMIX for HA

  December 9, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Bank Sumsel, the Indonesian bank owned by the South Sumatra and Bangka Belitung provinces, has opted to use Vision Solutions‘ MIMIX HA high availability software to guard its System i servers against downtime, the software vendor announced last week. With more than 500,000 customers, dozens of branches across the country, and an online banking division, Bank Sumsel is one of Indonesia’s largest banks. Not surprisingly, the bank, which has assets of more than six trillion Indonesian Rupiah (about $500 million), relies upon the bullet-proof IBM midrange server to run its core banking applications from Misys and other vendors. With

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• Zephyr Targets Client Access with Replacement Program

  December 9, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Zephyr Development is conducting a Client Access replacement campaign to try to convince AS/400, iSeries, i5, System i, and Power Systems shops to drop the IBM 5250 emulator and instead use a less-expensive emulator: Zephyr’s PASSPORT. Texas-based Zephyr traditionally focuses on mainframe emulation solutions, but it occasionally touts its System i (AS/400) solutions, such as it has done this fall with its new Client Access replacement campaign. Zephyr’s argument hinges on the high price of Client Access and the lack of pricing transparency. “Client Access has often been perceived as being ‘free of charge’ or even a compulsory part of

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• IBM Unveils Change Management Software for System i

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  IBM last week unveiled and delivered Rational Team Concert for i, a new suite of change management utilities for System i and Power Systems shops. The software, which plugs into Rational Developer for i (RDi), is an i OS version of Rational Team Concert, and provides System i shops with integrated source control, change management, and build management capabilities, according to IBM. For years, IBM has relied on third-party software developers to provide source control and change management capabilities for its AS/400, iSeries, System i, and now Power Systems server platform (with some exceptions). With the acquisition of Rational, IBM

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• Pat Townsend Unveils Encryption Key Appliance

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Pat Townsend Security Solutions plans to roll out a new encryption key management appliance early next year called Alliance Key Manager, the company announced recently. With the capability to store and manage keys across all major platforms, including System i, the product will be a good fit for customers of all sizes, including OEMs and ISVs, the company says. The new Alliance Key Manager product will help organizations create, distribute, archive, and manage the symmetric keys that allow them to encrypt and decrypt their data as it sits in databases and applications, and thereby adhere to various regulations requiring data

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• Micro Focus Updates Former NetManage Products

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Micro Focus did not waste much time integrating NetManage products into its lineup. Barely four months after acquiring NetManage, Micro Focus is unveiling new releases of two key NetManage products, including OnWeb version 7.2.5 Web synch 1, which delivers support for clustering, end-to-end SSL, and the Firefox Web browser, and RUMBA version 7.5.2, which brings support for IBM i 6.1 and Citrix application streaming. The introduction of clustering to the OnWeb host modernization solution is the most important announcement to come out of Enterprise Integration Technology (EIT), which is the name given to the former NetManage group and products following

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• BOSaNOVA Revs Encryption Engine, Adds AES Support

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  BOSaNOVA recently unveiled the Q3 Enterprise, an updated version of its all-in-one encryption storage appliance that works with the Power Systems boxes, among other servers. The increase in throughput with the new Q3e, as it is called, will allow organizations to encrypt more data without worrying about degradation of application performance, while support for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms will satisfy the most stringent security requirements. Q3 is a rack-mounted encryption device that employs a dual-laced encryption engine to give organizations maximum protection against unauthorized use of their data. The product, which is based on DISUK‘s Paranoia device,

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• NGS Waives License Fees for DB2 Web Query Alternative

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  New Generation Software today announced that it is giving away two-user licenses for QPort Office, its business intelligence product that allows users to access Query/400 assets from Microsoft Office. The move is aimed at alleviating the temptation for System i shops to move to another graphical BI environment, DB2 Web Query, when upgrading from i5/OS V5R3, support for which ends early next year. NGS unveiled Qport Office about a year and a half ago to give System i shops an alternative to the newly announced DB2 Web Query, which NGS maintains is too expensive and difficult to benefit most System

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• SoftTree Adds New Goodies to SQL Assistant

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Developers can now check their SQL directly from their favorite development environment thanks to a new release of SoftTree Technologies‘ SQL Assistant. With the recently released version 4.0, developers get access to product features like IntelliSense, syntax checking, and code formatters directly from their IDE. SQL Assistant is a programmer utility aimed at alleviating much of the manual work involved in developing clean SQL for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Access, and Sybase databases. The software makes suggestions for completing SQL statements based on past development and “learns” as it is used, thereby helping developers eliminate keystrokes and

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• Lawson for Equipment ERP Based on M3

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Lawson Software last month unveiled a new industry-specific version of its M3 ERP suite called Lawson for Equipment Service Management and Rental. The new suite gives Lawson an entry into a market that has been one of the System i server’s strong suits over the years. The new Equipment Service Management and Rental application is aimed at being the backbone computer system for equipment manufacturers, equipment dealers, and rental operations. The software offers specific, integrated functionality for business processes specific to this industry, including sales, claims and warranty management, rentals and leasing, field service and repairs, and materials service management.

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• VAI Targets Central America with Partnership

  December 2, 2008 Alex Woodie

  VAI‘s i OS-based ERP solutions will soon be marketed in Central America thanks to a newly formed partnership with Rjav Consulting, the Long Island, New York, software company announced last week. Executives with VAI have been hinting for months that the company would soon be trying to win customers in Latin America, which they view as a potentially lucrative market for S2K Enterprise, the suite of software applications aimed at automating many back office processes. To that end, the company introduced support for Spanish with S2K 5.0, which VAI launched in September. The partnership with a Panamanian company

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