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VAI Keeps Rolling with ERP Update, Cloud and SaaS Sales

September 25, 2019 Alex Woodie

“Scintillating growth” may not be the best words to describe the market for IBM i-based ERP software these days. But don’t tell that to the folks at VAI, who continue to develop compelling ERP software and grow its installed base, particularly on the cloud and software as a service (SaaS).

For decades, VAI has been one of the go-to ERP providers for midsize firms in manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services. Its IBM i-based suite of software, S2K Enterprise, is trusted by hundreds of companies around North America. While many of its competitors on the platform have folded or been snapped …
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What’s New With IBM i Customer Support

September 25, 2019 Alex Woodie

IBM is making big changes to its support program that will have a major impact on how IBM i customers interact with Big Blue, for both software and hardware support. Two weeks ago it announced that IBM i customers would be switched over from the old IBM Service Request tool to the new IBM My Support site. IBM is also expanding support for open source software on IBM i.

IBM has been testing the new IBM Support site, www.ibm.com/mysupport, for over a year for various customer groups and geographies. On September 14, the company announced that it was cutting …
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ARCAD Unveils GUI Modernization Tool

September 25, 2019 Alex Woodie

ARCAD Software is getting deeper into the application modernization business with the launch of iNow, a new tool designed to help IBM i users create compelling graphical user interfaces (GUI) that run across Windows, Web, and mobile form factors. The new offering, which is based on Microsoft .NET and utilizes Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) technology, is being sold as part of a new suite called ARCAD for IBM i Modernization.

IBM i shops have been adapting their applications to Windows interfaces for the better part of 30 years, to the Web for about 20 years, and to mobile interfaces for …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 25

September 25, 2019 Jenny Thomas

Summer came to an end this week, although it certainly doesn’t seem that way in Southern California where temperatures are still topping 90 degrees. With the onset of fall comes the promise of tech news as conference season gets back underway and the companies that sell hardware and software look to get into the 2020 budgets of the companies that will be looking to buy hardware and software in the new year. Whiles we linger in this limbo between summer and fall, take a gander on what’s been happening around IT in the last week, and don’t miss the Calendar …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Numbers 38

September 25, 2019 Doug Bidwell

It looks like the usual gang of PTF suspects are being rounded up for the latest batch of patches for the IBM i platform, plus a few extras thrown into the clink.

These include:
- SAP Support update for IBM i releases 7.4, 7.3, 7.2!
- New groups for DB2 and DB2 Mirror at IBM i 7.4.
- New Java group for IBM i 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, and 7.1.
- New MGtools for 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2.
- New IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0 group for 7.3, and 7.2.
There is not a lot in the way of New (Updated) Links this week, …
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VAI Keeps Rolling with ERP Update, Cloud and SaaS Sales

What’s New With IBM i Customer Support

ARCAD Unveils GUI Modernization Tool

Four Hundred Monitor, September 25

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Numbers 38

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