• Build Pivot Tables over DB2 Data

  April 30, 2008 Hey, Ted

  If you already know about these, then just hit the ol’ delete key on the message. I learned how to do this today. SQL is great for going “down the page.” It’s when they want data summed across that it gets to be a real kludge! Pivot tables are the answer. It started with your article Load a Spreadsheet from a DB2/400 Database. I got it working! Sweet! Miracles never cease! Thanks a bunch! Once the data is loaded into the spreadsheet via the SQL statement, make sure the column headings have decent labels. Open the Data menu and

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• Solve a Client Access Mystery, Win a No Prize

  April 30, 2008 Hey, Joe

  I have searched every configuration I know of on our 9406-720 (running OS/400 V4R4), but I cannot find what is limiting the total number of Client Access 5250 sessions running on my machine. No matter what, the machine will only accept about 70 sessions. I’ve had to cut out multiple user sessions in order to allow everyone a single session. Any ideas on where the limit is coming from? –Rick It’s like Rubik’s Cube for the iSeries… with No Prize Rick sent his question in this week and so far I haven’t been able to come up with an answer.

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• inFORM Helps Save the Earth with Updates to i-Based Document Management

  April 30, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Today is Earth Day, and that means you’re supposed to think about ways to save the environment from the world’s most destructive force: man. One relatively painless method is eliminating the use of paper in favor of electronic documents, and to do that, you need an electronic document management software solution. One company developing native System i (i, i5/OS, OS/400) document management software, inFORM Decisions, recently updated its suite of products to in hopes of helping customers stay in the green. Based in the Southern California burg of Rancho Santa Margarita, inFORM Decisions is a small company that has

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• PowerVM: The i Hypervisor Is Not Hidden Anymore

  April 30, 2008 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  If you want to blame someone, go ahead and blame people like me. Or, if it makes you feel any better, just blame me alone. For years, while I have praised the integrated nature of the AS/400 and its progeny, I have railed against the practice that IBM has had of bundling most of its software features on the platform and lumping it all together with a big, fat, single, hardware-software price tag that would give the wealthiest SMB shop a big sticker shock. Perhaps big enough to scare them off, even if a complete Windows stack cost the same

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• Vision Moves Product and Business Plans Forward

  April 29, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Officials at Vision Solutions, the largest provider of high availability software for IBM Power Systems servers, shared some details of their product plans during an interview with IT Jungle last week. Despite the challenges of molding a cohesive business out of three previously separate entities, executives say customers have stuck with Vision and are bullish on the company and its capability to continue developing its products. The last year has been quite eventful for Vision, the Southern California company that cornered the market for i5/OS high availability solutions last June with its acquisition of rival Lakeview Technologies. In addition

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• CYBRA Goes for i’s Funny Bone with 2K, the 2,000 Year Old Programmer

  April 29, 2008 Alex Woodie

  As the chief executive officer of barcode and RFID software developer CYBRA, Harold Brand knows that enterprise software is no laughing matter. At the same time, the New Yorker is realizing that humor can be an effective advertising tool to break through the clutter and reach potential customers with his product. To that end, CYBRA today officially launched its new advertising campaign featuring 2K, the 2,000-year-old programmer. Dedicated YouTube aficionados may have already seen one of the CYBRA videos featuring 2K, the wise-cracking, hip-hop dancing 2,000-year-old programmer, and Auto-ID, the young bearded dude with all the right answers to

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• Virtual Server Sprawl Reeled In with Tideway Foundation 7.1

  April 29, 2008 Alex Woodie

  The proliferation of virtual servers is giving administrators great flexibility in how they deploy new servers and applications. However, because it’s so easy to do, the growth of virtual servers is also putting additional strain on the IT management process and adding a degree of risk that previously wasn’t there. Tideway Systems, a developer of application dependency mapping (ADM) software, promises to shed greater light on virtual servers and their affect on other applications with this week’s launch of Foundation 7.1. Since it was founded in 2003, Tideway has been pushing its brand of ADM software as a way

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• Aldon’s Lifecycle Management Suite Ready for RDi

  April 29, 2008 Dan Burger

  With the introduction of i 6.1 (formerly known as i5/OS V6R1) IBM repackaged the application development toolset for the System i platform courtesy of the Rational software development division. So it’s good-bye WebSphere Development Studio Client 7.0 (WDSc) and WebSphere Development Studio Client Advanced Edition 7.0 (WDSc AE) and hello Rational Development for i 6.1. It’s not like WDSc just disappears. IBM will support those products until the spring of 2010. However, there is a transition in progress and it includes software vendors that supported WDSc. For instance, Aldon announced last week that its application lifecycle management (ALM) software is

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• Varsity Debuts Preconfigured Shipping Software for JDE World

  April 29, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Varsity Logistics last week debuted a new shipping solution geared specifically toward Oracle JD Edwards World environments. The new offering, called ShipSoft YourWorld, features Varsity’s native shipping software for the IBM i operating system preconfigured for JDE World environments, with pricing geared toward small and mid size businesses. From its headquarters in South San Francisco, California, Varsity Logistics develops and supports a collection of shipping applications that run only on the IBM i OS. Whether the customer needs a solution for shipping dozens of parcels through UPS, heavy-duty freight by rail or ship, or less than truckload (LTL) carriers, Varsity’s

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• VAI Hooks Into UPS Delivery Route Planning Software

  April 29, 2008 Alex Woodie

  VAI is tapping the route delivery expertise of UPS Logistics Technologies, a business unit of UPS, to help drive efficiency into the distribution activities of its ERP customers, the companies announced last week. The integration was accomplished by opening VAI’s S2K software to UPS’ tactical daily routing tool, called the Roadnet Transportation Suite. With its fleet of 80,000 trucks that deliver more than 15 million packages a day, UPS is highly regarded for its logistics prowess. In 2004, the company squeezed even more efficiency from its global operations by using Roadnet to generate delivery routes that to minimize left

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