• Linden Lab, IBM to Take Virtual Worlds Corporate and Private

  April 7, 2008 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  To many, the true promise of the Internet is not email, Web pages, and blogs, but an all-encompassing virtual world experience that allows people, corporations, and other kids of organizations to interact despite their physically dispersed bodies. This is what the Second Life virtual reality created by Linden Lab is all about. But imagine if you could create your own virtual world for your own purposes and not have to play in The World already created by Linden Lab? That is what the partnership between Linden Lab and IBM announced last week for the Second Life Grid is all about.

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• An Alternative to Externally Described Printer Files, Take 2

  April 2, 2008 Ted Holt

  Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here. Tomorrow, Lord willing, I will present a session entitled “An Alternative to Externally Described Printer Files” at the COMMON conference in Nashville. I’ll be sharing the report-building technique my reclusive colleague Cletus the Codeslinger introduced almost four years ago in this august publication. Since that time, various people have offered feedback, which Cletus and I have used to update the template that he provided. In this article, I present the updated template and two example programs: one using native I/O, one using SQL. First, if you haven’t read

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• Performance Advice from a Mysterious Friend, Part 3

  April 2, 2008 Ted Holt

  Here’s a third performance tip from one of your fellow subscribers, whose identity I have agreed to hold in confidence. I appreciate the feedback I have received in response to his previous tips and hope to publish some of your comments in the near future. Here’s performance tip number 3: “Use CHGJRN to set MINENTDTA to *FLDBDY.” When you journal a file, you record changes that are made to contents of the file. You keep a record of each record added to the file, each record that is removed from the file, and each record that is changed. All of

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• Admin Alert: How System i Boxes Impersonate Each Other, Part 2

  April 2, 2008 Joe Hertvik

  Last week, I began covering how to change the communications identity on an i5/OS box so that it can impersonate another system and take its place on the network. This week, I’ll conclude demonstrating my i5/OS impersonation techniques and offer a checklist for making one System i box look like another System i box on your network. Why We Impersonate? As covered last issue, system impersonation techniques come in handy in the following situations: When replacing an existing System i machine with a new box. During testing, setup, and cutover, both systems may need to run side-by-side and

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• BCD Widens Modernization Options with ‘Presto’

  April 2, 2008 Dan Burger

  Application modernization for IBM System i users does not have to be a three-ring circus. There’s no need for lion tamers, trapeze artists, jugglers, and clowns. Keeping it simple is often the best way to go. When moving existing applications to the Web is exactly what’s needed, there’s no reason to make things more complicated than that. And that’s where Business Computer Design (BCD) is rolling toward with the introduction of WebSmart Presto and the ClearPath Modernization Suite at COMMON conference in Nashville, Tennessee this week. It’s clear to anyone faced with a Web enablement project that rewriting apps is

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• IBM Changes Name Back to AS/400, Promises Return to Glory, TV Ads

  April 1, 2008 Cervantes

  IBM today announced that it has renamed its venerable midrange server line the AS/400, the computer’s original name when it was launched in 1988, in a bid to prop up sagging sales. The name change was met with screams of joy from attendees of the annual COMMON user conference at the Gaylord Opryland resort in Nashville, Tennessee, where they broke into impromptu line dances. The computer giant also promised to run AS/400 television ads at its target audience, starting with next week’s episode of “The Simpsons.” Tuesday’s surprise decision to return to the well-known AS/400 moniker was made by Mark

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• Lawson Makes Progress on Landmark Journey

  April 1, 2008 Alex Woodie

  It’s been about three years since Lawson Software launched Landmark, a new development environment destined to bring its applications into the 21st service oriented architecture (SOA) century. Along with giving them Landmark tools and new Landmark applications, Lawson has promised to convert its ERP suites to the new SOA world. At its recent user conference, Pramod Mathur, a key player in Landmark’s development, gave IT Jungle the lowdown on Landmark’s progression and how it will evolve in the future. Lawson gave Landmark its formal name at its annual CUE conference three years ago in San Diego, but it had its

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• Symark Tackles Tough Access Control Problems

  April 1, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Cyber criminals lurking from East European Internet cafes get most of the attention from security-wary companies these days. But historically the majority of security breaches are perpetrated by internal users, such as systems administrators with powerful user profiles that give them open access to the servers they manage. Symark International is one of the software vendors helping companies control internal access to popular servers. This week the company launched its newest product: PowerADvantage. Symark International was founded in 1985 as a mainframe utility software company. In the 1990s, the Agoura Hills, California, company moved to client-server computing, and today the

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• IBM Updates Content Manager with V6R1

  April 1, 2008 Alex Woodie

  IBM updated its enterprise-strength content management system for i5/OS along with the launch of V6R1 two weeks ago. With Content Manager OnDemand for i5/OS Version 6.1, IBM delivered enhancements in the areas of storage, archiving, security, and programming interfaces, among others. Content Manager OnDemand for i5/OS is used by larger organizations to streamline the capture of content and the distribution of documents in paper and electronic environments. The product is a variation of DB2 Content Manager for i5/OS, IBM’s “best of breed” document imaging and workflow solution. With the optional OnDemand component, users gain near real-time access to documents, as

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• BOSaNOVA Launches Thin Client Management Software

  April 1, 2008 Alex Woodie

  Thin client maker BOSaNOVA recently launched a new software product that gives administrators a central point of control over large number of thin client devices. BOSmanager Enterprise Edition works with BOSaNOVA’s own Windows- and Linux-based thin clients, as well as thin clients from other manufacturers. In the ongoing debate about whether to use standard desktops or thin clients, better control over user workstations is one of the advantages often cited by proponents of the thin client architecture. After all, if thin client users are prepared to give up flexibility and local control over their PCs, they must gain something in

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