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i5/OS V6R1 Compatibility an Issue for Software Vendors

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

IBM will ship i5/OS V6R1 next month, but System i customers may have a bit longer to wait before third-party software developers can roll out support for the new operating system. More than half of the software vendors contacted by IT Jungle for an informal poll on V6R1 readiness said they would be ready for the new operating system at general availability. But questions remain about the readiness of the other 40 percent of vendors, particularly the ERP application vendors.

When IBM ships i5/OS V6R1 next month, it will mark only the third time in the history of the platform

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IBM Patches Security Flaw in Quickr for i5/OS

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

IBM has issued a patch for a cross-site scripting security vulnerability in Lotus Quickr for i5/OS, the computer security research and development company Secunia reported last week. The flaw was given a “less critical” rating. Meanwhile, another security flaw in i5/OS reported earlier this month has been partially patched by IBM.

According to a Secunia advisory published last week, a security vulnerability in Lotus Quickr for i5/OS version 8 can be exploited by hackers to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. The problem is the result of not properly validating certain input before it’s returned to a user when anonymous access

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BOSaNOVA Adds Encryption to Thin Clients

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

BOSaNOVA last week announced that it has added SSL encryption capabilities to the 5250 emulation running on its thin clients. The technology was added to help customers comply with the Payment Cardholder Industry (PCI) mandates, according to the company, which has been moving strongly into the IT security arena over the last year.

Twin-ax controllers were once a big part of BOSaNOVA’s business. But today, you’re more likely to call the Phoenix, Arizona, company to beef up your IT security than you are to squeeze more life out of your aging SNA architecture.

A year ago, the company started down

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Symtrax Seals Deal with Attractive Pricing

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

A more attractive pricing model was one of the key reasons the Symtrax electronic forms package was selected by Andrews Sykes Hire, an English company that rents heaters, air conditioners, and other equipment manufactured by its parent company, according to a recent Symtrax case study.

MapForm is an electronic document management system that allows users to move away from preprinted forms and print business output on standard laser printers. The software works by applying document overlays to output from a variety of systems, including i5/OS servers, and then either distributing the final document via e-mail or sending it to a

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iWay Adds File Transfer to SOA Suite

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

There are lots of benefits to implementing a service oriented architecture (SOA), according to iWay Software, which is in the SOA middleware business. Unfortunately, streamlining the transfer of files in enterprise environments is not one of those benefits. In fact, SOAs tend to complicate the matter. That’s why last week iWay added a new file transfer option to its suite of SOA software.

As SOA adoption creeps forward, organizations begin learning what works and what doesn’t work in an SOA. Apparently, there is quite a bit of work to do in enterprise file transfer in SOA frameworks, according to

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Magic to Help ISVs Move to SaaS

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

Magic Software last week announced plans to deliver a new set of development tools aimed at helping independent software vendors (ISVs) deliver their applications using the software as a service (SaaS) approach. The Israeli company also delayed filing of its quarterly and year-end financial results by a week.

Magic says it has already completed a round of beta testing for its new offering, called the SaaS Enabled Application Platform, or SEAP, and plans to officially roll it out later this year, starting in Japan.

SEAP is based largely on eDeveloper, the 4GL-based integrated development environment (IDE) for i5/OS and Windows

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Informatica Launches Data Migration Suite

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

Informatica last week launched a new suite of software and services aimed at migrating data among enterprise systems. The offering, called the Data Migration Suite, includes specially packaged versions of Informatica’s popular data integration and data quality tools, along with professional services.

Moving large amounts of data among critical business systems can be a harrowing task. Whether it’s for a new ERP application implementation, a consolidation of enterprise systems, or as part of a merger or acquisition, a data migration project should be planned well in advance to minimize the chance of errors.

But that’s not how organizations typically approach

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HiT Takes IT Solutions to South America

February 26, 2008 Alex Woodie

Data integration tool vendor HiT Software last week revealed a series of new partners who will represent the Silicon Valley company in the burgeoning South American IT market. The company also hired a Latin American sales manager, and translated sections of it Web site into Spanish.

HiT Software develops a series of tools designed to make it easier for companies to move data among their major relational databases (including DB2/400), XML, and Windows and Java applications using an assortment of .NET, OLE DB, ODBC, and JDBC techniques.

Interest in HiT’s tools among South and Central American organizations has increased considerably

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Welcome to Legacy Status, Windows Server

February 25, 2008 Timothy Prickett Morgan

This week, Microsoft will finally get Windows Server 2008, formerly known as “Longhorn Server” and the companion to the desktop Windows Vista operating system, out the door. If you don’t count normal service packs but do include sub-releases, this is the eighth major update to the Windows server platform, and as Windows has come to dominate the server space (unless you count Unix and Linux together, which I do), it has in many ways moved back in time and become a legacy system.

Yes, I know how weird that sounds. But it is nonetheless true.

A lot has changed with

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i5/OS V6R1 Compiler and Tool Pricing Versus V5R4

February 25, 2008 Timothy Prickett Morgan

A few weeks ago, IBM provided a product preview concerning the rejiggering of application development tools for the System i platform embodied in WebSphere Development Server (WDS) as well as a statement of direction about the eventual sunsetting of its WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC) development tool, which has been replaced by the new Rational Developer for System i (RDi) tool as part of the i5/OS V6R1 announcements. What IBM did not provide was pricing on this software–at least not to customers. But partners know.

While WDS and WDSC will be supported by IBM for at least two more years,

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