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  • Joining on Mismatched Values

    June 13, 2007 Hey, Ted

    Like many shops, we have a mixture of database files that we have acquired from different sources due to mergers and acquisitions over the years. Getting things to match up is challenging, to put it mildly. I have two files that contain warehouse code fields, but the codes do not match exactly. In one file, a certain warehouse is indicated by the letter T. In the other file, the same warehouse is the character 1 (one). All other warehouses have the same codes in both files.

    I need to join these files, but I don’t know what to do about

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  • Admin Alert: Alternative Ways to Print PC5250 Screens

    June 13, 2007 Joe Hertvik

    Most PC5250 green-screen users like using the Print Screen icon for sending screen shots to networked printers. However, there are two lesser-known PC5250 screen capture functions that can send screen shots to i5/OS output queues or to collect screen shots and print them as a group to a Windows networked printer, rather than printing each shot individually as they do when using Print Screen.

    This week, I’ll look at two alternatives to PC5250’s Print Screen icon and the benefits they provide to your shop. While clicking on Print Screen is fairly easy for the users, these other alternatives offer

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  • IBM Rejiggers BladeCenter for SMBs

    June 13, 2007 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    If you want to sell servers to small and medium businesses, here is a very simple rule of thumb: Engineer a box that plugs into a normal wall outlet, like a PC does, and they will proliferate like mushrooms in a musty cave. Try to sell a sophisticated 220-volt blade server chassis to these customers, and SMB shops will balk and therefore not receive the many benefits of the blade server architecture.

    With a new BladeCenter-S chassis that IBM previewed today and that it plans to start selling in the fourth quarter, the company hopes to change the dynamics of

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  • IBM Rejiggers BladeCenter for SMBs

    June 13, 2007 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    If you want to sell servers to small and medium businesses, here is a very simple rule of thumb: Engineer a box that plugs into a normal wall outlet, like a PC does, and they will proliferate like mushrooms in a musty cave. Try to sell a sophisticated 220-volt blade server chassis to these customers, and SMB shops will balk and therefore not receive the many benefits of the blade server architecture.

    With a new BladeCenter-S chassis that IBM previewed today and that it plans to start selling in the fourth quarter, the company hopes to change the dynamics of

    …

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  • IBM Rejiggers BladeCenter for SMBs

    June 13, 2007 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    If you want to sell servers to small and medium businesses, here is a very simple rule of thumb: Engineer a box that plugs into a normal wall outlet, like a PC does, and they will proliferate like mushrooms in a musty cave. Try to sell a sophisticated 220-volt blade server chassis to these customers, and SMB shops will balk and therefore not receive the many benefits of the blade server architecture.

    With a new BladeCenter-S chassis that IBM previewed today and that it plans to start selling in the fourth quarter, the company hopes to change the dynamics of

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  • ASNA Preps AVR for Visual Studio 2008

    June 12, 2007 Alex Woodie

    Things have been busy over at ASNA these days. In addition to setting up a new technical services operation and establishing new partnerships with offshore development organizations, ASNA has been preparing a new release of its flagship development product, ASNA Visual RPG (AVR), that will work with the new version of Visual Studio that Microsoft is creating. It’s also working on a new version of Monarch, its code analysis and conversion tool for moving RPG assets to Windows and .NET, and getting ready for ASNApalooza 2007.

    ASNA is a unique company with a unique place in the midrange. With a

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  • Interpro Dots the ‘i’ for Application Translations

    June 12, 2007 Alex Woodie

    In the global IT market, having a good software product with an accurate foreign language translation can mean the difference between gaining solid traction in the new country and fruitlessly spinning one’s wheels in an attempt at breaking new ground. Sometimes, the margin for error is as thin as the tail at the end of an apostrophe. And when it comes to navigating the wily world of i5/OS application translation, few have as much experience as Interpro Translation Solutions, which has worked with some of the biggest application providers in the midrange.

    There are a number of companies offering

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  • RPG Pro Rescues Project with WebSmart and Web Services

    June 12, 2007 Robert Gast

    What happens when an experienced RPG developer is asked to create Web service interfaces to a production insurance system using a development tool he’s never used before? If the developer is consultant Weems Hutto, the client Texas-based RVOS, and the development tool Business Computer Design Int’l‘s WebSmart, then the answer is: less than an hour to develop a successful Web service interface.

    RVOS Farm Mutual Insurance Company of Texas is an insurance company that operates as a not-for-profit Farm Mutual insurance provider. Its focus is to supply insurance products to homeowners, farmers and ranchers in Texas. Since RVOS is

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  • Boomi Goes ‘On Demand’ with Integration Software

    June 12, 2007 Alex Woodie

    EDI and business-to-business (B2B) integration software developer Boomi last week announced its entry into the software as a service (SaaS) industry with Boomi On-Demand, a new hosted service that can move data among other hosted apps as well as ERP systems residing behind firewalls. With a per-connection fee that starts at less than $100, Boomi claims its new service will open up a new world of application integration for small and mid size businesses and how applications get integrated.

    The new Boomi On Demand service will give customers the capability to build the same types of custom integrations among applications

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  • IBM, Ricoh Expand IPDS Printing Options

    June 12, 2007 Alex Woodie

    Printer buddies IBM and Ricoh last week announced the addition of Intelligent Printing Data Stream (IPDS) capabilities to two multifunction laser printers that didn’t previously support the high-end printing technology.

    As part of last week’s announcement, the InfoPrint 1552 and 1572 multifunction printers (MFPs) can now support the IPDS data stream that funnels Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) print jobs. IPDS support is offered as part of the M40 MFP option with the InfoPrint 1552 and 1572 and as an out-of-the-box feature on the MFP version of the InfoPrint 1572. These products did not have IPDS capability previously.

    The product opening

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