• Pivot Tables Now Supported in SEQUEL Web Interface

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Business intelligence software developer SEQUEL Software recently issued a new release of its Web interface that supports Client Tables, which function just like pivot tables in Excel. SEQUEL previously supported the Client Tables function only in ViewPoint, its Windows-based client. On May 5 the HelpSystems subsidiary announced that Client Tables has been added to its SEQUEL Web Interface (SWI), which can be accessed by any device with a Web browser. The addition of Client Tables to SWI makes it easier for SEQUEL users to access this powerful interactive feature. Like pivot tables in Excel, Client Tables in SEQUEL allow users

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• ARCAD Integrates Source Code Management in RTC

  May 20, 2014 Dan Burger

  IBM Rational Team Concert, the collaborative change management software, has added an IBM i component to its capabilities that should gain the attention of IBM i shops that previously were displeased with how the IBM i development environment was not treated equally within RTC. The change comes in the form of integration with ARCAD Skipper software, which brings source code management under the RTC umbrella. “Except for some very large IBM i customers, the IBM i customer base has not embraced Rational Team Concert (RTC),” says ARCAD CEO Philippe Magne. “That was because IBM i source code management was not

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• iFD Goes Mobile with iSign Signature Capture

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  The concept of a pen and paper is becoming increasingly foreign in our mobile world. Need to capture some information while on the go? That’s what tablets are for. One software vendor that’s signing up for the new iPad world is inFORM Decisions (iFD), which last week unveiled iSign, a new IBM i-based signature capture solution for mobile devices. iSign is an HTML-based app that allows users to capture signatures from the comfort of smartphones or tablets. The software works by digitally capturing signatures from the touchscreen of any mobile device loaded with a Java-enabled Web browser. The software then

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• Fresche Preps IBM i Customers for SQL Migrations

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  With its acquisition of Databorough and its highly regarded X-Analysis product last year, Fresche Legacy made it clear it viewed database modernization as a key component of its overall strategy. Now, by making a key database migration feature of X-Analysis available to a greater number of users, the company clearly is setting its IBM i customers on a SQL path. The big news coming out of Fresche Legacy during the COMMON conference two weeks ago was the availability of the Automated Data Model extraction feature in X-Analysis Professional Edition. Previously, this feature–which is a critical first step in the process

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• IBM Cranks Up Storwize V7000 Capacity to 4 PB

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Organizations with really, really big storage needs may find what they’re looking for in the new Storwize V7000 storage array that IBM announced April 28. The second generation Storwize V7000 Model 524 that IBM ships in June features up to 4 PB of raw storage capacity, up from the 1.44 PB of raw capacity it previously offered. That mindboggling figure can be achieved by clustering four of the new Storwize V7000 systems and outfitting as many of the 1,056 drive slots with the largest drive available–the 4 TB SAS near-line drive spinning at 7,200 rpm. The exact storage number will

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• Surround Tech Revs Windows-Based Dev Tool for IBM i

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Surround Technologies is now shipping version 5 of Accelerator for .NET, a Microsoft Visual Studio-based development environment for creating graphical, database-powered apps to run on IBM i and other platforms. With version 5, the development process is smoother and faster, the company says. Accelerator for .NET includes a set of prebuilt components and wizard-driven code generators that plug into Microsoft‘s Visual Studio development environment. The software enables developers to build three-tier apps that run on IBM i and use its integrated DB2 for i database and use Microsoft’s UI technologies, such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight, to

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• Linoma Adds Single Sign-On to MFT Offering

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Linoma Software customers will have an easier time signing onto Linoma’s managed file transfer (MFT) product thanks to a new single sign-on (SSO) feature that leverages open source security protocols. The new release of GoAnywhere Services brings several other features as well. Linoma enabled SSO by adding support for SAML (Security Assertion Mark-Up Language) in the Web client of GoAnywhere Services version 3.5. SAML enables the secure exchange of authentication information between Web browsers and service providers and applications. It’s backed by OASIS and is an alternative to OpenID. Support for SAML allows the Web client for GoAnywhere Services to

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• Logicalis Touts Cloud as IBM i Skill-Replacement Solution

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Organizations that are having a tough time filling jobs for IBM i professionals may find that outsourcing their IBM i environment to a private cloud fills the gap, Power Systems cloud operator Logicalis said recently. As the baby boomers who manage IBM i systems around the country reach retirement age, the skills gap is looming as a big potential hurdle for the continued longevity of the IBM i platform. IBM is trying to inject new blood into the platform with educational programs, such as its Global Skills Initiative. But trying to convince kids to learn this thing called the IBM

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• Robot Simplifies Setup of IBM i Message Monitor

  May 20, 2014 Alex Woodie

  Getting up and running with Robot/CONSOLE, the message- and resource-monitoring software for IBM i, should be easier thanks to enhancements made by HelpSystems. The company says the new release will also allow IBM i shops to configure the software for more precise monitoring. Robot/CONSOLE automates the task of looking through thousands of messages generated daily by IBM i servers. The software filters through messages generated by various queues and logs–including QSYSOPR, QSYSMSG, QAUDJRN, QHST, printer message queues, media issues, FTP requests, and others–and automatically responds to them, escalates them to a human, or just ignores them. It goes without

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• We’re Integrated, We’re A Platform, Let’s Catch The Wave

  May 19, 2014 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  In my 25 years of watching the AS/400 and its progeny, I have had my share–some might say more than my fair share–of crazy ideas about how to modify, grow, stimulate, and vitalize the market for OS/400 and IBM i systems. As I sit here and contemplate the rising market for integrated systems, I am busting my brain to try to figure out how to leverage this wave on the behalf of all of us. While bare-bones rack and tower servers still dominate shipments worldwide, integrated machines, often with pre-tuned and pre-configured software stacks, are finding their places in the

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