• Krengel Adds Credit Card Processing to RPG-XML Suite

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Developers who write XML-based Web service programs for IBM i using Krengel Technology‘s RPG-XML Suite now have an easy way to add credit card processing to their apps. The company recently announced that the suite now contains an application plug-in that processes credit card transactions via the Cybersource network. Krengel’s flagship product, the RPG-XML Suite, is a collection of RPG service programs and APIs that make it easy for IBM i shops to expose their existing RPG apps as an XML-based Web service, and also to allow their existing RPG apps to consume third-party Web services. The software runs

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• Iron Mountain Unveils New Backup Tape Offerings

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Iron Mountain last week unveiled three new offerings aimed at helping organizations manage their backup tapes and related processes. The new offerings are designed to eliminate some of the hurdles that legacy tape formats present to organizations and make it easier to access data on the tape. Iron Mountain is a well-known, $3 billion company that collects and stores important documents for customers in all industries. It has also served as a secure repository for organizations’ backup tapes. With its recent announcement, Iron Mountain will not only store tapes for customers, but it will help them more effectively manage the

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• Spinnaker Buys Versytec’s Third-Party JDE Support Business

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Spinnaker Support bolstered its position in the market for third-party JD Edwards support services last week when it announced the acquisition of its competitor in the space, Versytec. Nashua, New Hampshire-based Versytec was one of the first companies to enter the market for third-party JDE support services way back in June 2004. By 2005, the company had about 30 JDE customers, mostly World shops, the company told IT Jungle at the time. Eventually, Versytec owners decided to sell the business, and Spinnaker looked like a promising new owner. “When we looked at companies to approach regarding a sale, Spinnaker

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• ARCTOOLS Updates JDE Performance Tool

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  The JD Edwards ERP systems bring specific needs and requirements in the area of data archiving, purging, and performance management. One vendor that has been active in this area is ARCTOOLS. This month, the Denver, Colorado, company is launching version 2.1 of its eponymous suite, which expands the software for use in other applications. ARCTOOLS has been used by more than 300 JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne customers since it was developed by DCSoftware and Whitehouse Consultants in the 1990s. The only other ERP system that the developers have actively targeted is BPCS. But with the launch of ARCTOOLS

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• Oracle Ships Smartphone Expense Management App for JDE E1

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Oracle last week shipped its fourth new smartphone app for its JD Edwards EntepriseOne customers. Mobile Expense Management, which runs on iOS, Android, and Blackberry phones, makes it easier for employees to submit their expenses to management for payment. Mobile Expense Management enables workers to enter, submit, review, and approve expense reports in real time via their smart phones. “By enabling mobile workers to manage expense reports on their mobile devices, Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Mobile Expense Management can reduce time to payment and increase employee satisfaction,” Lyle Ekdahl, Oracle’s group vice president general manager for JD Edwards, says in

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• IBS Finally Goes GA with Version 7 of ERP Suite

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  IBS announced the general availability of IBS Enterprise version 7, the latest version of its distribution-focused ERP system that runs on IBM i and Windows servers. The new version, which has been officially unveiled at least two times over the past two years, brings enhancements in the areas of mobility, cloud computing, and business intelligence. IBS Enterprise version 7, which the embattled software company first unveiled in October 2010 and then again in October 2011, is now available for new and existing customers, the company announced in late February. The new Distribution Cloud Solutions runs on a mix of

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• Lawson Updates Software for Healthcare Industry

  March 13, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Lawson Software recently unveiled several software updates for its customers in the healthcare industry, including new releases of its Cloverleaf data integration engine and its Lawson Healthcare Revenue Management system. Lawson, which is an affiliate of Infor, recently updated its Cloverleaf system with the goal of streamlining the integration of systems in clinical healthcare settings. Specifically, the vendor unveiled an enhanced version of its Cloverleaf Secure Courier (CSC), which is used to share patient data. The new release of CSC enables the core Cloverleaf engine to be installed remotely at hospitals and doctors’ offices. The new release of Cloverleaf

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• IBM Does March Madness Rebate On Power 770s

  March 12, 2012 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It looks like IBM is a bit eager to peddle some relatively big Power Systems iron to put the finishing touches on its first quarter. And it is no surprise, with a number of long-running promotions getting mothballed in recent weeks. If there is any rule of marketing, it is that you need to keep constantly changing things up to hit the hot buttons of different customers, so IBM is trying a rebate deal with an extremely short time window, and only on one machine: The Power 770. There have been two generations of Power 770 boxes. The original ones

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• Database Neglect and IBM i Inuendo

  March 12, 2012 Dan Burger

  The future is tied to the past. It’s just not tied too tightly. Understanding that change occurs and better things come as a result is a pretty healthy attitude. Much better than forbidding change or refusing to acknowledge it exists. Change happens. But it’s almost always evolutionary rather than revolutionary. People prefer the level of disruption to be minimal–smooth transitions being far better than unexpected jolts. The row IBM hoed from AS/400 to IBM i is an example of both. This isn’t a history lesson on the IBM midrange. It’s an example of what can happen when innovative thinking is

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• Where Did The Midrange Go?

  March 12, 2012 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  There’s not much of a midrange server business left, if the latest numbers from IDC are any indication. If you were thinking that the server business was shaped like a multi-layer cake, with each layer representing the revenues from small, midrange, and high-end machines, that is not the case any more. The midrange–or what we used to think of as the midrange–is being pulled apart by Moore’s Law. By IDC’s definition, a midrange box is one that costs somewhere between $25,000 and $250,000, including a server with base memory and disk capacity and an operating system. In the fourth quarter,

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