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Fiserv Updates Banking App

September 6, 2011 Alex Woodie

Banking application provider Fiserv recently shipped a new release of Signature, a core banking system that runs on the IBM i server. With Signature version 11.1, Fiserv introduced several new features, including expanded commercial lending, a new pricing module, better visibility into customer accounts, and a new Web UI, among other enhancements.

Signature is one of two IBM i-based core banking systems from Fiserv. The other offering, called Premiere, was originally developed by ITI and is often positioned as Fiserv’s flagship core processing software. Signature (formerlynamed CBS, for Comprehensive Banking System) was previously developed by its CBS subsidiary, and sold

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SunGard Launches Recover2Cloud

September 6, 2011 Alex Woodie

SunGard last week unveiled a new managed cloud-based DR service called Recover2Cloud that supports IBM i and other platforms. The new offering provides SunGard customers an Internet-based connection to the company’s data center resources, as well as access to SunGard experts.

SunGard is offering two options with Recover2Cloud. The first is Recover2Cloud for Vaulting, which offers a guaranteed recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 24 hours. The second is Recover2Cloud for Server Replication, which offers a guaranteed RTO of less than four hours. Recover2Cloud for Vaulting supports IBM i and other major operating systems, while Recover2Cloud for Server Replication

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An Indicator By Any Other Name

August 24, 2011 Jon Paris

Because indicators have been around forever, we kind of take them for granted. I often find that RPGers don’t really understand all the ways in which they can be used. This tip is an attempt to highlight four things that every RPGer should know about our little friends.

1. Indicators, or at least the standard set, are an array.

You may not need to use indicators *In01 – *In99 as an array, but the fact that they are an array offers an opportunity to name them with minimal effort.

I have always hated the fact that we have to rely

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Add a Record to Any File

August 24, 2011 Bruce Guetzkow

Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here.

Sometimes it is handy to be able to write simple data records to a file from a CLLE module/program without having to write additional programs or procedures. Since IBM has not provided a direct way to do this as part of the operating system, here is a simple method that you can install and use in a matter of minutes.

I’ve seen several examples over the years of ways to add a record to any file. Usually a temporary file is involved using a program-described file in the

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Admin Alert: Two PC5250 Configuration Secrets

August 24, 2011 Joe Hertvik

With a history that spans well over a decade, the PC5250 program that comes with iSeries Access for Windows 6.1 contains tons of features that the average user or administrator may be unaware of. This week, I am discussing how you can use PC5250 to delete unneeded macros and to run multiple unique green-screen sessions on your desktop. Let’s get started.

Deleting a PC5250 Macro

In an earlier issue, I demonstrated how to record and play PC5250 macros. After that article was posted, several readers wrote in asking me how to delete existing macros on their systems. Here’s the

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Flash Builder for PHP 4.5.1 Gets iOS Support

August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

IBM i shops that use the latest release of Zend Technology Flash Builder for PHP can now compile their Flash user interfaces into native iOS applications that will run on Apple devices. Flash Builder for PHP version 4.5.1, which was released late last month, enables developers to target all major client devices–including Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs; Web browsers; and iOS, Android, and Blackberry Playbook mobile devices–with a single development effort.

Zend launched the first release of Flash Builder for PHP (version 4.5) in May. The offering combines Adobe‘s Flash Builder development tool with a full copy of the

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Grid-Tools Carves Itself a Niche for Test Data Management

August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

Effective testing plays a big part in running a successful in-house IT department. Whether it’s functional testing, user acceptance testing, or regression testing, no CIO worth her salt would promote a new or modified application into production without first making sure that it actually works. And since testing requires data, it’s usually a good idea to have something in place to manage all that test data. Such is the purpose of Data-Maker, the flagship test data management software from Grid-Tools.

Test data management is one of those classes of software tools that often gets overlooked. After all, most companies

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PowerTech Gives Compliance Tool New Smarts

August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

IBM i shops that use PowerTech‘s Compliance Monitor to ensure their server environments are in compliance with regulations like PCI, SOX, and HIPAA won’t have to do as much babysitting of their compliance checks thanks to a new batch scheduling feature added in version 3. The new version, unveiled last week, also gets a Web browser-based GUI, support for object-level security, new reports, and a better installation process.

PowerTech first released Compliance Monitor in 2005 with the goal of helping IBM i shops satisfy the security audit components of regulations like PCI, SOX, and HIPAA and to ensure that

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CNX Delivers Mobile Tooling as Valence 3.0 Goes GA

August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

CNX last week announced the general availability of Valence 3.0, a new Web application development tool that introduces native support for smartphones and tablet devices running Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems. The tool, which is targeted at RPG programmers looking to create Web 2.0 apps to run on the IBM i server, includes several other promising new features as well.

Valence is a unique tool designed for creating modern-looking Web applications that run under the IBM i server’s Apache Web server and access existing RPG business logic. The product has several components, including an OEM version of the

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Info Builders Debuts Mobile App with Write Capability

August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

Information Builders last week unveiled WebFOCUS Mobile Data Collection, a new offering that allows mobile application users to perform write transactions and update the database, as opposed to just reading reports.

According to Info Builders, customers who accessed its WebFOCUS business intelligence software from a mobile device were restricted to viewing reports. If a user saw something in a report that warranted further action, the user would have to take it up later with a full WebFOCUS client accessed through a larger computer.

That read-only limitation has been removed with the launch of WebFOCUS Mobile Data Collection. The new software

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