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  • Big Blue Names Eight New IBM Fellows

    June 8, 2009 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    IBM last week announced eight new elite researchers who have been given the elite designation IBM Fellow. A number of them have worked on the technologies underpinning the systems you are currently using or most likely will at some point in the near future.

    Perhaps the most significant new fellow is Hung Le, who works as a chip designer in IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, specifically at its Austin, Texas, Power Systems labs. Le has had a hand in a lot of different System z and Power processor designs, starting with the Power3 chip that was announced for IBM’s RS/6000

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  • RPG Beans from VB Apps

    June 3, 2009 Hey Mike

    Recently we implemented the use of RPG beans on the iSeries. Some of us like it, some of us hate it. I think it’s great because I have some exposure to C# and Java.

    We also benchmarked it for performance and didn’t find any problems in the iSeries side. We are planning on instantiating the RPG beans from VB apps. Do you know if there are any performance issues from instantiating the RPG beans from a VB application?

    Do you know if someone has done any research related to this topic?

    –Frank

    Hi Frank,

    You pose two very good questions:

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  • Changing the Library List for Run SQL Scripts

    June 3, 2009 Skip Marchesani

    The Run SQL Scripts function–a.k.a. the SQL Script Center or Script Center–is an easy-to-use option in System i Navigator that allows you to interactively create and execute one or more SQL statements and/or batch CL commands. One of the most frequently asked questions I get is: How do I access or find my tables and views using the Script Center?

    Accessing Tables and Views

    There are two options for finding or accessing your tables, views, and other database objects from the Script Center. One option is to qualify the object name with the library name in your SQL statement or

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  • Admin Alert: Beyond Replication in an i5/OS High-Availability Environment

    June 3, 2009 Joe Hertvik

    One company I deal with has two different high-availability setups that mimic production partitions for its main systems. They’ve been running this configuration for two years, and it’s amazing how many high availability issues occur that have little or nothing to do with basic replication. This week, I’ll look beyond basic replication in building a Capacity BackUp (CBU) system and how these issues can affect failover processing.

    The CBU in One Paragraph

    A CBU is a specially configured iSeries/System i/Power i machine that communicates with your main production partition to replicate production data and applications by using high availability software

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  • OpenSpan Aims to Bring Mainframe Qualities to Desktop Integration

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    For all the flack that green-screen applications get for being difficult to use, powerful macro tools and well-defined APIs make it relatively easy to access mainframe processes and data through 5250 and 3270 terminal emulators. But when the tables are turned and fat-client Windows apps are asked to open up and share, the DLLs and executables get cold feet. OpenSpan is trying to change that with an integration tool it claims can create on-demand APIs for any Windows app, and include them in cross-platform business process automation projects.

    Francis Carden, who co-founded OpenSpan in 2005 with CTO Stephen Beckett and

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  • DB2 Web Query Updates to Ship in August

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    The new DB2 Web Query enhancements–including an adapter that provides “occasional” access to the SQL Server database from the i OS business intelligence tool, and the capability to access and update DB2 Web Query reports from within Excel–won’t ship until August, IBM announced recently. The new capabilities were originally expected to be available by the end of June, back when the announcements were first made with Information Builders in February, but the timeline has apparently slipped.

    DB2 Web Query is a special version of Information Builders’ WebFOCUS software that IBM announced in 2007. The Java-based software enables users to write

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  • Quadrant’s IntelliChief Gets Integration Hooks to JDA’s MMS

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    Retailers that rely on JDA Software Group‘s i OS-based Merchandise Management System (MMS) will have an easier time integrating the application with Quadrant Software‘s IntelliChief content management system and working to eliminate paper-based processes as a result of integration work between JDA and Quadrant, the companies announced last week.

    After working together on several IntelliChief implementations at MMS shops, JDA and Quadrant decided to form a strategic alliance, says Gary Langton, CEO and co-founder of Quadrant Software, which is based in Tampa, Florida. “It only made sense for the two companies to join forces and formalize that relationship

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  • SugarCRM Updated with Version 5.5 Beta

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    System i shops are among the companies being encouraged to take a look at the beta of SugarCRM version 5.5, a new release of the open source customer relationship management software unveiled last week by SugarCRM. Better collaboration among team members is a central theme of new features in the release, which is expected to become generally available sometime during summer.

    Last week, acting CEO Larry Augustin, who took over after the sudden resignation in early May of chief executive John Roberts, opened the barn door and let out a beta of version 5.5. This release brings several new

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  • MQ Security Tools from Capitalware Now Available for i OS

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    Capitalware is now shipping a set of three WebSphere MQ security tools for i OS. The Markham, Ontario, company announced the general availability of the i OS versions of the three products, which close several security shortcomings with default installations of WebSphere MQ, last month.

    Despite its reputation as a bullet-proof platform for the exchange of transactional data across different operating systems, WebSphere MQ (MQ Series) offers surprisingly little default security, according to Capitalware president Roger Lacroix, who has years of experience with the product.

    To properly secure their out-of-the-box WebSphere MQ implementation, users must either write their own security

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  • D&B Global Helps Companies Calculate the True Cost of EDI

    June 2, 2009 Alex Woodie

    D&B Global Helps Companies Calculate the True Cost of EDI

    Does it make sense for you to outsource your EDI environment? That’s the question that D&B Global Services, a new company that was recently founded by former EXTOL employees, is trying to get companies to ask. The New Jersey company recently posted a checklist on its Web site that helps companies to think critically about their EDI environments.

    D&B Global Services was founded earlier this year by Dennis Bonagura, the former president and COO at Pottsville, Pennsylvania-based EXTOL. He, along with longtime marketing man Steve Rosen, left Extol to

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