• 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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• 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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• 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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• Profound UI 5 Expands What i Can Do

  May 20, 2014 Dan Burger

  RPG development teams are being pushed to their limits as the scope of development projects expands with a greater emphasis on Web and mobile. Time is a great teacher, but there never seems to be enough time to meet the demands. Profound Logic, an IBM i application tool vendor with a warehouse full of development experience gained during years of application development and modernization projects, is on the hunt to keep RPG developers ahead of the demands. The newest in a long line of enhancements that support RPG Open Access and “top down” RPG programming are aimed at simplifying

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• Reader Feedback On Power8 Processing Power And What Matters

  May 19, 2014 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  I have been accused of a lot of things, and liking hardware is certainly one of them. And, as one avid reader of The Four Hundred points out, maybe this is not the only thing that people care about. I think we do a pretty good job providing balanced coverage of software and hardware as well as management and other issues, but everyone is entitled to their say here in the IBM i community. So, let’s give Paul Harkins a chance to clear his chest in response to a few stories that have run recently. To IT Jungle executive staff,

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• More Vintage Power Systems Feature Withdrawals

  May 19, 2014 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  You might be thinking that all of the old iron and peripherals for earlier generations of Power Systems machinery were long since removed by IBM from the product catalog, but there are a lot of components that go into a product line. And last week, IBM cut a few more from the catalog. In announcement letter 914-128, you will see that a bunch of features for Power Systems iron are going to be withdrawn from marketing effective July 31. There are a bunch of cables and power cords and such that don’t interest customers until they discover they need

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• Companies Capitalize on Talent at OCEAN Tech Conference

  May 19, 2014 Dan Burger

  What’s on your top 10 business and IT priorities list this year? Increasing growth, reducing costs, improving applications and infrastructure, improving efficiency, and implementing mobile computing with increased analytic capabilities are projects that a lot of IBM midrange shops are talking about. Any and all of those priority projects comes with a lot of questions attached. Let’s start with where do you turn to for help getting these projects planned, coordinated, and completed? You can go outside the company to people who are marketed as experts in particular technologies and products. But those people know little or nothing about your

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• App Dev Team Sees Innovation Rewarded

  May 19, 2014 Dan Burger

  In spite of doubt and being far short of knowing all the answers, innovators are motivated to seek improvements. They have the ability to move forward despite obstacles and figure out the unexpected things that threaten to derail ideas, plans, and implementations. The spotlight doesn’t shine brightly on innovation in business computing. Good work, however, does get recognized. The annual Innovation Award co-sponsored by IBM and COMMON accomplishes this without a great deal of fanfare, but that does not diminish the importance. The 2014 Innovation Award winner is International Copyright Enterprise, better known as ICE Services. The application development team,

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• IBM i: It’ll Shine When It Shines

  May 19, 2014 Dan Burger

  When you think back about the Technology Refresh program IBM implemented with the introduction of IBM i 7.1, the incremental refreshes included enhancements that would have created fireworks if they were saved for the next major release of the operating system, which was just announced three weeks ago. Cloud computing, virtualization, and RPG features were all notable additions. Of all those, the free format RPG functionality arguably received the loudest cheers. Is anyone cheering 7.2? Last week, I hope you saw the question and answer session with Alison Butterill and Steve Will that appeared in IT Jungle. If

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• ‘Power First’ As IBM Exits X86 Servers

  May 19, 2014 Dan Burger

  With IBM in the process of selling its X86 server business, any internal anguish caused by trashing X86 servers is removed, so the Power Systems promoters are firing away. The introduction of Power8 servers launched the volleys and, as the Power8 lineup continues to be revealed, the comparison bombing will likely intensify. Alex Gogh, vice president of server solutions within the Systems & Technology Group, talked about the “Power First” mentality in an interview with IT Jungle. “We have committed to a Power-first mentality in the IBM software stack,” Gogh says. “This means when we release software we will

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