• Capitalware Updates MQ Series Tools

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  IBM i shops that use WebSphere MQ (MQ Series) may be interested in the latest software out of Capitalware, the Markham, Ontario, company that develops utilities for the message queuing software. In July, Capitalware unveiled updates to several of its tools, including MQ Visual Edit, MQ Visual Browse, and MQ Batch Toolkit. MQ Visual Edit and MQ Visual Browse are a pair of related tools designed to help developers and support professionals work with MQ messages. The Java-based software provides a graphical environment that allows users to open and work with the contents of MQ messages from multiple queue

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• Agilysys Takes Procurement to the Web

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Agilysys last week unveiled SWSDirect, an add-on to its IBM i-based Stratton Warren System (SWS), which is used by large hospitality venues to manage the inventory and procurement processes. With SWSDirect, Agilysys is using the Web to make certain processes easier to complete, such as obtaining bids and registering suppliers. The new software will also boost collaboration and communication of team members through the use of online message boards, Agilysys says. SWS is a suite of inventory management applications designed for large hotels and casino resorts that cater to tens of thousands of guests and manage relationships with hundreds of

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• Chrono-Logic Offers Full Support for LANSA Version 13

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Chrono-Logic last week announced that its iAM change management suite offers full support for LANSA 13, the latest iteration of LANSA’s RDML language and the LANSA development environments for IBM i and Windows. Montreal, Canada-based Chrono-Logic sells a range of tools in its iAM Suite that enhance the LANSA development experience, whether it targets the IBM i or Windows servers. The company’s primary goal is to provide change management capabilities for LANSA development, including providing task management, version control, code promotion, and distribution. However, it also supports development on IBM i in RPG, COBOL, and Java languages, and also provides

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• IBM to Stop Supporting SPSS Statistics Component on IBM i

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  IBM last week announced that the version 22 release of SPSS Statistics will be the last release of the product to have any component that runs on System i (IBM i). It will also be the last release with the capability to pull SQL data out of the DB2 for i database, which is arguably more damaging for any IBM customers that might want to run some statistical analysis on their DB2/400 data. SPSS Statistics is mature and multi-faceted software package that gives users a variety of advanced statistical analysis capabilities. Surrounding the core analysis component is a fleet of

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• PCI 3.0 Gets Positive Initial Reviews from Security Pros

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  For many IT professionals, the letters “PCI DSS” conjure painful memories of invasive audits of internal systems that, in the end, generated hundreds of billable hours for compliance experts but did little to actually boost security. While the PCI 3.0 standard that was previewed last week won’t eliminate deep scrutiny, it may actually boost security, experts say. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) last week issued a preview of version 3 of the Payment Cardholder Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). According to the PCI SSC, the new standard “will help companies make PCI DSS part of their business-as-usual

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• Avnet Introduces Utility Pricing on Hardware

  August 20, 2013 Dan Burger

  The capital expense of buying servers and storage has some companies wondering how they can keep up with IT modernization. It’s a question that has Avnet eager to talk about pay-as-you-go solutions. The giant IT distribution company has a program called “Capacity Now” that could be called capacity as a service, if we didn’t already have too many “as a service” offerings to juggle in our lexicon. This is a payment model that allows Avent’s partners in the reseller channel to go to IBM midrange shops with an infrastructure purchase option on a utility payment plan. Customers get the option

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• RJS Tackles a ‘Screen Jumping’ Problem

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Tired of jumping back and forth between Windows and IBM i screens? You’re not alone. While RJS Software Systems can’t erase all cases of “screen jumping” in the world, the Minnesota software company has worked to eliminate the annoying practice in iForms, its electronic forms and report writing tool for the IBM i server. RJS last week announced that it has overhauled the Windows-based iForms Text Designer component of iForms to make it much easier to use. iForms allows users to create professional-looking documents, such as invoices and reports, from enterprise data sources like IBM i, and output it in

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• Quadrant Launches New Fax Appliance

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Quadrant Software went virtual with last year’s launch of QuadraDocV, which was designed to provide IBM i shops and other companies with fax over IP (FoIP) serving within the portable confines of a VMware shell. While the virtual application approach is still important to Quadrant, the company gave the physical appliance approach a new shot in the arm with the recent launch of its new QuadrAppliance. Quadrant CEO Steve Woodard made a good case for going virtual with fax software during last year’s launch of QuadraDocV. While Quadrant had historically done very well selling “black box” fax appliances as part

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• Kisco Gives IBM i Security Tool a Web Interface

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Administrators can view information about the security of their IBM i servers from the comfort of a Web browser with the latest release of SafeNet/i from Kisco Information Systems. The new Web-Central interface, unveiled last week, lets administrators do everything they could do under the 5250 green-screen interface, and a few extra things, too. SafeNet/i is a network security tool that uses IBM i exit points to lock down common but potentially dangerous routes of access to the IBM i server, such as IBM i Navigator, ODBC, and FTP connections. The software, which Kisco says was the first network

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• Krengel Adopts Tokens in Credit Card Transaction Software

  August 20, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Krengel Technology recently updated its card authorization software to use a token-based approach to accessing sensitive card data. This approach helps Krengel Credit customers avoid the strictest PCI requirements by offloading the storage of sensitive data from its customers’ IBM i servers to Cybersource, the company that processes transactions for Krengel Credit customers. For many businesses, the capability to process credit card transactions is an absolute necessity, especially compared to the hassle of handling cash or checks. However, the PCI rules that govern the handling of credit card data are getting stricter every year, and complying with the rules is

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