• Inexika Reveals Prototype of Notes Mail App for iOS

  June 4, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Inexika is working on a new mobile app that will allow users to access the IBM Notes-Domino database from an Android or iOS phone. The app, which has a working title iWorkplace, is in the prototype phase, and will deliver functionality that IBM provides with its Traveler software, but without Traveler’s limitations. When it’s available, iWorkplace is expected to provide mobile access to several Notes modules, including Notes email, contacts, calendar, and tasks, as well as the discussion and team room collaborative functions. You may notice that these are some of the same capabilities that IBM provides with Lotus Notes

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• Bug Busters Strengthens Object Comparison in HA Software

  June 4, 2013 Alex Woodie

  One of the bugaboos with high availability (HA) environments is keeping objects in sync. If objects on a backup machine aren’t kept up with those on the primary system, a failover may not go as planned, or the organization may just feel that it’s too risky to attempt. Bug Busters Software Engineering has addressed this concern with a new feature in RSF-HA version 9.2 that compares objects, libraries, and IFS directories on the primary and backup servers while the primary system is still online and in use. Because data and object sync checks are so important, every HA software product

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• ASNA Refines Its Mobile Tooling with Sharper Icons

  June 4, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Delivering a smooth user experience is critical when rolling out new mobile interfaces for applications that run on IBM i, or any other platform for that matter. But this can be a challenge for the typical IBM i shop accustomed to command line interfaces and keyboard-based navigation. ASNA hopes to make the user interface creation process easier with two new releases of its mobile application development tools, including Mobile RPG 6.1 and Wings 6.1. That ASNA has two tools for creating interfaces and applications for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) is an interesting story. The San Antonio, Texas, company initially

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• Esker Fax Cloud Boosts Service Levels for Distributor

  June 4, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Fax may seem like an anachronism in today’s hyper-connected world, but it’s absolutely critical in some industrial pockets. For Edward Don & Company, the nation’s largest food service company, fax is used to send and receive hundreds of orders and invoices every day. But when Edward Don’s previous fax service provider couldn’t keep its fax machines on, the company looked to Esker and its Cloud Fax Service for SAP. Edward Don & Company is the country’s largest food service company, with 1,200 employees and more than 70,000 customers. The Woodridge, Illinois-based company makes 12,000 products available to its customers

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• Profound Reveals Native Mobile App Option

  June 4, 2013 Dan Burger

  Profound Logic has developed ways for IBM midrange companies to create mobile applications using its designer tool and deploying to the Web and through hybrid applications (not quite native) via PhoneGap. This week it is adding another option with native apps for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets. Native application capability is the quickest and easiest way to deploy mobile apps and those are two huge priorities for a lot of companies. Two months ago, Profound was espousing the open source framework that the software vendor incorporated into Profound UI 4.5. Now it’s the native application enhancements that have

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• IBM Rejiggers PowerVM And AIX Prices

  June 3, 2013 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Prices on the AIX variant of Unix from IBM and the PowerVM server virtualization hypervisor that is used to slice up Power Systems iron so it can run multiple copies of AIX, IBM i, or Linux have been tweaked. In announcement letter 313-045, IBM says prices on AIX and PowerVM have been both raised and lowered, depending on the feature and edition. As usual, it is very tough sorting out what the product feature codes mean in these price changes, but I took a whack at it: The price changes took effect on May 28. The only reason I

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• Jack Henry Boosts Profits Lots More Than Sales In Fiscal Q3

  June 3, 2013 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  Every time the Jack Henry & Associates comes around on the news cycle, it is amazing that no one has tried to acquire the banking software and services provider. It has been on a very long winning streak of pushing up revenues and extracting profits at an even faster rate. In its third quarter of fiscal 2013 ended in March, Jack Henry boasted sales up 10 percent to $281.5 million. Net income was up 25 percent to just a hair under $46 million, which means the company brought 16.3 percent of sales to the bottom line. That is really not

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• Application Modernization: Destination Success

  June 3, 2013 Dan Burger

  Any organization that has been around long enough to grow into a business has investments in equipment that can be described by the word legacy. The question that many struggle to answer is how to take what you have and turn it into what you need. In the IBM i community, we hear the term modernization being used a lot, particularly when it comes to applications. Old applications rarely are as efficient as new ones. They can be difficult to use and limited in what they can do. If you’ve heard or read comments by IBM i chief architect Steve

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• IBM Advises Companies To Invest In Social Business

  June 3, 2013 Jenny Thomas

  A decade ago, online commerce, more commonly known as ebusiness, was more than just a buzz word, it was a game changer. And the successful integration of ebusiness technology would be what determined which companies would survive, and which would get left behind. Evidence of the pervasiveness of ebusiness is everywhere you look. Even the vendors at your local farmer’s market are armed with their Square, prepared to accept your major credit card to enable you to purchase that carton of fresh strawberries. Today the game is changing again, and IBM is advising companies to invest in social business.

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• Good Advice For The Hosted Services Buyer

  June 3, 2013 Dan Burger

  Hosted services, managed service providers, cloud computing . . . some choose not to think about those things at all, while others try to figure out if there is a good business reason to get involved in some way, shape or form. Last week I spent some time talking with Jim Kandrac, founder and president of United Computer Group (UCG), which is an IBM business partner and IBM i server reseller. Kandrac also pays attention to the IT services business because his company offers backup and recovery as a service to IBM midrange customers with a product called Vault400. Not

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