• Infor Adds NTT Data to Equipment Cloud

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Infor has a new partner working on its equipment cloud: NTT Data, a Japanese IT services firm with operations around the globe. The company recently signed on as the third managed service provider (MSP) to host the cloud version of the M3 application tailored specifically to companies in the heavy equipment business. Infor launched its Equipment Cloud about six months ago to provide customers with another option for running the M3 application. IBM and Velocity Technology Solutions were the original MSPs selected to run the Equipment Cloud. With the addition of NTT Data, customers have another option for running

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• Joomla 3.1 Adds Dynamic Content Tagging

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  A new release of the Joomla content management system (CMS) supports dynamic tagging out of the box, thereby enabling users to generate new content using pre-existing associations. Joomla 3.1, which runs on IBM i as a PHP application, also brings new mobile capabilities. Tags are a form of metadata that allows a user to classify or otherwise note a particular piece of content. They’re often used in social networking websites, like Facebook, to help sort and identify unstructured content that would otherwise fly under the radar of search engines, such as pictures, sound and video files. However, tagging is

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• Oracle Ships In-Memory Apps for EnterpriseOne

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Oracle last week announced that the two previously announced in-memory applications for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, In-Memory Project Portfolio Management and In-Memory Sales Advisor, are now generally available. The applications, which are designed to run on Oracle’s “engineered systems” all-in-one mainframe appliances, not only run faster, but bring new functionality, Oracle says. The new JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Project Portfolio Management application is designed to help executives make more informed decisions about their portfolios and projects, and to do it faster than they can now with the applications running on traditional servers. Oracle claims the new in-memory, job-costing software will work

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• Infor Lures PeopleSoft Customers with New Program

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Infor is targeting Oracle‘s PeopleSoft customer base with a promise to lower maintenance costs by 20 percent if they move to Infor’s products, most notably its Lawson S3 software. Don’t be fooled by the name of Infor’s latest program, called “Save the People.” While Infor CEO Charles Phillips is to be applauded for his charitable work and his donations of time and money to good causes, “Save the People” isn’t about giving disenfranchised individuals a leg up in the world. No, Save the People is all about building an ERP juggernaut … and sticking it to Phillips’ former bosses

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• Shield Updates FTP Security Tool for IBM i

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Shield Advanced Solutions last week announced it’s now shipping an update to its FTP security tool for IBM i. FTP Guard4i version 7.1 features several upgrades over the product it replaces, FTP Manager 6.1, including better auditing of users’ FTP activities and a new Web interface designed to make it easier to use. FTP is a critical communication tool, but it doesn’t come without risks, especially on the IBM i server. Without the appropriate system configurations or use of third-party tools, users are free to distribute IBM i data to their hearts’ delight. IBM provides exit points for FTP, as

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• Computer Keyes Takes IFS Files Mobile

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Computer Keyes last week unveiled a new IBM i software product that will allow users to access IFS files from any Web browser, including those running on mobile devices. The product, called kLink, includes two separate mobile application servers, including one for the employees of an organization, and another one for its customers. The Internet is increasingly looking mobile. According to On Device Research, one in four Americans use mobile devices as their sole source of Internet access, and by 2015, more users will access the Internet from mobile devices than from PCs or other wireline channels, IDC says. With

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• SEQUEL Streamlines Reporting with New Script Views

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Business intelligence software vendor SEQUEL Software has made fairly extensive changes to how its ViewPoint client handles data with the introduction of a new objects, called script views. The new script views objects will not only simplify the steps required to complete common reporting functions–including displaying data on a dashboard, and emailing and printing–but provide a performance boost to complex data processing tasks as well. The enhancements were added to ViewPoint version 10.13.087, the latest release of the Windows-based client that is one of the main ways that users interact with SEQUEL, the flagship business intelligence and reporting system of

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• Worknet Tapped to Provide IBM i Processing for Credit Unions

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  In the world of corporate credit unions, excitement is not necessarily a good thing. While regular banks take big exciting risks in search of big exciting profits, the not-for-profit credit unions seek the repeatable and the predictable. So when Core Network Processing (CNP) tapped Worknet to take over hosting and management of its core, IBM i-based application, it made its decision carefully, since it would effect nearly a fourth of the country’s 8,000 credit unions. CNP is a limited liability corporation (LLC) that was set up years ago by US Central to provide core, back-office data processing for a group

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• Vision Unveils New Entry-Level DR Solution for IBM i

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Vision Solutions last week unveiled MIMIX DR, a new disaster recovery (DR) product designed to help eliminate data loss and speed the recovery of systems and applications following a disaster at smaller IBM i sites. MIMIX DR uses the same data and object replication capabilities that are found in the full MIMIX high availability (HA) offering. But MIMIX DR lacks the automated failover capabilities of MIMIX HA, and instead uses a manual failover process. Just like the full MIMIX HA product, MIMIX DR uses IBM remote journaling (RJ) technology to replicate all changes made to DB2/400 data and IBM i

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• Take COMMON Europe’s Top Concerns 2013 Survey

  May 13, 2013 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It’s that time of the year again. If you have a suggestion for IBM or just a helpful suggestion on how it might improve the Power Systems platform running the IBM i operating systems, now is your chance to do something about it. For the past seven years, COMMON Europe has done its part to poll the IBM i user base and try to figure out what they are worried about. And now the eighth annual Top Concerns survey is open for you to speak your mind and help shape the future of this platform. The 2013 Top Concerns survey

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