• Computer Guidance Launches iPad App for Construction Suite

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Computer Guidance Corp. (CGC), the developer of IBM i-based ERP software for construction companies, last month unveiled a new iPad app that will boost customers’ capability to track work and workers in the field. The new Mobile eCMS suite delivers an iPad interface for CGC’s popular RPG-based Construction Management System (eCMS), and will give foremen and supervisors a new tool for managing employees and projects while on site. Three main apps are available now with Mobile eCMS, including Remote Payroll, Field Reporting, and Time & Attendance apps. The app is designed to run on iPads, and is available on Apple

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• EXTOL Adds Spazio MFT/S to Product Catalog

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  EXTOL International, the provider of EDI and B2B data integration tools for IBM i and other platforms, is now in the managed file transfer (MFT) software business as the result of a new partnership with Italian software maker Primeur. As part of the partnership, which was unveiled last week, Pennsylvania-based EXTOL will add two Primeur products, Spazio MFT/S and File Governance, to the portfolio of its flagship product, Integrator. Primeur has also added Integrator to its list of offerings. According to Primeur, Spazio MFT/S is aimed at helping companies to centrally manage multiple third-party file transfer products, utilizing

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• COMMON Board Elections Now Underway

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  COMMON is now holding elections for its board of directors. Four candidates are battling for three open slots. Members of the IBM i user group can vote electronically through April 9, and the winners will be announced the following day at a meeting at the COMMON conference in Austin, Texas. The COMMON slate includes two incumbents on the board of directors, Pete Helgren and Kevin Mort, and two new candidates, Yvonne Enselman and Todd Spight. Helgren and Mort were elected to the board for the first time in 2010, and must defend their posts against the new challengers. Short biographies

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• Linoma Unveils PGP Encryption Tool for Desktops

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Linoma Software last week unveiled GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio, a free tool for encrypting and decrypting files on desktop computers running Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix operating systems. The software is aimed at users who periodically need to encrypt files, and will give Linoma the chance to sell additional automation capabilities via its managed file transfer (MFT) solutions. OpenPGP Studio is based on Open PGP, a free and open source encryption program that itself is based on the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption program that Phil Zimmerman released to the world in 1991. (That got Zimmerman into hot water

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• DocPath Chooses Java for Rewrite of Document Management Tool

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  DocPath last week unveiled a new release of its document management software that has been rewritten in Java. DocPath CEO Julio Olivares says the Java rewrite not only boosts performance, but allows the software to run equally well in IBM i, Windows, Linux, and Unix environments. While the technological core of the new DocPath server runs on Java, the company chose Microsoft .NET for the new document designer. DocPath sells two lines of product, one for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and another for enterprises. The SMB offerings are traditional document management products that allow companies to generate professional-looking forms

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• Braum’s Takes the RPG Path to Mobile Apps with LANSA LongRange

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  RPG is probably not the first language that pops into most IT people’s minds when they think about mobile application development. But for IBM i shops like Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores, the capability to code mobile apps in the language they know best–good old Report Program Generator–is a major advantage. In fact, it was the main reason Braum’s chose LANSA‘s LongRange to build a series of mobile apps for its employees. Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores is something of a local institution for people who live in the south central portion of the United States. In

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• Help/Systems Buys ShowCase BI Products from IBM

  April 2, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Help/Systems yesterday announced that it has acquired several ShowCase business intelligence products from IBM. The transaction gives Help/Systems possession of one of the most storied brands in the history of IBM i analytics. However, it does not include the IBM i port of the Essbase online analytical processing (OLAP) tool, which has died on the IBM vine. Terms of the deal between Help/Systems and IBM were not disclosed. The transaction is done, and some of IBM’s ShowCase customers are now Help/Systems customers. “I’m pleased to add the ShowCase software products to the Help/Systems family,” stated Help/Systems CEO Janet Dryer

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• COMMON And Academic Initiative Polish Partnership

  April 1, 2013 Dan Burger

  Growing your own talent and developing a motivated, skilled, and qualified workforce should be on the minds of managers of every organization from multi-national corporations to multi-employee small businesses. It is not uncommon for IT managers in IBM midrange shops to wonder out loud where the next generation of business computing whiz kids will come from. What is uncommon is finding IBM midrange shops growing their own talent through partnerships with local tech schools and community colleges. Instead of searching for talent in all the wrong places, there should be a greater emphasis on developing it locally. Another step in

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• Scott Klement: Happy To Be On The Rebound

  April 1, 2013 Dan Burger

  You never know how good or how bad you’ll be at overcoming obstacles until you’re face to face with one of these hairy monsters with no place to run, no place to hide. You may already know the story of Scott Klement, one of the most robust RPG minds on the planet, an IBM Power Systems Champion, and a guy who is on a quest to overcome adversity. Back in early January, Klement encountered some unplanned downtime. An illness left him tired and weak, but the unexpected swiftness of his deteriorating health that spiraled downward into something life threatening was

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• New IBM Software Aims to Predict Mechanical Failures

  April 1, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Companies in the manufacturing, distribution, energy and utility, and oil and gas industries may be interested in a new analytics package recently introduced by IBM. The software and services offering, called Predictive Asset Optimization, aims to forecast when assets in the field–such as trucks, water pipes, or robotic machines–are likely to fail, so that preventive maintenance or preemptive engineering changes can be made, saving the customer millions of dollars. Well-run companies have always paid attention to maintenance. But the fact is, in this physical world, stuff happens. Cogs in the wheels of industry get gummed up. Engines will get

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