• AURA Rolls Out New Database Connectors in Launcher/400

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  AURA Equipments has introduced three new database connectors for Launcher/400, an IBM i utility that enables users to output DB2 for i data in different formats. With the latest release of Launcher/400, the company now gives users the capability to pull data from Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases, in addition to DB2 for i. The new connectors enable Launcher/400 to reformat data sitting in Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases in much the same way they have been used to transform data from DB2 for i into other formats, such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, or distribute them via

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• ARCAD Introduces Free Data Area Editor for RDp

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  ARCAD Software recently rolled out a new piece of freeware that might interest RPG programmers who use Rational Development for Power Systems (RDp). The new product, called Data Area Editor, provides a way for RDp users to edit data area objects within the Eclipse environment. According to ARCAD, the new Data Area Editor allows programmers to edit data area objects that belong to an IBM i project, or directly from the Remote Systems Explorer (RSE). The software supports the editing of character, decimal, and logical data area objects, and supports insert mode, fixed-size line editing, and search and replace functions.

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• Jitterbit Unveils New Version of Integration Tool

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Today marks the general availability of Jitterbit 5, a new version of the data and application integration toolset from commercial open source software vendor Jitterbit. The company says Version 5 will make it easier for customers to build, test, and deploy integration processes that connect front- and back-office applications, including popular ERP systems and cloud services. Jitterbit is a data and application integration tool that’s been used by more than 20,000 customers, according to the company. The product started out as an open source product in 2005, but in 2011 the Oakland, California, company moved away from its open

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• Linoma Bolsters MFT Product with Clustering, Load Balancing

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Linoma Software has rolled out a new release of its managed file transfer (MFT) software that supports clustering across two or more MFT servers. GoAnywhere Services version 3.1 implements an “active-active” cluster that improves resiliency of MFT activities, while a new load balancing feature promises to give customers better performance when using multiple MFT servers with a gateway. In other news, Linoma is working on a new Android app expected next month. Developing a cluster-capable version of Linoma’s MFT product was a high priority, according to Bob Luebbe, chief architect of the Ashland, Nebraska, company. “We had lost a couple

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• RevSoft Signs Kantion as Global Distributor, Eyes US Expansion

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  RevSoft, an Australian developer of job schedulers and management tools for IBM i and other platforms, has signed a partnership deal with fellow Aussie firm Kantion IT to set up channels and sell RevSoft products around the world. Putting Kantion in charge of singing up resellers in international markets frees RevSoft to make a bigger push into the US market this year. Kantion IT managing director Richard Bryett knows a thing or two about IBM i management tools. From 2005 to 2011, Bryett sold Help/Systems products, first as a sales associate at eveLogic, and then as managing director of

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• bTrade Upgrades MFT Product for IBM i 7.1

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  IBM i shops looking for managed file transfer (MFT) products may want to add another vendor to their list of potential suppliers: bTrade. The Southern California company, which has a long history supplying EDI and data integration tools to IBM i and mainframe shops, in December unveiled TDAccess version 3.2.1, a new release of its MFT tool that adds support for IBM i 7.1. TDAccess is one of several MFT solutions sold by bTrade, and the only one listed on its website that supports IBM i. The software (which runs on all other major operating systems as well) supports

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• HANA on Power? It May Be in the Cards

  January 15, 2013 Alex Woodie

  SAP made a major splash in the IT world last week when it announced that its HANA in-memory database can now be used to power not just analytical workloads, but transactional workloads in its ERP suite, too. It’s a notable technical achievement for the German software giant, but it left SAP’s IBM i customer base with little to applaud, since HANA currently runs only on X86 servers. But that could change if the work that SAP and IBM are doing to get HANA running on Power pans out. During last week’s webcast from Palo Alto, California, SAP technology and innovation

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• RPG & DB2 Summit Adds Analytics, BI To Agenda

  January 14, 2013 Dan Burger

  RPG & DB2 Summit Adds Analytics, BI To Agenda The RPG & DB2 Summit, a twice-annual, subject-focused conference hosted by System i Developer, will take place March 19 through 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. The event is billed as “an interactive, total-immersion experience to RPG and DB2 for i developers who want to stay abreast of the latest advancements and learn how to apply specific RPG and DB2 techniques to keep their software applications vibrant and innovative.” Registration is now open. The RPG and DB2 topics covered include RPG IV, ILE, and modular programming; embedded SQL, DB2 for i capabilities,

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• Job Board For IBM i Talent Powers Up

  January 14, 2013 Dan Burger

  Finally, the day has come: IBM i shops on the search for young talent have a dedicated job board to turn to. We have been hearing for years how companies have a difficult time locating people with the specific skills to take on entry-level jobs. There have been fears that the talent pool was drying up. At the same time, colleges teaching IBM i skills as part of their computer science curriculum have not always been successful in placing graduates with companies that had job openings. It has been a frustrating disconnect. A job board has been on the IBM

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• The IBM Patent Machine Keeps A-Cranking In 2012

  January 14, 2013 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  It has been so long since IBM was not the company at the top of the list of firm issued utility patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that no one can remember who used to be at the top. With the rankings for 2012, Big Blue has been the undisputed leader since 1992, when it was in the middle of both a recession and an identity crisis and yet kept investing in research and development. As we explain every year when this story rolls around in January, the USPTO stopped doing official counts and publicizing the number of

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