• Raz-Lee Updates AP-Journal Fraud-Detection Tool

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Raz-Lee Security has added a range of new features to AP-Journal, a DB2/400 audit trail utility that’s useful for detecting potentially fraudulent activity. Better integration with security information and event management (SIEM) tools and expanded coverage beyond data to IBM i objects and application files mark the new release. AP-Journal was first unveiled nearly four years ago to help IBM i shops clamp down on unauthorized and fraudulent activity on corporate computer systems. The software works with IBM i journaling to monitor field-level changes in certain sensitive DB2/400 data files, such as an employee’s salary. A series of filters allows

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• Altova Adds Support for DB2/400 Logical Files in MissionKit

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Altova recently added support for DB2/400 logical files in MissionKit, its collection of XML, database, and UML tools used by developers and database administrators. Supporting the logical file construct, which is unique to the IBM i platform, bolsters Altova’s efforts to attract IBM i customers to its powerful data manipulation tools, and keep them happy. MissionKit includes eight handy utilities that allow IT professionals to accomplish a range of XML, data, and unified modeling language (UML)-related tasks. Anchoring the kit is its popular XML editor, called XMLSpy. MapForce, meanwhile, provides data conversion and related capabilities, UModel allows developers to visually

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• Linoma Adds Secure Mail Module to MFT Tool

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Linoma Software last week unveiled Secure Mail, a new component of its GoAnywhere Services managed file transfer (MFT) tool that allows users to send documents securely via email. The software, which Linoma is demonstrating at this week’s RSA conference, will be particularly useful in unplanned, ad-hoc file transfer scenarios. Secure Mail works similar to regular email, with one big exception. Like regular email, users can send multiple files to one or more recipients. However, instead of actually attaching the document to the email, Secure Mail replaces the attachments with a unique URL that the recipient can use to download the

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• Innovatum Makes ROBAR Labeling Solution Available to IBM i

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Innovatum recently announced that its ROBAR labeling solution is now available for the IBM i OS. The Windows-based offering, which is used to print labels, barcodes, and RFID tags for GS1 compliance and ePedigree mandates of FDA-regulated companies, isn’t running directly on the IBM i server. But thanks to the development of a middleware component called iROBAR, the labeling solution can now be driven by RPG applications on the IBM i server. ROBAR is a barcode and RFID label solution built primarily for pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology manufacturers companies that are regulated by the Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA).

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• CFXWorks and Subuno Team Up to Fight Credit Card Fraud

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  CFXWorks and Subuno have integrated their respective products to develop a secure credit card processing solution for the IBM i server and other platforms. The integration, which includes fraud detection software from Subuno and payment software from CFXWorks, allows merchants to automatically screen card transactions for potential fraud before submitting them across the payment network. CFXWorks has a long history of developing card solutions for the IBM i server, and has more than 100 clients running its payment gateway software on the esteemed platform. The company’s flagship product is NovaXpress 400, while its CreditCardXpress offering is a version of NovaXpress

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• Tenable Adds IBM i Support to Security and Configuration Tool

  February 28, 2012 Alex Woodie

  Tenable Network Security recently added support for the IBM i OS with Nessus Scanner, a tool that analyzes server and network systems for security holes and lax configuration settings. The new plug-ins will enable IBM i shops to do one of two things: discover shortcomings in their security configurations, or document their adherence to IBM‘s security standards for the purpose of regulatory compliance. Tenable claims that Nessus is the world’s most widely deployed vulnerability and configuration assessment product, and that it has become the de facto standard tool in its class among security professionals, network penetration testing teams, and

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• Application Maintenance Outsourcing Is On The Rise

  February 27, 2012 Dan Burger

  Like a horror movie sequel, the outsourcing of application maintenance work has brushed off the dirt of its would-be grave and is on the prowl again, thirsty for the blood of programmers here in the USA. Outsourcing never really died. It just fell off the pace that was being set prior to 2009, when the trend stumbled rather badly thanks to the Great Recession. According to a recently released study by Computer Economics, the number of organizations that are outsourcing application maintenance work has risen during the past two years to near pre-recession levels. After a peek at this

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• Magic Posts Mad Profit Surge, Declares FY11 ‘Best Ever’

  February 27, 2012 Alex Woodie

  This is a great time to be Magic Software Enterprises. The application development and integration tool maker, which was all but written off several years ago, continued its comeback recently when it announced its financial results for 2011, which were the company’s best ever. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, Magic reported a 22 percent increase in revenue, to $30.5 million, and a 42 percent increase in net income, to $4.4 million. For fiscal year 2011, the company reported a 28 percent increase in revenue, to $113.3 million, and a whopping 60 percent in net income, to $15

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• Nips And Tucks For IBM Power Systems Trade-In Rebate Deal

  February 27, 2012 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  This long-running Power Systems Trade-In deal from IBM has had more modifications than a badly written novel. But the fact that IBM keeps on tweaking the deal shows that it is changing the Power Systems product line enough to warrant the changes, which is a good thing. The Power Systems Trade-In deal gives customers with earlier generations of AS/400, iSeries, and System i machines, as well as pSeries and System p boxes, a cash-rebate that ranges from a low of $250 on a PS700 blade server to a high of $120,000 on a loaded up Power 795 big bad box.

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• looksoftware Hosts

  February 27, 2012 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  i Believe Event Ahead of COMMON If you were thinking of heading out to California a little early to play at Disneyland before the COMMON midrange user group meeting and expo, then application modernization tool maker looksoftware is hosting a special event ahead of COMMON that will probably pique your interest. The COMMON event is being hosted May 6 through 9 at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and will presumably feature the top brass from IBM‘s Power Systems division as it always does. (Although with a little more emphasis on AIX as has been happening over the past

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