• Infor Hits the Road with New ‘Infor10’ Brand

  September 6, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Fresh off its acquisition of Lawson Software, Infor has embarked on an international road show to proselytize about its software and its new “Infor10” brand. The name change, which debuted at its Infor Channel Partner Summit held in July, has been applied to all of its mainstream enterprise products–including four IBM i-based ERP suites–but not its newly acquired Lawson products. So, what is Infor10? According to the company’s Infor10 webpage , the new name is an umbrella term that groups all of its current enterprise software, including ERP, CRM, EAM, HCM, business intelligence, and financial management applications. Infor10 has also

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• Field-Level Encryption Handles Security Compliance for Collections Firm

  September 6, 2011 Dan Burger

  Data encryption has taken on a much larger role in IT departments ever since the protection of sensitive and confidential information became a high priority for so many companies. We hear a lot of complaints about regulatory compliance, but without it your personal information is an easy target for those with criminal intentions. For many IBM i companies, the question is not about whether to encrypt data, it’s how to encrypt data. A good example is Bass & Associates P.C., a law firm providing national debt recovery services. Financial institutions have really felt the heat of regulatory compliance. They handle

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• Admin Alert: Two PC5250 Configuration Secrets

  August 24, 2011 Joe Hertvik

  With a history that spans well over a decade, the PC5250 program that comes with iSeries Access for Windows 6.1 contains tons of features that the average user or administrator may be unaware of. This week, I am discussing how you can use PC5250 to delete unneeded macros and to run multiple unique green-screen sessions on your desktop. Let’s get started. Deleting a PC5250 Macro In an earlier issue, I demonstrated how to record and play PC5250 macros. After that article was posted, several readers wrote in asking me how to delete existing macros on their systems. Here’s the

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• Add a Record to Any File

  August 24, 2011 Bruce Guetzkow

  Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here. Sometimes it is handy to be able to write simple data records to a file from a CLLE module/program without having to write additional programs or procedures. Since IBM has not provided a direct way to do this as part of the operating system, here is a simple method that you can install and use in a matter of minutes. I’ve seen several examples over the years of ways to add a record to any file. Usually a temporary file is involved using a program-described file in the

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• An Indicator By Any Other Name

  August 24, 2011 Jon Paris

  Because indicators have been around forever, we kind of take them for granted. I often find that RPGers don’t really understand all the ways in which they can be used. This tip is an attempt to highlight four things that every RPGer should know about our little friends. 1. Indicators, or at least the standard set, are an array. You may not need to use indicators *In01 – *In99 as an array, but the fact that they are an array offers an opportunity to name them with minimal effort. I have always hated the fact that we have to rely

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• Island Pac Signs Two Retailers to Software Deals

  August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Sports apparel company Fanzz and YM Inc., a chain of hundreds of clothing stores across North America, have licensed retail management software from Island Pacific. Fanzz, which is a division of Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment Group that operates more than 60 stores in the western United States, has licensed Island Pacific’s IBM i-based Merchandising Suite. The company will be using the merchandising, financials, replenishment, promotions, and business intelligence components, the vendor announced this summer. Lorin Hunt, general merchandise manager for Fanzz, says trust was a big component of her decision. “Beginning with their visit a year ago

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• Mohawk Taps Liaison for Cloud-Based Integration

  August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Mohawk Fine Papers has adopted a cloud-based integration platform from Liasion Technologies, the vendor announced last week. The service enables Mohawk to connect with customers, suppliers, partners, and internal constituents using Liaison’s resources. Based in Upstate New York, Mohawk Fine Papers is the country’s largest manufacturer of premium papers. The company, which has sales on the order of $300 million per year, is a big IBM i shop; it uses Infor‘s BPCS ERP system. The implementation of Liasion’s service oriented architecture (SOA)-based technology will provide interoperability between Mohawk’s internal and external applications, services, and data. The software as

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• What Recession? Manhattan Assoc. Goes on Hiring Binge

  August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Manhattan Associates is looking to hire about 100 people–including more than a dozen with IBM i and RPG skills–as part of an on-going expansion. The logistics software developer, whose IBM i-based warehouse management system sets the standard for the industry, has hired more than 300 people worldwide this year, and reported record revenue as other vendors struggle. In a recent interview with the Atlanta, Georgia, TV news station WSB-TV, Manhattan’s CEO and president Pete Sinisgalli explained his growth strategy and plans for expansion. “We made a decision during the recession that we’re going to continue to invest for the future,

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• Genelco Delivers New Version of GIAS Insurance App

  August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

  Genelco Software Solutions, a developer of insurance applications that is owned by IBM, last month announced the general availability of version 3 of Genelco Insurance Administration Solution (GIAS), a major new release of its Java-based software. The software replaces the older OS/400-based Genelco products, such as Genelco Life +, Genelco Administration +, Genelco Claims +, and Genelco Group +. Approximately 200 insurance companies around the world still run these older products, which continue to be supported by IBM, the company says. The future for Genelco is clearly Java with GIAS, which launched in early 2009 and has been

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• RJS Adds Ease-of-Use Features to WebDocs

  August 23, 2011 Alex Woodie

  RJS Software Systems has delivered email and printing enhancements with the latest release of the IBM i version its document management system, WebDocs-iSeries Edition version 3.19. RJS dubs WebDocs an “electronic filing cabinet” that can capture, store, manage, and route all kinds of electronic documents, including IBM i spool files, invoices, work orders, faxes, reports, scanned documents, and even non-structured data like video and audio files. The software features a Web-based interface, and a server component that runs on either Windows or IBM i operating systems. With WebDocs version 3.19, the Burnsville, Minnesota-based company has improved its outbound email and

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