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Profound Logic Seeks Beta Testers for New Enterprise Portal for IBM i Apps

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:35:24 -0700

Profound Logic Software is finalizing a new enterprise portal product for IBM i and offering a beta program to get feedback on it. The portal, called Atrium, focuses on securely tying multiple applications together into...

Credit Card Tokenization: Put All Your Data Eggs in One Basket—and Watch That Basket

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:27:54 -0700

I was on a call recently with Gartner, Inc., analyst John Pescatore to learn about credit card tokenization. Pescatore, who specializes in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), encryption related to PCI DSS,...

IBM i Shops: Too Many People Have Too Much Access to Too Much Info

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:29:13 -0700

I spoke with Philip Lieberman, CEO of Lieberman Software, recently and got some information that you can use to help you help your company tighten its security belt. Programmers beware: You may be making a...

IBM Power Systems Try-Before-You-Buy Offer

Tue, 12 May 2009 13:53:37 -0700

IBM is offering a no-cost 60-day trial of the Power Systems 520 server running either IBM AIX, IBM i, or Linux. According to the IBM web page that contains the offer, here's how the program...

MPG, CCSS Create Marketing Alliance to Benefit IBM i Customers

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:50:31 -0700

Midrange Performance Group, Inc. (MPG), and CCSS USA Corp. have announced a marketing alliance to better serve the requirements of their IBM i system monitoring and capacity planning customers. CCSS develops QMessage Monitor, QSystem Monitor,...

iFusion.net Protects Yet Uses IBM i Data for Mixed App Dev

Mon, 04 May 2009 09:25:59 -0700

At COMMON Reno, LANSA rolled out one of the company's more significant new products--iFusion.net. Its overall design comes with some particularly compelling propositions for IBM i-focused companies that find themselves shouting over widening chasms of...

BCD Releases New Versions, Expands Features in its IBM i Product Line

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:16:21 -0700

Business Computer Design (BCD) is one of the vendors at COMMON Reno that announced it continues to invest in its IBM i product line. BCD made sweeping enhancements to many of the components that form...

Raz-Lee Enhances IBM i Security Solution's GUI

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:16:29 -0700

I got a chance to meet Raz-Lee Security Inc.'s husband-and-wife team of Shmuel and Milka Zailer on the expo floor during COMMON. Shmuel is the company's CEO/CTO, and Milka is its CFO/COO. Not only did...

Vendors Invest in IBM i--News from the COMMON Expo Floor

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:19:35 -0700

It's clear to me from the number of IBM i announcements coming from vendors demoing their products on the expo floor at COMMON Reno 2009 that they're making significant investments in the IBM platform. And...

Quadrant Software Announces New Release of Doc Management Solution at COMMON

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:26:00 -0700

I met with Quadrant Software's director of marketing, Daniel Kuperman, on the COMMON expo floor today and learned about FastFax, Formtastic, and IntelliChief. FastFax lets IBM i shops send out purchase orders, invoices, and other...

Newcomer to IBM i Storage Space Can Speed Up Your Backups and More

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:06:14 -0700

I visited with Ed Ahl, vice president of sales and marketing for Gresham Storage, at the COMMON expo. Ahl tells me that this is Gresham's first COMMON. The company is a long-time maker of storage...

At IBM i Conference, BOSaNOVA Announces Name Change to 10ZiG Technology

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:02:47 -0700

Here at the IBM i event of the year, COMMON, I had a chance to chat with two BOSaNOVA folks about the company's name change, announced today. The new name is 10ZiG Technology and comes...

SaaS for DR Offers Turnkey Solution for 24x7 Uptime for IBM i Shops

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:07:36 -0700

I recently chatted with Simon O'Sullivan, senior vice president of New Zealand–based Maximum Availability, and Timothy Roe, director of sales and marketing of U.S.-based Network Services Plus, Inc. (NSPI), about the companies' announcement of a...

Happenings in the i Space: Company News Roundup

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:32:00 -0700

There's a lot happening in the i market! Here's a roundup of some news coming from various companies in my beats, which include security, availability, and networking/connectivity. --Linda Harty, executive editor & security/availability/networking/connectivity editor Vision...

Reader's Choice: Hawkeye/Pathfinder

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:33:23 -0700

Lee Yarrington, a senior i5 developer as well as a Forum Pro at SystemiNetwork.com, submits this Reader's Choice nomination. Thanks, Lee! Not speaking on behalf of the company I work for, only personally as a...