• Pat Townsend Bolsters MFT Lineup with New Encryption Options

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  New capabilities to encrypt PDF and ZIP files on IBM i servers headlines the new release of Alliance FTP Manager, a managed file transfer (MFT) solution from Patrick Townsend Security Solutions. PTSS has also consolidated its various managed file transfer (MFT) products into FTP Manager with version 5.2, providing a streamlined and unified product that covers a range of uses for its customers. Alliance FTP Manager is an IBM i product that allows users to securely distribute files to customers, partners, and other parties. Prior to the current version 5.2 release, the product’s primary attractions were its capability to

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• Linoma Fleshes Out MFT Line with Reverse Proxy Solution

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  Linoma Software bolstered its GoAnywhere line of managed file transfer (MFT) products with two product announcements last week. A new reverse proxy server called GoAnywhere Gateway will work in concert with a new release of GoAnywhere Services to ensure that sensitive files are handled securely and there are no direct paths from the Internet into a company’s internal systems, including IBM i servers. Linoma introduced its multi-function GoAnywhere product line about two-and-a-half years ago as the follow-on to its TransferAnywhere product, which debuted in 2002. The original GoAnywhere tool boasted an impressive array of features, including support for major MFT

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• Consonus Offers Online Backups for IBM i Data

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  Organizations looking for an online backup provider for their IBM i data can add another provider to their list: Consonus Technologies. The Cary, North Carolina, company, which provides application and data center hosting service, recently started to offer online backup services for IBM i with its Remote Backup Services (RBS) offering. Demand for online backup solutions is growing as organizations seek cheaper and more reliable forms of disaster recovery (DR) solutions than tape-based backups alone can offer. An ABI Research forecast says the online backup business will grow at nearly 30 percent per year through 2015, when it will

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• Raz-Lee Bolsters IBM i Security Analysis Tool

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  IBM i security software vendor Raz-Lee Security this month unveiled new capabilities in Visualizer, which it bills as a business intelligence product designed for security purposes. Raz-Lee says that, by expanding the sources of data that can be loaded into Visualizer with version 4, administrators will be better able to stay informed of potential security breeches. Visualizer has been a core component of the sprawling iSecurity suite for years. The software, which is based on Eclipse and delivered as a Java-based GUI, serves as a sort of data warehouse for collecting information collected by other iSecurity products and coming to

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• IBM Updates Guardium Database Security Software

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  IBM last week officially launched InfoSphere Guardium version 8, the first release of the database security software since it was acquired by IBM nearly a year ago. The new release adds support for new ERP applications, mainframe operating systems, and popular file systems. The Guardium software monitors database management systems in real time for signs of unauthorized or malicious activity from internal and external threats, such as malevolent employees or SQL injection attacks. Because most IT security tools look at the application or network layers, providing insight into security goings-on deep down in the database can prove elucidating for elusive

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• SaaS Vendor Gets Solid Network Links to IBM i Apps

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  An interesting software as a service (SaaS) partnership is brewing up down under. The Australian branch of U.K.-based telecom company Azzurri Communications has been chosen by advertising software developer Pegasus Systems to provide network connection and management to Pegasus IBM i-based application to ad agencies in Australia and New Zealand. According to Pegasus Systems, more than 90 percent of advertising agencies in New Zealand use its software, which provides functionality across finance, management, account service, production, and media. Uptake of the Pegasus app by ad agencies in Australia, where the company is based, is also strong, the company says. Pegasus

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• MuleSoft Updates Open Source ESB

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  MuleSoft last week unveiled Mule 3, the latest release of its free and open source enterprise service bus (ESB) framework for integrating applications. The new release of the Mule ESB brings new connectors for hooking into cloud services, new JavaScript and AJAX capabilities for grabbing data directly from Web browser-based apps, a new workflow model, and new deployment models, among other changes. Mule ESB is a freely downloadable, Java-based ESB framework designed to manage and orchestrate the flow of data across multiple applications, protocols, and transportation mechanisms. As an ESB, Mule is primarily designed for organizations that have somewhat complex

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• IBM Wants to Buy Netezza for $1.7 Billion

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Netezza, a developer of pre-configured business intelligence appliances that has become quite popular over the past several years. IBM agreed to buy all shares of the publicly traded company for $1.7 billion, or $27 per share, representing a 10 percent premium over the stock’s closing price on Friday. Over the last couple years, Netezza has generated a significant amount of mindshare (if not marketshare) in the area of business intelligence and data warehousing. Every data integration vendor seemed to want to feed data into the dedicated TwinFin appliances that Netezza packaged and sold

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• ArcSight Updates SIEM Platform

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  ArcSight, which is being acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.5 billion, last week unveiled enhancements to its security information and event management (SIEM) platform, including its Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) offering and its log management solution, called Logger. Several inter-connected products make up ArcSight’s SIEM platform, which the company claims is the most widely used SIEM solution in the world. When you consider that the company claims more than 100 banks, the government systems of over 30 nations, more than 55 U.S. Federal agencies, and more than 50 telecommunication service providers as customers, then you’re forced to conclude that ArcSight

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• Is RFID Heyday Just Around the Corner?

  September 21, 2010 Alex Woodie

  A big purchase of radio frequency identification (RFID) equipment by Wal-Mart is emblematic of growing support for the highly touted technology, according to a new RFID report from ABI Research, which tracks the adoption of RFID and related technologies in the consumer goods supply chain and elsewhere. ABI Research last week released a rosy RFID spending forecast that found spending on RFID will exceed $6 billion in 2011. Moreover, the group, which has released overly optimistic RFID spending forecasts in the past, found RFID spending will grow on average between about 22 percent and 29 percent per year

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