Attachmate last month unveiled new software that lets users access IBM i- and zSeries-resident data and applications from mobile devices. Verastream Host Integrator version 7.5 brings the capability to serve 5250 and 3270 screens as HTML5 applications to tablets and smartphones running iOS, Windows 8, and Android mobile operating systems. The software is the first deliverable that’s part of Attachmate’s newly launched MobileNow initiative.

The mobile bug is now spreading faster than the flu. Companies in every industry are demanding ways to access host assets via smartphones and tablets. Attachmate, which has the second largest base of terminal emulation customers

Organizations that want to deliver mobile access to their IBM i applications now have another option from Rocket Software. Last month, the Massachusetts company unveiled LegaSuite version 7.1, which can transform 5250 screens into mobile interfaces for smartphones and tablets, using HTML5 and PhoneGap technologies. Rocket says the new LegaSuite Mobile component will deliver a modern mobile experience with the same amount of work required to create Web apps of old.

The LegaSuite product line, which Rocket obtained with its acquisition of Seagull Software in 2006, has been asked to do a lot over the last dozen years. Whether

As a retailer, you strive to get top dollar for every item. But you also realize that setting the price too high will cut into sales. Finding that happy medium can be a difficult experience, fraught with false starts, lost profits, and alienated customers. For price optimization service provider Revionics, which just signed a prominent IBM i-based multi-channel retailer to a contract, finding that perfect price involves a lot of science–and a little bit of art, too.

You’d think it would be fairly easy to set the correct price for a given item. Potato chips, for example, ship from

The JD Edwards partner ecosystem convened last week in Broomfield, Colorado, for the fourth annual JD Edwards Summit. Oracle used the gathering to launch new software for EnterpriseOne, including a new Health and Safety Incident Management module for tracking incidents, and a related reporting tool for complying with government mandates. Big Red also announced that One View, the EnterpriseOne reporting tool launched last year, will be available to customers running version 9.0, in addition to the current 9.1 release.

The new Health and Safety Incident Management application is a component of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne version 9.1, which Oracle announced last

The American consumer products division of Kawasaki is saving $3,500 per day as a result of its new electronic Kanban (eKanban) system that combines IBM i and iPad technology. The manufacturing system replaces a traditional card-based Kanban system, and was developed using the LongRange mobile development tool from LANSA, according to a new case study posted to the software company’s website.

The consumer products division of Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A. (KMM) manufacturers a range of products in its Lincoln, Nebraska, facility, including ATVs, Jet Skis, recreational utility vehicles, and wheels. The company has been a LANSA customer for

We are constantly bombarded with hype about the cloud and software as a service (SaaS) business model, but all too often, the data backing up the tall claims is slim. But according to a recent study by Panorama Consulting Solutions, the market share of cloud- and SaaS-based ERP systems grew from 6 percent in 2011 to 18 percent in 2012, which spells trouble for traditional, tier-one ERP providers.

Panorama is an ERP consulting company that does market research, training, and conferences as well. The Denver, Colorado-based company was founded in 2005, and has been putting out its annual ERP

Berjé, a New Jersey-based distributor of aromatic chemicals, has selected United Computer Group‘s online backup solution, VAULT400, to protect the data residing in its IBM i ERP and WMS systems, UCG announced last week.

Berjé is a global distributor of essential oils and aromatic chemicals to companies in the food, fragrance, and pharmaceutical industries. The company maintains more than 3,000 items in inventory in three distribution centers, located in New Jersey, Illinois, and California.

In support of Berjé’s unique business are IBM i applications from VAI, including a manufacturing-focused ERP system installed in 1997 and a WMS package

Document management software provider ACOM Solutions and Bally Technologies, a developer of slot machines and casino management systems, have partnered to provide ACOM’s automation solutions to Bally’s IBM i customer base in the gaming industry.

Bally’s ACSC is used by many of the world’s largest casinos to automate their gaming activities. The IBM i-based solution includes modules, such as Slot Management System (SMS) and Casino Management System (CMS), which are critical for tracking play and integrating with hotel and lodging systems, also running on IBM i.

As a result of the partnership, ACOM’s form and document management systems will

Speed has always been an essential element of Magic Software‘s development tools. With its metadata-driven development and runtime framework, called xpa, Magic enables customers to quickly roll out modern, multi-channel business apps that run on a variety of servers, including IBM i. Thanks to its new partnership with QualiTest, Magic customers won’t have to short cut QA in their quest for application awesomeness.

QualiTest bills itself as the second largest independent provider of application testing and quality assurance (QA) services. Its focus is not making and selling testing software, but providing testing services, which are carried out by

Quantum last week launched the DXi6800, a new deduplication appliance designed to allow customers to start small and gradually grow their investment over time.

The new DXi6800 scales from 13 TB to 156 TB of storage, which Quantum says gives the device three times the scalability of comparable products from Data Domain, the market leader in data de-duplication.

Quantum also claims that its DXi6800 line, which uses 3 TB drives that are self-encrypting, consumes half the power and data center floor space as the Data Domain boxes. For example, a DXi6802 equipped with 3 PB of storage capacity requires