Maybe your idea of bad security is leaving the front gate open at San Quentin. Although the prison guard responsible would likely get a harsh reprimand for such an error, there are iSeries and AS/400 security failures that are the equivalent of leaving the prison gate open 24/7. And if you think it doesn’t happen very often, you might want to read a white paper just released from PowerTech Group that was based on survey information collected during the past 18 months.

How bad is security on the iSeries? Let’s just say it’s not a pretty story. But it’s not

About 12 years ago, Ira Chandler wrote the industry’s first credit card transaction processing software that ran natively on OS/400. The software, which was eventually marketed and sold by ROI, was a hit, but then Chandler watched as ROI eschewed the native approach and pushed a cross-platform credit card processing application instead. Two years ago, Chandler left ROI and launched his own startup, called Curbstone, but now he’s “back in the business,” writing native OS/400 credit card software again.

When ROI acquired GO Software, in 2000, Chandler was not happy to see ROI’s credit card software, the Java

While the hostile takeover bid by Oracle continues to hang over PeopleSoft like a dark cloud, it didn’t deter the Pleasanton, California, company from going ahead and making a slew of EnterpriseOne announcements at the APICS conference last week. There are more than 250 new features in the former J.D. Edwards ERP application across four components, including CRM, Demand Flow Manufacturing, Sales and Operations Planning, and the new RFID Processor application.

EVEN FLOW

So-called “lean” manufacturers looking to roll out new products quickly, without tying up plant capacity or storage space unnecessarily, are good candidates for the new Demand Flow

GST last week debuted its first internal tape drive that works in the new “Squadron” line of Power5-based eServers from IBM. GST claims that its new line of AIT drives, which install in the new i5 and p5 servers, offer better price performance than the internal tape drives that IBM sells with those servers. Could GST be offering a better deal than IBM? Let’s take a look at the numbers to see.

While GST previously offered internal drives on the iSeries, this is the first time that the Southern California company has supported the new i5 and p5 servers