• Databorough’s X-Analysis Now a WDSc Plug-In

  June 28, 2005 Alex Woodie

  OS/400 developers looking to break up their monolithic RPG and COBOL applications into more modularized components in preparation for Web enablement or migration to J2EE or .NET may want to take a look at the latest release of X-Analysis, the cornerstone of Databorough‘s suite of cross-reference and documentation tools. X-Analysis (XA) version 5.5, which was released in May, now works as a plug-in to WebSphere Development Studio client (WDSc), and includes other enhancements. XA helps programmers and non-technical business managers understand their OS/400 applications and the logic they contain, through a series of lists, graphics, flow charts, and add-on

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• eSP Delivers Finer-Grained Control of RF Devices

  June 28, 2005 Alex Woodie

  eBusiness Solution Pros last week launched a new release of Stay-Linked, its suite of terminal emulation products for connecting radio frequency (RF) devices with host systems such as the iSeries. With Stay-Linked 7.0, eSP has enhanced the GUI administrator console, provided a new API for linking Stay-Linked with host applications, and expanded support for host systems. It was only six months ago that eSP launched Stay-Linked 6.2, an update to its flagship product suite that runs on iSeries, mainframes, and Unix servers and uses a very thin component to provide terminal emulation services on barcode scanners, PDAs, and other RF-enabled

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• Oracle Gives J.D. Edwards World Shops Something to Cheer About

  June 21, 2005 Alex Woodie

  Eager to prove it’s doing right by its recently acquired user base, Oracle unveiled its first update to the J.D. Edwards product lines at a user conference in Texas last week. In World A7.3 Service Pack 16, users will find enhancements to help with Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, as well as new self-service features aimed at making the customer experience “more intimate.” You could also say that Oracle was trying to be more intimate with its customers, and more forthcoming about World’s future. Since it completed its 18-month hostile acquisition of rival PeopleSoft at the end of 2004, Oracle has faced

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• Stonesoft Clamps Down on Evolving Security Threats with Firewall

  June 21, 2005 Alex Woodie

  It can be tedious and time consuming for administrators to constantly monitor network activity logs to determine if an attack is happening or a worm is having its way with a WAN. With this in mind, Stonesoft last week launched a new release of its StoneGate Security suite that make it easier for administrators to spot sudden changes in activity. It is also including new autonomics in its firewall that tighten filtering in response to network events. The Linux-based StoneGate Suite encompasses a three-tiered security architecture that includes a central server component, called the StoneGate Management Center, which provides a

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• Linoma’s Transfer Anywhere Tool Does Greenscreen, Too

  June 21, 2005 Alex Woodie

  While a GUI may be a requirement for new software purchases in many IT sectors, in the iSeries world, users often prefer a 5250 screen, because it allows them to accomplish some tasks faster. To address the concerns of these hardcore greenscreen devotees, Linoma Software last week announced it has included more greenscreen commands with Transfer Anywhere version 1.6, a new release of its multiplatform data transfer utility. Transfer Anywhere is a flexible Java program that converts, compresses, encrypts, and distributes files among OS/400, Windows, Linux, and Macintosh clients. As a database replication tool, Transfer Anywhere can pump records among

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• LaserVault Boosts Compliance Efforts with New Audit Log

  June 21, 2005 Alex Woodie

  Finding out exactly who logged onto the file server and when they downloaded a confidential report is a piece of cake with the new audit log that Electronic Storage Corp.‘s (ESC) added to its LaserVault Reports software this month. The new capability allows administrators to run queries against the log to check for specific activities, such as logging onto the LaserVault server or printing a report, and should help companies with their compliance efforts, ESC says. LaserVault Reports is a Windows-based application that archives and indexes spool files and other reports as they are generated from host systems, which

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• GST Speeds Backups with New Virtual Tape Library

  June 14, 2005 Alex Woodie

  GST entered the booming market for virtual tape libraries last week when it launched its new line of disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) appliances. Dubbed the VirtualDR line, this device combines an array of inexpensive disk with a high-performance tape autoloader, and is aimed at small to medium size businesses that need to backup between 2TB to 130TB of data residing across OS/400, Unix, Linux, and Windows servers. Evidence suggests that IT shops are embracing virtual tape libraries, D2D2T appliances, and the concept of hierarchical storage management (HSM) to satisfy their need for faster backups, quicker recoveries, and reliable archiving. Because even the

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• Base One Update Brings Grids of Clusters

  June 14, 2005 Alex Woodie

  Base One International, a maker of grid development tools, recently introduced a new data transfer capability that lets organizations build grids of clustered applications. The data facility, called High Performance Information Sharing, enables users to move data among the DB2/400, DB2, Oracle, Sybase, and SQL Server databases, which function as the control points in Base One’s grid architecture. Base One is a New York City software company that has been writing tools that help developers build grid applications since the mid 1990s. Its grid development tools, called Base/1 Foundation Classes, integrate with Microsoft Visual Studio, and enables organizations to

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• Oracle Supports Fusion Components with J.D. Edwards, iSeries

  June 14, 2005 Alex Woodie

  New identity management and financial applications unveiled recently by Oracle will work with the iSeries, DB2/400, and J.D. Edwards software, the software giant confirmed last week. World and EnterpriseOne shops will be able to utilize Oracle’s Identity Management and Financial Consolidation Hub applications, which are two pieces of the company’s Fusion project to provide a common middleware layer for the various ERP applications the company has acquired. While Oracle has been less than crystal clear about its long-term plans to support the iSeries and DB2/400 since it obtained the J.D. Edwards assets with its January acquisition of PeopleSoft, the software

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• Now Solutions Brings HR App to DB2

  June 14, 2005 Alex Woodie

  Companies can now run the database portion of Now Solutions human resources and payroll software on IBM DB2, including DB2/400, the company announced last week. Now Solutions’ emPath software provides an array of capabilities for tracking employee hours and benefits, and now supports all major database platforms on all major server operating systems. Based in Forth Worth, Texas, Now Solutions has been developing human resources and payroll software since 1972, when a company named Argonaut released its first HR and payroll package. This package was modified for client-server computing in 1994 by Ross Systems, which acquired the Argonaut package in

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