Buyer's Guide

Case Study: Positioning for Growth with Barcode400

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:00:05 +0100

ILPEA Industries chooses T.L. Ashford's Barcode400 for its strategic advantage. Written by Thomas M. Stockwell In 2001, Holm Industries, based in Scottsburg, Indiana, had become the largest manufacturer of refrigeration gaskets in North America. Over the previous 10 years, the company had consolidated its market share through a series of facility acquisitions in Minnesota, Alabama, and Mexico....

Product Review: *noMAX Architecture Fully Leverages IBM System i Remote Journaling Technology

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:05 +0100

The *noMAX HA/DR solution from Maximum Availability ensures unmatched data integrity and optimal recovery time for the IBM System i. Written by Michael Stuhlreyer In today's highly competitive global marketplace, it is a business imperative to ensure the continuity of critical business operations and to protect a company's information assets. This makes business continuity an essential objective for companies of all sizes. Businesses must satisfy themselves that they have a comprehensive high a...

Product Review: WebSmart PHP Opens the System i to PHP Development

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Features such as intelligent templates, database integration, a visual HTML design tool, and PHP functions make WebSmart PHP a true RAD tool.

Product Review: Vision replicate1

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Vision replicate1 simplifies the real-time or scheduled sharing of data, including in complex, heterogeneous IT environments. Over the years, many, if not most, organizations have become saddled with at least a few information silos and incompatible applications. The reasons for this are varied. Rightly or wrongly, the organization decided to buy best-of-breed applications, regardless of the platforms they ran on. Renegade user departments bought their own applications without the over...

Product Review: Vision Solutions' Data Manager

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Data Manager reduces storage costs and improves application and infrastructure software performance by archiving obsolete data. Data Manager, from Vision Solutions, is a sophisticated archiving tool that can help companies tame their increasingly unruly, mammoth databases. The issue that Data Manager addresses arises because databases tend to grow relentlessly as companies both expand the types of information they store and, more importantly, continue to record transactions and other rec...

Case Study: Hot Doughnuts en Masse Require 100 Percent System i Reliability at Iconic Krispy Kreme

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

When the company grew to the point that all its operations depended upon a complex set of computer processes, avoiding interruption in the finely tuned manufacturing and distribution operation became a challenge.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has an aggressive inventory control process that involves replacing products that are just a few hours old. If any of its computing processes fail, the delivery of fresh inventory could be disrupted.

Product Review: Vision Solutions' iTera Director

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

iTera Director makes short work of System i optimization by automating tasks and enhancing visibility
into system processes and resources.

Product Review: Vision Solutions' iTera

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

iTera Director makes short work of System i optimization by automating tasks and enhancing visibility into system processes and resources.

Product Review: ADVANCED BusinessLink's Strategi SOA

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Strategi SOA brings RPG and other System i languages into the service-oriented world, lifting the "legacy" label of their shoulders.

Case Study: ADVANCED BusinessLink's Strategi webSTYLE

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

ADVANCED BusinessLink's Strategi webSTYLE helps Getty Petroleum Marketing (Getty) to modernize and derive additional value from its legacy applications.

Product Review: ADVANCED BusinessLink's Strategi mobileACCESS

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Strategi mobileACCESS easily turns most mobile devices into practical 5250 application clients.

Product Review: WebSmart PHP Beta Opens the System i to PHP Development

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Features such as intelligent templates, database integration, a visual HTML design tool, and PHP functions make WebSmart PHP a true RAD tool.

Product Review: Customers Set the Rules with Latest Version of *noMAX

Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Maximum Availability increases customer control and customizability with its enhanced *noMAX HA/DR product

Product Review: Customers Set the Rules with Latest Version of *noMAX

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Maximum Availability increases customer control and customizability with its enhanced *noMAX HA/DR product.

Case Study: Help/Systems' Robot Solutions

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Campbell Hausfeld goes "lights out" with Help/Systems automated operations.

Product Review: BOSaNOVA Q3

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The BOSaNOVA Q3 storage encryption appliance eliminates the critical security problems typically associated with backup tapes.

Product Review: Bytware's StandGuard Network Security 3.1 with GUI

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Bytware adds a powerful, full-featured GUI to its StandGuard Network Security object-based security solution for System i.

Product Review: Vision's iTera High-Availability Managed Services

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Vision Solutions delivers the high-availability expertise, monitoring, and management that allow customers to focus on their core competencies.

Product Review: BCD's WebSmart

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Maximize iSeries Web development productivity with WebSmart's collaboration features.

Product Review: IntelliChief from Quadrant Software

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

IntelliChief makes paperless seem effortless.

Product Review: Policy Compliance by Bsafe

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Even when not required by regulations to set up specific safeguards, a company should formulate a policy of data access and implement it.

Case Study: iTera High Availability

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

ABC Fine Wine& Spirits realizes top-shelf resiliency, near-zero latency, and a comfortable price point.

Product Review: Vision Solution’s iTera HA Edition V5

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

An early product of the Vision Solutions and iTera merger, iTera HA Edition V5, is about to enter beta testing.

Product Review: MAX400 from Fax*Star

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

MAX400 liberates previously constrained System i interactive capacity.

Product Review: BOStablet Portable Thin Client

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

BOSaNOVA's wireless tablets provide mobility, flexibility, and speed.

Product Review: BCD's License-Free Nexus Portal

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Modernize and organize your iSeries business with Nexus Portal.

Case Study: S4i Express

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

With S4i forms automation, foodservice vendor delivers top-shelf service.

Case Study: DRV Technologies' SpoolFlex

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

DRV Technologies' SpoolFlex helps Eljer deliver spooled information to users quickly, easily, and in a more practical and convenient format.

Product Review: Bytware's StandGuard Network Security 3.0

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Bytware’s StandGuard Network Security 3.0 safeguards all relevant i5/OS and OS/400 exit points using an object security model.

Case Study: Echo2 High Availability

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Reliable high availability cuts downtime losses for Gulf Coast business in wake of Hurricane Rita.

Case Study: Califon Systems' Security Module for iSeries

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Tire Kingdom uses Califon Systems' network security to achieve a high level of iSeries exit point security based on object-level principals, with minimal administrative workload.

Case Study: Bytware's MessengerPlus

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Automated monitoring keeps one New Mexico city on track.

Case Study: iTera Continuous Availability for Healthcare

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Solutions and services from iTera dramatically increase uptime for hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Product Review: ACOM's EZContentManager

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

ACOM's EZContentManager makes the full spectrum of enterprise information content easily findable and accessible.

Case Study: Quadrant's IntelliChief PPM at Shemin Nurseries

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

One company's priority to maintain customer satisfaction meant eliminating manual document handling processes.

Product Review: Maximum Availability's *noMAX

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

*noMAX high availability and DR suite offers affordable, scalable data protection for the System i.

Product Review: ARTech's GeneXus

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

GeneXus allows organizations to rapidly develop mission-critical applications, without adding any runtime costs.

Product Review: BOSaNOVA Mobile

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

BOSaNOVA Mobile leverages the value of mobile devices through easy connections to iSeries data and applications.

Product Review: BCD's WebSmart

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Improve development productivity and produce quality Web-based business applications.

Product Review: The BOSaNOVA Rabbit Thin Client

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

BOSaNOVA delivers a smaller, faster, cooler thin client.

Product Review: iTera's Echo2 HA Edition 4.2

Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Echo2 HA Edition 4.2 makes HA an affordable and accessible data protection/recovery optioneven for small shops.

Case Study: Bytware

Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

CGI Group, Inc. integrates the full complement of Bytware products for the iSeries.

Product Review: PowerTech ComplianceMonitor

Tue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

ComplianceMonitor enables any company to easily manage security policy compliance.

Product Review: BOSaNOVA Launcher/400

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

BOSaNOVA Launcher/400 seamlessly integrates iSeries with Windows PC and server environments.

Case Study: Linoma Software's Surveyor/400

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Victaulic, an industry leader in pipe joining systems, makes short work of ad hoc queries with Linoma Software's Surveyor/400.

Case Study: High Availability and System Migrations

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A major carpeting manufacturer realizes unexpected benefits from its DR strategy

Case Study: Quadrant Software's Paperless Process Management (PPM)

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Metal Technology Solutions saves time and money and eliminates preprinted forms by combining PPM with Infor XA ERP.

Case Study: Quadrant Software's Formtastic

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Peruvian Connection combines CommercialWare and Formtastic for maximum ROI.

Product Review: BOSaNOVA e-Twin@x Controller

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The BOSaNOVA e-Twin@x Controller uses TCP/IP to provide simple, inexpensive Twinax connectivity either locally or remotely.

Case Study: OCBC Banks on Lakeview Technology for Continuous Operations

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Major Malaysian bank reaps the benefits of world-class high availability.