Database

Resolution Software Offers System i Modernization Tool

Resolution Software releases Xcase, a free database modernization diagnostic tool for DB2 on IBM i. By using Xcase, companies that want to modernize their databases from DDS to SQL DDL can perform a basic impact analysis against their own databases in minutes. The utility analyzes a database's potential for modernization based on the IBM-recommended process that upgrades the database structure without affecting existing applications. Xcase automatically validates data and supports incremental modernization. Resolution Software. 800-283-8957. www.xcaseforsystemi.com.

Networking/Connectivity

BlueZone Software Updates Terminal Emulation Product

BlueZone Software releases version 5.0 of its flagship BlueZone terminal emulation product, a replacement for desktop-based terminal emulators. Among the key new features is System i data and file transfer through the IBM Licensed Internal Programming Interface (LIPI), which includes the upload and download of data files, format conversions, character conversion, multiple language support, and more. Another new feature is single sign-on and password management through BlueZone.PasswordVault, which lets users manage their mainframe and System i passwords and store them in an encrypted security vault. BlueZone.PasswordVault automatically recognizes login screens and uses the stored user ID and password to automate the login. Other new features have been added as well. Demos and free trials are available on BlueZone's website. BlueZone Software. 404-364-4200. bluezonesoftware.com.

Application Development

Profound Logic Unveils Genie Administrator

Profound Logic Software announces the release of Genie Administrator — a new administrator interface for its on-the-fly green-screen modernization solution, Genie. Genie Administrator provides users with an intuitive, graphical interface for configuring and maintaining the settings of all Genie web-enabled System i and Power Systems applications. Genie Administrator resides entirely on the IBM i, and its interface is fully accessible via any major browser. The product also provides users a central location for working with the tool's feature. The Genie Administrator is available for trial with the current release of Genie at Profound Logic's website. Profound Logic Software, Inc. 877-224-7768. profoundlogic.com.

Security

Bytware Releases Antivirus Product with Support for Domino

Bytware, Inc., adds support for Lotus Domino to StandGuard Anti-Virus 6.0, the latest release of its virus-detection and cleaning solution powered by McAfee. StandGuard Anti-Virus offers native scanning of mail on the System i. This new add-on feature gives users the ability to manage, scan, and clean Domino mail and databases residing on IBM servers. Bytware also announced the availability of Lotus Domino support in Japanese with its Tokyo-based partner, Solpac. The Japanese-language interface is available now, and multilingual development will continue, with a German-language interface planned for a future release. The Domino support is an optional add-on feature of the base StandGuard Anti-Virus solution for System i, Bytware's native antivirus solution designed to scan IFS directories for malicious code and perform advanced cleaning and notification procedures on System i servers. Bytware, Inc. 775-851-2900. bytware.com.

Querying & Reporting

New DRV Technologies Product Reformats Spooled File Reports

DRV Technologies releases ReportFlex, a report reformatter that works without programming. With ReportFlex, a business can move lines or fields, replace a field, perform calculations on data, remove unnecessary data, add data, insert page breaks, and repeat values. Plus, ReportFlex can convert reports into formats such as Microsoft Excel and PDF. DRV Technologies, Inc. 678-417-1521. drvtech.com.

Application Development

SCM Update Promotes Speedy Development

The latest release of Subversion, an open-source software configuration management (SCM) solution, features merge tracking and a sparse-checkouts feature. Subversion 1.5, which is backed by the CollabNet online community, runs on and supports i5/OS. Other new features in Subversion 1.5 include interactive conflict resolution, change list support, relative URLs and peg revisions in svn:externals, Cyrus SASL support for ra_svn and svnserve, improved support (via sharing) for large deployments on FSFS, upgraded (via immutable file isolation) FSFS cotimizability, WebDAV transparent write-through proxy, improvements to "copy" and "move," speed and cancellation response enrichments, easier-to-try experimental ra_serf DAV access module, API modernizations, language bindings work, and more than 150 new bug fixes and enhancements. Subversion 1.5. 733-351-1729. subversion.tigris.org.

Application Software

Agilysys Simplifies Hotel, Casino Data Management

Agilysys debuts the latest version of its Lodging Management System (LMS), a hotel and casino data management suite for companies in the hospitality industry. LMS automates operations, including credit card processing, accounting, and housekeeping. Optional modules include activities scheduling, attraction ticketing, itinerary planning, online reservations, and remote check-in/check-out. Notably, V8.0 enables businesses to customize packages by selecting various components. Also, a new GUI allows users to toggle between green screen and GUI, and includes command line access, buffering capabilities, and the ability to type ahead and view reports on screen.In addition, Agilysys will be introducing the new LMS Guest Hub in conjunction with LMS v8.0, a centralized repository for guest profiles, including history, itineraries, interests, and preferences.

Agilysys also unveils Hospitality Analytics 2.0, a business intelligence solution available as a Software-as-a-Service model that consolidates data across disparate systems and multiple locations into a single integrated source. Consolidating the information will help businesses with reporting, auditing, and predictive analysis. Agilysys. 800-401-8901. agilysys.com.

Service & Support

VAI, 360 Merge to Offer Food Distribution Software

Vormittag Associates, Inc. (VAI), announces a partnership with 360 Vertical Solutions to expand VAI's S2K Enterprise for Food Distribution software suite with added consultation and support. VAI's S2K Enterprise for Food Distribution is an enterprise resource planning and distribution software solution that offers companies one comprehensive system for customer service, inventory, manufacturing, route accounting, finance, and warehouse logistics management. 360 Vertical Solutions provides on-site consultation, product demonstration, installation, training, and data migration assistance to help businesses select and implement new technology solutions. By working together, the two companies will offer customers a more comprehensive solution. 360 Vertical Solutions. 888-796-7596. 360verticalsolutions.com.

Systems Management

CCSS Offers MQSeries Monitoring

CCSS announces MQSeries Monitoring, an additional module that has been added to QSystem Monitor V12 in release 9, the latest version of CCSS's system performance monitoring and reporting solution for System i. QSystem Monitor is a graphical, networked, realtime performance management tool that enables managers to centrally monitor and manage critical areas of performance. The solution also provides historical summaries, disk analysis reports, and user-based performance statistics. MQSeries is a system for messaging across multiple platforms, including Linux, System i, and Unix. The new monitoring functionality in V12R9 targets four key components of MQSeries: MQ Queue Managers, MQ Listeners, MQ Channels, and MQ Queues. Development managers can target each of these components with a series of dedicated monitors. CCSS, Ltd. 919-256-8266. www.ccssltd.com.

Backup & Recovery

Shield Offers Disaster Recovery for LPARs

Shield Advanced Solutions ships Receiver Apply Program (RAP) 3.1. RAP provides a disaster recovery, availability, and data replication solution for System i environments using logical partitions (LPARs). RAP/400 runs on i5/OS V5R4 or later and provides users with automatically applied journal entries from a remote journal receiver. The update offers several new features, including built-in automatic email notification and full iASP support. A new audit feature extracts the Jabber IDs on the source system and compares them with the target system. The update also offers automated journal management on the target system, and with the new version, users can choose to have the system's roles change automatically. Shield Advanced Solutions, Ltd. 519-940-1192. www.shield.on.ca.

Database

AMB Offering Supports IBM's ETL Tools

AMB Dataminers, which develops and markets data profiling and cleansing products, announces that its InfoPublish data quality tool supports IBM's DataStage and Information Server extract/transformation/load (ETL) tools. InfoPublish customers can load DB2/400, DB2 UDB, and DB2 z/OS files directly into the ETL offerings for extra data cleansing. The data profiling is conducted on the System i server as opposed to a Windows or Unix machine. With the AMB software, users can modify System i OS column headings to fit the DataStage naming requirements, thus avoiding potential conflicts in naming conventions. AMB Dataminers. 847-471-1901. predictivedatamanagement.com.

Database

Embarcadero Unveils Tool for High-Performance SQL Profiling and Tuning

Embarcadero Technologies releases DB Optimizer, a new tool that lets developers and database administrators maximize database performance by detecting and reconciling SQL coding issues. The cross-platform DB Optimizer, which supports IBM DB2, offers quick discovery, diagnosis, and optimization of poor-performing SQL, eliminating performance bottlenecks and improving the operation of production databases and applications. DB Optimizer is an SQL profiling and tuning IDE. By focusing in on specific SQL statements through query statistics, it can optimize any problematic reports. Embarcadero Technologies. 415-834-3131. info@embarcadero.com.

Printers & Printing

Quadrant Improves Spooled File Processing in Printing Solution

Quadrant Software unveils version 5.4.2 of Formtastic, its electronic forms, barcode labels, and MICR check-printing solution. Formtastic lets System i users design and populate documents, checks, and labels using data from their business application, all without leaving their desktop. In addition to running the new version on V6R1, users can configure Formtastic to process a specific spooled file in an output queue to better control which spooled file merges with a given form. The Image Capture feature supports low-resolution images such as digital signatures, and the screen showing error status/warning has been improved to include more detailed information about errors encountered when processing jobs, including error/warning type, status, file name, location, and recovery steps. Lastly, the update enables users to set up automerges for multiple output queues by using the *FORMTYP parameter. Quadrant Software. 508-594-2700. quadrantsoftware.com.

EDI

EXTOL Solution Earns SAP Certified Integration Status

EXTOL International's Enterprise Adapter Version 1.1 product interface has been granted "Certified for SAP NetWeaver" status, indicating that the solution properly integrates with the SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) application Release 5.0 via the EDI subsystems 4.0 interface. The EXTOL product runs on the System i platform. Users of the new modules can rapidly establish collaborations between external customers or suppliers, applications from vendors other than SAP, internal business processes, and SAP NetWeaver to exchange critical data. The EXTOL Enterprise Adapter is supported both by EXTOL Business Integrator, a portable, general-purpose integration broker, and by EXTOL EDI Integrator, an EDI integration application optimized for the IBM i platform. These solutions let customers automate multi-enterprise business processes, including order-to-cash procedures, supply chain visibility, demand-driven replenishment, and partner-proprietary collaborations. EXTOL International. 413-442-7718. extol.com.