System i Hardware

Accelerated Memory Production Offers New SATA-II SSD

Accelerated Memory Production has announced its new SATA-II 2.5” solid-state drive (SSD), which supports IBM i. The flash-based disk drive delivers a smaller form factor and lower power consumption combined with greater speed capability compared to traditional drives. The drive also features SATA 3.0 support, ATA-7 compliance, Native Command Queing (NCQ) support, PIO and UDMA-6 support, and built-in ECC function. amp. 714-460-9800. ampinc.biz.

High Availability

Vision Solutions Tools Protect, Boost IBM Power Systems Performance

Vision Solutions introduced two new, no-cost offerings designed to assist Power Systems customers with their availability and system performance needs. The web-based Availability ROI Tool (ART) calculates how much money businesses can save with better IT availability. The tool uses common business data to calculate costs associated with application and system downtime and then graphically displays the ROI that an HA or DR solution can deliver to businesses of any size running IBM i or AIX. Vision Solution's new iSCORE solution performs health checks on IBM i systems and generates a portfolio of graphical reports, including a numeric summary score of the system's state of optimization. Vision's iSCORE is a no-cost, no-license utility designed to highlight opportunities to optimize system performance and disk utilization. Vision Solutions. visionsolutions.com.

Application Development

Aldon Launches New Reporting Module for Aldon Lifecycle Manager

Aldon has introduced Aldon Report Manager, an open source, web-based report management solution for Aldon Lifecycle Manager IBM i Edition to help users manage and track software development projects. Aldon Report Manager lets users view, track, understand, and manage software development data and generate reports to simplify audit compliance and project management. Through the centralized Aldon Report Manager home screen, users can select and run reports from pre-packaged templates on tasks, activities, and releases, or they can create customized queries to generate reports. Users can automatically view and track application development activities through Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers and also drill down through the nested reports to find specific detail information. Aldon. 510-839-3535. aldon.com.

High Availability

i365 Launches Offsite Replication Storage Service for Cloud-Based Protection

i365 announces the EVault Offsite Replication Service, a cloud storage service for mid-size businesses looking to protect their data from a site outage without having to build an offsite data center. EVault Offsite Replication Service provides an opportunity for customers to maintain a mirrored copy of their onsite backup data to the i365 Cloud, which is comprised of a network of Tier III and IV SAS 70 Type II certified data centers with state-of-the-art data protection infrastructure. The EVault Offsite Replication Service is also available as a managed service, which includes a team of i365 experts to manage the onsite and offsite vaults for the customer. i365. 877-901-3282. i365.com.

System i Hardware

10ZiG Offers New Dual Monitor Utility on Thin Clients

10ZiG Technology (formerly BOSaNOVA) announces the availability of a dual-monitor utility on 10ZiG thin clients. This new dual monitor utility gives IBM i customers interested in multiple monitors the ability to have one screen with a 5250 session and use another application in the other screen. Although dual monitors offer increased efficiency, users often find that they provide limited functionality. To overcome typical limitations, 10ZiG's dual monitor utility offers features that let users perform tasks unavailable in a standard dual-monitor environment, such as the ability to move windows and maximize windows across multiple displays, use smart taskbar feature to simplify management of multiple applications, easily set up preferences through use of shortcuts, and more. 10ZiG Technology. 866-865-5250. 10zig.com.

Application Development

Artech Releases GeneXus X Evolution 1 for Automatic App Development

Artech has released GeneXus X Evolution 1 (GXX EV1), the latest version of its tool for the automatic development of business applications. This new version adds support for Windows and iSeries (System i) environments and makes it possible to generate web applications through automation. GeneXus is an intelligent tool that lets companies automate the design, development, and maintenance of business applications. Improvements include more dynamic and interactive queries, fewer administrative tasks, a richer interface, and the possibility of easily developing large applications. This version includes integrated support for business process management. A profiler and debugger have also been added to make it easier to identify errors and analyze code that may be negatively affecting the application's performance. GeneXus. 312-836-9152. genexus.com.

RFID

CYBRA's MarkMagic 7 Gains New Features

CYBRA has released MarkMagic 7 Enterprise, an integrated suite bar code, forms, reports, and RFID solutions. There are three major new enhancements in MarkMagic 7 Enterprise: FormComposer Report Writing, PrintTransformer Conditional Printing with Dynamic Formatting, and OnDemand Web Document Serving. MarkMagic 7 FormComposer is a full-featured report writer with a simple-to-use interface, CYBRA says. It lets customers produce all kinds of reports containing headers and repeating detail lines, lookup fields from any number of associated files, overflow handling, calculated fields, and special functions--in minutes and without any programming. MarkMagic FormComposer is a Report Program Generator with the programming part performed under the covers by MarkMagic. No technical skills are required to produce virtually all types of sophisticated multipage forms and reports. A new add-on option, MarkMagic PrintTransformer, helps users develop sophisticated, dynamically formatted print jobs without writing a line of code. CYBRA. 914-963-6600. cybra.com.

Backup & Recovery

Kisco Releases Cloud Save/Restore Utility for IBM i

Kisco Information Systems announces the release of a new cloud-based save/restore utility for IBM i. i2S3 interfaces with Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) for storing and retrieving backups for IBM i. Amazon's S3 service is a low-cost file storage service that can be used for any kind of file storage but is well suited for backup file storage. i2S3 provides IBM i shops with a simple interface to the service to make it easy to create and save objects from the i and then easily retrieve them as needed. i2S3 includes a set of commands that mimic the IBM i save and restore commands. Instead of saving a backup set to a specific device or save file, i2S3 provides a destination predefined by the customer at the Amazon S3 site. The backup can then run without any further intervention on the system, with no need for media mounts or other operator involvement. Maintenance of the backup sets stored at Amazon S3 is also supported by i2S3. Backup sets are stored in "buckets" at Amazon S3, and a utility is provided to create new buckets from i2S3. Kisco Information Systems. 518-897-5002. kisco.com.

Security

Innovatum Announces Privileged User Management Module for Its IBM i Audit Tool

Innovatum announces that its privileged user management module is generally available and is included in the latest release (version 3) of DataThread for Audit and Workflow. Innovatum's DataThread is a database and system audit tool that dynamically monitors activity of internal or regulatory compliance significance while discarding millions of normal routine transactions. DataThread includes database activity in its privileged user management reporting, which is key to many regulations that auditors are enforcing. There is no charge for existing customers to receive this upgrade. Innovatum. 770-945-4595. innovatum.com.

Systems Management

MVP Systems Software Adds File Transfer Capabilities to Job Scheduler

MVP Systems Software has announced the availability of JAMS Release 4.8 with new file transfer capabilities that help automate and trigger tasks across an enterprise. JAMS Release 4.8 includes built-in support for all popular file transfer protocols, including FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and SCP. The File Transfer Execution Method in JAMS Release 4.8 supports the protocols with "fill-in-the-blanks" ease of use. The File Transfer Execution Method supports automatic retries and wildcards and includes complete integration with JAMS User Security. The solution also provides automatic notification for failed or stalled transfers or runaway processes, dependency support both before and after the file transfer, file event triggering for file transfers, and direct integration into a JAMS Setup for process sequencing and flow control. MVP Systems Software. 866-259-5267. jamscheduler.com.

EDI

menten GmbH Comes to North America

menten GmbH, a provider of IBM i software solutions for data integration, conversion, communication, and encryption has opened a new North American presence headquartered in Philadelphia. This new focus in the United States will help expand menten's efforts in the worldwide delivery of EDI and IBM i software solutions. The North American effort is led by Bob Rao, an executive who previously directed the efforts of one of the largest independent sales organizations dedicated to the IBM i market, as well as founding and building an IBM Premier Business Partner firm over the last 13 years. menten GmbH is an IBM Business Partner and ISV that has provided data integration solutions for the IBM i market since 1989. The company's i-effect Solution Suite supports all B2B communication tasks and can run existing business processes electronically and natively on the IBM i. menten GmbH. 215-366-5417. menten.com.