High Availability

Vision Solutions Software plus IBM Hardware equals Turnkey HA/DR Solutions

Vision Solutions, Inc. announces Vision PowerPacks, new offerings combining Vision Solutions software with IBM technologies. By combining complementary hardware and software technologies, these PowerPacks provide customers with turnkey HA, DR, and migration solutions. PowerPack for IBM i Resilience helps companies fulfill their commitments to customers and maximize business performance by keeping systems protected and available. PowerPack for POWER6 Migration virtually eliminates the downtime traditionally associated with system upgrades and migrations. PowerPack for AIX Resilience lets companies implement a DR solution with true Continuous Data Protection (CDP) that keeps systems available. Vision Solutions. Inc. visionsolutions.com.

RPG

vLegaci Releases Codelyzer RPG Comprehension Tool, Extends Beta Program

vLegaci has released Codelyzer, an RPG source exploration and program comprehension tool. The application lets developers who aren't experienced with large and complex programs support them more quickly and reliably. Codelyzer improves a programmer's ability to understand the structure of complex programs, find statements within a program that relate to planned changes, analyze potential impacts of these changes, and ensure that no surprises occur once the changes are made. Two new features, RPG code complexity measurement and trace execution analysis, provide developers and programmers with additional tools for program maintenance. vLegaci. 925-639-2879. vLegaci.com.

Security

Raz-Lee Security Releases Compliance-Check Module for Security Tool Suite

Raz-Lee Security Inc. announces Compliance Evaluator, a solution that lets managers check the compliance of their systems with industry and corporate policies based on customizable reports. Compliance Evaluator is part of Raz-Lee's iSecurity suite of System i Security solutions and provides managers with at-a-glance, company-wide information covering up to 99 System i LPARs. It provides one-page reports featuring an overall compliance score, as well as specific ratings for any security-related component of the System i, such as system values, network attributes, and user profiles. Raz-Lee Security Inc. 888-719-5334. razlee.com.

High Availability

Shield Advanced Solutions Announces RAP 4.1

Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd. releases version 4.1 of Receiver Apply Program (RAP), an HA solution for IBM i. Improvements include automated object replication, job queue content replication, active job snapshots, enhanced auditing, improved menus and status displays, roll-up of all previous PTFs, and install library support for the LICPGM (can be installed in user-defined library). With processor-based pricing, RAP starts at $3,500. Annual maintenance agreements are available to help customers stay up-to-date with product enhancements. A free 30-day trial is available for download. Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd. 519-940-1192. shield.on.ca.

Systems Management

Help/Systems Extends Job Scheduling Across UNIX, Linux, IBM i

Help/Systems has released Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise, enterprise job scheduling software that extends the power of Robot/SCHEDULE, job scheduling and batch job management software for IBM i, to UNIX and Linux servers. Robot/SCHEDULE Enterprise lets users automate job scheduling and event monitoring on their UNIX and Linux servers. Users control these activities from their PC using the Robot/SCHEDULE Explorer, Job Completion History, Schedule Activity Monitor, Job Schedule List, and more. Users can monitor UNIX and Linux servers for events such as the creation, deletion, or modification of a file or directory; whether a file is growing; when processes start or end; or even create their own manual events. Help/Systems. 952-933-0609. helpsystems.com.

Backup & Recovery

Vision Solutions Introduces New Data Recovery Solution

Vision Solutions, Inc. announces RecoverNow, a data recovery and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solution. Vision says that RecoverNow offers faster, more reliable, and more complete recovery than from backup tapes alone. The product also lets customers recover just one or many files, objects, or libraries and offers CDP "rewind" capabilities to recover damaged or deleted data at any point in time. Vision Solutions, Inc. visionsolutions.com.

Application Software

Aldon Releases New Features in Help Desk Management Software for IBM i

Aldon has released Aldon Community Manager 9, the latest version of its comprehensive service desk management solution used for improving an organization's response to business, technical, and operational issues. Equipped with new and enhanced features that include an integrated ITIL v3-compatible service catalog, increased approval workflow mechanisms, and additional reporting functions like drill-down reporting analytics, Aldon Community Manager 9 helps IT organizations get and stay compliant. A major addition to Aldon Community Manager 9 is the ITIL v3 integrated service catalog, where users will have a "one-stop-shop" for service request management. Aldon. 510-839-3535. aldon.com.

Systems Management

S4i Rolls Out Subscriptions for Disk Management Solutions Supporting IBM i

S4i Systems is offering a new subscription model for its disk management solutions supporting IBM i technology. The subscription model will let S4i customers use DASD-Plus, DASD-Plus Alert (formerly known as disk/HUNTER) and DASD-Plus Chart for as long as they need, for as little as $350 a month. The solutions provide disk diagnostics, analytics, reporting, management, and unused space optimization. S4i Systems, Inc. 800-231-5280. s4isystems.com.

Web Development

Jennifersoft Launches Web Performance Monitoring App in U.S.

Jennifersoft, a Korean-based developer of software tools for monitoring web performance, has announced the launch of its flagship product, JENNIFER. JENNIFER is a next generation, real-time application performance management (APM) solution that lets the IT team responsible for web performance quickly identify "failed transactions," "delayed transaction time," and "intermittent service failure." The product is based on JAVA EE web application server technology and supports all major hardware platforms. JENNIFER provides performance monitoring, performance troubleshooting, and load controlling. It features a comprehensive Dashboard that shows relevant monitoring data and various tools such as "x-view" and "problem determination." Jennifersoft. 408-946-5508. jennifersoft.com.

Data Access & File Transfer

nuBridges Upgrades B2B File Transfer Product

nuBridges announces version 3.5 of the Commerce Suite module of its nuBridges Exchange secure file transfer product line. The new version extends cross-platform operating system and database support and enhances encryption key management and AS2 protocol support. Enterprises can install nuBridges on their own servers to establish an e-business hub to handle document mail boxing, delivery, trading partner management, security, authentication, and non-repudiation to prove the integrity and origin of the data being exchanged. nuBridges Exchange Commerce Suite can also be used by an individual "spoke" that needs to connect to any EDI hub--for example, a supplier that needs to connect to Wal-Mart's in-house EDI hub. The product also includes enhancements to key management, such as auto notification of partner key expiration and support for AS2 file name preservation. nuBridges, Inc. 770-730-3600. nubridges.com.

Document Management

SWING Software Ships New Version of Document Management Application for Lotus Domino

SWING Software has announced that it's shipping SWING DocPublisher 4.5, Lotus Domino-based application for managing company manuals (policies and procedures, IT manuals, instructions, training materials, and other documentation). The new release helps companies improve compliance with regulations and standards. The company also is offering a no-cost SWING DocPublisher Express Edition license. SWING Software. swingsoftware.com.

Querying & Reporting

Kisco Adds Fax Capability to WebReport/400

Kisco Information Systems has announced the availability of Release 10 of WebReport/400, an e-business utility that converts System i reports to PDF, Excel, or formatted text and distributes them in email or as Internet/intranet content. Reports can be processed manually, set up to be handled automatically using monitored output queues, or embedded into existing applications. With this release, WebReport/400 also can be used to send System i spool files by fax using the Internet fax service MetroFax. Additional new features include improved activity logging with an activity database for more comprehensive reporting, improved application security with the differentiation of software users and software administrators, optional support for sending processing to run in batch, support improvements for color AFP overlays, improved report splitting for PDF conversions that use AFP overlays. Kisco Information Systems. 518-897-5002. kisco.com.

Backup & Recovery

Data Domain Delivers Deduplication Storage for IBM i

Data Domain, Inc. announces the ability to provide new levels of storage efficiency for IBM i users. Data Domain has partnered with i system backup software specialist LaserVault to bring the cost and management benefits of data deduplication to midrange computing environments. All Data Domain systems are qualified with LaserVault Backup and integrate into i system environments without requiring changes to the data center or distributed office. Data Domain deduplication storage systems are designed for flexibility, letting customers expand use of their systems across a variety of open system and mainframe workloads for backup, archive, and tape-free disaster recovery. Data Domain, Inc. 408-980-4800. datadomain.com.

Database

Information Builders Teams with IBM to Expand DB Support for Web Query

Information Builders has announced an agreement with IBM to expand the capabilities of IBM's DB2 Web Query for i business intelligence solution, based on Information Builders' WebFOCUS platform. The accord calls for a new DB2 Web Query Database Adapter feature to help DB2 Web Query extend its reach by providing report access to data sources other than DB2 for i. The new offering will enhance reporting functionality and increase ease of use while minimizing installation, support and management, and overhead for users. Information Builders designed the adapter to provide seamless connectivity to relational databases other than DB2 for i, thus letting DB2 Web Query reports include data from either a specific remote database or multiple remote instances of that database type. The initial adapter provides access to Microsoft SQL Server. The company will offer other relational database types in the future for IBM i customers. Information Builders. 212-736-4433. informationbuilders.com.

High Availability

UCG and Maximum Availability Offer Tailored DR Capabilities

United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG) and Maximum Availability Limited announce an agreement enabling UCG to incorporate Maximum Availability's *noMAX replication software technology as part of UCG's tiered recovery offering to clients who use Vault400, UCG's data vaulting solution. This agreement enables UCG to provide a fully managed "hot backup" high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) solution utilizing the *noMAX suite alongside Vault400. Customers who need to satisfy a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of one hour or less can deploy *noMAX realtime replication, whereas those who are content with a 12- or 24-hour RTO can use Vault400's shared or dedicated hardware RTO offerings. In both cases, data is replicated directly to highly secured and fully managed data centers. United Computer Group, Inc.440-717-7655. ucgrp.com.

Application Development

Magazine Recognizes LANSA's Foodservice Efforts

For the fifth year, Food Logistics magazine has recognized LANSA as one of the top 100 technology and service providers who help grocery and foodservice distributors and manufacturers reach their business objectives. LANSA provides application development, modernization, and integration software. The 18-category Food Logistics list provides information on solutions technology vendors offer to help food companies gain a competitive advantage while reducing costs, increasing productivity, and streamlining complex supply chains. The editorial staff compiled the final rankings from more than 140 submissions from end users and solution providers. LANSA. 630-874-7000. lansa.com.