Distributing Windows software never felt so easy—or worked so well—as when downloaded using AppWave from Embarcadero.

Written by Chris Smith

What if you could try an application without the expense of purchasing it or even the hassle of downloading and installing it? What if you could easily share that application with your colleagues and users through a URL while inviting them instantly to comment on the app's features, benefits, or shortcomings? What if you could do all this before you or your company committed to anything—from providing a credit card number to raising a salesperson's hopes or even giving your mailing address? Life would be better, wouldn't it?

T.L. Ashford's Barcode400 provides unparalleled resilience.

Written by Thomas M. Stockwell

What do you do when the mission-critical technology infrastructure that runs your company begins to erode beneath the daily workload? Do you scrap everything and begin anew? Or do you tough it out and pray for a miracle?

That's one of the challenges Bob Reckers faced at TOPICZ when the barcode infrastructure started to go south. But using common business sense and T.L. Ashford's resilient Barcode400 software, Reckers was able to implement an incremental reinvestment plan that could rescue TOPICZ's infrastructure while decreasing cost and increasing system performance.

Crypto Complete protects sensitive information on the IBM i (iSeries) using strong AES encryption, integrated key management, and auditing. 

Written by Linoma Software

Editor's Note: To download and try Crypto Complete at no obligation, visit the MC Software Center.

Crypto Complete allows organizations to encrypt database fields, backups, and IFS files quickly with its intuitive screens and proven technology. This innovative solution is vital for protecting confidential information and expediting compliance with PCI DSS standards, federal regulations (e.g., HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley), and state privacy laws.

Written by INPRO International

Override the computer's time based on the differential between the user's time zone and the system time zone.

Editor's Note: To download and try TimeZoNe/400 at no obligation, visit the MC Software Center.

TZN/400 V6.1.I (TimeZoNe/400 Simulation Utility) is a time zone tool that allows you to override the time based on the differential between the user's time zone and the system time zone through the year 3,000. It includes support for automatic rules-driven daylight-saving time (DST) around the world. It does this without costly LPAR support.The DDS/RPG/COBOL/ILE/Query/SQL called routines for TIME will now look to your users' time-zone offset. It takes the effort out of rewriting 9,000 modules and avoids expensive LPAR support.

HR apps help enterprises track and manage their work force. On IBM Power Systems, you have an array of choices.

Written by John Ghrist

It goes without saying that what makes enterprises function is the people who make it up. That makes managing an entity's staff a key function. Human resources (HR) applications help companies automate many of those management tasks and can be a crucial factor in maintaining a satisfied workforce.

Run Query/400 from Windows. Output directly to MS Excel, Word, and Access. Pay no license for a limited time.

Written by New Generation Software

Editor's Note: To download and try Qport Office at no obligation, visit the MC Software Center.

Qport Office is a time-saving Windows runtime interface to IBM Query/400. Qport Office enables MS Windows users to run Query/400 queries from Windows and send their output directly to Excel, Word, Access, PC printers, and their display. No need to output queries to file and then do a file transfer. Qport Office does it all in one step, without ODBC. Excel users can replace and append to existing worksheets and preserve their formatting so they spend less time copying and pasting. No query conversion or revision required. Ninety days of toll-free installation and software support are included.

Being able to create an application or service quickly has been a challenge on the System i until the advent of open-source software.

Written by Chris Smith

The user groups have been a vital segment of the IBM midrange community for many years, and there's none that I enjoy attending more than the annual OCEAN technical conference. This year, in the conference's six tracks and more than 35 sessions, developers learned a number of helpful tips for keeping their systems up to date and their internal customers happy. 

RFID pioneers are experiencing such numbers as a 14 percent increase in sales, a 30 percent reduction in labor costs, a 27 percent improvement in inventory accuracy, and ROI in three months.

Written by Sheldon R. Reich

The last time you may have considered whether Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) was right for your organization, you may have found that the costs for tags and equipment was high, implementation was long and complex, ROI was uncertain, and native software for your computing platform was unavailable or costly. If that's the case, it's time for another look because all that has changed.