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Dear [[-FullName-]],
I would like to welcome you to the first issue of Linc-in-Sync. Every alternate month, we'll present you with interesting insights about industry dynamics and their impact on a corporation's IT environment.
We hope this newsletter adds to your perspective, and helps you take better-informed decisions.
In this issue, we dwell on the IBM midrange series, and how it has altered the course of business over the years. Specifically, this issue is about the IBM iSeries 400 platform - its evolution, capabilities and future trends.
We look forward to your comments at team@lincsoftware.soft.net.
Regards, Linc-in-Sync team
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Analysis
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iSeries & Competition: Degree of Simplification
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Reducing the complexity of managing a number of different OS' on different servers, and simplifying them into a handful of manageable variables is the dream of any System Manager. Amy Anderson takes on the iSeries and its competitors, and the extent of simplification possible in each.
| From Curbstone.
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Security: A study of Windows & iSeries
Not much needs to be said about the importance of security in today's business environment. This article carries a comparison on how the iSeries and Windows platforms handle security. A must read for skeptics.
|By Mary Lou Roberts from iSeries Network.
|From E Server Computing
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Change - the only constant!
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Tryst with the Penguin
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IBM has made the iSeries run on the most robust and economic software around. The issues related with the implementation of Linux in the iSeries are variegated and requires in-depth analysis by the customer and the developer alike. Tim Morgan focuses on key issues, problems & promises.
|From Mid Range Server.
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Handling Change
Darwin's law holds good to the business world; that change in inevitable. Another natural law also holds good - that of inertia, and tendency to resist change. Tom Huntington analyses the effects of change and suggests points to manage the transition.
|From E Server Computing
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Case Study
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Merchants Insurance, headquartered in New York, offers personal and commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance through a network comprising over 680 independent insurance agents spread across the country. Their IT infrastructure runs on WINS, an AS/400-based COBOL packaged solution and GEN-A-RATE, a RS/6000-based premium calculation engine.
The Need:
Merchants Insurance noticed a significant increase in standard queries from agents concerning policies, claims and billing information. The increased traffic was eating into the productive time of employees. An automated method was required to handle the high volume of queries, without compromising on quality and accuracy.
To simplify the entire set of processes, and enable Agency Partners to conduct business with Merchants Insurance Group without hassles.
Merchants Insurance evaluated several solutions and narrowed down on Linc Software's LANSA based solution. The flexibility and versatility of LANSA as a development tool was the clincher.
The Solution:
Linc Software developed a Web-based solution with wireless access. It seamlessly integrated with Merchant Insurance's iSeries WINS Insurance solution. Developed on LANSA, the assignment demonstrated the industrial strength applications possible across environments, within short time frames. LANSA also provided web application extension to the existing AS/400 Insurance modules.
The solution included Web-based claims, Policy, Billing inquiry and Commercial lines policy quoting components. The project was designed and developed at Linc's development center in Bangalore, coordinated by the Project Manager based onsite.
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From the Director's desk
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The March of the iSeries
This article is authored by Rajan Narayanan, Promoter Director at Linc Software. He brings to bear over two decades of experience on the IBM mid-range. In this piece, he traces the evolution of the AS/400 from its origins through its many avatars to what it is today
140 runs per day!!!! Well, that's not the run rate of a cricket match, but the sales figures of iSeries (formerly AS/400) midrange servers since its inception in June 1988. That makes an impressive 750000 machines all over the world. The architecture has become the most popular one after the PC.
The system's USP is that it is "built for business"; key aspects of this machine since its launch are:
* Security (virus resistance)
* Durability (reliable for 24x7 operations)
* Manageability (low maintenance)
* Scalability (an architecture that spans a wide spectrum).
Click here to read the full article.
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Linc-in-Sync is brought to you by Linc Software Services Pvt. Ltd. © 2003.
Disclaimer: Readers may note that contents are filtered from third party sources. All Brand Names & Trademarks are acknowledged. Newsletter consultants:
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Linc in the News
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Linc Software named 'LANSA Business Partner of the Year' (for Asia Pacific, excluding Japan)
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Despite a challenging year for in the IT sector in general, LANSA Asia Pacific enjoyed a year of exceptional growth.
Recognising Linc Software's contribution to the growth, LANSA named Linc Software as LANSA Business Partner of the Year (for Asia Pacific, excluding Japan).
As a committed partner, Linc Software relied on LANSA's
* Go-to-market Strategy & Execution plan
* Sales & Technical training
* Dedicated Consulting & Marketing support.
Since inception in June 1997, the LANSA Worldwide Business Partner program has grown over 750%, creating a network of 150 LANSA Business Partners.
The privilege entitles Linc Software to receive full sponsorship for a staff member to attend the 2003 International LANSA User Conference to be held this July in Chicago.
Linc will also be presented with a recognition plaque at the 2003 Asia Pacific Business Partner Conference, which is being held at the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove, Australia in August.
About LANSA
LANSA's products provide offerings in the areas of application development, e-business solutions, technology integration and data access.
LANSA has evolved into a powerful family of products and solutions that support IBM iSeries, AS/400, Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms.
Founded in 1987, LANSA has over 6,500 installations in 67 countries with clients like Visa, GE Appliances, Hershey Foods and Shell Canada, among others.
For more info: www.lansa.com
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March 2003
Excerpt from the Smart Inc. Magazine
Partners in Progress
A strong partner is behind every successful technology implementation, and Hindustan Lever's technology partners are critical to its new supply chain project.
Linc Software Services has been working with HLL since 1995, initially through IBM, and then directly.
"Our primary role is to provide HLL with software development services in ERP (enterprise resource planning), e-business and support/helpdesk services.
In the first few years, these services were mainly ERP implementation, customisation, conversions and roll-outs," says Linc Software director Rajan Narayanan.
Click here for full article
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