Re: webfacing and competing products

Hello Jim,

You wrote:
>I am looking for comparisons of Webfacing and competing
>products to put a "face" on existing green screen app.
>Needs to be run on smaller iSeries, with no on-site 
>technicians. Current code is rpgiii, all files are external,
>all screens are DSPF, but a lot of programs still look like S36 inside.
>Screens are very "busy". Would like to hear the good, bad & ugly.
>If preferred, send comments offline.

I am associated with a company called Arterial Software. We have a product 
called aXes which puts existing green-screen applications in a browser. We do 
not need to convert your source code so there is no double maintenance. We 
intercept the 5250 data stream and convert it to XML on the fly. The XML is 
rendered in the browser using XSLT and CSS. aXes handles DDS and UIM panels and 
the 5250 graphical extensions. aXes will also use Batch CPW if you set the 
appropriate configuration value. aXes doesn't need Webfacing or Java either and 
so requires less system resources and less complexity. You can continue to 
maintain and enhance your application using familiar tools while extending the 
application to incorporate web specific features.

You can read more about the product at our website:
         <http://www.arterialsoftware.com>
You can download a 30-day trial version of the product or try it on-line. You 
can also link to an iSeries News web-cast in which Jef Sutherland discusses 
his experiences with aXes and various alternatives. aXes is represented in the 
USA by Linoma Software <http://www.linomasoftware.com>

I know there is a lot of hype surrounding the various 're-facing' applications 
but you can install aXes in less than 20 minutes, start the aXes server and see 
your host application rendered in the browser--all without any conversion 
effort 
on your part.

Please contact Linoma Software or me if you want more information.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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