RE: iSeries Upgrade

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Fergal,

You wrote:
> Can I ask if anyone who has an iSeries with interactive CPW is considering
> buying a Standard edition iSeries (zero CPW) and not upgrading to an
> Enterprise edition ?
> This would involve webfacing your applications etc to run them in batch.
>  If anyone has any ideas and suggestions on this possible route, I'd love
> to hear them , i.e how will they carry on application development and
> manage the system ?

There are a number of alternatives to Webfacing, however most of them require 
changes to your source which can mean at least dual maintenance of screen 
presentation if you need to run on green-screens and in a browser. The 
remainder 
require a client-side application or Java applet.

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 require 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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