Health care company improves operational efficiency by giving their RPG programs a web GUI
A prominent healthcare company based in the United States (name has been withheld for confidentiality reasons) has partnered with BCD Software, now Fresche Solutions, to give one of their RPG applications a web GUI. BCD used Presto to deliver the project within the client’s compressed two-week deadline. The modernised screens have replaced an inefficient pen-and-paper […]
Retail and PCI compliance: counting the cost of non-compliance
UK consumers love to shop online. The IMRG-Capgemini eRetail sales index predicted that by the end of 2014, eCommerce would have grown by 17% in the UK compared to 2013: from £91 billion to £107 billion. Consumers have been taking advantage of the convenience of eCommerce – and trusting their personal details to the retailer. […]
i-UG meetings 2015: the UK’s only IBM i User Group
2014 was a hugely important year for i-UG, the independent organisation which represents the IBM i community in the UK. i-UG was formed following the merger of The National i User Group (NiSUG) and The Computer Users Association (CUA) and works to raise awareness of the IBM i platform – and its many benefits. As […]
Node.js for the IBM i
Back in October, IBM announced that another open-source JavaScript language would be available on the IBM i. And it has been generating a great deal of excitement in the IBM i developer community. Node.js is an open-source server-side JavaScript runtime engine, which has, since mid-November been supported on both the IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh […]
Non-compliance: the costs are more than just financial
Although on the increase, financial penalties are only the tip of the iceberg for non-compliance in the financial sector according to a review published by Thomson Reuters. First published in 2008, ‘The rising costs of non-compliance: from the end of a career to the end of a firm’, Thomson Reuters looks at the compliance landscape […]
The enemy within: rise of the insider threat
High-profile breaches by cybercriminals and hackers such as those at JP Morgan Chase, eBay, Target and Home Depot serve as a timely reminder of the challenges organisations face externally to their business-critical data. Unfortunately, while many organisations focus their attention on protecting their ‘borders’, it is from within organisations that the greatest threats are posed. […]
How to protect Catapult emails from POODLE
IBM recently published a security bulletin about an SSLv3 vulnerability called the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (POODLE) attack. This vulnerability could give a remote attacker plaintext access to what would otherwise be an encrypted SSL session. Catapult doesn’t use SSLv3 by default but has the ability to specify the SMTP authentication protocol from […]
Trends and directions on the IBM i: survey results
During our recent seminar held in conjunction with BCD Software and Quadrant Software (now Fresche Solutions) on IBM i development, modernisation and mobilisation we held a quick survey amongst the attendees. And it provided some interesting results on the current landscape and future plans for development on the IBM i amongst a diverse range of […]
IBM i development, modernisation and mobilisation: event presentations
Last week we held a very successful event at the offices of Avnet in Bracknell looking at the latest developments, trends and products available for modernising, developing and mobilising the IBM i from BCD Software and Quadrant Software, now Fresche Solutions. The full day event featured a number of presentations by members of the Proximity […]
Five tips for securing your intellectual property
Theft of manufacturing company’s intellectual property (IP) is costing US organisations an estimated $300 billion according to the National Science Foundation. “Manufacturers should assume both malicious insider and cyber-attacks are already occurring and take appropriate”. That is the advice from Digital Guardian, who provide IP managed services in the US. Manufacturers spend more of their […]