IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems --- IBM i digital edition, January 2009 - S1

IBM Systems M A G A Z I N E TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Story p3 Uniﬁcation Seen As Game Changer for i Winter 2009 EDITORIAL Publisher Doug Rock Executive Editor Evelyn Hoover Copy Editor Shawn Kamesch ADVERTISING/SALES Associate Publisher Mari Adamson-Bray (612) 336-9241 (mbray@msptechmedia.com) Account Executive, Northeast, Northwest and Canada Kathy Ingulsrud (612) 313-1785 (kingulsrud@msptechmedia.com) Account Executive, Midwest and Europe Darryl Rowell (612) 313-1781 (drowell@msptechmedia.com) Account Executive, Southeast, Southwest and Asia Paciﬁc Lisa Kilwein (574) 988-0011 (lkilwein@msptechmedia.com) Sales and Marketing Coordinator Katie Swanson Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM Power Systems, on bringing i to the mainstream inside and outside IBM PRODUCTION Success Stories p7 p8 p9 p 10 p 11 p 12 NGS-IQ Provides Powerful BI Capabilities for TC Industries Art Director Shari Schumacher Production Manager Jonathan Benson Project Manager Kelly Daugherty Associate Technical Producer David Waters Polaris Automates Scheduling With Help/Systems Products Norfolk Iron & Metal Uses LANSA to Modernize RPG Apps RVI Takes the Paper Out of Zwilling J.A. Henckels’ Paperwork Innovative Computing Uses X-Analysis to Remain Competitive Beneﬁts Administrator Heightens IBM i Security and Operational Efﬁciency With Bytware Solutions CIRCULATION Circulation Director Bea Jaeger Circulation Manager Linda Holm Circulation Coordinator Carin Russell Fulﬁllment Manager Rebecca Bogema © Copyright 2009 by International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. This magazine could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Also, illustrations contained herein may show prototype equipment. Your system conﬁguration may differ slightly. This magazine contains small programs that are furnished by IBM as simple examples to provide an illustration. These examples have not been thoroughly tested under all conditions. IBM, therefore, cannot guarantee or imply reliability, serviceability, or function of these programs. 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IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems --- IBM i digital edition, January 2009

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