Midrange specialist Symtrax has released a new version of StarQuery Suite, its set of Excel-integrated BI tools for managing databases, queries, reports and access rights. StarQuery (pictured above) extracts data from i-based ERP applications directly into Excel and there is also an extension for dealing with the quirks of Oracle’s JDE World For admins, StarQuery…

The whole of the UK’s IBM i community has been invited to join staff at LANSA on this year’s Palace- to-Palace charity bike ride. A flagship annual fixture to raise funds for The Princes Trust, the event features 4,000 cyclists riding 45 miles from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle. It takes place on Sunday, October…

It’s official: Britain’s two IBM i user groups, NiSUG and the IBM CUA have merged and are now i-UG. NiSUG chairman Mike Ryan and CUA/Common UK chairman Pat Flannery made the announcement yesterday at a packed International i-Power conference in Windsor. NiSUG held its flagship event this year in close conjunction with Common Europe, the…

A new organisation for British users of Infor’s LX ERP software will hold its inaugural meeting at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on July 9. LX started out as SSA’s BPCS, an original mainstay of IBM’s midrange server market. The new Infor LX User Group has been put together by Proximity Enterprise Solutions, a…

Power Systems running AIX cost less to run than Oracle’s new Exadata boxes, according to a new report published by IBM. American analyst International Technology Group (ITG) weighed up the three-year costs and performance of the two heavyweight combatants slugging it out in the Unix server war. And while some pundits tipped Oracle’s next-gen cohort…

Big British IBM business partner APSU is holding three major events to fly the flag for Power Systems. Its Technology Showcase events take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford ground on June 24, London’s Canary Wharf on July 9 and the Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire on September 16. Sky News presenter Martin Stanford…

In the new-look Power.eu’s first regular product round-up, we’ve got news of three important updates from Halcyon Software, plus new gear from looksoftware and SEQUEL. First up, Halcyon Software has released a new version of Systems Operations Suite, its the monitoring and automated operations solution for IBM i. New features include Job Log Monitor, which…

PowerWire has been appointed as official media partner of NiSUG’s International i-Power conference to be held later this month. The UK National iSystems User Group’s two day event takes place on June 18 and 19 at the Beaumont House Hotel in Windsor. Frank Soltis (pictured), the father of the Power i, has been confirmed as…

One of the biggest supermarket chains in Cyprus, Alpha Mega, has updated its IBM i-based ERP system in order to ease the takeover of four new stores. The firm upgraded System21 from version 3.5.2 to Aurora 2.4 courtesy of British i-oriented logistics specialist Indigo Software. Alpha Mega also installed two new Power 7 servers, with…