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**************** NEWSWire/400 Announcement Extra
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A Digest of IBM AS/400 Announcements
A NEWS/400 Publication http://www.announcements400.com
Issue 5 September 11, 1998
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IBM's LATEST AS/400 ANNOUNCEMENT LETTERS:
GENERAL
* Hot Links to IBM E-server and V4R3 Announcements HARDWARE
* IBM Rolls Out New Optical Drives for C-Series Libraries
MARKETING
* IBM Adjusts Prices for Selected AS/400 Memory and DASD
* IBM Canada Offers Trade-in Allowance on IPCS Purchases
* IBM Modifies AS/400 E-Business Made Easy Rebate Offer
SOFTWARE
* AFP Font Collection Boosts International Support
* IBM Begins Marketing ClientSoft's E-commerce Toolset
* IBM Offers MQSeries Link for R/3 V1.2
* IBM Releases MQSeries for AS/400 V4.2.1
* IBM Upgrades AS/400 Client Access Family for Windows
* IBM Upgrades Callpath/400 Server
WITHDRAWALS
* IBM Withdraws MQSeries for AS/400 V4.2
* IBM Withdraws V4R1 Preloads and Selected F-Model Upgrades
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GENERAL
* IBM made a number of major announcements last week, including availability of new AS/400
e-server hardware products and the V4R3 release of OS/400. These announcements were
covered in depth in the September 2 edition of our sister publication, NEWSWire/400.
You can access unabridged NEWSWire/400 announcement
coverage at( http://www.news400.com/redir/redirDB.cfm?ID=282 ). For those of you who'd
like to see the specific IBM Customer Announcement Letters and other documents, links
follow below for each.
General summary press announcement:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/uspress&parms=P_1998083102 )
AS/400 e-server model 170:( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_198-200 )
AS/400 e-series enhancements:( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_198-201 )
V4R3 Internet server functions and other features:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-297 )
V4R3 for AS/400e model 150:( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-298 )
V4R3 licensed programs and program offerings:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-299 )
V4R3's impact on e-business strategy:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-300 )
V4R3 software terms and ordering information:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-301 )
V4R3 application development tools (including Java):(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-303 )
AS/400e models S40 and SB1 and third-party software solutions:(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-309 )
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HARDWARE
*IBM enhances the 3995 Optical Library C-Series of multifunction optical drives for AS/400s, mainframes, LANs, and RS/6000s by
upgrading standard drive capacity to 5.2 GB.(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_198-202 )
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MARKETING
*IBM announces decreases in purchase prices for selected AS/400 memory, DASD, and
expansion unit features and increases preload SSA prices for customers in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico. ( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_398-143 )
*IBM Canada announces an allowance of up to $1,000 Canadian for Canadian customers trading
in eligible non-IBM PC-based servers for an eligible AS/400 Integrated PC server (IPCS)
with a new eligible AS/400 LAN feature and Integration for Windows NT Server software.(
http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/canalets&parms=H_A98-1181 )
*IBM modifies its AS/400 E-Business Made Easy Rebate Offering, originally announced April
29. Under the plan, customers can receive a rebate for urchasing an eligible AS/400e Model
170 Internet or intranet hardware/software configuration. The modification adds Model 170
(#2290) and (#2292) configurations as eligible options, adds V4R3 as a supported OS/400
version, and adds the Cryptographic Access Provider for V4R3 product as an alternate
prerequisite.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_398-149)
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SOFTWARE
*IBM releases its AFP Font Collection V2 for OS/400, AIX, and OS/2. The collection is a
set of fonts and utilities for AFP printers. V2 supports the euro and printing in Thai and
Lao, enhances Chinese and Korean printing support, and adds code page support for
Cyrillic, Hebrew, and other languages.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-314 )
*IBM adds ClientSoft's ClientBuilder e-commerce toolkit to the Software Vendor Marketing
program. ClientBuilder lets developers deploy legacy AS/400 and mainframe applications
using Web, graphical access, and wireless technologies without having to change legacy
source code.( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-324 )
*IBM releases MQSeries Link for R/3 V1.2, an SAP-certified version of the MQSeries product
for AS/400s, RS/6000s, NT servers, and other platforms that is customized for SAP's R/3
application suite. V1.2 runs under OS/400 V4R2 or higher, supports R/3 4.0, and is
available for AS/400s beginning December 31.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-325 )
*IBM upgrades MQSeries for AS/400 V4.2.1, an enhancement of its message-oriented
middleware for AS/400s. The upgrade gives customers a choice of taking MQSeries as an
AS/400 stack or as a shrinkwrap product.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-305 )
*IBM upgrades its AS/400 Client Access Family for Windows to support V4R3 and Microsoft
Windows 98. The new release also adds full native TCP/IP support for the AS/400 Client
Access Enhanced for Windows 3.1 Client.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-302 )
*IBM upgrades CallPath Server for AS/400, which delivers advanced computer telephony
features such as call routing, coordination of calls and data, and call center reporting;
supports V4R3; and can use the AS/400 Integrated PC Server (IPCS) without requiring a PC
Server.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_298-306 )
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WITHDRAWALS
* IBM withdraws from marketing MQSeries for AS/400 V4.2 effective December 1, due to
availability of MQSeries for AS/400 V4.2.1.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_998-235 )
* IBM withdraws from marketing V4R1 factory preloads, effective November 30; and
CISC-to-RISC hardware upgrades from F models, 200 models, and 3x0 models, effective March
31. Also effective March 31, IBM will no longer offer 2xx and 3xx main storage features or
processor feature conversions to support processor upgrades for 4xx/5xx models.
( http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_998-232 )
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