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Archive for 2006

Congratulations to our Autumn 2006 Winners!

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Bytware would like to thank everyone who visited our booth at COMMON, Jack Henry, and IBM Tech. We would also like to congratulate our prize winners for these three shows and invite everyone to visit our booth and Cafe Bytware at future shows for your chance to win!

COMMON (Miami)
Winner of the full StandGuard Security Suite:
Evan Johnson
Lyrick Corporation (Texas)

Winner of the Apple iPod:
Christi Samo
Anna’s Linens (California)

Jack Henry
Winner of the full StandGuard Security Suite:
Bill Kidd
Central Virginia Bank (Virginia)

IBM Tech
Winner of the full StandGuard Security Suite:
Luke Sagoo
Shell Canada

Winner of the Apple iPod:
Victor Villasis
Southern Wine & Spirits, Inc. (Florida)

Bytware Newsletter: September/October 2006

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Product News:
Bytware brings object-based design to security solution
The official release of StandGuard Network Security 3.0 represents a major rewrite of the solution and utilizes an object-based design that is consistent with OS/400 object security. An object-based approach to security reduces the time and effort required to create and manage authorities, reduces configuration errors, and provides a more usable audit trail compared to inferior, transaction-based designs. Learn more about how StandGuard Network Security and object-based security can help your network…

Product News:
Messenger gets newly enhanced GSM/SMS capabilities
As we lead into autumn, we’re pleased to announce some great new GSM and SMS features that are being added to MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole. Users who rely on Messenger to page them via cell phone will enjoy the new enhancement that eliminates the need for a paging company, making it quick and easy to get the message wherever you are, anywhere in the world. Other enhancements speed up message transmission and automatically detect the proper protocol for the paging device. Learn more about these enhancements…

COMMON Event:
Visit the all-new Café Bytware 2.0 in Miami! Free Starbucks and iPod giveaway!
COMMON starts this weekend and we want to see you at booth 600! We’re unveiling Café Bytware 2.0, an all-new 20-foot booth complete with an integrated presentation center, all new interactive adventures, and free Starbucks frappuccinos! Attend one of our interactive adventures and you’ll get a chance to win a 60GB iPod with video!

Win the Full StandGuard Security Suite! Visit booth 600 at COMMON for a chance to win!
We’re giving away a full license of the entire StandGuard Security Suite! That includes StandGuard Network Security, StandGuard Anti-Virus, and StandGuard Recycle Bin. You can hit the security jackpot just by visiting booth 600 in Miami! Just drop by our newly updated booth, attend one of our interactive adventures, and enjoy a Starbucks frappuccino. It could pay off big when you take home the 2003 and 2005 Search400 Security Products of the Year… all for free!

Education:
Streamline security through an Object-based approach (MC Press Online)
i5/OS may be famous for security, but it doesn’t go far enough in protecting your system’s data; it doesn’t differentiate how the data being accessed can be used. One popular way of enhancing IBM’s built-in security is to analyze requests-or “transactions”-by parsing SQL statements using a network security application, but this method is time-consuming and requires constant maintenance. IBM uses a more elegant solution for its built-in security, treating requests as “objects” and eliminating the need to examine SQL statements. Find out how this approach can improve your security and save you time and money. Read the full article…

Tech Tip:
Save Pager Messages to Create Time-Saving Shortcuts
Do you ever get tired of typing the same pager messages all the time? MessengerPlus allows you to save pager messages so you can select them for use whenever the need arises. View the full tip. (Note: Your Support Central username and password are required to access this tip.)

Tech Tip:
Recording Screens to an Output File with PeekPlus
Have you ever wondered what exactly your Night Operator is doing when you’re not there? Wouldn’t it be nice to keep track of their screens to review the following morning? Or do you have trouble with someone answering messages incorrectly on the Console during day-end operations? With PeekPlus, the PEEK command allows you to document the screen contents of another interactive job and to send the screens to a file or printer. View the full tip. (Note: Your Support Central username and password are required to access this tip.)

Important Notice:
e-mail and Contacting Bytware
Due to the onslaught of Spam, we are forced from time to time to change the e-mail addresses of some of our staff. Because of this, we encourage you to contact us by phone rather than e-mail whenever possible. The address that you have for your Bytware contact could be changed, resulting in the failure of your message to reach us. We want to always provide your with the very best service possible, so to be certain that your needs do not fall victim to Spam just give us a call at 775.851.2900. You can also fax us at 775.851.2995, or use the contact forms on our website at http://www.bytware.com/contact/

CONTACTING Bytware, Inc.
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© 2006 Bytware, Inc.

Bytware’s Messenger Gets GSM/SMS Enhancements

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., developer of monitoring, notification, and security solutions for System i, AIX, and Linux, announced today new enhancements to its MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole solutions that make it easier than ever to automate monitoring and notification to cell phones worldwide.
These new enhancements to the company’s popular systems management solutions put the power of GSM and SMS protocols into the hands of System i administrators, allowing simple and quick wireless distribution of messages to any cell phone in the world without the need for a paging provider, phone lines, or modems. Messages are received anywhere across the globe in seconds.”This update to Messenger acknowledges the change in how our customers communicate,” says Bytware CEO Michael Grant. “Today everybody carries cell phones or Blackberries, not pagers. With this enhancement, MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole can be used as a real company-wide text messaging system. We’ve cut the strings for System i.”

In addition to enabling easier wireless messaging, the GSM/SMS enhancements also eliminate the compatibility issues that can affect international users. In many areas of the world, variations in phone service can make it difficult to successfully set up automated notification to mobile devices. By sending messages phone-to-phone using standardized text-messaging protocols, Messenger now eliminates these issues. All that is needed is a number and a phone capable of receiving a text message. The receiving device does not even need to have GSM or SMS capabilities.

MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole with enhanced GSM/SMS features are available now. Comprehensive information about Messenger and free trials are available on Bytware’s website at www.bytware.com or by calling 800.932.5557.