All BCD Awards

BCD recently celebrated over 30 years of partnering with iPro Developer (formerly System iNEWS and the System iNetwork). Publisher Eve Bridge presented the award to BCD's Eric Figura in recognition of BCD's long-standing relationship with iPro Developer. As iPro Developer's longest running consecutive advertiser, BCD has advertised in every issue for the past 30 years. BCD was also among the first vendors whose products were covered editorially in the publication.

iPro Developer is the leading resource for IBM i (System i, AS400) developers and BCD's primary vehicle for keeping clients informed on its products and advancements in technology. BCD credits its longevity in the industry to its unrelenting focus on the IBM i developer community and its ability to provide trusted application modernization solutions.

"The West Haven Police Department application was built by DCS using BCD’s WebSmart, Nexus Portal & Clover Query tools.

The WHPD received the much coveted COMMON / IBM Power Systems Innovation Award. The public safety organization implemented a centralized tracking solution that delivered a live tracking application to police officers in the field, simplified access to data and resulted in improvement in officer response time, improved security and improved safety for officers as well as cost savings. It was built by DCS using BCD’s WebSmart, Nexus Portal and Clover Query tools."

— Chris Maxcer, News Editor, System iNetwork

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The WebSmart lab, as presented by Duncan Kenzie, has once again won COMMON's Best Traditional Lab Award. Only one award is given per conference. The WebSmart lab, titled Rapid System i Web Application Development with WebSmart, received the highest marks of all labs at COMMON. Attendees rate labs in nine categories including how relevant this topic is in today's marketplace, how effective the lab was in increasing their knowledge of the subject matter, and more.

Imagine one or more ads every month for 25 years - covering 300 consecutive issues! System iNEWS is BCD's #1 vehicle for keeping you informed on our advancements in technology and solutions.

BCD has been with System iNEWS every step of the way and was also among the first vendors to have its products covered editorially. At least some of BCD's success is due to its unrelenting focus on the developer community for the System i and its predecessors and its ability to provide solid tools for helping with application development.

WebSmart is rated 3.835 on a 4.000 scale for: Certifiability, Installation, Ease of Use, Documentation, Functionality, Usefulness and Support

"WebSmart presents a nice browser front-end capability and lets you keep your back-end code investment while wowing the user base... There's some really nice presentation-level options here..."

"WebSmart would be on my short list of products to evaluate for browser-based development on System i hardware"

— Don Rima, The Rima Report, IBM Systems Magazine

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"I've not seen anyone as concerned that a user understand its product as BCD's Sarrasin was. BCD's support group often uses Web-meeting capabilities, which allow them to show you in real time, on either your box or theirs, whatever you need to do. This beats dealing with a voice-only response and being told over the phone which buttons to push.

Having tech support suggest a Web-based meeting to introduce a product is a great idea. I'd like to see this approach more often in tech support. I give Sarrasin an Extra Mile award for tenacity and patience."

— Don Rima, The Rima Report, IBM Systems Magazine

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The WebSmart Lab as presented by Kevin Cronin has once again won COMMON's Best Traditional Lab Award. Only one award is given per conference. The WebSmart Lab titled CGI Made Easy: Browser Development with ProGen WebSmart received the highest marks of all labs at COMMON. Attendees rate labs in nine categories including how relevant this topic is in today's marketplace, how effective the lab was in increasing their knowledge of the subject matter and more.

Kevin Cronin's WebSmart lab was rated as being the best traditional lab at COMMON. This award was presented on stage at the opening session of the Annual COMMON Conference.

"The judges also raved about Catapult's ease of integration into established environments. Catapult does not require numerous modules to add on; all the functionality you need is in the one product. It's a complete all-in-one product."

Search400.com's Product of the Year - Document/Image Management Software - GOLD AWARD

"BCD's WebSmart follows through on its promise to quickly generate Web applications. Using WebSmart, developers can avoid having to write their own code and can often create iSeries Web applications in less than 30 minutes... WebSmart generates ILE-RPG or Java. "

Web Application Development Tool Products of the Year - SILVER AWARD

"BCD's WebSmart follows through on its promise to quickly generate Web applications. Using WebSmart, developers can avoid having to write their own code and can often create iSeries Web applications in less than 30 minutes.."

Winner of System i News Readers' Choice Award (PDF 500 Kb)

"Programmers with 10-20+ years of RPG coding and little PC or HTML development to their credit quickly learned how to use WebSmart's templates, as well as how to customize them. The first object was to replace Drapers B2C online shopping cart. They wrote an iSeries-based catalog and shopping cart application and moved their 15,000 item product catalog from the Windows NT machine to the iSeries..."

System i B2B Web Site Developed with WebSmart Named Top 6 Winner in UK (PDF)

"The amount of time and cost saved using Catapult is significant," one judge said. "This is a robust package that small and large iSeries shops can benefit from. You might find similar components from other vendors, but you won't find as complete a solution as this." The judges also gave Catapult high marks for its ease of use and manageability.

"WebSmart also received high marks for its functionality. As one judge said, "It's an easy-to-use tool that insulates developers from the complexity of Web application development. The race for the gold was a close one... This release boasts more than 25 new features. One of its most impressive new features is a RPG to Web conversion component."

"When you access applications via the Web, you need to make sure that access is secure. It provides maximum security of both client- and server-side data through the use of AES encryption in conjunction with native OS/400 security. On top of it all, the only cost associated with this product is the maintenance fee. You'd be hard-pressed to find a similar product at that cost. The judges were also impressed with how easy it is to use Nexus Web / Report Portal."

Winner of Search400.com's 'Product of the Year - Security Software' Silver Award

The WebSmart Lab as presented by Kevin Cronin has won COMMON's Best Traditional Lab Award. Only one award is given per conference. The WebSmart Lab received the highest marks of all labs at COMMON. Attendees rate labs in nine categories including how relevant this topic is in today's marketplace, how effective the lab was in increasing their knowledge of the subject matter and more.

The winners of the Editors' Choice awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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The winners of the Editors' Choice Apex Awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice Apex awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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The winners of the Editors' Choice Apex Awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice Apex awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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The winners of the Editors' Choice Apex Awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice Apex awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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The winners of the Editors' Choice Apex Awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice Apex awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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It's Nexus' performance that catches the eyes of our judges. It requires minimum system resources to run. The result: maximum performance for the minum hardware and software investment. As for value, you can't get much better than cost-free. Our Gold Award winner provides a secure, scalable "Web desktop" environment for Web Applications, Groupware functionality and Document Management.

The winners of the Editors' Choice Apex Awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice Apex awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

www.systeminetwork.com

The winners of the Editors' Choice awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

www.systeminetwork.com

The winners of the Editors' Choice awards were determined by an independent panel of judges featuring product editors, editors, and industry professionals while the winners of the Readers' Choice awards were determined by votes from IT Professionals visiting System i Network.

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Winner of the Showcase Product Excellence Award for best e-business, e-commerce tool, program generator and report writer.

Winner of the Showcase Product Excellence Award for best e-mail (report distribution) tool.

Win the e-Server - iSeries Magazine Honor Roll Award as one of the best six products in the industry -- all categories.

File-Flash Plus wins Showcase Product Excellence Award for Best File Editor.