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Companies Put PHP to Work With BCD's WebSmart

June 23, 2009 - Robert Gast

The benefits of Web-based applications for purposes such as online shopping and order entry can reduce personnel costs and other bottlenecks when working with suppliers and customers. In IBM i shops, the interest in PHP has been surprisingly vigorous. Two companies that recently went live with IBM i PHP applications are Midwest Fuel Injection (MWFI) and American Foods Groups (AFG), both of which chose WebSmart PHP from Business Computer Design.

Query/400 Alternative from BCD Enhances BI Capabilities

May 12, 2009 - ITJungle - Dan Burger

Want to see your stock rise? Just design some real-time Web reports, queries, and executive dashboards. Delivering IBM i information to the people who want it--when they want it and in the format they want it--could be very profitable for your career.

BCD's ClearPATH Modernization Suite Gets Muchas Enhancements

May 1, 2009 - MCPress Online

Many important improvements have been made to all the products in the suite, and several other enhancements are forthcoming, the company says.

BCD's Clover Now Imports, Displays Query/400 Reports

May 1, 2009 - MCPress Online

In Clover 1.6, users can now import Query/400 query definitions to create real-time Web reports that can be output as dynamic, real-time Web pages with prompts and filters, as spreadsheets, graphs and as interactive drill downs.

BCD Adds Features Throughout App Modernization Suite

April 28, 2009 - Dan Burger, ITJungle

Some people would have you believe they just can't wait until tomorrow because IT technology gets better looking every day. But it's not the leaps and bounds type of advancements that it's often made out to be. It's a process of continual, but gradual, enhancements. Because BCD is trumpeting improvements in its IBM i application modernization suite this week at the COMMON Conference in Reno, Nevada, it makes for a good example.

The State of PHP on the Power Systems i

April 2009 - ITJungle

The trick for ISVs and i shops alike is to put PHP into their toolbox and make good use of it, just as they would any other tool. And that is certainly something that application development tool maker Business Computer Design has done with its WebSmart PHP tool.

BCD Sees Rise in Demand for Professional Services

March 2009 - IBM Systems Magazine

Business Computer Design, Int’l. says activity for its professional services group has grown and is expected to expand in 2009. The group specializes in developing new custom IBM i Web applications and modernizing existing green-screen applications. Factors influencing greater demand for BCD services include the addition of IBM i PHP Web application development services using WebSmart PHP, and services to modernize existing IBM i green-screen applications using Presto, BCD’s IBM i Web enablement tool.

BCD Cranks Up Services, Training for PHP Deployments (PDF)

March 23, 2009 - ITJungle.com

Application development tool maker Business Computer Design has never been shy about its commitment to the AS/400 platform as well as its many progeny, and as application development and deployment technology has changed over time, the company has evolved to take advantage of those new technologies. With PHP, as with past development languages, BCD was on the leading edge in getting the technology deployed on the i platform, and now it is benefiting from that forwardthinking strategy.

BCD Professional Services Group Gears Up for 2009

March 13, 2009 - MCPress Online.

Factors influencing greater demand for BCD services include the addition of IBM i PHP Web application development services using WebSmart PHP, and services to modernize existing IBM i green-screen applications using Presto, BCD's IBM i Web enablement tool, the company said. A video version of this press release on BCD's new professional services offerings can be viewed at http://www.bcdsoftware.com/ibmiservices/pr/video.

Is IBM Making a Statement of Direction by Bundling the Zend Web Stack with IBM i?

February 2009 - MCPress Online

The announcements this week by IBM and Zend Technologies that IBM will bundle the Zend Web stack, including Zend Core and Zend Framework, with all future sales of IBM i software and servers has kindled a debate about the value of PHP on the System i and the best tools to employ it. It also has raised questions about IBM's direction with the System i and its proprietary but "open" operating system, IBM i. "Preloading Zend Core with IBM i puts PHP development on a level playing field. We are very excited about the news", said BCD's Eric Figura. Read more »

Reusing, Recycling, Reclaiming - Veolia Environmental Services Technical Solutions breathes new life into its legacy applications

December, 2008 - IBM Systems Magazine

Using evolveIT’s incremental modernization methodology with BCD’s WebSmart, Veolia and evolveIT were able to design, code and implement new applications without disrupting existing applications. This was key, because WebSmart could be used to not only create new applications, but also tie back into the existing back-end RPG programs.

Got Love for a Software Package?

December 3, 2008 - System iNetwork

Reader's Choice is a System iNEWS feature that lets non-biased readers offer feedback on products and services that have helped them. If you'd like to recommend a BCD product that's solved actual problems, saved your enterprise money, or simplified a process, send your recommendation of 500 words or less directly to Erin Bradford at System iNetwork.

BCD Releases Presto for Code-Free Web Enablement

October 2008 - IBM Systems Magazine.

Presto uses advanced Web-enabling technology to instantly create a browser-based interface over all RPG, COBOL and menu applications while adding mouse navigation. Web enabling is a cost-effective, fast alternative to re-writing applications.

Hurrah! BCD Releases WebSmart Presto Legacy Modernization Tool

October 2 - MCPress Online

BCD Adds New Partners in Europe and California

September 29 - ITJungle

Business Computer Design Int'l has added a trio of new partners to its reseller program, including Deltacare of The Netherlands, Dagessa of Poland, and evolveIT of Irvine, California. All three new partners will be selling the array of BCD's application modernization and transformation products for the IBM i operating system.