 Mydoom Hits iSeries
RENO, NV -- As the original Mydoom
worm (W32/Mydoom@MM) continues to spread at blazing speeds around the
world, a second variant has been unleashed and is adding to the already
overwhelming bandwidth consumption worldwide.
In
another twist that may have been unexpected by many IT administrators,
Mydoom has also hit the iSeries. While the payload of these
worms does not directly affect OS/400, a lack of anti-virus
protection on the iSeries allows the worm to enter through OS/400 Mail
and reside in files stored on the iSeries.
StandGuard Anti-Virus, the award-winning
anti-virus solution that runs natively on OS/400, has been detecting
and removing copies of Mydoom found on the iSeries, according to Bytware
customers. StandGuard Anti-Virus is powered by the McAfee scanning engine
from Network Associates, rated
the top scanning engine by the University of Hamburg Virus Test Center
for three consecutive years .
Mydoom can enter the iSeries either
through mail that passes through OS/400 or by copying itself
to the iSeries from a client PC without the user's knowledge. Only active
scanning of the iSeries can detect the worm once it finds its way onto
the system. Leaving the worm undetected can spread the infection to client
PCs on your network as well as to other companies and networks with which
you exchange information.
Experts say that the best way to fight Mydoom
is through the use of standard anti-virus solutions. “Companies that are following recommended
practices relating to secure e-mail use should be largely protected against
the Mydoom virus and its variants,” explain experts in a
new article on Computerworld's Security website . These practices
include vigilantly maintaining up-to-date virus definitions. iSeries
security experts, including Carol Woodbury and Patrick Botz, recommend
that administrators apply the same virus prevention procedures to their
iSeries systems that they apply to their other platforms as a general
security best practice.
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Evans Business Solutions Centralizes iSeries Operations
 HOUSTON,
TX -- Local tech vendor Evans Business Solutions recently moved
to centralize its global iSeries operations to ensure
smooth business, embracing the concept of "on demand" computing.
Running
business operations off the IBM iSeries eServer is something
that most big
businesses are familiar with. The server has a long and
well earned reputation for reliability and stability. But
any environment that depends on geographically dispersed
computers faces the possibility that data may be unavailable or out-of-sync,
or that errors may go undetected on remote systems.
Evans found this out the hard way in
early 2003 when a series of systems failures at their Ohio offices
created problems for headquarters here in Houston. To solve
the problem their Ohio IT manager, Samuel Johnson, began
investigating automated monitoring options.
But monitoring a single system wasn't enough to avert
future incidents like the one that hit Evans on January 1,
when most IT staff were enjoying college bowl games. What
was needed was a way not only to monitor but to centralize control at
headquarters. Samuel was delighted when he found a product that could
meet all of these needs: Bytware's MessengerConsole.
"I looked at a number of options," explained Samuel, "including
Robot/CONSOLE from Help/Systems. But when I looked deep into
each product I discovered a maturity in MessengerConsole
that just couldn't be beat. I like the fact that MessengerConsole
has a long history of support for features that are recent additions
to competing products—such as monitoring for user-defined conditions.
MessengerConsole has received numerous awards and is ServerProven by IBM.
It's a product that I know I can trust."
"MessengerConsole has a proven track record," added Evans's
Director of iSeries Operations Kate Hoffman. "We decided that we
needed to go with a solution that has proven itself time
and time again in real world situations. The choice was easy."
MessengerConsole
provides centralized control for managing all activities across
local and remote iSeries systems, as well as across multiple partitions.
From a single point of control, MessengerConsole helps organizations streamline
monitoring, message management, paging/e-mail notification, and
statistical reporting, which in-turn helps manage iSeries and eServer
i5 systems in a more efficient and cost-effective way.
MessengerConsole's
unique architecture provides the flexibility organizations need
for highly customized operations management. A completely integrated monitoring,
paging and consoling solution, MessengerConsole delivers the
necessary functionality to manage the largest multiples shop.
Evans reports
no systems failures since implementing MessengerConsole last
spring. The decision to go with the automated monitoring
and consoling solutions has meant smoother workdays for the IT staff and
continual availability of resources for sales and development.
For more
information about Bytware, visit www.bytware.com.
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IBM Enhances iSeries with New Solutions Supported by Software Vendors
SOMERS, NY -- Adding to its arsenal
of solutions running on the IBM eServer iSeries, IBM today announced
that more than 300 new Linux and WebSphere solutions have been successfully
ported to the iSeries platform. The addition of the solutions over the
last year is in response to demand from server customers around the world.
IBM
is also announcing the newest Linux-based solution on the
iSeries server from S2 Systems, a global provider of transaction processing,
authorization and integrated solutions for the banking, financial, retail
and telecommunications sectors.
As a result of customer and partner demand,
the new solutions emerged from an IBM multi-pronged program
with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to deliver solutions to mid-sized
businesses to help modernize their IT environment and leverage the sizable
investments that have been made in the iSeries platform. IBM increased
its work with regional ISVs to better serve customers in their local
markets and introduced aggressive co-marketing programs to introduce
solutions that meet specific customer needs.
The result has been successful
with new customers introduced to the iSeries server including GH Young
International, a custom brokerage house, using the iSeries 820 as its
Linux server running Red Hat to manage imaging applications, firewall,
file-and-print serving and Web serving applications.
"Linux on the iSeries server is a compelling alternative to the
complexity of managing separate Intel-based servers," said Nigel
Fortlage, vice president of IT, GHY International. "We have an integrated,
open standards-based architecture that is enabling GHY to
boost productivity, serve our customers better, while saving
money on our IT expenditures."
"The number of ISVs bringing new solutions to the iSeries server
is driven by customer demand, as more customers are finding ways to leverage
the ease of use, inherent security, and flexibility of the system," said
Cecelia Marrese, vice president of marketing, IBM eServer iSeries. "By
working closely with ISVs, IBM is bringing solutions that
specifically address the needs of mid-sized businesses."
S2 Systems
Provides Linux on iSeries Server for Financial Industry
S2
Systems' OpeN/2® support for Linux on the iSeries server provides
customers with the ability to consolidate multiple workloads into an
integrated Linux environment in order to extend OS/400 applications and
related skill sets to an increasingly "on demand" world. With
iSeries features such as capacity on demand, customers using
an S2 and iSeries solution can invest in additional processing
power only when needed.
"S2 Systems and IBM offer a compelling value proposition to meet
new business requirements, reduce costs and improve profitability with
fewer resources," said Stephen Clark, president and CEO of S2 Systems. "Our
proven technologies are already in production and driving
massively scalable transaction processing environments at
some of the world's largest organizations. OpeN/2 for Linux on iSeries
allows institutions to mitigate risk by leveraging their existing investments
in midrange platforms and applications while utilizing a totally flexible
enterprise payment solution that can help lower the cost of ownership."
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