<P>IBM and ShowCase Corp. (Rochester, Minn.) have signed a reselling and technology licensing partnership which will expand IBM's business intelligence solutions to the AS/400 platform and expand ShowCase's reach in the AS/400 market.
<P>Casahl Technology Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) has announced the dates for its next Replic-Action seminar tour. Replic-Action is Casahl's enterprise integration product. It integrates ERP, DBMS or groupware applications with other enterprise applications like SAP R/3, Oracle, SQL Server, and more than 35 other RDBM systems, as well as other groupware products like Lotus Notes and MS Exchange.
<P>IBM has announced a barrage of price decreases on AS/400 hardware products and feature conversions.
<P>Into 2000 Inc. (Jasper, Ga.) has released Into2000/ILE, a new module for its AS/400 Year 2000 conversion toolset. Into2000/ILE is used to check the Y2K compatibility of applications that have been converted to ILE from RPG III.
<P>Acacia Technologies (Lisle, Ill.) has joined IBM's AS/400 Custom Server Program. Under terms of the program, AS/400 customers will now be able to buy Acacia solutions pre-installed on new AS/400e servers.
<P>International Business Systems (IBS-US) has released IBS Express, an integrated suite of wholesale distribution software applications preloaded on the AS/400. Express will offer a streamlined implementation process with Lotus Domino and is targeted to small-to-midsize industrial distributors.
<P>IBM has announced two new promotions, effective immediately, that will give customers free or discounted software when they upgrade to the latest AS/400 technology.