You’ll be able to catch some of the biggest names in the Power i industry around Europe in November. Dr Frank Soltis, father of the AS/400, Steve Will, IBM’s head of Power Systems and Trevor Perry, leading evangelist for the platform, all feature on this year’s iBelieve Common Europe Tour. The iBelieve roadshow will visit […]
Fresche Legacy buys looksoftware
Canada’s Fresche Legacy has bought Australian IBM i apps modernisation specialist looksoftware. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, comes twelve months after Fresche Legacy took over British application and database analysis outfit Databorough, best known for its X-Analysis solution. Under the terms of the agreement, looksoftware has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresche Solutions […]
Top Ten user interface design tips, part 2
In the second part of his essential UI guide, Nick Hampson discusses why books and paper are good, how imitation can be valuable and why you should never be afraid to be wrong. Read on for tips 6-10 on how to be a design hero… 6. A little study goes a long way Let’s get […]
New and improved: Three big updates from Halcyon, looksoftware gives COBOL folk an IDE, SEQUEL adds pivot tables
In the new-look Power.eu’s first regular product round-up, we’ve got news of three important updates from Halcyon Software, plus new gear from looksoftware and SEQUEL. First up, Halcyon Software has released a new version of Systems Operations Suite, its the monitoring and automated operations solution for IBM i. New features include Job Log Monitor, which […]
Top Ten user interface design tips, part 1
Back in the summer of 2013, PowerWire ran a three-part series by looksoftware’s Nick Hampson on the pitfalls of app interface modernisation that was very well received. Now we welcome Nick back for some more essential UI advice. To be an app design hero, read on…. In my top 10, I have resisted the urge […]