Zumasys has announced that the company has been named one of the 100 fastest growing solution providers by Computer Reseller News (CRN), a CMP Media magazine. Growing net sales by 60%, Zumasys is one of 25 companies to appear on the list in both 2005 and 2006.

CRN's Fast-Growth 100 identifies the 100 fastest growing solution providers across all specialty areas and business models. The profiles and data developed by CRN's editorial staff provide insight into which models and technology are proving to be the most lucrative.

Zumasys specializes in implementing innovative IT solutions that reduce costs and boost productivity. Zumasys enjoys fast growth and high customer satisfaction by listening to the needs of the customer, building strong relationships and custom tailoring multi-vendor technology solutions that deliver results.

"Two years ago we recommitted ourselves to providing excellent customer service and we began offering several new and innovative support offerings. The response from our customers has been incredible," stated Paul Giobbi, president of Zumasys. "As we continue to gain more strategic relevance to our customers and as they outsource more of their IT, we expect our strong growth to continue."

Zumasys offers national on-site installation services, telephone support, disaster recovery and business continuity planning and managed services agreements for customers looking to outsource their IT infrastructure. The company was formed in September 2000. Zumasys is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA with a Northern California office in San Jose.

"As the channel's vital resource, CRN is solely focused on the Solution Provider community. This list, created by our editorial team, recognizes the Solution Providers that have worked tirelessly to support their customers. We salute them on their superior growth," said Dan Dignam, publisher of CRN.
 

BinaryStar Development Corporation, the makers of the NUCLEUS, have announced the immediate availability of NuWiki, the first Wiki for MultiValue platforms.

According to Lee Bacall, President of Binary Star, "Wikis are the hot topic in IT today. They are quite possibly the killer-app for the next few years as businesses look to them as a means of collaborative documentation."

Bacall added, "Unlike most commercial Wiki packages in the market today that involve a wide array of scripting languages and databases such as MySQL, NuWiki runs entirely inside the MultiValue environment, so Pick shops can leverage their existing talent without a huge learning curve."

"NuWiki is much more than a documentation platform. It's a new way of looking at database applications that defy normalization to standardized input routines. One Wiki site we know of is a large California bank who uses Wiki to track their in-house PC's. When a tech needs to know about a particular system, she can open the Wiki topic for that machine, see its entire work history, and record any changes made to the system. They love it. It simplifies paperwork and data-entry, and the data is always up to date".

"Harvey pulled another rabbit out of his hat on this one", Bacall said, referring to Harvey Rodstein, the Chief Developer of NuWiki. Working closely with Jonathan E. Sisk, Chief Editor, they researched how other Wikis worked and emulated the best of the features into a surprisingly robust and feature-rich product."

NuWiki can be seen and experienced at NuWiki.com. No registration is required to visit NuWiki, but is required to Contribute to or change topics. And just like all of the public Wikis, all changes and revisions to topics are logged in case a rollback to a previous version is ever required.

A number of Nuwiki service plans are available, including publicly hosted and privately hosted configurations. Custom installations on your own equipment, to support unique security and management concerns of any organization are available. Please contact Lee Bacall toll-free at 866-882-1888, or +1 (954)791-8575 for more information.
 

SDSI is pleased to announce the release of UnForm v7.0 and the New UnForm v7.0 Document Archiving and Management and Document Scanning components. UnForm v7.0 offers a full document management solution. Take advantage of the limited time promotional pricing on UnForm v7.0 upgrades and the new archiving and scanning components. Contact sales for details.

Trial copies are available for immediate download from our web site at the following link. http://www.synergetic-data.com/

Key New Features:
Document Archiving and Management
Document Scanning
PostScript printer support
PDF document enhancements
GUI Design Tool enhancements
Windows-based Support Server:

...can be access from UnForm jobs running on any operating system for:
>Image scaling and conversion
>Database access via ODBC
>Microsoft Fax Support

For complete details on UnForm v7.0 visit our web site at www.synergetic-data.com and download a free trial copy of UnForm v7.0. You can also read about UnForm v7.0 in our NewsPages at the following link.

MITS Report, the next-generation, interactive reporting environment from MITS, is now being beta tested by selected customers. Created for MultiValue databases (IBM UniData and UniVerse, D3, and jBase), this groundbreaking, Web-based product is different from anything else on the market in terms of ease of use and speed.

MITS Report is the result of customer and partner demand for a MITS-caliber operational reporting tool. MITS is the developer of the pioneering technology in the MITS Discover OLAP Business Intelligence system, and boasts the largest team anywhere focused exclusively on reporting for MultiValue databases. The company has devoted the last decade to helping thousands of organizations worldwide overcome their reporting challenges.

Reporting without Querying
MITS Report revolutionizes access to operational data by providing true “self-serve” reporting. Users of all technical levels can retrieve data, access existing reports, and customize standard reports. They can also make new reports using the built-in functionality for sorting, adding columns, filtering, exporting, and more—without needing to know a query language, a database layout, or MultiValue dictionaries. “We’ve found that most users start with a standard report and then modify it,” Fred Owen, president of MITS states, “and this interactive reporting flexibility is where MITS Report shines.”

Gentle Learning Curve
The designers of MITS Report carried out extensive research on the latest advances in usability to deliver a highly intuitive, well-organized, and familiar user interface. The navigation system in MITS Report features drop-down menus, eliminating the need for wizards many report generators rely on or hardcopy manuals.

Fast Access to Data
MITS Report prevents frustrating time lags associated with waiting for vital information to be displayed as reports. MITS Report offers a way to get at an organization’s data quickly and efficiently, accessing data and displaying tailored reports within seconds. In addition, because the software is easily installed and integrated with an organization’s system, more time can be spent exploring MITS Report, not waiting for it to be set up. With reporting workflow and turnaround times streamlined, IT professionals can focus their efforts on strategic projects.

Secure Data
Based on the proven security model in MITS Discover, MITS Report has built-in password protection for all functions. Users access the reporting environment using their unique login and password information, which gives them the power to create and save reports, locate stored reports in libraries, and rerun reports safely.

More Information
To talk to a MITS representative about MITS Report, contact info@mits.com.
 

There are times when doing reports when you need to sort your values into weeks.  Most people would end up writing a program to do this, but that is not necessary.

So assuming attribute 14 contains a date, then

F Correlative
F;14;C7;/

A Correlative
A;(14 / "7")
 

A full dictionary item would like the like the following

WEEK.NBR
001 S
002 0
003 Week Number
008 F;14;C1;+;C7;/
009 R
010 6

is now the week number since 1968, with Sunday as the start of the week. You can then use this in a BREAK-ON.

SORT FILE BY DATE BREAK-ON WEEK.NBR

If you want to have Monday as the beginning of the week, then do the follow:

WEEK.NBR.M-S
001 S
002 0
003 Week Number
008 F;14;C1;-;C7;/
009 R
010 6

This Tips was derived from Tom Phillips. He has lost of more samples like this at http://www.tom-phillips.info