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NGS is currently researching the IBM DB2 Web Query announcements from April 24, 2012 and will be updating the materials on this site shortly. If you are running IBM i 6.1 and 7.1, please ask your IBM Business Partner for help understanding these DB2 Web Query packaging and pricing changes.

IBM Says It’s Time to Replace Query/400. So, What Are Your Options?

IBM has withdrawn the stand-alone Query/400 application from marketing and announced that Query/400 will only be available when you license DB2 Web Query. Despite what you may have heard, the Query/400 replacement path offered by IBM is not free. Read more.

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Learn About NGS' Query/400 API

NGS offers a Query/400 API that allows IBM i (AS/400) customers and ISVs to run and enhance queries developed with IBM Query/400 from within its NGS-IQ business intelligence and reporting software. Read more.

Learn About NGS' Qport Office

For a limited time, NGS has waived the license fee for a two-concurrent user license of Qport Office to qualified IBM i customers who complete an NGS Software License Agreement. Read more.

What You Need to Know About DB2 Web Query

IBM and Information Builders, Inc. (IBI) have an alliance to market and support a Query/400 replacement toolset known as DB2 Web Query for IBM i (QU2 for short). Because of NGS’s position as a developer of reporting and business intelligence software for the IBM i operating system, numerous customers, business partners, and the trade press have come to us for our analysis of DB2 Web Query’s capabilities. Read more.

"BI on the IBM i: Finding Your Way" White Paper - Free Copy

This White Paper examines the capabilities, cost of implementation, licensing terms, product support, and more of DB2 Web Query, IBM's solution for replacing IBM Query/400. Read more.

Watch Act II: "Our Menu Has Changed," starring Randall Munson

New Generation Software, Inc. (NGS) and award-winning speaker, consultant, and entertainer Randall Munson have teamed up again to provide an enlightening, yet humorous, perspective for IBM i customers who are considering DB2 Web Query as a replacement for Query/400. See the video.

Watch Act I: "The Elevator," starring Randall Munson

New Generation Software, Inc. (NGS) and award winning speaker, consultant, and entertainer Randall Munson have teamed up to help you understand IBM's licensing and pricing policies as well as compare DB2 Web Query and NGS' own NGS-IQ query, reporting, and business intelligence software. See the video.