======================================================= SEARCH390 NEWS ROUNDUP April 26, 2001 More headlines at: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid10,00.html ========================================================= ========================================================= SPONSORED BY: ASI ========================================================= Take charge of your data! Dependable, Cross-Platform Compression when you need it. PKZIP MVS 2.61 Pro. For a FREE 30-Day Trial or to find out more: http://www.asizip.com/nssmvs3 ================================================== LEAD STORY: "BMC Software falls after fiscal 4th-Qtr profit drops" Shares of BMC fell 24% after it reported a 77% drop in revenue. And, a Merrill Lynch analyst said he's concerned about the company's slowing growth, particularly because it is turning its focus from software for large mainframe computers, traditionally the company's strong point, to areas where it has less experience, such as storage programs and software that speeds up databases. SOURCE: Bloomberg http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=AOub3aBUoQk1DIFNv For more information, read "BMC Software reports tough quarter" at: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20000725S0011 What's on your mind in the mainframe arena? Join our search390 Sound Off forum at http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83ff9 ======================================================== TODAY'S OTHER S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ======================================================== [1] Quick Takes: High-performance, high-availability [2] XML: The Big Picture [1] "Quick Takes: High-performance, high-availability" Datawatch teams with Metastore; New program for Visual SlickEdit for OS/390; IBM and Fantastic partner on digital content; Pacific Technology Services chooses Aviva as ASP middleware. SOURCE: search390 http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci547685,00.html [2] "XML: The Big Picture" XML was a rising star in 2000, and that trend is going strong this year. While many high-tech media darlings fall victim to standards wars and overblown expectations, XML is one icon that's living up to the hype. SOURCE: Planet IT http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/e_business/news/PIT20010425S0003 ========================================================= SPONSORED BY SDS ========================================================= Vital Signs VisionNet -- the economical performance monitor for everything on your OS/390 TCP/IP network. Vital Signs VisionNet provides fast, easy and cost-effective performance monitoring for your entirely OS/390 network. VisionNet provides real-time displays and historical data from a central data repository. It helps you gain control of your network traffic and pinpoint problems throughout your network. See a FREE demo at www.sdsusa.com <http://www.sdsusa.com> or call (800) 443-6183. ========================================================= Take Our New search390 Poll: What new Web technology do you see as the most useful for a mainframe application programmer to learn? Let us know what you think at www.search390.com/poll ========================================================= ========================================================= BEST WEB LINKS ========================================================= [1] "SQL code samples" Here, you'll find hundreds of free code snippets, examples, and articles for SQL developers using SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, or other RDBMSs. All the resources are user-submitted, reviewed, and rated according to difficulty. Topics include data conversion, replication, triggers, transactions, monitoring, and more. An incredible resource! SOURCE: Exhedra Solutions, Inc. http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.211/lngWId.5/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm [2] "CICS Worldwide User Forum" This forum provides a sounding board for CICS user requirements. Users can post articles into the forum relating to their experiences and problems with CICS products. Responses made by other users will be used to evaluate whether the issue can be resolved, and where not, may be raised with IBM by the administrators. SOURCE: IBM http://www.hursley.ibm.com/cwuf/index.html =================================== TAKE OUR NEW SURVEY =================================== Don't miss out on your chance to be part of an extensive survey being conducted by search390.com and a handful of other techtarget.com sites. Here's your chance to weigh in on what platform or platforms your company uses to run mission-critical applications. Also, tell us what your ideal network would be and what you would do if you could make all of the technology decisions for your company. Just click on this link to take the survey NOW. http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/showSurvey.asp?id=26642&accessCode=5477574934&noemail=true ========================================================== BOOK OF THE WEEK ========================================================== DB2 Universal Database Application Development By: Steve Sanyal & David Martineau Start by understanding the DB2 client-server environment, database objects, the role of SQL, and the basic structure of a DB2 application. Compare the multiple programming interfaces available for DB2 application development, identifying the ones most appropriate to each project. Review IBM DB2 7.1 features and strategies for maximizing application performance and scalability, and master advanced techniques such as triggers and stored procedures. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0130913677&ac_id=54 ========================================================= THE MISSING LINK ========================================================== A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Cracking down on quackery" In a bygone era, snake oil salesmen sold their wares from covered wagons or on the street. Today they use the Internet and the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down. The FTC is concerned about "health" sites on the Web that prey on people's illnesses to make a profit. FTC investigators try to make companies prove the claims made on their sites. As a result, some sites close down and others revise their claims. But the FTC doesn't have the staff to patrol the Net the way it would like. Enter the public. Private citizens are creating sites like Quackwatch to warn people about health quacks online. SOURCE: Wired News http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,43210,00.html ========================================================== Do you know of other good Web resources or sites that we can add to our growing Editor's Picks collection? Let us know! Send an e-mail to Site Editor BJ Rama at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include the article's or site's URL. =========================================================== To Remove your email address from the distribution list for this specific newsletter "Reply" to this message with REMOVE in the subject line. You will receive an email confirming that you have been removed. To Remove yourself from additional distribution lists or to update your preferences, go to the search390.com registration page at: http://search390.techtarget.com/register
