======================================================= SEARCH390 NEWS ROUNDUP May 1, 2001 More headlines at: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid10,00.html ========================================================= ========================================================= What do you like? Networks? Computer Games? Downloads? How about Free Stuff? Search390.com can get you FREE info on the topics that interest you most - and there are so many to choose from! We'll find related news, information and special offers and deliver them directly to your e-mailbox, all at no charge! Sign up here today http://search390.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ ================================================== LEAD STORY: "Compaq dumps Unisys from server line" Compaq has joined Hewlett-Packard and stopped selling Unisys CMP servers, which run its mainframe operating system and can house as many as 32 Intel processors. Compaq said it's spending the money it would have spent supporting the system on a more lucrative, lower-end segment of the market for servers running Microsoft's Windows operating system. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5772868.html For more information, read this news item: "Unisys pins hopes on new servers" at http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-88-93_STO59896,00.html 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] CA defends its accounting practices [2] IBM backs Red Hat Linux [3] More analyst reaction to the IBM/Informix deal [4] Java hits the new sweet spot [5] Hitachi unit says sales up as it takes on EMC [1] "CA defends its accounting practices" Computer Associates has its back up--and with good reason. The software maker is being forced to defend its business and accounting practices after a published report accused the company of using "accounting tricks" to inflate sales figures. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5771344.html?tag=prntfr [2] "IBM backs Red Hat Linux" IBM has joined Red Hat in its first joint channel strategy with a Linux company, to enable VARs to offer Red Hat Linux-configured IBM eServer xSeries platforms. SOURCE: Net Imperative Limited http://www.netimperative.com/technology/newsarticle.asp?ArticleID=10223&ChannelID=3&ArticleType=1 [3] "More analyst reaction to the IBM/Informix deal" Most analysts agree that IBM's acquisition of Informix is a good thing but their opinions are mixed on whether the purchase will help IBM gain real ground against Oracle and Microsoft. SOURCE: DM Review http://www.dmreview.com/master.cfm?NavID=93&EdID=3372 [4] "Java hits the new sweet spot" Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition version 1.3, due later this year, promises enhancements that will extend the Java environment to address messaging, wireless, networking, and storage issues. SOURCE: Information Week http://www.informationweek.com/835/java.htm [5] "Hitachi unit says sales up as it takes on EMC" Hitachi, which dumped its line of mainframe computers last year to focus on storage, said on Monday that economic weakness had not hit sales, which jumped in its fiscal fourth quarter to nearly $500 million from nearly $280 million three months earlier. The announcement casts doubt on EMC's claims that recent weakness was due to the economy rather than competitive pressure. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-hitachidata.html ========================================================= 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] "Focus on zSeries: S/390 & ClientSoft give leg up to Miami-Dade inspectors" Take an S/390 mainframe, IBM's ClientSoft middleware, and AT&T wireless handhelds and what do you have? An efficient and affordable solution to a building inspection backlog in the Miami-Dade County area. This case study examines how the agency successfullly leveraged its existing mainframe with new middleware and wireless technology for greater efficiency and fewer frustrations for buidling inspectors and clients. SOURCE: Selling eServer Solutions http://www.sellingeserver.com/artarchive//index.cfm?fuseaction=viewarticle&ContentID=62 [2] "Evolving SNA & LAN networking" This interesting article looks at the Internet's impact on the role of the mainframe. It explores the three models of enterprise computing: mainframe-centric, client/server, and universal client and discusses the pros and cons of each model. it also delves in-depth into the concept of using the mainframe as a browser. You'll walk away with some solid info about accessing legacy systems from the Internet. SOURCE: Enterprise Systems http://www.esj.com/article.asp?ID=919820202PM =================================== 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 ========================================================== Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide By: Steve Shah Learn to install and administer Linux--on an individual workstation or an entire network--with this comprehensive, in-depth reference. You'll find everything you need to get up and running with any Linux distribution, including the latest version of Red Hat. Updated to cover the new 2.4 kernel and complete with an expanded section on advanced networking, this book shows you how to install and configure Linux, set up Internet services, handle single host administration, and much more. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0072131365&ac_id=54 ========================================================= THE MISSING LINK ========================================================== A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Psychic foresees sunnier economic times" The experts have no idea when the dot-com gloom and doom will end. Luckily, there is Catherine Katen, psychic reader and healer. Katen pins the troubles on President Bush. "There is a feeling that his focus is more toward old business, rather than new business," she said. All of which has consumers and investors "spooked," Katen said. Spooked is bad, very bad. Bad psychic energy equals a bad economy. But she remains an optimist and predicts the Nasdaq will hit 5,000 again and venture capital will start to flow anew. As for the California energy crunch, she said, "That situation needs a lot of healing work." SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/opinion/dispatch/mc043001.htm ========================================================== 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. 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