======================================================= SEARCH390 NEWS ROUNDUP July 10, 2001 More headlines at: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid10,00.html ========================================================= SPONSORED BY: Software Diversified Services ========================================================= Vital Signs VisionNet ( VSV ) The best value on the market for monitoring everything on your OS/390 TCP/IP and SNA network. VSV allows enterprises to manage every device, application, socket, and protocol, including TCP/IP, SNA, FTP, Telnet. From a single, central repository, it allows users to meet service-level objectives by quickly identifying network events that might cause bottlenecks. Here's why customers have picked VSV: " Extreme value -- a fraction of the cost of competing products." " Getting as much detail as the bigger guys, but for way less money." Learn more. To see a free demoVisit http://www.sdsusa.com/s390.htm, write [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 800-443-6183. ======================================================== LEAD STORY: "IBM within arm's reach of BEA" IBM is creeping up on BEA Systems in the application server market. A report released by IDC shows Big Blue within three percentage points of BEA and highlights IBM's WebSphere application server worldwide market share as having grown at twice the market average in 1999 and 2000. SOURCE: The Standard http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27776,00.html More on this topic: Application servers feed successful e-commerce http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci553268,00.html IBM seeks five million WebSphere developers http://search390.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid10_gci284416,00.html ======================================================== MAINFRAME NO MORE? ======================================================== Is the mainframe no longer a "mainframe"? That's what search390 user "william" is saying in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. In response to a post from someone new to the world of mainframes, he posts "Hi Newbie. I gave a talk at a seminar here in the UK a week or so ago that contended that the mainframe is no longer a mainframe. It is now an e-server. What we are talking about here is integration of the e-server (which runs 70-75 percent of the worlds business critical IT systems) with the web front end. What we are talking about is real time communication from the 'front end' to the legacy systems running the business critical applications. The emphasis here is; Existing applications, probably written in COBOL need modification to deal with this. PL/I and Assembler may be involved. So these are useful starting points. What we call 'middleware' is also extremely important. This is usually IBM's MQ & Websphere product set. This would be a great product set to get familiar with. IBM shipped 20 percent more 'mainfame' pcessing capacity last year than the previous one so you are in a great place to be and it's growing." What do you think? Will you start referring to the S/390 as an e-server, or are you planning on taking "mainframe" to the grave? Let us know! Respond to william now: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] ======================================================== TODAY'S OTHER S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ======================================================== [1] IBM tries to become software powerhouse with a little help from its friends [2] Linux prepares for battle [3] CA organizing products into four brands [4] BMC Software adds to US technology warnings [5] New Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all' [1] "IBM tries to become software powerhouse with a little help from its friends" IBM's alliance with JD Edwards last spring illustrates Big Blue's plan to transform itself through partnerships into a software powerhouse. As part of the deal, JD Edwards agreed to drop BEA Systems' WebLogic as its preferred application server in favor of IBM's WebSphere. IBM also got JD Edwards to add DB2 to its list of primary software platforms. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/Components/Search/Article.asp?ArticleID=27955 [2] "Linux prepares for battle" At Linux Expo in London this week companies are showing off the latest additions to the open source arsenal, including tools designed to step up software development and software to make Linux more attractive for high-end servers and workstations. In the mean time, Linux has grown in the last year into a serious competitor for Microsoft's Windows operating system, according to industry experts. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2783175,00.html [3] "CA organizing products into four brands" Even as it battles an investment group seeking control of the company, Computer Associates International is expected to announce a series of new product versions and initiatives at its CA World convention. Planned announcements include: a new version of the company's flagship software product, Unicenter, a new storage management brand and product line called BrightStor, and new initiatives in CA's eTrust computer security line. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/09/010709hncaplans.xml,00.html [4] "BMC Software adds to US technology warnings" Joining a list of other high profile companies, BMC Software warned profits will disappoint and it will miss Wall Street forecasts for first quarter earnings. The Houston-based company, which develops systems management software, said revenues were expected to be in the range $338 million to $345 million, 3 percent to 5 percent below the low end of the company's estimates. SOURCE: The Financial Times http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3WF9SZSOC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC00L1B0C&subheading=information%20technology [5] "New Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all'" IT managers may soon be able to buy a Linux application with the assurance it will run on any vendor's version of the open source operating system. The Free Standards Group, which includes IBM, Red Hat, TurboLinux and Oracle, has made Version 1.0 of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) available for download. LSB is a programmatic interface that lets vendors and developers avoid writing multiple versions of applications for varying versions of the Linux platform. SOURCE: Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/122679_07-09-2001.html?nw ======================================================== ======================================================== Take Our New search390 Poll: Microsoft has been criticizing the General Public License open-source software model, saying that it undermines the commercial software sector and hurts innovation. What is your opinion of Microsoft's position? Let us know at http://www.search390.com/poll ========================================================= CALLING ALL DINOS! ========================================================= July's tip of the month contest has started! This month's prize is an awesome King T=Rex radio control dinotronic dinosaur chosen with all of you dinos in mind! To submit a tip, or to check out this month's prize and contest rules, click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid10_prz750651_cts750650,00.thml ========================================================= BEST WEB LINKS ========================================================= [1] "RACF update" This is technical and market research firm xephon's RACF update. This online monthly journal for RACF specialists offers everything from current job opportunities, to links to other useful MQ-related sites. FYI--they offer free issues to non- subscribers. Complete issues are available in Acrobat PDF format. If you'd like to take full advantage of all this journal has to offer, simply subscribe here. Subscription benefits and rates are available. SOURCE: xephon http://www.xephon.com/racfupdate.html [2] "Distributed computing environment (DCE) downloads" IBM's site for distributed computing environment downloads. These tools are used to gather diagnostic infomation about DCE problems. SOURCE: IBM http://www-4.ibm.com/software/network/dce/downloads/enhancements/dceaix.html ========================================================== ========================================================= THE MISSING LINK ========================================================== A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Smoking mad over pot virus" Does your PC have a bad case of the munchies? Does it giggle incessantly? It could have been infected with the Marijuana virus. I-Worm.Mari comes as an e-mail with the subject line "check this out." When the computer "inhales," a Trojan Horse program sets the Internet Explorer browser start page to marijuana.com and pastes a pot leaf in the Windows system tray (no word yet if the virus affects the PC's short term memory or desire to work). The folks at marijuana.com are fuming - they say they have nothing to do with the wired weed, which could lead to harder viruses. SOURCE: Wired http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45101,00.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. =========================================================== ======================================================== If you would like to sponsor this or any TechTarget newsletter, please contact Gabrielle DeRussy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Or, visit http://search390.techtarget.com/register and adjust your subscriptions accordingly. 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