======================================================= SEARCH390 NEWS ROUNDUP September 4, 2001 More headlines at: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid10,00.html ========================================================== SPONSORED BY: Storage Decisions 2001 ========================================================== TIME IS RUNNING OUT to qualify to attend the FREE Storage Decisions 2001 conference in Chicago September 26-28. Learn to set strategy/make the smartest decisions to most effectively manage your storage initiatives for 2002. Pre-qualified audience of your peers and NO vendor sales pitches. Don't get shut out at this critical event. Visit http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3177034;5058249;j?http://www.StorageDecisions2001.com today! ========================================================= Lead Story: "Sun and IBM set to do more server battle" The next wave of the Sun-IBM "server war" is almost upon us. Later this month, Sun is expected to unveil StarCat -- its mainframe-style product. A week or so later, IBM will reportedly counter with the release of its new Regatta server. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/31/010831hnsun.xml Read more: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci540674,00.html Do you have programming related questions or concerns? If so, start posting them in our Developer Discussion forum. Tom Ross of IBM and search390's Ask the Experts, will be live in the Developer forum this Thurs, Sept 6 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT and again from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EDT to answer existing posts and any new ones submitted during the times listed above. So, start posting and don't miss the chance to get instant answers to your questions from a COBOL guru this Thursday! Go to: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83ff7 ======================================================= TODAY'S OTHER S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ======================================================== [1] HP buying Compaq for estimated $25 billion [2] IBM brings Linux to Wall Street [1] "HP buying Compaq for estimated $25 billion" Hewlett-Packard's $25 billion deal to buy Compaq creates the second biggest technology company in the world, trailing only IBM, and makes HP the worldwide server leader. HP also becomes a services giant and enhances its stance in the struggling PC market. The transaction, however, has raised antitrust issues that could delay approval of the deal by U.S. and European regulators. SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/hottopics/hp/hp090401.htm [2] "IBM brings Linux to Wall Street" The New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange are moving a key application to the Linux operating system. IBM says it will work the technology provider for both exchanges to move an application called Artmail to the Linux platform. IBM said Artmail, which was built in part with IBM software, is moving from 180 Sun SPARC servers to a single IBM mainframe running Red Hat's version of Linux. SOURCE: IDG http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/08/30/ibm.wallstreet.idg/index.html ======================================================== Take Our search390 Poll: ======================================================== How has capacity planning paid off for your shop? Let us know at http://www.search390.com/poll ========================================================= ========================================================== BEST WEB LINKS ========================================================= [1] Know IT All Question #1 This was the first widely-used high-level programming language for business applications. a. CORBA b. FORTRAN c. Perl d. Java e. 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To submit your tip, or to check out the rules and the new prize, go to http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html Congratulations to Steven Pritikin, our winner for July/August! ========================================================== THE MISSING LINK ========================================================== A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "Stephen Hawking predicts cyborg ascendancy" Get smarter. And hurry! That's the moral of this story. Stephen Hawking, arguably the preeminent scientist of our time, told a German magazine that computers are getting so smart, they're poised to take over the world. Hawking says we humans need to tweak our DNA and re-engineer ourselves. Otherwise, machine will take over man. Hawking also suggested that we create artificial brains that work with our mushy, organic brains and don't fight them. Are you thinking the same thing -- that Hawking may have seen "The Terminator" one too many times? 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