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*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*>>> SPONSORED BY SUN MICROSYSTEMS <<<*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Are Outsourced Mainframe Costs Breaking Your Budget? One Government agency used SUN's mainframe rehosting software to move their existing apps to run largely unchanged on SUN servers and saved $10M/year in outsourcing costs. Click here to get a video about how this agency achieved this: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3437897;5058249;z?http://sun.com/datacenter/mainframe/rehosting/solutions.html *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Linux hits home with adoption by Finland's Sonera - News: Chip sales, tech slump seen hurting IBM - News: BMC rolls out new database tool - News: IBM, Citizen update WatchPad wearable computer - Featured Topic: Upgrading to z/OS - Tips: I Need A COBOLHEXTOMY! - Advice: What do you think of CICS Web interface? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - FREE download of Steve Samson's book - Discussion Forum: Operating Systems - The Missing Link: Pop singer's death hoax a top story at CNN.com - Current Poll: Cast your vote concerning heightened system security. ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::: S/390 AND INDUSTRY NEWS :::::::::::::::::: The headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search390.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX HITS HOME WITH ADOPTION BY FINLAND'S SONERA | News: Reuters Finland's leading broadband Internet provider Sonera Entrum embraced Linux this week. The company replaced 60 different Unix and Windows NT servers with a single computer containing 500 virtual servers running Linux software installed by Red Hat and SuSE. Incidentally, Linux is the brainchild of Finn Linus Torvalds. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CHIP SALES, TECH SLUMP SEEN HURTING IBM | News: Reuters Weak chip sales and a general downturn in technology spending will likely cut into IBM's quarterly earnings, analysts say. Analysts lowered earnings expectations for Big Blue, as companies will likely buy fewer computers following the September 11 terrorist attacks. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BMC ROLLS OUT NEW DATABASE TOOL | News: eWEEK BMC Software Inc.'s new database monitoring software not only alerts users of problems but also suggests solutions. DBXray works with BMC's own Patrol suite of management software as well as products from Computer Associates International Inc. and IBM's Tivoli group. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM, CITIZEN UPDATE WATCHPAD WEARABLE COMPUTER | News: iSeries Network Remember that Linux-based wristwatch computer IBM was showing off last year? Now Big Blue is working with Japan-based Citizen Watch to produce commercial versions of the watch. The WatchPad 1.5 runs Linux on a 32-bit, 74 MHZ ARM processor. Besides working as a PDA, the watch can also control PCs, using Bluetooth. ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** Upgrading to z/OS | Search390 Featured Topic z/OS is a robust OS that supports 64-bit real storage, has improved security, is easy to configure and is super reliable. Yet, many have not planned to upgrade anytime soon. Let us help you make the right upgrade decision. >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci774043,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I Need A COBOLHEXTOMY! | Tip: Jim Keohane Okay, okay. You got COBOL HEX coming out your ears from too many recent Search390 tips. Both from Jim Keohane and from your fellow Search390er's. Well, Joseph Vincent posted his approach to address the cpu performance issue. Take a look at Joseph's contribution as well as Jim's speedup version of an earlier contribution by Mark Fleming. Gentlemen and gentlefems, start your engines...... >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci774852,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CICS WEB INTERFACE? | Advice: search390 I saluted very much IBM's idea of creating ways to allow corporate users to expose new and legacy applications on the Web. One of the ways to accomplish this is via the CICS Web Interface. >> CLICK for the Full Expert Answer... http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid411586_tax288468,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*>>> SPONSORED BY SEAGULL SOFTWARE <<<*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Rapid ROI. Reduced risk. Real results. It's refreshingly rational e-business from SEAGULL. Offering a complete spectrum of software solutions that propel your legacy applications into Web services, from emulation to extension to integration. So you can quickly enable Internet users, devices and applications to use the business processes at the core of your operations. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3440927;5058249;n?http://www.seagullsw.com/rational390.asp *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ____________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FREE download of Steve Samson's book: "MVS Performance Management - OS/390 Edition" MVS Performance Management OS/390 Edition by Stephen L. Samson, Senior Technical Staff Member, Candle Corporation, outlines IBM's MVS operating system and its relationship to performance management. It is not an introduction to MVS, or a guide to MVS system programming, but it gives a nice overview of the MVS operating system, its history and evolution. http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepaper/1,289194,sid10_gci773129,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OPERATING SYSTEMS | search390 Discussion Forum Whatever OS you're running on your S/390, I'm sure you have some questions and run into occasional glitches. If so, stop by our OS discussion forum and post a question for the entire 390 community to see. We also have 390 experts monitoring the forums on a regular basis, so help is always available. Or maybe you have an answer that one of your peers is desperately in need of. Stop by today and make this the place where "everybody knows your name." http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Pop singer's death hoax a top story at CNN.com Oops, someone did it again -- created an Internet hoax that got WAY more attention than it deserved. The most popular story on CNN.com for Sunday, Oct. 7? Not America pulling the trigger on the Taliban, but "Singer Britney Spears Killed in Car Accident." A prankster copied CNN's look and writing style, then exploited a (now quashed) quirk in the way Web browsers handle URLs to fool folks into thinking they were linking to a legitimate CNN article. The prankster said all he did to get the virtual rumor mill turning was to distribute a specially crafted URL to three users of AOL's Instant Messenger chat software. Then the cybersnowball began to roll -- the bogus Britney story clawed its way to the top of CNN's "Most Popular" stories list for the day. What do "wolf criers" have against little Miss Spears? In June, CNN reported that a radio station in Texas launched a hoax that Spears and pop singer Justin Timberlake were involved in a car accident. (Newsbytes) >> CLICK: http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170973.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | search390 Reader Survey IBM CEO Lou Gerstner has stated the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. will change corporate computing and boost attention on system security. 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