=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 | S/390 and Industry News February 7, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___________________________________________________________ ************* SPONSORED BY LEVI, RAY & SHOUP **************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Discussion Forum: Help setting up Linux on a Zserver? - Take Our Poll: Have your storage considerations changed? - search390 Tips Contest: Win a PenCam 64MB mini digital camera! - The Missing Link: A negative reaction to office romance ___________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY THE 3-YEAR HARDWARE UPGRADE CYCLE: IS IT OVER? |News: NewsFactor Tough economic times have made CIOs think about making start-to-finish cycles shorter, and evaluate more stringently than ever whether to keep old hardware or replace it. Analysts agree that lengthening the "refresh cycle" can result in significant cost-cutting without hurting efficiency. For the full story, click: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20020206/tc_nf/16177 For more information, check out Best Web Links on Systems Management: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1487,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ KUMAR DEFENDS CA'S FINANCIAL HEALTH AFTER MOODY'S WARNING | News: CRN CA's top executive defends his company's financial health despite news that Moody's Investors Service might cut the company's debt rating. In November, CA revamped its branding strategy to focus on six product categories including storage, enterprise management and security. SUN OPTS OUT OF IBM, MICROSOFT WEB SERVICES ALLIANCE | News: Reuters IBM is among a number of major companies (and competitors) to come together on forming standards that would make it easier for companies to share information and do business over the Web. The group is split between using Microsoft's .Net and Java. However, Sun, probably Java's biggest proponent is noticeably absent from the line-up. TELCO GIANTS GATHER TO BOOST CARRIER-GRADE LINUX | News: Midrange Server Four telco giants have signed on to a new open source initiative that hopes to promote Linux. The deal could improve Linux for the telecommunications sector and might make open source more applicable to the high-end server market, too. IBM BOWS ALPHA CODE FOR WEB SERVICES ON WINDOWS AND LINUX | News: Midrange Server IBM recently released three new Windows and Linux alpha programs for Web services. The tools were created to provide a Web services development, runtime, hosting, and gateway environment for developers and service providers. This article gives a rundown of the downloads. MICROSOFT'S NEW VENDOR CONSORTIUM: HELPFUL OR HYPEFUL? | News: searchWebServices Microsoft, IBM and BEA Systems are among the vendors launching the new Web Services Interoperability Organization, which will work to advance Web services standards. According to a Meta Group analyst, the consortium could significantly impact current standards efforts, and may leave companies like Sun and SAP out in the cold. http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid26_gci800725,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ ___________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUM | Operating Systems Search390 member Baduwais posted the following in the Operating Systems forum and needs your help: We are setting up Linux in our zServer (z/900-2064-104). We call it zLinux: 1) Where can we find benchmarking tools for zLinux? 2) Is JAVA Servlet Development Kit support available? 3) How stable is the 64-bit kernel in zLinux? 4) Can zLinux support the IEEE 802.1s (Multiple Spanning Tree) function to take advantage of the fat pipe grouped by the two Giga-bit ports? Think you can answer Baduwais' questions? If so, please share your thoughts and suggestions. To post a response, click below: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/284!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= To view all discussion forums, click below: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | search390 Have your storage considerations changed since integrating your mainframe with the Web? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS Will a Linux-only mainframe be part of your consolidation strategy? 31% No. We have no plans to consolidate onto a Linux-only system. 24% We weren't considering it, but we might now. 20% Yes. We're already consolidating and this will be a big cost savings for us. 16% Don't know. 9% No. Linux-only is too restrictive for our needs. Total Votes: 124 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 TIPS CONTEST | Win a PenCam 64MB Mini Digital Camera! Think you're so smart? Let your peers be the judge. Show them what you are made of -- submit your best tips to search390.com, let your peers rate them and we'll see how you do. You've all learned little workarounds, shortcuts and time-savers that help you work faster and more efficiently. Share them with the members of search390. Our interactive Tips Exchange allows others to rate your tips, and the top 2 highest rated tips are inducted into the "search390.com Tips Hall of Fame." For more info click below: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci799364,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE MISSING LINK | A negative reaction to office romance Before you send that cutie in the next cubicle a flirty e-mail, remember this: The boss probably won't like it. A survey of more than 600 executives found 76% of them consider office romances "dangerous." Along with the hugs, kisses and sweet e-mails come sexual harassment possibilities, job slacking and the disapproval of co-workers. You may not get the boss' blessing, but he or she isn't likely to do anything about it. Less than half of the respondents have policies that ban fishing from the company pier. Source: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/news/IWK20020205S0007 ___________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH390 CONTACTS********************* BJ RAMA, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your original articles and best practices. ROBYN LORUSSO, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your white papers and Best Web Links. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, Senior News Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and poll ideas. 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