=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 | S/390 and Industry News February 14, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___________________________________________________________ ************* SPONSORED BY LEVI, RAY & SHOUP **************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Search390 Event: Live Q&A with CICS expert Bob Yelavich - Discussion Forum: How much CPU can an application take? - Best Web Links: Programming - Take Our Poll: Have your storage considerations changed? - search390 Tips Contest: Win a PenCam 64MB mini digital camera! - The Missing Link: Am I annoying or not? ___________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY PUTTING DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS IN THIRD-PARTY HANDS |News: searchStorage A growing number of businesses unable or unwilling to handle their own business continuance plans are outsourcing the daunting task to third-party organizations. >> CLICK for full story: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci802178,00.html For more information, check out Best Web Links on Storage Management: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1462,00.html And, this Featured Topic on Storage: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci758921,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ MICROSOFT TO DEBUT DEVELOPER TOOLS | News: CNET Microsoft has finally released Visual Studio.Net, a bundle of development tools crucial to translating its Windows monopoly into a key advantage in the growing market for Web services technology. The tools replace the existing Visual Studio tools--used by some 5 million developers, according to Microsoft--and includes several new features, along with updates to existing products such as the company's popular Visual Basic and Visual C++ tools. BEWARE: LOVE MAY BITE ON VALENTINE'S DAY | News: searchSecurity Virus writers like to prey on the lovelorn on Valentine's Day. They often choose Cupid's busiest day to spread their malicious code by enticing the hopelessly romantic with devious social engineering tricks. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci801991,00.html INTEL BRINGS ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO HIGH-END SPACE WITH ITANIUM 64-BIT | News: search390 Chip giant Intel Corp. has a very simple strategy when it comes to its Itanium 64-bit processor architecture: taking over the market for high-end servers. http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci800011,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/285350 GM FORCED TO TAKE EMERGENCY MEASURES | News: cw360 The locomotive unit of General Motors was forced to launch an emergency turnaround strategy after an SAP R/3 implementation brought its spare parts business to a virtual standstill. The problems started when the Locomotive Group went live with R/3 in January. The plan was to make aftermarket operations more efficient by replacing legacy mainframe systems with R/3 modules that could handle parts distribution, order entry, procurement and financial reporting. DON'T FEAR THE (ACTIVE) DIRECTORY | News: searchWindowsManageability Worried that your mismanagement of Active Directory may spell the end of your IT career? Don't worry. Find out how an LDAP management tool can ease your AD woes. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801854,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ _____________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY SHARE *********************** *********** Register for SHARE in Nashville *************** Register by Feb. 15 and receive advance rates for SHARE in Nashville, March 3-8. Non-members also receive free membership to SHARE, an enterprise-class IBM technologies user group. Click below to learn more and register: http://www.share.org/nashville _____________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 EVENT | Live Q&A with CICS expert Bob Yelavich Ever ask yourself "What is B2B (Business to Business) data processing? Why is XML so important for B2B? And how does it relate to CICS?" Find out next Wed, Feb 20th, at 2:00pm EST during search390's live Q&A "CICS & XML for Business to Business" with CICS guru Bob Yelavich. During this presentation, Bob will discuss what B2B is and how XML relates to B2B objectives. He'll also provide an introduction to XML and how it might be implemented in a CICS Transaction Server environment. IBM and vendor XML offerings will be identified, and future directions for CICS and XML will be described, as well as programming and application design considerations. Don't miss out on this exciting event! Pre-register today: http://search390.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUM | Operating Systems Search390 member Jaz390 posted the following in the Operating Systems forum and needs your help: "How much of the CPU will this application take?" is the question I get. Based on RMF, I know total service units consumed by an application and I know SU/SEC rating of my machine. Is there some formula I can plug these values in to determine the percentage of CPU a particular application will take? Think you can answer Jaz390'squestions? If so, please share your thoughts and suggestions. To post a response, click below: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/289!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= To view all discussion forums, click below: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BEST WEB LINKS | Programming Created with coders in mind, we've researched and included links for the major programming languages used on the mainframe in this section. Explore by language or visit "General Developer Resources" for some universally useful references and developer portals. >> CLICK for the Best Web Links: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1453,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 | Am I annoying or not? Do you have some quality time to kill? Get ready to assassinate the hours with www.amiannoyingornot.com. This site is annoyingly addictive; it offers more than 3,500 celebrities for you to judge "annoying or not?" The site will throw up the "defendant's" picture along with reasons why he, she or they might or might not be annoying. Then you render your verdict with a click, after which you'll see how others have voted. Everyone from Willie Aames to ZZ Top is on there for you to judge. So far, a British DJ and Nostradamus are atop the annoying poll, while actresses Renee Zellweger and Sarah Michelle Gellar are among the least bothersome of the bunch. Source: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/24016.html ___________________________________________________________ *********************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. TIM KEOUGH, Account Executive ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. __________________________________________________________ If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. 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