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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Lead story: EAI and Web services - IBM and McDATA team up to take FICON to new levels - IBM lays off 150 workers at its Boulder facility - Linux vendors gang up on Red Hat 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Discussion Day TODAY: Linux on the mainframe - Poll: Will IBM layoffs affect your mainframe shop? - Discussion: How to send data from MS/Access to CICS? - Win2000Talk: What really matters about .NET? - Tips Contest: Win a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player - The Missing Link: EPA urges recycling, not dumping, computers __________________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY ACUCORP ********************** Rediscover Your COBOL Assets Acucorp's extend(tm)5 family of solutions allow you to modernize and enhance your existing COBOL applications. . .all at a lower cost and risk than other alternatives. Portable to over 600 platforms, including Linux running on the S/390, extend5 features Internet and Thin Client deployment capabilities. To evaluate our software solutions, call (800) 510-4414. http://search390.com/r/0,,3637,00.htm?Acucorp __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY SEARCH390 FEATURED TOPIC | EAI and Web services Integration is an age-old problem with two present-day solutions: Enterprise application integration (EAI) and Web services. But which is the best approach for your shop? See this week's Featured Topic for resources on these differing technologies. For the full Featured Topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci825664,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ IBM, MCDATA TAKE FICON TO NEW LEVELS | Network Storage Forum McDATA and IBM say they're developing two technological innovations to IBM's FICON mainframe protocol -- FICON Intermix and FICON Cascading. The joint development is an effort to allow for easy scalability of storage infrastructures as customers consolidate their mainframe and open systems storage environments. IBM LAYS OFF 150 WORKERS AT BOULDER FACILITY | Rocky Mountain News IBM's Boulder, Colo. facility was hit with more layoffs. Last week, about 50 Boulder workers in the data-storage software and server divisions lost their jobs. LINUX VENDORS GANG UP ON RED HAT | eWEEK In an apparent attempt to give Red Hat a nudge from its position as leading Linux distributor, a group of Linux vendors say they will standardize on a single Linux distribution. ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LIVE DISCUSSION DAY | Linux on the mainframe Where: Operating Systems discussion forum Who: Dr. Alexander Tormasov, Chief Scientist at SWsoft Inc. When: TODAY, Thursday, May 30 at 3:00 PM EDT Do you think Linux on the mainframe is a good idea? Dr. Alexander Tormasov certainly does, and he'll be here live in our Operating Systems discussion forum this Thursday, May 30 at 3:00 PM EDT to discuss why. Dr. Tormasov will speak in defense of Linux at all points in the data center and answer any questions you may have concerning Linux on the mainframe. >> CLICK to start posting your questions to Dr. Tormasov: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390 Do you expect the layoffs at IBM to affect your mainframe shop? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUMS | Developer Search390 user "webchallenged" posted this in the Developer forum and needs your help: "We have an MS/Access program that needs to send data to a CICS program and receive a response. I'm overwhelmed with terminology and options. We used to use a vendor product (Interlink's CICS Programmer's Toolkit) and it's going bye bye. Where to look - what direction to go in?" Think you know the answer? If so, please share your thoughts and suggestions. Click to post a response: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/541!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN2000TALK | Experts tell users what really matters about .NET Two years after Microsoft .NET was introduced, most users still don't know what it is or how to use it. Experts dig in to .NET on this week's edition of this weekly radio Webcast. The bottom line: developers should become familiar with Web services protocols and start experimenting with Microsoft's .NET programming tools. Useful server products will begin to roll out next year. >> Tune in to the wild and crazy Win2000Talk radio show... http://win2000talk.techtarget.com/?stream=2248 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 TIPS CONTEST | Win a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player Here's your chance to win a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player. To become eligible to win the free gift, simply share the little tips and tricks that help you do your job faster. If you submit the tip that receives the highest user rating, you win. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid10_prz821169_cts821155,00.html >> CLICK to read and rate tips submitted by Search390 users: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid10_tax286020,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | EPA urges recycling, not dumping, computers While you're upgrading, your old computer isn't exactly biodegrading. It's probably sitting in a landfill somewhere giving the environment some toxic lead kisses and remembering the good ol' days when it got turned on. But the dump won't be the destiny of dated hardware much longer. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Americans to treat their old PCs like aluminum cans and recycle them. EPA officials plan to get computer carcasses classified as reusable and encourage recycling. This is all in an effort to get the lead out of the landfills. Many monitors are loaded with lead, which protects you from nasty X-rays generated by the screen. But pitch the old PC into a dump, and the lead doesn't protect -- it poisons. Source: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=738&e=4&u=/nm/20020529/tc_nm/environment_computers_dc_2 ____________________________________________________________________ ************************SEARCH390 CONTACTS************************** BJ RAMA, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your original articles and best practices. ROBYN LORUSSO, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your white papers and Best Web Links. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, Senior News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and poll ideas. TIM KEOUGH, Account Executive (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER *********************** Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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