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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: Upgrading to z/OS - RTKL secures patent for method to cool computers - Serena shares tumble after analyst report - IBM dips into directory with new server, services - FAA, contractors resolve differences 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Sound Off: Have you seen job losses? What's your background? - Poll: How long have you been an unemployed mainframer? - Send in your 390 tips and win - The Missing Link: Official: Video games fry the brain __________________________________________________________________ *************** SPONSORED BY STORAGE DECISIONS ******************* Reserve your seat for the free Storage Decisions conference coming to the Hilton Chicago Hotel September 17-19. Storage affects every IT budget, including yours. Make the smartest decisions by attending this conference. You can't afford not to! Register today at: http://www.storagedecisions.com/html/registration.htm __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY SEARCH390 FEATURED TOPIC | Upgrading to z/OS z/OS is a robust OS that supports 64-bit real storage, has improved security, is easy to configure and is super reliable. Whether you're planning to upgrade, or have already done so, check out this Featured Topic and learn more about z/OS. For the Featured Topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci774043,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ RTKL SECURES PATENT TO COOL COMPUTERS | Baltimore Business Journal A Baltimore architectural firm has secured a patent from the U.S. government for its "Tower of Cool" method of cooling data centers. The tower is a cabinet used to cool the equipment, not the room, as was the standard practice until now. SERENA SHARES TUMBLE AFTER ANALYST REPORT | Reuters Shares of mainframe software maker Serena Software Inc. this week fell nearly 11 percent after an analyst said the company is discounting more than usual. IBM DIPS INTO DIRECTORY WITH NEW SERVER, SERVICES | Internetnews IBM this week has released directory software that will run across all leading operating systems for Intel and zSeries servers. The software will help enterprises identify resources, control access to networked systems and securely install Web services. FAA, CONTRACTORS RESOLVE DIFFERENCES | Federal Computer Week An embattled air traffic modernization program potentially worth $1 billion has finally gotten off the ground. The FAA wants to finish the en route modernization by 2008, which is the end-of-life date for the IBM Corp. mainframes that run the agency's software. ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUMS | Sound Off Search390 expert Jim Keohane wants to know, if you've seen or personally experienced job loss or pay cuts, what is your mainframe background? Are your skills limited to certain fields? Have you worked with Internet workstation technology? What programming languages do you work with? Please share your feedback in the Sound Off forum: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/193 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390 If you're an unemployed mainframe professional, how long have you been out of work? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390 TIPS CONTEST | Win a Rio One digital audio player Got a 390 tip of your own? You can become famous immediately by sending that tip in. We'll post it on our Web site, where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. And, as a bonus, we'll enter you in our tips contest to win a Rio One digital audio player. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid10_prz836695_cts836694,00.html >> CLICK to view and rate tips submitted by your peers: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid10_tax286020_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Official: Video games fry the brain Put the joystick down. Pick the badminton racket up. Scientists in Japan say they've found that video games can mess with your head and that it's better to grow up playing outside with friends than inside with Super Mario. In their study scientists found that playing video games for too long put strains on the test group's brains and made it hard for participants to concentrate even after the "game over" message popped up. Evidently a lot of video games arouse tension and fear, which could literally get on a person's autonomic nerves. Working in IT arouses tension and fear too. How are your autonomic nerves feeling today? Give 'em a hug. Source: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133398 ____________________________________________________________________ *********************** 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, Sr. News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and poll ideas. 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