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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Lead story: IBM to sell Red Hat's Advanced Server - IBM to ship Version 8 of DB2 - Gartner pitches strategy for emerging enterprise architectures - PwC approves sale to IBM 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Archived Featured Topic: Mainframe 101 - Tip: XML an increasingly valuable skill, experts say - Poll: Are you upgrading to z/OS? - The Missing Link: Dot-com no longer synonymous with death knell __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Quest Software *** Attention Mainframe DBAs! - Quest Central(tm) **** Ever wish you could be cloned just to get your work done? Now you don't have to! Get Quest Central(tm) for DB2 - complete, integrated database management tools for mainframe and distributed environments -- and watch your productivity skyrocket! Download your FREE trial today at http://search390.com/r/0,,5737,00.htm?FreeTrial __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY IBM TO SELL RED HAT'S ADVANCED SERVER | News: CRN IBM Global Services will resell Red Hat's Advanced Server. As part of the partnership, Red Hat will extend the product so it runs on IBM's entire line of servers including the mainframe. Red Hat currently only offers Advanced Server for IBM's eServer xSeries Intel servers. For the full story, click: http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=37457 FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more info about Linux on the zSeries, see these Best Web Links: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1526,00.html Or see this archived Featured Topic on z/VM and Linux: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci847737,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ IBM TO SHIP VERSION 8 OF DB2 | News: Computerworld Big Blue will begin shipping the next version of its DB2 Universal Database soon. The new version will allow users to oversee five times more systems than the current version supports. DB2 Version 8 will begin shipping on Nov. 21 for most platforms including Linux on zSeries. However, z/OS users will have to wait for their version as its release date hasn't been announced. GARTNER'S STRATEGY FOR EMERGING ARCHITECTURES | News: SearchCIO.com Gartner likens the future world of e-business to modern airspace, where planes fly in diverse, complex and layered routes without interrupting one another's direction. In an executive briefing, the analyst firm outlined its thoughts on navigating that airspace. http://www.searchcio.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci850608,00.html PWC APPROVES SALE TO IBM | News: Reuters PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday said its partners approved the $3.5 billion sale of its consulting arm to IBM and that the antitrust review period passed without any action by regulators, two crucial steps toward completing the deal. The acquisition is expected to close in early October after regulatory approval from the European Commission and other agencies, the accounting firm said. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ARCHIVED FEATURED TOPIC | Mainframe 101 Have questions about your mainframe, but don't know who to ask? We're here to help. 390 newcomers, sift through the info we've gathered in this Featured Topic for answers to your most basic questions. Mainframe vets, perhaps a refresher? >> CLICK for the full Featured Topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci827131,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= XML AN INCREASINGLY VALUABLE SKILL | by Michelle Graziose Webb Understanding Extensible Markup Language (XML) is becoming an increasingly valuable asset for all IT professionals, especially systems and network managers. Find out how to get the skills you need in this tip. >> CLICK for full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci848403,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Are you upgrading to z/OS? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | "Dot-com" no longer synonymous with "death knell" Go ahead -- say "dot-com." It's okay! The "dot-com" may be returning to respectability. One analyst says "dot-com," which for a couple of years now has been a scourge among suffixes, isn't as doused in disses as it used to be. That's mainly because companies are more careful how they use the term. These days firms aren't so hip to hop on the bandwagon; they add "dot-com" where they see fit and not just to be trendy and cool. 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