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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Lead story: Giga: Linux on a mainframe will cost users - BMC readies new performance-assurance tools - IBM takes blade server concept to networking, storage devices - Europe approves Big Blue's PwC buy - Lab to sample Linux for weapons work - Oracle Report Card: No rush to 9i yet 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Share a user experience, win a prize - Poll: Will you be expanding your current IT staff? - Discussion: Need help with Java on z/OS? - The Missing Link: Positively Kmart __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Data Center Futures Newsletter If you pride yourself on knowing everything about your data center, you probably go to great lengths to keep up to date with the latest skills and technologies. Don't just get the latest information...see the future! Twice a month, the Data Center Futures newsletter gives you the low down on all you need to know to be prepared for the future. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY GIGA: LINUX ON A MAINFRAME WILL COST USERS | News: cw360 Just because Linux is free, it doesn't mean it's cheap. According to a new Giga report, there are costs associated with putting Linux on the mainframe that users often overlook. For the full story, click: http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=1182590V&2149REQEVENT=&CARTI=116010&CARTT=1&CCAT=1&CCHAN=9&CFLAV=1 FOR MORE INFORMATION Check out these Featured Topics on Linux http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci847737,00.html http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci799405,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ BMC READIES PERFORMANCE ASSURANCE | News: SearchSysManagement.com BMC is expanding its enterprise performance assurance line of products with a new entry-level version of the software as well as new performance-prediction tools for IBM's iSeries and mainframe systems. http://searchsystemsmanagement.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid20_gci852463,00.html IBM TAKES BLADE SERVER TO NETWORKING, STORAGE DEVICES | News: CNET IBM will announce Tuesday its first blade servers, and with them a strategy for applying the blade concept to the design of networking equipment, storage devices and other products. EUROPE APPROVES BIG BLUE'S PWC BUY | News: Reuters The European Commission has given IBM the green light to buy PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting for $3.5 billion in cash and stock. LAB TO SAMPLE LINUX FOR WEAPONS WORK | News: CNET Los Alamos National Laboratory is buying a $6 million, 2,048-processor Linux supercomputer to run its nuclear weapons simulation software, an effort that will test the limits of these less expensive megamachines. ORACLE REPORT CARD: NO RUSH TO 9I YET | News: SearchDatabase.com More than one-third of Oracle customers surveyed by SearchDatabase.com have not committed to upgrading their systems to Oracle 9i, even though it was released more than a year ago. The headaches and costs associated with upgrades were provided as reasons for their reluctance. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci850742,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SHARE A USER EXPERIENCE, WIN A PRIZE Help build the new User Experience section on Search390.com. Find out how your greatest IT triumphs can help fellow mainframers -- and become eligible to win a prize for submitting your story! >> CLICK for more information: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci852128,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Will you be expanding your current IT staff within the next six months? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS Are you upgrading to z/OS? 51% We are soon. 23% Not yet. We're not ready, but we are concerned about support. 15% Yes. Already completed. 8% No. We can't afford it. We're not sure what our next step is. 3% No. We see no need. Total: 119 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM DISCUSSION FORUMS | Developer Search390.com user "imwondering" posted the following in the Developer forum and needs your help: "Is there a JVM for z/OS that does not rely on Unix System Services? Can Java talk to an IDMS database that is not ODBC-enabled?" Think you can help? If so, please share your thoughts and suggestions. Click to post a response: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/589!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Positively Kmart Rattled retailer Kmart is sick and tired of being discounted by all the anti-Kmart sentiments on the Web. So it has launched a new site: Kmartforever.com. It's a place where the only news is good news; any Kbashing gets the kibosh. And don't even think about dissing Martha Stewart there. You may post upbeat Kmart stories, read how to write a pro-Kmart letter to the editor or just bask in the blue light of love. So far, two dozen messages have gone up. By comparison, an anti-store site has seen more than 7,000 Kdisses go live! Source: Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=856&ncid=856&e=6&u=/nm/20020923/od_uk_nm/oukoe_retail_kmart_web ___________________________________________________________________ *******************SEARCH390.COM 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. 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