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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Don't just get the latest information...see the future! http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: Batch CICS tips and trick - IBM to spend $10B on 'on-demand' computing - Tech budget cuts gut IT headcounts, salaries 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - TargetSearch: Performance tuning - Poll: Have you dealt with mainframe security issues? - Ask the Expert: Need to measure CICS transaction delay? - The Missing Link: Scientists press the flesh over the Internet __________________________________________________________________ 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 lowdown 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 SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Batch CICS tips and trick While External CICS Interface (EXCI) enables batch jobs to initiate CICS transactions, getting the two programs to work together can still be tricky. Check out these best practices for establishing and using batch CICS. For the full Featured Topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci859107,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ IBM TO SPEND $10B ON 'ON-DEMAND' COMPUTING | News: CNET Sam Palmisano, IBM's CEO and newly elected chairman says the future is in grid computing and self-healing technologies. IBM plans to establish a new on-demand group and commit $10 billion to bringing about this new era through research and development, company initiatives and acquisitions, he said. TECH BUDGET CUTS GET IT HEADCOUNTS, SALARIES | News: eWEEK According to a new study from Meta Group, budgets have been slashed so dramatically, there's barely anything left to cut -- except jobs and salaries. "They can't throw mainframes out the window and not pay for them. But 64% of companies, if faced with a cut, will take out people," said the report's author. ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM TARGETSEARCH | Performance tuning If you need help measuring, monitoring or tuning system performance, check out these TargetSearch results for tips and expert advice. http://search390.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid10,00.html?query=performance+tuning =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com How many mainframe security "issues" have you had to deal with because of internal misuse in the past year? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEED TO MEASURE CICS TRANSACTION DELAY? | by Robert Harris Dear Ask the Expert, In what way can I accurately measure the amount of CICS transaction delay attributed to region dispatch time in an MRO environment with restricted processor availability? >> CLICK for Robert's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid497699_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Scientists press the flesh over the Internet If you think e-mail and instant messaging are too cold and impersonal, remember that one day, you may be able to feel the sweaty, clammy hands of the person on the other end of your Net connection. A gaggle of geeks in the United States and Britain have shaken out some technology that allowed them to conduct a transatlantic handshake via the Internet this week. Something called phantoms, which mimic the sense of touch by sending small impulses at very high frequencies, made the cybershake possible. When this tactile technology feels its way into the mainstream (about five years from now), trainee surgeons could use it to practice operations via the Internet, politicians could press the flesh back home without having to leave Capitol Hill, and big brothers away at college could log on and remind their little brothers back home who's boss. Source: Reuters http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1655693 ___________________________________________________________________ *******************SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS************************** BJ RAMA, Site Editor (mailto:brama@;techtarget.com) >> Send in your original articles and best practices. 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