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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - FREE WHITE PAPER: Kirchman BankwayTM Core Bank Software Debuts on Sun! http://search390.com/r/0,,8013,00.htm?sunmicrosystems =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: Securing Linux - IBM offers financing for on-demand era - Linux maturity boosts its value, forum speakers say - Red Hat chief: Linux will take desktop market share from MS - Market pressure should drive security changes, users say 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Have 390 questions? Ask the experts - Discussion: Looking for ways to use display statement in COBOL? - Year-end survey: Tell us what you think - Poll: Are you getting a holiday bonus this year? - The Missing Link: Shut up and drive, or die? __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Sun Microsystems FREE WHITE PAPER Kirchman BankwayTM Core Bank Software Debuts on Sun! Looking to provide enhanced functionality while reducing costs? Read how one of the banking industry's leaders in automation and compliance moved its fully scalable banking software from the mainframe to Sun in just one weekend. Click here for the full story: http://search390.com/r/0,,8013,00.htm?sunmicrosystems __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY SECURING LINUX | Search390.com Featured Topic You may realize the value of consolidating multiple Linux servers on one mainframe box, but doing so may make your network a sitting duck for hackers. See this Featured Topic for help addressing Linux on the mainframe security concerns. For the full Featured Topic, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci865611,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ IBM OFFERS FINANCING FOR ON-DEMAND ERA | News: InfoWorld IBM announced another finance deal, this time for its U.S. e-business hosting customers. The deal allows customers to spread payments over a year. IBM will also offer a line of credit held in reserve. LINUX MATURITY BOOSTS VALUE, SPEAKERS SAY | News: SearchCIO.com As Linux has become more reliable and secure it has increased its cost-saving value to companies that run the open-source operating system, according to speakers at Tuesday's Enterprise Linux Forum in Boston. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci867036,00.html RED HAT: LINUX TO TAKE MARKET FROM MS | News: SearchWin2000.com The penguin wants to waddle onto your desktop. The head of Red Hat Linux claims that there's a future for open-source on the desktop -- and his company is going for it ("it" being both the gold and Microsoft's throat). He also downplayed a recent IDC study, co-sponsored by Microsoft, that gave the TCO edge to Windows. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci867114,00.html USERS: LET MARKET DRIVE SECURITY CHANGES | News: SearchSecurity.com Security professionals contacted by SearchSecurity.com do not want the government involved in regulating software development and IT security. This philosophy falls in line with the federal government's "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace." http://www.searchsecurity.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci867081,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HAVE 390 QUESTIONS? | Ask the experts Our expert advisors are available in many mainframe-specific categories. 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In a turn of events shocking to no one, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis has analyzed the risk of talking on your cell phone while you drive. The results? The wireless, the wheel and well-being are not, to use an IT term, integrateable. Source: SearchCRM.com http://www.searchCRM.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci867255,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ ****************** 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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