THIS WEEK: Data Center Futures

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December 09, 2002 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Data Center Futures >> Featured Topic: Data Center Futures >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured COBOL expert: Meet Tom Ross >> Site Highlights: * Mainframe data access on the web * Compare WebSphere notes with your peers * Managing IT Heterogeneity  From the Editor: by BJ Rama, Site Editor It's the end-of-the-year crunch. You're scrambling to meet deadlines, squeezing money out of any last resources you may have, and planning for next year's projects and budgets. You may read articles and tips about new products, hardware and software enhancements and add-ons for the mainframe, but are these enhancements realistic purchases for you and your organization? Do you have the money and time to implement new bells and whistles? If you've got the budget, great - start spending! If you don't, then it's once again time to improvise and find new ways to utilize what you already have in place. Search 390.com's featured topics, Best Web links, advanced search, interactive discussion forums and Webcast archives are just some ways to get you started. Take a moment to surf the site and see what resources can help you. If you don't find the information you need, send me an email and we'll do our best to assist you. BJ  Featured Topic: Data Center Futures by BJ Rama, Site Editor What do industry analysts, IT managers and experts predict for the future of the data center? Read the first few editions of our new bi-monthly newsletter Data Center Futures and find out. You'll also get information about TechTarget's upcoming Data Center Futures conference here as well. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Tom Ross, Software Engineer, IBM Category: Programming--COBOL, PL/I and LE for S/390 and zSeries Tom Ross is our resident COBOL guru. He's here to answer your COBOL, LE and PL/I-related questions To review the questions Tom's already answered, click here Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> Search390.com user young3 posted this in the Developer forum and needs your help: Hi, I would like to migrate some metadata from a mainframe environment to XML files. I need to know how to go about coding this in either COBOL, ASSEMBLER, or REXX. The Metadata contains application with programs all versionised. I need to checkout the versionised files and check in into XML files. Any suggestions out there? If you can help, please post your response here. >> I received an email from a Search390.com user that said this: I've been searching everywhere for a routine to convert local time to UTC in PL/I. I am a program that needs to add the UTC to the "RCVTIME" parameter. I've hard coded the current UTC (-0500) but would like to generate it through PL/I so that when DTS happens, it will automatically change to -0600 and vice-versa. The program she is referring to is posted in the Developer forum in three separate posts: # 671-674. If you can help, please post a response here. Tip of the Week: Linux and server consolidation by Carol Hildebrand Mentioning Linux and server consolidation in one sentence brings up a host of different opinions, ranging from "What a great idea!" to "What, are you crazy?" But the fact is, server consolidation is a hot topic -- as is anything with the potential to save money these days. Add Linux, and people think that the opportunity to cut cost through space consolidation, workforce reduction and software savings could be huge. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Mainframe data access on the web Live webcast with Aonix Wednesday, December 11 at 2:00 p.m. EST If you want to save time and money in your implementation, learn from the experiences of your peers in the industry. Click here and see how leading companies used cost-effective strategies to manage their implementations. Compare WebSphere notes with your peers Join a virtual study group in the Search390 Forum. Stop boring your friends. Click here to enter the Forums and discuss WebSphere with other 390 professionals. Managing IT Heterogeneity Register today for all three webcasts in this Web services mini-series Learn how Service-Oriented Architectures enable new strategies to address security, mainframe and integration issues: PART 1: Extending Security across IT Islands PART 2: Integrating Legacy Assets: Service-Oriented Architectures on the Mainframe PART 3: Unified Enterprise Messaging - Seamlessly Bridging J2EE and CORBA Platforms You could be missing out! Enter your email address to continue receiving Data Center Futures. Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Storage Management Sign up for the FREE Storage Management 2003 conference to learn the processes, procedures and technologies that will help you get the most out of your storage operations! More info Search390 search box Put a free Search390.com search box on your page and add value and convenience to your site. 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