THIS WEEK: Welcome to 2003

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January 06, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Welcome to 2003 >> Featured Topic: Migrating to z/OS with COBOL >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured COBOL expert: Tom Ross >> Site Highlights: * Visit the White Papers section * Server consolidation * Ask the Experts  From the Editor: by BJ Rama, Site Editor Welcome back everyone. And welcome to 2003! We have big plans for the coming months. We'll be here with a lot more of the content you depend on to do your job, including targeted news stories, technical tips, expert advice -- all focused on the needs of enterprise IT professionals working with S/390 and zSeries mainframes. Drop us a line and tell us what IT issues you anticipate facing frequently in the new year. We'll do our best to offer you in-depth information and proven solutions from industry experts and your colleagues in the field. In the meantime, all of us at Search390.com wish you a happy and prosperous new year.  Featured Topic: Migrating to z/OS with COBOL by BJ Rama, Site Editor Are you planning on migrating to z/OS with COBOL? Do you wonder about which versions of COBOL will run under z/OS and other compatibility issues? Click below and get answers to these questions and more. 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 z900 If you have COBOL programming and migration-related questions, send them to our resident COBOL guru, Tom Ross. To review the questions Tom has already answered, click here. Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> Search390.com user jbush recently posted this in the Upgrading to zSeries forum: We are planning a 2 step conversion from HDS Pilot P48S with OS/390 2.9, first to a z800-003, then, 5 months later, to z/OS 1.4 64-bit. The HDS only has ESCON storage paths. For the first step, we plan to build new system areas on our new fibre only STK 9960 array, connected with FICON. I predict that the only pre-conversion maintenance should be for FICON and zSeries support. Am I right? Check out the great responses posted from other Search390.com members, and post one of your own. >> In the Operating Systems forum, "gilberto" needs help with this: We are an OS/390 2.6 shop and want to activate SSL with telnet. The docs refer me to the MKKF utility, which is part of LDAP, to create the keyrings, etc. My question: Do we need LDAP active in order to use MKKF? If so, it seems to require DB2 as its store. Can it be set up to store the certificates in the RACF database? If you have the answer to gilberto's question, please share it with us. Tip of the Week: Spending rebound, another mega-merger on tap for 2003 By Paul Gillin TechTarget Editor-in-Chief Paul Gillin's 10 predictions for 2003 include more wireless wonders, a surge in tech spending, XML excitement, another mega-merger on the scale of HP-Compaq and more. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Visit the White Papers section Read up on a variety of OS/390 topics. Click here to access white papers on Linux, CICS, E-Business, Storage and Security. Server consolidation Whether you currently run Unix or Linux, server consolidation is a key component of a network upgrade. Click here and get the details about server consolidation from Yankee Group Senior Analyst Laura DiDio. Ask the Experts Click here for free help from our experts. Are you facing a S/390-related challenge? Don't just give up and do it wrong! You are not the first to be stumped. Come see what the experts have to say, or pose your own question. Problem solved. Activate your subscription! Enter your email address to continue receiving Data Center Futures. Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Data Growth Dilemma Gartner's Ray Paquet provides his expertise on how to double the productivity of your staff to deal with your constant data growth at the FREE Storage Management conference Sign up now Expert Tips on z/OS If you need to make the move, why not bring an expert along? Jim Schesvold can answer your questions on S390 to z/OS migration. More info Discussion Forums Stop annoying your friends. Talk about Big Iron with people who care, in the Search390 Forums. Talk shop A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Created by TechTarget TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved. To unsubscribe from Updates on new site content: >> Simply Reply to this Email with REMOVE within the Body or Subject -OR- >> Go to: http://search390.techtarget.com/register    - Log in to edit your profile.    - Click on the link to Edit email subscriptions.    - Uncheck the box next to the newsletter you wish to unsubscribe from.    - When finished, click "Save Changes to My Profile".