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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - New speakers added to Storage Management conference http://searchStorage.com/r/0,,8479,00.htm?/?Offer=surplusad =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES - Lead story: Q&A: IBM server group exec Zeitler - Users call for change to WebSphere pricing model - IBM edges out HP in server speed test - Start-up beats IBM to Linux tool 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - White papers: E-Business - Discussion: How can COBOL detect a shutdown request? - Poll: Will you implement "on-demand computing" technology? - The Missing Link: The Net turns 20, or so __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Storage Management NEW SPEAKERS ADDED TO OUR STORAGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Register for the FREE Storage Management conference and join top independent experts as they share their expertise on the processes, procedures and technologies that will help you get the most out of your storage operations. Speakers include: ** Gartner's Ray Paquet ** META's Sean Derrington ** Noted author, Jon William Toigo ** And more! Apply to attend today: http://searchStorage.com/r/0,,8479,00.htm?/?Offer=surplusad __________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY Q&A: IBM SERVER GROUP EXEC ZEITLER | News: eWEEK William Zeitler, senior vice president, group executive, of IBM Server Group, which includes the Armonk, N.Y., company's flagship mainframe, Unix and Intel Corp.-based products as well as storage explains his strategy and why, despite the company's ongoing move toward software and services, IBM will remain in the hardware business. For the full story, click: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,808233,00.asp FOR MORE INFORMATION Read these related links http://search390.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid10,00.html?query=Zeitler&ctype=ALL =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ USERS CALL FOR CHANGE TO WEBSPHERE PRICING | News: iSeries Network WebSphere Express may be a less-expensive version of IBM's Web application server, but some users want Big Blue to change the pricing model. WebSphere Express is priced competitively mainly because of how it's positioned. That's different from the pricing of IBM's other WebSphere offerings, which gets muddled by multiple CPUs and crowds of users say critics. IBM EDGES OUT HP IN SERVER SPEED TEST | News: CNET According to this report, IBM's Regatta server is faster than HP's 64-processor Superdome -- by a smidgen. HP's system remains less expensive, though, at $6.6 million to IBM's $7.6 million and HP said it expects to reclaim its position by the end of March. START-UP BEATS IBM TO LINUX TOOL | News: ZDNet A revamped version of key disk drive management software in Linux will be based on a project from a start-up, spurring a retreat by IBM programmers who had been working on competing software. ___________________________________________________________________ ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHITE PAPERS | E-Business E-business is not only about putting a business on the Web; it's about creating a seamless customer experience -- and this white papers section can help you achieve it. Read about how to build, secure and run an integrated e-business infrastructure in these white papers. >> CLICK for the white papers: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapersByCategory/0,293837,sid10_tax292621_idx0_off10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW CAN COBOL DETECT A SHUTDOWN REQUEST? | Developer forum Search390.com user "cacounty" posted the following in the Developer forum and needs your help: "We have an inhouse-written, started-task server. We would like to communicate with it using an MVS modify command to issue a shutdown. We are looking for a module that can be called by COBOL and/or Natural. How can a COBOL program or a Natural program detect that a shutdown request has been sent by the operator? Is there some sort of assembler code that the program can query to determine that the request has been made?" Think you can help? If so, please share your thoughts and suggestions: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/757!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Will you be implementing products that have "on-demand computing" technology this year? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | The Net turns 20, or so When you welcomed 2003 last week, did you remember to wish a happy birthday to the Internet? We didn't either. The Net arguably turned 20 on New Year's Day. Its history dates back to when 400 computers hooked up to the old ARPANET switched over to TCP/IP, the protocol that essentially whelped the Web. But figuring out the Net's true age is about as tough as figuring out Zsa Zsa Gabor's! Some contend that the Net is really 33 years old, having been begotten at UCLA when two computers linked by a 15-foot cable exchanged data. How about an average? Let's say it's 26 and a half. Source: The Associated Press http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-01-02-net-birthday_x.htm ___________________________________________________________________ ****************** 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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