THIS WEEK: Meet our newest Linux expert David Boyes

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January 20, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Meet our newest Linux expert David Boyes >> Featured Topic: Migrating to z/OS 1.4 >> Expert Technical Advice: David Boyes is here to answer your Linux on the mainframe questions >> Site Highlights: * Ask the CICS Expert * The Missing Link Archive * Edit your Inbox  From the Editor: by BJ Rama, Site Editor I'm proud to introduce you to our newest Linux on the mainframe expert, Dr. David Boyes. If you work with Linux on the mainframe, you've probably heard of David Boyes. He made history early in the project by running no less than 41,400 Linux images on a single mainframe, all of them doing real work under simulated load as Web servers. More recently, David has been involved in helping application service providers and other companies deploy Linux on S/390 hardware. David is also president of Sine Nomine Associates, and a frequent speaker at various conferences and trade shows. David is ready to answer your Linux on the mainframe questions, so send him one today!  Featured Topic: Migrating to z/OS 1.4 by BJ Rama, Site Editor If you have any questions about migrating to z/OS R1 V4, or with fine-tuning your upgrade, you've come to the right place. Below are some tips and tricks to help ensure z/OS 1.4 will run smoothly for you. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert David Boyes, president, Sine Nomine Associates Category: Linux on the mainframe Linux guru David Boyes is here to answer your questions about Linux on the mainframe. If you have a question for David, click below to submit it now. Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> "64bitjourney" posted the following question in the Upgrading to zSeries forum and needs your help: We will be converting to 64 Bit soon in our journey to z/OS. We are OS/390 r2.10 with regular COBOL Processors. Do we need any new processors, recompiles, or parameters to be changed in our current processors to get to 64 Bit processing? If you have the answer to 64bit's question, please post it here. Tip of the Week: User authentication in WAS 5.0 By Stephen Swoyer WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 4.0 can authenticate users against a variety of registries, including operating system-specific, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and custom user registries. In WAS 4.0, custom user registries typically implement the CustomRegistry interface and are designed to support account information stored in relational databases. WAS 5.0 exploits a new interface, UserRegistry Java, along with a new security model that introduces a significant change with respect to the design of custom user registries. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Ask the CICS Expert If you don't know everything, meet someone who does Stumped? CICS Expert Robert Harris isn't. Click here to submit your question and let him help you out. The Missing Link Archive If you've missed a Missing Link or just want to revisit a favorite, click here. If you scroll straight to the bottom when you get our newsletters, this link is for you! Catch up or re-read one now. Edit your Inbox Click for information on how you can help create the perfect newsletter Have you signed up for e-mail newsletters only to find that you never get exactly what you wanted? Here is your chance to help Search390.com send you exactly what you want to see. A few minutes of your time now can save hours later. Sign up today! Enter your email and start receiving Data Center Futures. Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Register and WIN Time is running out to attend CRM Decisions FREE. Join Seybold, Peppers and top industry experts. Register today to win a Treo PDA. Plus, final week for hotel room savings! Find out more Featured Webcast Save money with server consolidation! Learn why and how from Yankee Group Senior Analyst Laura DiDio. Attend this webcast today. Click here Salary Survey Are you making as much as you should be? Find out how you measure up to your peers by taking our new interactive salary survey. Take the survey 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".