This Week: Meet VM expert Dave Jones

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February 10, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Meet VM expert Dave Jones >> Featured Topic: DB2 Monitoring >> Expert Technical Advice: Featured DB2 and database management expert: Craig Mullins >> Site Highlights: * Discussion: Upgrading to zSeries * Webcast: Test Data Management Savior * Special Sun webcast  From the Editor: by BJ Rama, Site Editor Search390.com's Ask the Experts feature consists of twelve leading industry experts in thirteen different categories. Each week, they answer technical questions in categories ranging from systems management to COBOL programming. We continually add new experts and categories and sometimes replace older categories with new ones to keep up with changing times and to ensure you get the most from Ask the Experts. This week, I'd like to introduce you to the newest expert on our team: Dave Jones of Sine Nomine Associates. Dave is our new VM System and Application Programming expert, and he is ready to answer your questions concerning VM/SP, VM/ESA and z/VM. To learn more about Dave Jones, click here. And if you have a question for Dave, submit it today. If there is an Ask the Experts category that you'd like to see on Search390.com, please send it my way. We're always looking for ways to improve this great resource for our members, so your feedback and suggestions are always welcome. Thanks and have a great week. BJ  Featured Topic: DB2 monitoring by Robyn Lorusso, Assistant Editor If you're charged with the task of assuring optimal DB2 performance, you know the pain of continually having to track, collect and analyze performance statistics. Click below for resources that will help you meet this challenge head-on. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Craig Mullins, Director of Technology Planning, BMC Software Category: DB2 and Database Management Craig is here to answer your questions concerning DB2 and database management. Submit your questions here This Week: TAKE OUR POLL! >> Are you getting pressure from your CIO to cut software maintenance costs? CLICK to post your response. Tip of the Week: Data Center Futures: Weighing centralized, distributed data centers By Carol Hildebrand Mainframes have traditionally been the humming focus of data center life, even when they were surrounded by servers of all ilk. But these days, servers have enough power and speed to act as small mainframes in their own right. People talk about carving up the mainframe until it becomes nothing more than thousands of servers located in one box. Small wonder that there's also been some movement toward distributing the traditional data center out into a series of smaller centers connected by optical fiber. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Discussion: Upgrading to zSeries Post your questions and concerns or just speak your mind Just in time for you to perform that upgrade - or if you are already on zSeries, help others learn from your triumph. Webcast: Test Data Management Savior Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 2:00 PM EST. Join Neal Lozins of SoftBase as he describes the issues and challenges associated with test data management and a fresh approach to solving them. Click here to pre-register today. Special Sun webcast TODAY- Monday, February 10, 2003 - 12:30 p.m. EST (17:30 GMT) See firsthand Sun's vision for network computing-from the data center to the network edge. It's an all-out assault on computing costs and complexity, and there has never been a better time for it. Click above to sign up for the reminder. It's an easy way to make sure you're in your seat when the big event starts. Sign up today! Enter your email and start receiving Data Center Futures. Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Tangible tips Sign-up for the SearchSystemsManagement.com Top Expert Advisor newsletter and receive valuable expert advice on performance mgmt., network mgmt., desktop mgmt. and much more. Subscribe now Ask the Experts Search390 has experts to help you with every facet of your operation. Get help with anything from CICS to Linux, DB2, Programming, z/OS, Web Integration and more. Click here White Papers Browse free white papers on a variety of mainframe topics, such as Linux, CICS, E-Business, Storage and Security. Check it out 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".