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March 24, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: The mainframe economic landscape >> Featured Topic: The top 10 expert Q&As >> Expert Technical Advice: DB2 and database management >> Site Highlights: * Do you know a data center innovator? * White paper library: Operating systems * Top tips: Data center management  From the Editor: by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor What do you have to do to get - and keep - a decent job? Are you finding that more and more jobs in your data center are being shipped overseas? Are you afraid your job might be next? Then be sure to click over to the Search390.com news page this week for our two-part Q&A series on job security in the mainframe world. The coverage will feature advice on how newcomers can make themselves marketable in this job-poor/skills-rich economy, and how veteran U.S. mainframers can help ensure their job doesn't get shipped overseas. We'll also take a hard look at how workers are affected by H1-B quotas and other foreign work visas. Don't miss this in-depth examination of the mainframe economic landscape. See you online, Mark Brunelli Site Editor Search390.com  Featured Topic: The top 10 expert Q&As by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor Our experts' answers to questions about CICS, Web integration and troubleshooting OS/390 really grabbed your attention over the past few months. Find out which words of wisdom you clicked the most in this week's featured topic. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Craig Mullins, Director of Technology Planning, BMC Software Category: DB2 and database management Craig Mullins has extensive experience in the field of database management. Click here to send him your questions today. Read Craig's answers to previous questions This Week: In the forums >> Using SMTP to send attachments PaulT asks: "We currently use SMTP from z/OS via batch to send messages to relevant parties. However, I have a request to send a file as an attachment. Can this be done using SMTP and if so what JCL statements do we need to add/change?" >> Post your response >> Converting to 64-Bit processing Poster 64bitjourney asks: "We'll be converting to 64 Bit soon as part of our journey to z/OS. We are using OS/390 r2.10 with regular COBOL Processors. Do we need any new processors, recompiles or do parameters need to be changed in our current processors in order to get to 64-Bit processing?" >> Post your response Tip of the Week: Virtualization in the data center Virtualization has been a buzz word in the IT sector quite a bit lately and now it's coming to the data center. Check out this tip and find out the implications of virtualization for managers and administrators. >> Read the complete tip  Site Highlights The Data Center Futures Innovator Awards Do you know someone who should receive public recognition for their innovative work with data center projects? Give them the media visibility they deserve - submit a nomination for the Data Center Future Innovator Awards. Click here to submit a nomination now. White paper library: Operating systems Click below and browse Search390.com's "Operating Systems" category in the White Paper Library. Be sure to check out such informative titles as "XML in the Land of Windows and Mainframes" and "Windows 2000 versus Linux in enterprise computing." Click here to enter Search390.com's White Paper Library Top tips: Data center management View a collection of tips from the Data Center Futures newsletter Centralized vs. distributed data centers, outsourcing issues, Linux and server consolidation -- the list of data center debates and topics goes on. Get the information you need to stay strategically and technologically ahead of the game - enter your email address in the top right corner of this newsletter to sign up for the Data Center Futures newsletter today! Sign up now! Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Data Center Futures CICS Tips and Tricks WebSphere Tips Email:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. What do you think? Share your predictions on the future of the data center - take this brief survey and voice your opinions. The results of the study will be presented at the Data Center Futures conference, June 4-6 in Chicago. Take the survey Are you ready? Prepare yourself for tomorrow's strategic and technological challenges - Attend Data Center Futures and hear Gartner Group VP Carl Claunch's four-year industry forecast. More info Database management Tired of scouring the Web to find the best resources on Database management? Check out Search390.com's collection of Best Web links and find all the information you need in one convenient place. 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".