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CLICK HERE FOR Free WHITE PAPER: http://search390.com/r/0,,14416,00.htm?vanguard ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TIP | SAN scores high ratings for Nielsen Media Group When the New York-based Nielsen Media Group wanted to keep tabs on it's rating numbers, it turned to a storage area network (SAN). Take a look at this Storage Innovators tip and find out how and why Nielsen took the SAN route. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci903618,00.html Got a handy tech tip of your own? We'll post it on our Web site, where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TUNING THE LOGGER | Ask the Expert >From the manual we learned that for a DASD log, the size of the staging dataset would affect the dataspace of the system logger. However, if the staging dataset is too small, more offload will be needed to perform and more CPU power will be required. Apart from the formula that IBM provides, do you have any advice about the setting for a system that has about 80 CICS regions running? >> For Robert's expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid528997_tax289214,00.html >> To ask Robert a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid447693_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CLARIFYING A FEW JCL STATEMENTS | Ask the Expert I do not understand the functionality of each JCL statement mentioned below: 1) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 2) //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* 3) //ddname DD SYSOUT=* >> For Mark's expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid535019_tax287555,00.html >> To ask Mark a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid393389_tax287555,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OFFSHORING IT JOBS? CONSIDER THE RISKS, NOT JUST THE REWARDS Offshore outsourcing is changing the U.S. economy and the very role of the CIO. This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how firms go about the outsourcing process. (SearchCIO.com) >> For the complete story, CLICK: http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci904410,00.html The headline above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Can IBM re-invent mainframe's image? Mainframes: Ancient relics, or state of the art supercomputers? IBM would have you believe the latter, but competitors are singing a different tune. So, who's right? 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