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by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor
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Welcome to another mind bending week at Search390.com. I'm your humble host, and this week I've teamed up with an old friend - the mysterious and elusive quizmaster known only as Mr. Know-IT-All - to offer something fun, exciting and educational for everyone.
No, we haven't launched a new reality-based Web site where lovesick strangers vie for each others' affections. It's even better than that. It's a chance to prove once and for all to co-workers, loved ones and to the rest of the world that you're a highly intelligent, unstoppable force in the field of mainframes and related technologies. That's right folks. It's time to take Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge!
This grueling, 10-part quiz is designed to test your knowledge in several areas of mainframe administration and development. Topics covered include history of the mainframe, Linux on the mainframe, programming and much more. If you get a question right, move on to the next one. But if you get it wrong, be sure and look at the "Related Information" links so you can drive that newfound knowledge into your noggin once and for all.
At this point you might be wondering, "What do I win if I answer the questions correctly?" Well, it's nothing as frivolous as a material good. You'll get the satisfaction of knowing that you're a well rounded mainframer and you'll have earned the respect of your peers. Perhaps more importantly, you'll have earned the respect of Mr. Know-IT-All himself.
Okay, enough jibba jabba. CLICK HERE and let the games begin!
Until next time...
Mark Brunelli
Site Editor, Search390.com
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Featured Expert Gerhard Adam, President, SYSPRO Inc.
Category: Systems Management
Gerhard Adam, President of SYSPRO Inc., offers 30 years of experience in large systems computing with specialization in performance, capacity planning, and z/OS internals. He's here to answer your questions about s/390 and z/OS systems management, and to help you keep your systems running as smoothly as possible.
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Read Gerhard's responses to previous questions
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This Week: In the forums
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New Chapter Download: Porting applications to Linux on the mainframe
With all the buzz circling around Linux, you may be quick to assume that porting mainframe applications is your best move... but is switching to open-source really the most cost-effective option? Will moving to Linux yield a high ROI? Check out this excerpt from the new book "Linux on the Mainframe" and find out. |
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Expert: Virtualization coming to Windows, Unix shops
Virtualization isn't just for mainframers anymore. Read this article and find out how Windows and Unix shops are increasingly taking advantage of the technology. |
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Webcast Highlight -- Inside SOAP for CICS
Tune-in to this Webcast and learn the latest developments in IBM's plans to bring Web services to CICS and the mainframe. Listen as IBM's CICS guru Geoff Sharman provides a technological overview of the new CA1M SOAP for CICS SupportPac. Additional discussion topics include future plans for SOAP support in CICS, initiatives for incorporating the choreography functions from WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Enterprise Edition into WebSphere Studio and more. |
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| Tip of the Week: |
Quick & Dirty Support for BIG (but not too big) COMMAREA
Some of you may have been fortunate enough to already know of Search390.com guru Robert Harris' elegant solution to the age-old 32K (or less) COMMAREA size restriction. If you are, then you're one of the folks who insist on doing things the proper way, and are probably implementing Bob's approach. But let's muse about, err, less elegant but adequate solutions. How about compression? The effectiveness of compression is dependent on the method of compression chosen and the too-big COMMAREA contents. Try it. COMMAREA-squishing can be quite addicting! |
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Chapter download: Porting Applications to Linux on the Mainframe
Chapter 18 of the book "Linux on the Mainframe" details the financial and technical advantages of porting mainframe applications to Linux.
Click here to download now
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Presentations from Data Center Futures '03
Gain insight into the future of data center management & more - browse this collection of slides from our recent show and learn what data center changes top experts are forecasting.
Click here to browse the collection
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Is the security of the mainframe today compromised?
Click here to register for this controversial webcast and find out
Mainframes have long been synonymous with security - yet the push towards e-business has some
experts suggesting that mainframe security is not as dependable as it once was. Is the
decline in mainframe security a frightening reality - or simply empty
speculation? Find out in this exclusive webcast on Wednesday, June
25, 2003.
Sponsored By: Vanguard Integrity Professionals
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