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Click here to get yours today: http://search390.com/r/0,,15908,00.htm?xbridgesystems ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY WILL IBM SHIFT ITS NAS LINE TO LINUX? | Ziff Davis According to Computerworld, sources close to IBM say the company might drop its Windows-based NAS product line, which consists of the TotalStorage NAS 100 and NAS 200 filers, in favor of an upcoming file server that will run Linux. >> For the complete story, CLICK: http://storage.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1184071,00.asp FOR MORE INFORMATION: Analyst: Virtualization will stall Linux http://search390.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid10_gci905547,00.html Building company constructs framework with NAS http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci892773,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ WHAT THE SCO AND IBM SCRAP MEANS FOR USERS | vnunet Concern over IBM's legal entanglements with SCO is on the rise and anyone using Unix and Linux has a stake in the outcome of this battle. This article examines what impact the operating system wars will have on users. MIDMARKET VARS CAN RIDE IBM EXPRESS TRAIN |CRN IBM is following its recent pledge to make its services offerings more available to the channel with an integrated set of services, products and financing aimed at solution providers serving midsize customers. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Securing Linux on the mainframe You may realize the value of consolidating multiple Linux servers on one mainframe box, but doing so could make your network a sitting duck for hackers. Visit our featured topic page this week and learn the best ways to keep Linux servers properly locked down. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci865611,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ - BMC HANDS ITS STORAGE SOFTWARE CUSTOMERS TO EMC (SearchStorage.com) http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci913135,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JOIN DEVELOPER FORUM | Java FTP client program hanging on z/OS "FTPClient" is trying to use FTP functionality from a Java client. If he doesn't put a time out for the ServerSocket, the program does not seem to send out a response. Can anyone out there tell him why this problem is happening only with Websphere on z/OS and if there's a solution? >> To help out a fellow mainframer, CLICK: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/835 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! Analysts predict that within the next few years, Windows will be the dominant server in the data center. Do you see that as a real possibility in your company? >> Go to the homepage and take our poll. CLICK: http://Search390.techtarget.com/#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED EXPERT | David Boyes, Linux on the mainframe expert Anyone who works with Linux on IBM's S/390 mainframes has certainly 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. If you have any questions about running Linux on the mainframe, David Boyes is here to help. >> To ask David a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid511742_tax293308,00.html >> To read David's responses to previous questions, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid10_tax293308,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MISSING LINK | Cell phone rings are getting wilder -- literally Nothing is more annoying than those cutesy cell phone rings. But soon, mobile movers and shakers will be able to download even "cooler" rings, such as a lion roaring or a parrot squawking. The British Library has sold 40 tracks from its collection of 100,000 wildlife recordings to vendors iTouch and Mobiletones, which sell cell phone ring tones. What's next? A fingernails on the blackboard ring? A hacking phlegmy cough ring? 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