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NEW Webcast Available Today! Four Critical Issues in mainframe TCP/IP performance monitoring http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/S390/062303/index.asp?loc=01 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured Topic: VSAM performance tuning - HP drops outsourcing bids to avoid IT unions - CA hones utility computing plan - Cisco announces data storage switch contract 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Expert Advice: Just how secure is TN3270? - Test your melon with Mr. Know-IT-All's Quiz Questions - Poll: Is grid computing the future of the data center? - The Missing Link: Indian coders take class on Western class ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** NEW Webcast Available Today! ****************** Title: Four critical issues in mainframe TCP/IP performance monitoring Summary: Learn how to avoid the common IP performance management problems most e-business companies face. You'll also hear key IP site issues, including cost analysis, best management practices & more. Get it now at http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/S390/062303/index.asp?loc=01 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | VSAM performance tuning Tuning your VSAM datasets is a great way to delay or possibly avoid a CPU upgrade, improve the run-time of your programs and greatly cut your online response time. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci877326,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ HP DROPS OUTSOURCING BIDS TO AVOID IT UNIONS | Computer Weekly According to this report, HP has pulled out of the bidding process for two major outsourcing deals because IT staff at the potential customer's company are union members. CA HONES UTILITY COMPUTING PLAN | CNET CA announced Monday new products and technology designed to help companies better manage complex networks and computing resources on a pay-as-you-use basis. CA executives announced a project called Sonar, which the company says is a key piece of CA's strategy for managing utility computing, or what it also calls on-demand computing. CA said the tools could help lower the administrative burden required to maintain and fix corporate systems. CISCO ANNOUNCES DATA STORAGE SWITCH CONTRACT | Reuters Cisco announced a large contract for its data storage switches that will help it build on its bread-and-butter networking business. The San Jose, California-based company said separately that IBM will resell storage technology that allows corporate customers to lower costs by controlling the flow of data on their Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure instead of on separate networks. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JUST HOW SECURE IS TN3260? | Systems management expert I'm fairly new to the mainframe arena and have taken a role as a security analyst responsibie for a couple of OS/390 systems. TN3270 is used for the connections between the terminal Emulator (Extra! personal Client) and the OS/390 host. Does TN3270 encrypt/scramble the data in any way? If so, how? And how secure can this be considered? >> For Gerhard Adam's expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid532939_tax285033,00.html >> To ask Gerhard a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid365820_tax285033,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TEST YOUR IT SMARTS | Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge Got what it takes to join the ranks of the Search390.com IT Intelligencia? You're about to find out. Take Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge and test your melon today. >> To take the Mainframe Skills Challenge, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci906773,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! Is grid computing the future of the data center? >> Go to the homepage and take our poll. CLICK: http://Search390.techtarget.com/#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Indian coders take class on Western class There's more to being a success in Western IT markets than technical savvy and being able to speak English. Cultural differences can be deal breakers. One Indian software exec has set up a finishing school of sorts for his countrymen to teach them how to dress, dine, communicate and mingle in the U.S. and Europe without "sticking out like a sore thumb." Students pay anywhere from $250 to $900 for the classes. One student says the school, in Bangalore, India, is filling a real need. "When we nod our heads, they do not know whether it is a yes or no," he said. "I do not want to be in that category." (AFP) >> CLICK: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&ncid=1516&e=12&u=/afp/20030713/od_afp/lifestyle_india_tech_030713120408 ____________________________________________________________________ ****************** SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ************************* MARK BRUNELLI, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. MARYANN TRIPP, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and best web links. DAVID GABEL, Executive Tech Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your technical tips and tip ideas. DARA SUCH, Associate Account Executive (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. http://www.techtarget.com Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. 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