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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Expert Advice: How to get variable-length records - Poll: Are you seeing a resurgence in interest in the mainframe? - Search390.com glossary: Learn the lingo - The Missing Link: Argentine grocer 'pampers' cashiers ____________________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY: Xbridge Systems ****************** FREE WHITE PAPER - Integrating Your Legacy Systems with Web services The industry has been plagued for years as to how with varied interaction between different computing environments (especially legacy systems) in a form that is `self-describing'. Find out how Web Services and XML address these issues. This free white paper from Xbridge Systems is outlined by noted Microsoft Windows/.NET architect and author, Jan Narkiewicz, Learn more today with your complementary white paper from Xbridge Systems. http://search390.com/r/0,,16763,00.htm?xbridgesystems _____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY IBM DELIVERS EARLY ON Z990 ENCRYPTION KEY | Search390.com IBM is delivering early on the secure key encryption capability for the zSeries 990 mainframe. IBM opted to release the z990 in May without the advance security feature and early adopters of the flagship mainframe have had to do without it until now. >> For the complete story, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci917217,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Featured Topic: Inside the T-Rex mainframe http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci902617,00.html Best Web Links on mainframe security http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1507,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ LINUXWORLD: EVANGELIST ADVISES ON PREPARING LINUX In this interview, Novell Linux Business Office chairman Matt Asay explains how enterprise officers need to prepare before pitching Linux and open-source software to decision makers. (SearchEnterpriseLinux.com) http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci917349,00.html TRUCE CALLED IN JAVA STANDARDS BATTLE | CNET A closely watched feud over Java standards compliance moved closer to resolution this week, but questions over the value of that standard still linger. JUDGE RULES IBM PENSION PLAN UNFAIR | CNET IBM's pension plan, which it revamped in the 1990s, is unfair to older employees, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. IBM EXEC: 'FORCES' AT WORK AGAINST LINUX | CNET Al Zollar, general manager of sales for IBM iSeries, seems to believe that there are forces working to stymie adoption of the open-source operating system Linux and pointed the finger at Microsoft and SCO Group. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | More mainframe FTP tips Our site experts get lots of questions about how to solve the many technical problems that often arise during FTP. This week, in an effort to provide you with a one-stop-shop for FTP advice, we've compiled all those useful suggestions on our featured topic page. Be sure and bookmark this page for quick reference when those pesky FTP problems start to slow you down. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci900287,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO GET VARIABLE-LENGTH RECORDS | COBOL, PL/I and LE for S/390 What I would like to do is use a variable, call it REC-LL-ZZ PIC 9(4) to write FORMAT-V (variable length) records. I can find no reference or example in an "LE" COBOL manual that says I can do this. The results I am getting are fixed length records with the maximum RECORD IS VARYING integer. Can I do this in LE? >> For Tom Ross' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid543924_tax285603,00.html >> To ask Tom a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid376068_tax285603,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! Since the debut of the zSeries 990 (T-Rex) in May, are you seeing a resurgence in interest in the mainframe among younger IT pros? >> Go to the homepage and take our poll. CLICK: http://Search390.techtarget.com/#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= GLOSSARY | Search390.com Choking on the alphabet soup of industry acronyms? Or, maybe you just need to know more about a particular term? Use this glossary section to understand the latest industry lingo. >> CLICK for the glossary http://search390.techtarget.com/glossary/0,294242,sid10,00.html >> If you are puzzled by a term not seen here, please drop us an e-mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Argentine grocer 'pampers' cashiers If you work in a cubicle, you better hope your boss doesn't take any time management cues from a supermarket chain in Argentina. According to union officials, cashiers at the chain are being forced to wear diapers so they won't take any bathroom breaks at work. It's hardly the way employees want to be pampered. The allegations are soiling the supermarket's reputation. Labor officials are looking into it -- getting to the bottom of this is their No. 1 priority. 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