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- Webcast: Exploiting the Power of Z - There's No Better Time Than Now http://search390.com/r/0,,17053,00.htm?mainline ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Tip: SNA'ers, fulfill your CPI-C duty! - Featured Topic: z/OS migration planning - Expert Advice: Console vs. GUI-based mainframe applications - News: RPC worm finally strikes 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: Are you seeing a resurgence in interest in the mainframe? - Featured White Paper: Voice and data over 3746 frame-relay lines - The Missing Link: Ask Jeeves gives butler a break ____________________________________________________________________ ************************ SPONSORED BY: Mainline ******************** Mainline invites you to attend our webcast: "Exploiting the Power of Z - There's No Better Time Than Now" on August 21, 2003 at 1:00 pm ET. Why zSeries? Why now? With near zero downtime, the IBM zSeries provides maximum performance, real-time responsiveness, application flexibility and simplified management. Now, with new offerings, the Z is more cost effective than ever! Register now at: http://search390.com/r/0,,17053,00.htm?mainline ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEVELOPER TIP | SNA'ers, fulfill your CPI-C duty! Some years ago I was assisting in the development of a new product. One of the design criteria, from marketing, was that it would support SNA (System Network Architecture) access between platforms and not just IP (Internet Protocol). We had gravitated toward CPI-C (Common Programming Interface For Communications) and its close kin APPC/MVS (Advanced Program-to-Program Communication/MVS). What came back from initial beta testers and other bleeding edgers was that APPC was nowhere near commonplace in the big iron shops. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci917651,00.html Got a tip of your own? You can become famous immediately by sending that tip in. We'll post it on our Web site where all your friends and contemporaries can see it, thus devolving that fame upon you. And, as a bonus, we'll enter you in our tips contest for some neat prizes. http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | z/OS migration planning Here's a collection of tips, tutorials and expert advice designed to make the transition to z/OS as seamless as possible. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci874875,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed Featured Topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CONSOLE VS. GUI-BASED MAINFRAME APPLICATIONS | DB2 and Database Are the majority of mainframe applications sold these days console-based or GUI-based? In your opinion, which of the two alternatives is more effective, both in terms of being user-friendly and being functional? Going forward, is there going to be a trend towards PC-based GUI applications for mainframes? >> For Craig Mullins' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid542061_tax293066,00.html >> To ask Craig a question about OS/390 systems programming, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid500556_tax293066,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RPC WORM FINALLY STRIKES | SearchSecurity.com A worm has emerged that takes advantage of the Windows RPC vulnerability. It's too early to say whether LovSan-A will be as pervasive as the last major network worm, SQL Slammer. >> For the complete story, CLICK: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci918727,00.html The headline above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED WHITE PAPER | Voice and data over 3746 frame-relay lines This document contains configuration requirements and recommendations for 3746 users wanting to carry voice (Voice over IP -- VoIP) and data (SNA, APPN, HPR) traffic over frame-relay connections between 3746s. The 3746 support for VoIP traffic is included in the "3746 Extended Functions 5" (feature number 5812). >> For more information, or to download this white paper, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid10_gci852658,00.html >> For more white papers, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Ask Jeeves gives butler a break Contrary to the cliche, the butler did not do it. At least he didn't do it for Ask Jeeves. The search engine firm, not wishing to ride the coattails of Google (a.k.a. the sultans of search), is revamping its image and ditching its well-known butler logo. Ask Jeeves wants to be known for finding the right answers, not just asking the right questions. So a new ad campaign has begun, and Jeeves has been asked to take a break. He'll still be there on the Ask.com arrival page, but for now, he's pretty much a part-timer. (InternetNews) >> CLICK: http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2246901 >> Want to hear more offbeat tales from the world of information technology? Check out our complete archive of Missing Links at http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax292647,00.html. ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ************************ MARK BRUNELLI, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. 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