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LIVE Webcast Thursday: Wrapping legacy applications with XML Register now: http://search390.com/r/0,,17219,00.htm. ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - IBM takes new tack to mainframe pricing - Analyst report: IBM, HP Linux strategies lead - IBM aims to turbocharge storage - IBM spirits Diageo away from HP - Featured Topic: News from SHARE 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Ask the Expert: Screen scraping with 3270s - Poll: Will your mainframe be part of the grid? - The Missing Link: Brits finally give geeks and nerds their due ____________________________________________________________________ *** LIVE Webcast Thursday: Wrapping legacy applications with XML *** Join us at 2:00 p.m. (EST) on August 28, 2003 and listen as Web integration expert Jim Keohane offers top tips on wrapping legacy mainframe applications with XML. Don't miss your chance to interact with Jim during this live Webcast. Register now at http://search390.com/r/0,,17219,00.htm. ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY IBM TAKES NEW TACK TO MAINFRAME PRICING | Search390.com No more preaching to the choir. In the last several months, IBM has worked on improving the mainframe's IT identity. Big Blue has also restructured how it prices the mainframe, so that pricing is better aligned with the way other vendors lay out costs. The new price structure, along with a new mainframe road map, is expected to lure non-mainframe customers to the platform. >> For the complete article, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci921240,00.html MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC: Linux redefines mainframe's image, boosts sales http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci868100,00.html?Exclusive=True Best Web Links on financing your mainframe http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1489,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ ANALYSTS: IBM, HP LINUX STRATEGIES LEAD | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com Research firm D.H. Brown Associates published its Linux Strategies and Solutions report and identified IBM and Hewlett-Packard as Linux leaders in services, support, application focus, breadth of product lines and value-add features. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci920758,00.html IBM AIMS TO TURBOCHARGE STORAGE | CNET Big Blue is announcing upgrades for increased performance and greater capacity to a midrange storage product. IBM SPIRITS DIAGEO AWAY FROM HP | CNET IBM has snagged a major outsourcing contract from Hewlett-Packard. Under the seven-year agreement with beverage giant Diageo IBM will manage the company's worldwide information systems infrastructure. Analysts familiar with the deal estimated its value at $400 million to $500 million. According to analysts, Diageo previously used HP manage its infrastructure operations. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | News from SHARE Missed the recent SHARE conference? Don't worry. We got you covered. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci919638,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ *************** Search390 Product and Vendor Guide **************** Looking to learn more about Linux on the mainframe? Don't have time to comb through thousands of sites on the Web? Search390.com's Product and Vendor Guide allows you to research products and compare various vendors - all in one convenient location! Browse now: http://search390.com/r/0,,16906,00.htm ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERTS | Screen scraping with 3270s Question: Is the 3270 bridge a good option for screen scrapping on the mainframe? >> To read Web integration expert Jim Keohane's expert response to this question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid542088_tax285032,00.html Be sure to join Jim Keohane this Thursday at 2 p.m. (EST) for a live, interactive discussion about XML and how it can be used to make legacy applications accessible via the Web. >> To register for this LIVE Webcast now, CLICK: http://search390.com/r/0,,17219,00.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! Do you see the mainframe as being part of your organization's grid computing strategy within the next five years? >> Go to the homepage and take our poll. CLICK: http://Search390.techtarget.com/#poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Brits finally give geeks and nerds their due A new vat of verbiage has now been poured into the mainstream. The latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English now includes the likes of "cyberslacker" (someone who spends all day on the Web), "data smog" (the confusion that comes from too much information online), and "egosurfing" (googling yourself). And believe it or not, the very cornerstones of geekspeak -- "geek" and "nerd" -- had been left out of previous Oxford lexicons, but the new version gives them some definition. 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