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LIVE Webcast Tomorrow! Wrapping legacy applications with XML Register now: http://search390.com/r/0,,17219,00.htm. Search390.com Product and Vendor Guide http://search390.com/r/0,,16907,00.htm ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Tip: Catching up with COBOL - Expert advice: Screen scraping with 3270s - News: IBM to extend DB2 Information Integrator's reach - Featured Topic: News from SHARE 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: Grids and the mainframe - White Paper: A smooth conversion from CA-7 to TWS for z/OS - The Missing Link: High-tech sunglasses tell if you're cool, hot ____________________________________________________________________ *** 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. ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TIP | Catching up with COBOL Historically, things have moved rather slowly in the world of COBOL. But over the last two years, IBM has picked up the pace by introducing and then updating a new version of the programming language - Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and OS/390 Version 3 - which includes several new time saving features. Enter Tom Ross, an IBM Software Engineer with more than 18 years of experience in COBOL development. At last week's SHARE conference in Washington D.C., Ross went before a group of COBOL developers with the goal of bringing them up to date. In this excerpt from that very conference session, Ross answers audience questions about COBOL's new capabilities in the areas of multi-threading, XML and Unicode support. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid10_gci920032,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM to extend DB2 Information Integrator's reach | eWEEK IBM has launched work on a research and development project that promises to extend the reach of its DB2 Information Integrator software until it can dig out data from every corner of an enterprise, whether inside or out of data warehouses. The headline above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://www.search390.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= News from SHARE | Featured Topic 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.com Product and Vendor Guide ************** Simplify the process of finding mainframe-specific products and solutions. Search390.com's Product and Vendor Guide allows you to search listings alphabetically, and by industry or topic. Visit our easy-to-use guide now: http://search390.com/r/0,,16907,00.htm ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHITE PAPER | A smooth conversion from CA-7 to TWS for z/OS This paper is based on the user experience of Claus Kaesler, an independent IT consultant, based in Pinneberg, Germany. In 2003, a migration from CA-7 to TWS for z/OS was carried out at a large German insurance company (SIGNAL IDUNA). Claus used the excellent graphics and lists provided by SmartIS to help him close information gaps and ensure a high quality conversion - with a minimum of problems. The paper shows only one example of how SmartIS can help with a major project as well as routine, day-to-day information evaluation. >> To download this white paper, CLICK: http://search390.com/r/0,,17537,00.htm >> For more white papers, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | High-tech sunglasses tell if you're cool, hot Ray-Ban meets the mood ring, with a little mercury thrown in for good measure: A researcher at Yale University is working on sunglasses that can read body temperature. The idea here is not for Wayfarer wearers to show how cool (or hot) they are; rather, the shades are geared toward athletes. If they get too far above 98.6 degrees, an alarm goes off -- a reminder that it's time to gulp more H2O. Wireless technology helps make it all happen. The Yalie says the same technology can be used to help "read" a woman's fertility. (Reuters) >> CLICK: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3338812 >> 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. 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. 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