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A newsletter published by TechTarget   December 04, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Xbridge Systems: Get Better Access to Mainframe Data  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  Hiring limits of non-U.S. workers have limited impact >>  NEWS:  Analysts question IBM's $7B on-demand claims >>  FEATURED TOPIC:  Optimize your CPU usage >>  THE MISSING LINK:  IT a panacea for some, a pain for others  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY Hiring limits of non-U.S. workers have limited impact  (Search400.com) Proposed legislation in Indiana is just the latest in a flurry of bills intended to control the hiring non-U.S. workers. While the bill won't stop offshore outsourcing, it may soften the blow. More on this topic: >  Q&A: Expert offers tips for job-hunting mainframers >  Expert says H-1B visas, outsourcing affect U.S. workers SPONSORED BY: Xbridge Systems FREE WHITE PAPER: Enabling Web-based Mainframe Access with .NET Provide better access to mainframe data. Offer your users tools they understand. Find out how Xbridge customers are leveraging .NET to get host data in a web format. This FREE paper will discuss why .NET is an excellent technology to transition from older technologies without committing to a complete architectural overhaul. Click here. NEWS Analysts question IBM's $7B on-demand claims (iSeries Network) IBM CEO Sam Palmisano's claims that his company has raked in $7 billion in orders for on-demand computing services in the past year. While few doubt the future success of Big Blue's initiative, some experts question IBM's math. NEWS IBM to lure EMC storage customers (SearchStorage.com) IBM has launched an all-out attack on its biggest storage competitor by offering a new program that will give EMC users a simple way to migrate to IBM storage systems. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  SQL Server security tips, part 2 (SearchDatabase.com)   >  Kernel flaw paved way to Debian hack (SearchEnterpriseLinux.com)   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   FEATURED TOPIC Optimize your CPU usage This collection of tips, tutorials and resources will help ensure that your CPU is running at the highest possible level of efficiency. >>  Benchmarks for CPU time, I/O activity, and wait time >>  Determining the amount of CPU queuing ASK THE EXPERTS Transporting assembler text files to Linux How do you port assembler text files to the Linux platform for use in C-based applications? Our Linux expert, Dr. David Boyes, can help. >>  Got a question about Linux on the mainframe? Click here and ask Dr. David Boyes. >>  View all of Dr. Boyes' Linux on the mainframe tips. TAKE OUR NEW POLL 2004 spending In which area will your company spend the most money in 2004? Go to our homepage and let us know. THE MISSING LINK IT a panacea for some, a pain for others IT keeps some medicine cabinets busier than others. In a survey of 300 IT execs in the U.K., more than half said that IT has made their jobs less of a headache. What's interesting about this survey is the breakdown by sector. Two-thirds of respondents from manufacturing companies said that IT eased their job stress, but a whopping 81% from the finance sector cried "too much information!" They said that communications technologies (e-mail, IM) have made their jobs more stressful. (Silicon.com)   Contact Us   SITE EDITOR Mark Brunelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles, best practices and feedback. NEWS EDITOR Kate Evans-Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send in your news, press releases and product announcements. ASSISTANT EDITOR Maryann Tripp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send your white papers and best Web links. DIRECTOR OF SITE SALES Gabrielle DeRussy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News":   -  Reply to this e-mail with REMOVE in the Subject line OR   -  Go to unsubscribe and enter your e-mail address to cancel your subscription Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.