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Visit the Search390 Product and Vendor Guide! http://search390.com/r/0,,16906,00.htm?track=NL-170 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: DB2 shortcuts - Expert Advice: Writing a sort/sum control card - Storage Innovators: Tape SAN gets good rating 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Bonus Topic: Securing Linux on the mainframe - Featured White Paper: Object management for DB2 - The Missing Link: Red rover, red rover; send Mars pix right over ___________________________________________________________________ ********** Visit the 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: >> CLICK: http://search390.com/r/0,,16906,00.htm?track=NL-170 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | DB2 shortcuts Are you charged with the task of assuring optimal DB2 performance? These tech tips and other resources will help you meet this challenge head-on. >> For this week's featured topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci879073,00.html?track=NL-170 >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html?track=NL-170 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERTS | Writing a sort/sum control card My file has a record type (1 char), month fields (2 numeric) and a week field (2 num) and some other fields. I want to sum the fields based on the record type. How can I write a selective type of sort/sum control card? >> For Jim Keohane's expert response to this question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid530397_tax285123,00.html?track=NL-170 >> To ask Jim a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid365817_tax285123,00.html?track=NL-170 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STORAGE INNOVATORS TIP | Tape SAN gets good rating At a time when tape seems to be losing in popularity to its faster alternative disk -- open-systems director Simon Wiltshire of Fair Isaac Corp. discovers that using both a disk and tape storage area network (SAN) together helps cure backup headaches and eliminates backup windows. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci904650,00.html?track=NL-170 ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BONUS TOPIC | Securing Linux on the mainframe You may realize the value of consolidating multiple Linux servers on one mainframe box, but doing so could make your network a sitting duck for hackers. Visit our featured topic page this week and learn the best ways to keep Linux servers properly locked down. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci865611,00.html?track=NL-170 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED WHITE PAPER | Object management for DB2 Most mission critical production applications rely on relational database technology to manage business data. This means that when applications are updated, their database counterparts need to be addressed as well. This white paper discusses this challenge and offers one way to address it with the Quest Central Database Administration component. >> For more information, or to download this white paper, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid10_gci879469,00.html?track=NL-170 >> For more white papers, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapers?track=NL-170 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Red rover, red rover; send Mars pix right over Houston, we have a hit. NASA's trip to space has been a huge hit in cyberspace -- 250 million hits so far, to be approximate. The landing of the space agency's Spirit rover on Mars is on a course to becoming NASA's biggest Web draw ever. The hits will probably keep on coming, now that color pictures of the red planet are being posted to NASA sites. NASA is using 1,300 servers around this planet to host Web pages containing details of the mission. (The Associated Press) >> CLICK: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1425860,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 >> 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?track=NL-170 ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** 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. 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