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Published by Search390.com   April 01, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Data Center Decisions: How will emerging technologies affect the data center?  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  IBM to acquire data center management software firm Candle >>  NEWS:  SAP goes wide, deep with SCM >>  TIP:  CICSml? CIXML? Hmmmm. How about just CICS-XML? >>  THE MISSING LINK:  Becoming one with your inner geek  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY IBM to acquire data center management software firm Candle  (Search390.com) Candle's technology is expected to boost IBM Tivoli's software management product line. More on this topic: >  Featured Topic: Data center directions SPONSORED BY: Data Center Decisions Data Center Decisions brings together top industry experts who deliver step-by-step best practices to save you the time and frustration of going it alone. Register for the Data Center Decisions conference, June 2-4 in Chicago, and find out the latest about emerging technologies and how they will affect the data center. Reserve your seat today! NEWS SAP goes wide, deep with SCM (CRM Daily) SAP's supply chain management (SCM) executive Hans Thalbauer says that SAP's SCM product can hit niche vendors where it hurts. Defending the product against the industry stereotype that large vendors can't meet the needs of specialized supply chains, Thalbauer says that sort of thinking should be tossed out with your legacy applications. DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  New SAP analytics due in June   >  IBM opens up Power chip for customization   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   TIP CICSml? CIXML? Hmmmm. How about just CICS-XML? Looking to access your CICS applications using XML, SOAP or HTML? People who tried doing so have found CPU usage a major drawback but it doesn't have to be. Site expert Jim Keohane, president of New York consulting company Multi-Platforms, Inc., suggests several options in this tip. >>  Got a handy tech tip of your own? Submit it here and we'll post it on Search390.com. POLL Are your mainframes Web-enabled? Click on the link to let the editors of Search390.com know your take on the issue. THE MISSING LINK Becoming one with your inner geek Ever wonder what kind of geek you truly are? Well, if you were a class-cutting recluse who hid in the computer room, and you sometimes find yourself humming Sinatra tunes, you may be a "classic geek." But if you're a chain-smoking technology tinkerer, your geek classification could be "secret anarchist." Take this quiz to define your place in the geek hierarchy -- and see which famous nerds share your label. (SearchCIO.com)   Contact Us     A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: Search390 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by Search390.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search390.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-170&ad=479534 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.