Title: Today's News
May 06, 2004 Published by  Search390.com

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Jim's top 25 references for z/OS V1.5 migration
Performance proves a major issue for Web services
CA's woes may hurt company but not cripple it, analysts say
BMC upgrade takes process management to the network
Smalltalk with object-oriented programming pioneer Kay
Eliminating the need to specify JCLLIB statements
Breaking up is easy to do -- via SMS


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Jim's top 25 references for z/OS V1.5 migration
[Search390.com]
Contemplating migrating to z/OS V1.5? If so, check out this set of 25 links compiled by Search390.com site expert Jim Schesvold.
MORE INFO:
See Jim's updated 40 references for migrating to z/OS V1.4


Performance proves a major issue for Web services
[Enterprise Systems Journal]
It's easy with all the hype about the utility of Web services to forget the system performance they require. For example, using XML could double the size of databases.

CA's woes may hurt company but not cripple it, analysts say
[BusinessWeek]
Computer Associates is facing a criminal indiction but Wall Street analysts doubt such action would put the company out of business. It could however seriously hurt the business.

BMC upgrade takes process management to the network
[SearchNetworking.com]
An agreement between BMC and Packeteer will help businesses deal with the arduous task of tying network traffic and applications to business processes.

Smalltalk with object-oriented programming pioneer Kay
[SearchWebServices.com]
Dr. Alan Kay talks about the genesis of Smalltalk, the first object-oriented programming language, and offers some insight for today's enterprise developers.

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ASK THE EXPERTS: Eliminating the need to specify JCLLIB statements
A user asked Mark Zelden, our OS/390 and z/OS Systems programming expert:
We are migrating to z/OS r1.4. Our system programmers now tell us we have to use the JCLLIB statement to point to our variety of proclibs. In our current environment this is handled apparently via JES2. Do you know of a way to eliminate the need to modify thousands of jobs and dynamically point to a list of proclibs?

TOPICS: The virtues of virtualization
Virtualization is nothing new but IBM has made a lot of advancements with it on the mainframe. Click here to learn about this important technology.

TIPS: Cheap CICS application logic tracing
Looking to determine the logic path of a CICS application? You could use debugging tools but Search390.com user Jim Wilson suggests a trick to do it without buying special software.


The Missing Link
Breaking up is easy to do -- via SMS
[Reuters]
Last week we learned what text addicts the Brits are. Now we know what some of those messages say: "We R thru" or "C U NevR." In a recent poll, about 10% of Britons admitted they had text messaged a "Dear Nigel" letter to their significant other. Of course, that cold digital dumping could come as the result of another survey finding -- that nearly three out of four Brits read their sweetie's private messages.
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