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IN THIS ISSUE:
![]() Featured Topic: Virtues of Virtualization
![]() Addressing six mainframe management headaches
![]() Report: Software buyers want to see business value
![]() IBM's Stinger aims to draw .NET developers
![]() Outsourcing issue begins in the classroom
![]() Influencing IBM about the direction of the DB2 product line
![]() Fight to the Finnish -- bank closes to stymie Sasser
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Featured Topic: Virtues of Virtualization
[Search390.com]
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.
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![]() IBM makes giant leap in virtualization technology
Addressing six mainframe management headaches
[Enterprise Systems Journal]
Managing a mainframe network has never been easy. This article addresses several issues including complexity, data volume, reactive monitoring and resource availability.
Report: Software buyers want to see business value
[SearchCIO.com]
The hard sell is getting the cold shoulder from CIOs. Unless they like the feeling of a door hitting their backside, software salespeople need to appeal to a CIO's business needs.
IBM's Stinger aims to draw .NET developers
[SearchDatabase.com]
IBM today is releasing the beta version of its most recent DB2 database, and the company is betting Stinger will draw Linux lovers and .Net developers its way.
Outsourcing issue begins in the classroom
[CNET]
To many, offshore outsourcing conjures up images of shadowy boardroom meetings with evil executives plotting. But executives say the outsourcing issue begins in the classroom. American students need to learn in order to be competitive for jobs now going overseas.
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ASK THE EXPERTS: Influencing IBM about the direction of the DB2 product line
A Search390.com user asked Craig Mullins, our database management expert:
Since the 1980s we have asked for index-only tables in DB2. Not having them puts DB2 at a competitive disadvantage. How can we convince IBM to enable index-only tables? In the last year we have clamored for BIGINT for Z/OS. How do we convince IBM to enable BIGINT for Z/OS?
To see Craig's answer, click here.
Do you have a database question? If so, post it here for Craig.
TIPS: Planning your upgrade to DB2 v7.1
Considering a DB2 upgrade? If so then read this tip by Jim Schesvold and John Irwin. It lays out the questions you should ask yourself before tackling the upgrade. The tip also offers some important considerations. For example, did you know DB2 V6 can no longer be ordered from IBM?
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Fight to the Finnish -- bank closes to stymie Sasser
[AFP]
Sasser isn't exactly a "disasser" just yet, but one of Finland's foremost financial firms took no chances. Sampo, the third largest bank in Finland, closed all 130 of its branch offices Monday just to make sure its systems didn't get "sassed." A Sampo spokesman said that the company had not updated its virus protection and decided it was safer to close shop for the day while IT did its thing.
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