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June 08, 2004 Published by  Search390.com Today's News IN THIS ISSUE:   > Cool servers: Finding balance in the data center   > HP clarifies its utility computing strategy   > IBM spices up Masala   > More headlines   > Getting a grip on grid computing   > Your computer could be collecting dust -- 'toxic dust' SPONSORED BY:  Search390.com Product and Vendor Guide Simplify the process of finding mainframe-specific products and solutions. Search390.com's Product and Vendor Guide allows you to search listings alphabetically, and by industry or across such topics as Web and application development, systems management and more. Visit our easy-to-use guide now: Click Here! Cool servers: Finding balance in the data center [Search390.com] Managers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their cool when the heat is rising in their data centers. MORE INFO: > Life in tomorrow's data center HP clarifies its utility computing strategy [SearchCIO.com] Hewlett-Packard's Nora Denzel makes a pitch for the company's utility computing initiative. IBM spices up Masala [SearchDatabase.com] IBM has added new replication and automation features to its Masala mix. More headlines [Search390.com] Unconsummated Microsoft-SAP merger sets industry abuzz (SearchSAP.com) TOPICS: Getting a grip on grid computing Grid computing is slowly and surely becoming a reality. Once just seen in academia, businesses as diverse as Shell and Charles Schwab are now embracing the technology. Have you? If not, then read this collection of links to get a grip on grid computing by clicking here NEWS: Grid computing and your company Take our poll. What is your position on grid computing? Click here to take the poll. ASK THE EXPERTS: Changes to index CISIZE A Search390.com user asked Jim Schesvold, our z/OS expert: We recently upgraded to ZOS a job that backs up 24 VSAM files and now it is running more than twice as long. What can I look for? Click here to read Jim's response. Your computer could be collecting dust -- 'toxic dust' [Associated Press] OK, so your computer is hardly HAL, the homicidal hunk of hardware from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but still, this news isn't too comforting. Several environmental groups claim that computer processors and monitors have a "toxic dust" that's been linked to reproductive and neurological disorders in lab rats. Evidently, some flame retardants that weren't supposed to get out of their plastic casings ... got out of their plastic casings. Independent researchers say this isn't a crisis, no person has gotten sick (that they know of), and that there's really nothing you can do about it. Just keep your white rats away from the computer. Full Story Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by Search390.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search390.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-170 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. Contact Us: Search390 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494