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August 05, 2004 Published by  Search390.com Today's News NEWS     TOPICS     ASK THE EXPERTS     TIPS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > (E)JES spool management by Phoenix Software International IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Brazilian oil firm gets pumped with Linux, blade servers   >  Linux services, software IBM bright spot   >  Novell releases next-gen enterprise Linux server   >  July's top editorial clicks   >  Rexx is king   >  SMB vs BLSR   >  The Missing Link: Free stuff is good; free beer is award-winningly good   Introducing (E)JES 4.1 - Universal JES Management (E)JES, the industry standard for JES3 spool management is now JES-neutral to support JES2 installations seeking equally powerful tools. (E)JES provides a robust set of tools that extend your ability to monitor, manage, and control your OS/390 or z/OS JESplex. Simple commands and rapid accessibility save you time and make interaction with your JES subsystems easy. (E)JES runs in 3270 and workstation components. Click here   Brazilian oil firm gets pumped with Linux, blade servers [Search390.com] IBM enters a deal with another Brazilian company, continuing its push to bring Linux and blade servers to the emerging market. MORE INFO: > Cool servers: Finding balance in the data center > Windows, Linux to win war over data center Linux services, software IBM bright spot [CNET News.com] An IBM Linux executive says that while selling servers is IBM's biggest Linux business, with nearly $2 billion in sales expected in 2004, services and software for Linux will grow in coming years; and eventually outpace servers in terms of revenue. Novell releases next-gen enterprise Linux server [NewsFactor] With the debut of its new Linux Enterprise Server 9, Novell also announced integration of the Java-based open source application server Jboss, as well as support for hardware architectures, including IBM's zSeries platforms. FEATURE:  July's top editorial clicks A lot of people go on vacation in July. The people who don't are busy picking up the slack for the people on vacation. If you missed anything on Search 390.com, you are in luck. The site's editors have compiled the 10 most popular tips and features from the month. To see them click here. FEATURED TOPIC:  Rexx is king Mainframers are not strangers to Rexx, the powerful scripting language. The editors of Search390.com have scoured the site to find the most relevant Rexx links. Check them out by clicking here. FORUMS:  SMB vs BLSR A user asked in our developer forum: My programmers use BLSR for their batch. Sometime we have insufficient storage because my programmers specify more buffers. They try to reduce the buffers and they get one point that their batch can finish. I read VSAM demystified and some white paper from Mainstar Crop. I asked my programmer to use SMB because many books said SMB is faster and it is flexible than BLSR. They told me BLSR is faster because SMB will tune batch by batch and SMB does not do for whole system. They said they submit many batches at the same time with SMB feature and they got insufficient storage. I can not believe that but I do not have evident. I told them if you use SMB with ACCBIAS=SYSTEM then system will calculate number of buffers for them. Have anyone can explain me more about SMB and have some suggestion for me? I believe that SMB is faster and flexible (first important) than BLSR. Do you have a response? If so, post it here. Free stuff is good; free beer is award-winningly good [The Register] Software company Analytical Graphics Inc. in Pennsylvania was named "Best Small Company to Work for in America." What makes it so great? Free beer on Fridays for one. Free laundry service, free meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), free snacks and free soft drinks all week long. Employees also get to use a gym -- for free -- so they don't get too fat and happy. This story begs two questions: How do these people get anything done and are they hiring? 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 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494