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- Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/search390/search/browse/directory/TT/directory.jsp?track=NL-170&ad=490082&ad=485093 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Expert tip: Should you update to DB2 V8 now? - Expert advice: The benefits and drawbacks of DB2 V8 - Expert advice: Hot DB2 V8 features 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Crash Course: Rexx - Content: What are your CICS concerns? - The Missing Link: You are now free to move about the Net ************** Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide **************** Visit the Search390.com Product & Vendor Guide and quickly find the solutions you need. Compare vendors, review products, and contact companies from one location. With the most comprehensive collection of solutions available on the web, you'll find exactly what you need here. Categories include - Integrated Development Environments, Enterprise Systems Management , and Application Integration. http://knowledgestorm.techtarget.com/search390/search/browse/directory/TT/directory.jsp?track=NL-170&ad=490082&ad=485093 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SHOULD YOU UPDATE TO DB2 V8 NOW? | Tip Should you upgrade to the newest version of DB2 for the zSeries now? What are the challenges and advantages of dong so? Craig Mullins, Search390.com's DB2 and database management expert, explores these very questions in this tip >> To see the complete tip, click here: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci1002272,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=490082 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF DB2 V8 | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Craig Mullins, our DB2 and database management expert: "What are the benefits/drawbacks to upgrading to DB2 V8?" >> For Craig's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid605680_tax293066,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=490082 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOT DB2 V8 FEATURES | Ask the Expert A Search390.com user asked Craig Mullins, our DB2 and database management expert: "What new features in DB2 V8 jump out at you? Data Partioned Secondary Indexes (DPSIs)? New SQL commands? Better use of Unicode?" >> For Craig's response, click: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid605681_tax293066,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=490082 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CRASH COURSE | Rexx So are you a Rexx guru? Do you just know some basic coding? Either way, you want to check out Search390.com's newest Crash Course devoted to Rexx. >> Click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci1001775,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=490082 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CONTENT | What are your CICS concerns? This year is the 35th anniversary of CICS. In September, Search390.com will do an unofficial theme month on CICS. We would like to know what CICS topics you would like to know more about. If you let us know your concerns, you could win a CICS lover's pack featuring a "I love CICS" bumper stick and a "I love CICS" pin. >> Send your CICS concerns by clicking here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | You are now free to move about the Net That long, thin, metallic winged tube was one of the last asylums. Now, thanks to some WiFi in the sky idea, that refuge is in jeopardy. A partnership between Boeing and iPass will enable you to get wireless Internet on planes within six months. The services will be great for people who have a fear of flying without e-mail access. But for many other workers who're chained to the Net, 2005 could be the death of the "sorry, that's a travel day, and I didn't have access" excuse. 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