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- Diversified Software -- for JCL products & services http://ttarget.adbureau.net/adclick/CID=000070480000000000000000 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured tip: Is the printer using SNA or IP? - Featured download: Chapter 20 of "Murach's CICS for the COBOL" - Tip: Big changes in store for systems management technology 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: 35 years of CICS - Tip contest: Kix for CICS - The Missing Link: SearchSecurity.com finds fun with acronyms ******* Diversified Software -- for JCL products & services ******* Taking your infrastructure software for granted? Your IT infrastructure is the foundation of your organization. And batch jobs on the mainframe are still the bedrock of a company's data processing that supports the business. 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This tip explores a way to do it. >> To see the complete tip, click here: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci1006242,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=491806 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CHAPTER 20 OF "MURACH'S CICS FOR THE COBOL" | Download In this excerpt from chapter 20 of "Murach's CICS for the COBOL Programmer," you'll get an overview how to divide a CICS program into two modules. The two resulting programs can then run on different systems in a distributed environment. >> To take it, click here: http://www.search390.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid10_gci1006251,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=491806 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BIG CHANGES IN STORE FOR SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE | Tip Systems management will soon become much more tied to business functions. But data center culture has to change, too, to incorporate and more fully use the tools that are already available and to begin negotiating with end users about the service levels they can realistically expect. >> To see the complete tip, click here: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci1006138,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=491806 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 35 YEARS OF CICS | Featured Topic In honor of CICS's birthday, this week's Featured Topic features a timeline highlighting the history of CICS. It contains some interesting tidbits of information in addition to some links to useful content. >> To download the chapters, click here: http://www.search390.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci1005392,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=491806 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIP | Kix for CICS contest Jot down a CICS tip and send it to Search390.com and we will send you a free box of Kix! That's right, if we publish your tip, we'll mail you a box of the cereal. >> Click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=491806 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | SearchSecurity.com finds fun with acronyms XXS, DSO, LI -- lovely acronyms like these have turned the world of IT security into a giant tureen of alphabet soup. Or a geeky bowl of Alpha-Bits if you're more of a breakfast person. If you're the acronym expert, prove it -- take the quiz from SearchSecurity.com. 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