Today's News: Preventing a data center disaster

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September 21, 2004 Published by  Search390.com Today's News NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > (E)JES spool management by Phoenix Software International IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Keeping the WAN alive when disaster strikes   >  IT companies put to the loyalty test   >  IBM lands early grid adopters   >  CICS acronym-o-phobia   >  The Missing Link: Ask Jeeves if he's had Botox Keeping the WAN alive when disaster strikes [SearchNetworking.com] According to one expert, with just a little preparation an enterprise can ensure its WAN remains intact during a hurricane or other disaster. MORE INFO: > Carriers to offer industry-specific wireless services   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   IT companies put to the loyalty test [SearchCRM.com] A recent report identifies Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and SAP as companies with some of the most loyal customers in IT. The results show a correlation between loyalty and the bottom line, according to the authors. IBM lands early grid adopters [CNET News.com] IBM has picked up new corporate customers for its grid computing program. Big Blue said there is a growing interest in grid computing from its corporate clients. QUIZ:  CICS acronym-o-phobia Like many technologies within the mainframe world, CICS loves acronyms. CICS is itself an acronym. Do you know what RDO or TCB stand for? Test your knowledge today by taking our new CICS acronym-o-phobia quiz. You can find it here. POLL:  What is your experience with software negotiation? Would you consider your most recent negotiation with a software vendor successful? To take our poll, click here. FORUMS:  Comparing the contents of two files A Search390.com user asked in our Developer forum: I have two PS files and i want to check the contents of one file with another whether the record is exist or not.based on this i want to move the existing data to one more file,otherwise i'll insert in to the same file.this is my daily job so i want to automate this one using JCL and sort utilities.is it possible? Do you have an answer? If so, post it here. Ask Jeeves if he's had Botox [CNET News.com] When aging celebrities want to look younger, a little shot of Botox can do the trick. When it was time to take a few years off Jeeves of the Ask Jeeves Web site, designers simply drew up a younger looking servant for the home page -- much less painful without any of the "He's had Botox!" sneers. Oddly enough, Jeeves' "surgeons" took away some of his hair as well. The younger, balder butler is part of a "modernization" of the site. 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