This Week: Microsoft wants your mainframe

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January 17, 2005 Published by  Search390.com This Week NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     IN THIS ISSUE:   > From the Editor: Microsoft wants your mainframe   > Featured Topic: IMS explained   > ITKnowledge Exchange: SNA to TN3270E conversion   > White Papers: View this week's featured White Papers   > Webcasts: View this week's featured Webcasts   > More From Search390.com: Featured Expert: CICS Share User Events in Anaheim Celebrate SHARE's 50th Anniversary and join hundreds of other IBM enterprise-class computing professionals February 27 - March 4 at the Anaheim Convention Center for over 700 user-focused technical sessions. FROM THE EDITOR From the Editor Microsoft wants your mainframe. More specifically, Redmond wants you to replace your mainframe with scores of Windows machines. You have probably heard of the Mainframe Migration Alliance, a group Microsoft set up with companies such as Micro Focus International, Fujitsu Software Corp. and EDS to help companies move from the mainframe to Windows. So what should IBM do to combat this latest assault on Big Iron? Should they start offering z/OS for desktops? Should Big Blue slash prices so the platform is more competitive? How about a funky ad during the Super Bowl? I have it! IBM should pay for a product placement in episodes of popular shows such as CSI. Can't you imagine the forensic techs saying "Hey, go back to the lab and run this sample. Then jump on our IBM zSeries machine and compare the results." Let us know what you think IBM should do. The best answer will be published in this column in the upcoming weeks. Submit your advice here. Thanks. RELATED INFORMATION: > Firm trades mainframes for Microsoft servers running SAP > Microsoft alliance has merit, but won't sway diehards FEATURED TOPIC IMS explained IMS is Big Blue's venerable hierarchical database. It isn't new and bleeding edge but it does its job very well. Check out this Featured Topic on IMS. > Check out this week's Featured Topic ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE SNA to TN3270E conversion An ITKnowlege Exchange member asked: We currently have centrally located IBM 390 mainframes connecting to iSeries machines in state field offices, which are using SNA -- SNUF devices. We are eliminating all SNA traffic in favor of TN3270E connections. Has anyone converted an SNA/SNUF setup to an all-TN3270 setup on the iSeries (is this even possible)? Any leads would be appreciated. Register your areas of expertise on ITKnowledge Exchange and play the expert. > VISIT ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE  FEATURED WHITE PAPERS The Value of TSO in Today's Computing Environment Published by: Laidback Software Enterprise Data Warehousing with DB2: The 10 Terabyte TPC-H Benchmark Published by: IBM > VIEW ALL WHITE PAPERS  FEATURED WEBCASTS Enterprise computing evolved. Don't get left behind WHEN:   ON DEMAND SPEAKERS:   Carly Fiorina HP Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   Ann Livermore HP Executive Vice President   Rich Marcello Senior Vice President and General Manager, HP Business Critical Servers Product Line SPONSOR:   HP   Meeting that UCCnet Data Synchronization Mandate: Look Before you Leap! WHEN:   ON DEMAND SPEAKER:   Jim O'Leary VP, Product Management, EXTOL International SPONSOR:   EXTOL International   > VIEW ALL WEBCASTS MORE FROM SEARCH390.COM FEATURED EXPERT: CICS [Phil Emrich, Senior Consultant, Vanguard Integrity Professionals] As a member of Vanguard's Professional Services consulting team, Phil provides a range of security related consulting services to Vanguard's clients, as well as training and client support for Vanguard's suite of software to enhance security policy enforcement, administration, and auditing for z/OS mainframe centric clients using the RACF component of IBM's Security Sever of z/OS. Many of the consulting engagements Phil undertakes have to do with z/OS middleware including CICS, WebSphere MQ, and DB2. NEWS: IBM, SAP offering simplifies virtualization on zSeries IBM's new software is designed to make it easier for SAP users to manage applications running on the mainframe. NEWS: Firm trades mainframes for Microsoft servers running SAP Employees at Allentown, Penn.-based Air Products and Chemicals Inc. have been on a mission to eliminate their mainframes and scrap their tangled web of legacy applications. ADVICE: COBOL/400 to ILE COBOL A Search390.com used asked Tom Ross, our COBOL and programming expert: Hi. Is there any tool available for migration of COBOL 400 (AS/400) to COBOL/LE and I series AS/400 COBOL? (It would be great if you explain what these versions are and how they differ from each other). I really appreciate your help. >> To read Tom's answer, click here. ADVICE: FTP truncates after 80 characters A Search390.com used asked David Boyes, our Linux on the mainframe expert: How can I FTP from Unix to my mainframe without having the file row truncate after 80 characters? I used quote site lrecl=195 recfm=fb, but it cuts off after 80 characters. What am I missing? >> To read David's answer, click here. 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