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- Diversified Software -- for JCL products & services http://search390.com/r/0,,36830,00.htm?track=NL-170&ad=502162&DiversifiedSoftware ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Big Blue defends open source patent offering - Featured Topic: IMS explained - Advice: How to verify the last character of string 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Are you a mainframe rock star? - Fast expert answers to your IT questions - The Missing Link: Motorola and Oakley team up ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEWS | Big Blue defends open source patent offering Responses to IBM's donation of 500 software patents were mixed, with some hailing it a success, others worrying about job security, while others called it "hypocrisy." A Pund-IT Research report said it would take time before the effects of the donation are known >> To check out the story, click here: http://www.search390.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid10_gci1046106,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=502162 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM 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. >> Click here: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci1045195,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=502162 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADVICE | How to verify the last character of string A Search390.com user asked Tom Ross, our COBOL and programming expert: "In COBOL OS 390, how do I verify the last character of a X(100) if it is a particular character (e.g., '*')? Do you have any function that returns the length of the string?." >> To read Tom's response, click here: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid645556_tax285603,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=502162 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIP: Are you a mainframe rock star? IT like any industry has its stars. Are you a mainframe star? If so, you should submit a tip so our readers can benefit from your knowledge. >> Submit your tips here: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=502162 ******* Diversified Software -- for JCL products & services ******** Sarbanes-Oxley & your JCL: What you need to know The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is undoubtedly the most important piece of legislation affecting business in the past 50 years. There's an ever-decreasing timeline and lots of work to be done. And unlike Y2K, SOX will not just come-and-go. Click here to request the whitepaper that discusses the role and importance of JCL in your SOX compliance initiative. Request Sarbanes-Oxley and Your JCL: http://search390.com/r/0,,36830,00.htm?track=NL-170&ad=502162&DiversifiedSoftware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXPERT ANSWER CENTER: Fast expert answers to your IT questions The Expert Answer Center combines advice and solutions from over 100 technology, management and career experts from TechTarget's family of IT-oriented Web sites. In addition to this massive searchable database, the Expert Answer Center continually highlights one featured expert who answers new questions from our members on a specific topic. This site is also the home of the IT Visions Webcast Series, a monthly webcast for IT executives that spotlights strategic issues. >> Click here: http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/home/0,295193,sid63,00.html?track=NL-170&ad=502162 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Motorola and Oakley team up Oakley and Motorola have entered into a partnership that will fuse together Motorola's latest Bluetooth technology with Oakley's advanced eyewear concepts. Talking loudly in public, during a movie or while blindly changing lanes in rush hour traffic has never looked so cool. (InternetNews.com) >> Click here: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3459541 >> Want to hear more offbeat tales from the world of information technology? 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