Today's News: More to this pricing simplification than meets the eye

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February 17, 2005 Published by  Search390.com Today's News NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   >  HostBridge Technology -- Complete CICS Integration IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Simple pricing not so easy   >  Review: RHEL 4 delivers strong features, few thrills   >  iSeries and mainframe users get cheap disk   >  Understanding on-demand computing   >  z/OS Release 6 migration -- making the leap from z/OS V1.4 to V1.6   >  The Missing Link: Napster strikes again Simple pricing not so easy [SearchDataCenter.com] There's a movement afoot in the computer industry to take the complexity out of pricing. But don't jump for joy just yet. While it may be easier to understand, there's more to all this pricing simplification than meets the eye. MORE INFO: > Software upgrade costs irk mainframe users > Sun's new pricing model: More bang for a buck?     New White Paper: CICS and SOA/Web Services Find out how you can use SOA/Web Services to integrate mainframe CICS applications with other enterprise applications. This free white paper addresses issues surrounding where to place the SOA boundary, handling microflows, and converting CICS transaction data to usable formats. Click here to view this White Paper.     Review: RHEL 4 delivers strong features, few thrills [SearchEnterpriseLinux.com] The thrills are few, but the basics are covered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, the new Linux 2.6 distribution, says reviewer Kenneth Milberg. He covers what works well and what's missing. iSeries and mainframe users get cheap disk [SearchStorage.com] One by one, products are appearing that connect proprietary operating systems to cheap, open-systems disk -- at last. FEATURED TOPIC:  Understanding on-demand computing IBM is pushing on-demand computing but are you buying? Do you even understand what the heck it is? Check out this Featured Topic to learn what you should know about on-demand computing. WEBCAST:  z/OS Release 6 migration -- making the leap from z/OS V1.4 to V1.6 DATE/TIME: Feb. 23, 9:00 EST (14:00, GMT) SPEAKER: Jim Schesvold -- president of Best Customer Solutions So you are running z/OS V1.4, but you would like some of the goodies in V1.6? No problem! Many companies are migrating from V1.4 to V1.6. In this webcast, Jim Schesvold takes you through this process by outlining the benefits of V1.6 and describing some of the potential migration pain points. ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE:  Chat with your peers Do you have a detailed mainframe question that only your peers can answer? You should join ITKnowledge Exchange! To join, click here. Napster strikes again [Reuters] Old habits die hard at Napster. The company's new portable music subscription service hasn't even officially launched yet, and already users have figured a way to bypass copy protection and potentially burn hundreds of thousands of songs to CDs for free, making the new Napster no different from the old one. 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 2005 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search390.techtarget.com/u?cid=504593&lid=430653&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