=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS April 30, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Postmaster Direct =================================================== Get free offers from reputable merchants for products that you are interested in. Pick from over 50 categories of interest, modify your profile at any time to suit your needs, and receive only the e-mail that interests you when you subscribe today. Just click on the link below and get your account up and running. http://search400.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "S-Star fills gaps in performance curve" Users wanting to take advantage of IBM's new cutting-edge technology will have to migrate to the new iSeries models. In fact, with 39 different performance points added to the Model 270 and 8xx line, IBM is making it almost difficult not to move to the new processors. SOURCE: Insider Weekly http://www.the400group.com/aiwweb/free/30-0401.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more information, read this perspective on V5R1, "V5 makes iSeries more competitive in database arena," at http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=9987 (Free registration to this site required.) Or, for more V5R1 coverage, read the latest from Insider Weekly at http://www.the400group.com/aiwweb/ Check out these search400 Best Web Links on V5R1 at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax286405,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Linux on iSeries: 3 out of 4 distributors ain't bad" [2] "IBM to kill model 170, 7XX gear later this year" [3] "Java hits the new sweet spot" [1] "Linux on iSeries: 3 out of 4 distributors ain't bad" IBM made good and built a nest for the penguin in new iSeries servers running OS/400 V5R1. Now the big question is, will the major Linux distributors create special versions of their products for the iSeries and offer the enterprise-class support for the machines? SOURCE: Midrange Computing http://www.midrangecomputing.com/iaa/iaa-2.cfm#3 [2] "IBM to kill model 170, 7XX gear later this year" IBM will soon discontinue support for Apache and Northstar generations of AS/400 products. If you're just not ready to give them up, however, some distributors selling second- hand systems may have them. SOURCE: Midrange Computing http://www.midrangecomputing.com/iaa/iaa-2.cfm#5 [3] "Java hits the new sweet spot" Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition version 1.3, due later this year, promises enhancements that will extend the Java environment to address messaging, wireless, networking and storage issues. SOURCE: Information Week http://www.informationweek.com/835/java.htm ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Of V5R1's new or enhanced features, which one is most likely to facilitate your business? http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "OfficeVision/400 works on V5R1" We have been told that V4R5 would be the last version of OS/400 to support the OfficeVision office-automation suite. Even though OfficeVision/400 is not officially supported on V5R1, this writer has learned from IBM sources, as well as his own experience, that it will run on V5R1 with some limitations. Keep in mind IBM won't provide technical support or documentation for the program. SOURCE: Monday Morning iSeries update http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mmu/article.cfm?id=778#more [2] "E-business and CRM: Back to the future" With the death of so many dot-coms, reality has made it back into the scene. Dot-commers are faced with the fact that they need to treat their customers well, starting with good customer service. For a long time the customers were treated like cattle, well that's just not going to work anymore. Check out this article to see what the way of the future is looking like for e-businesses. SOURCE: Midrange Computing Magazine http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mc/article.cfm?titleid=b1897&md=20015 Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best AS/400 Web Links? If so, let us know. Send us the headline, URL and a brief summary to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web --------------------------------------------- "Global sites left out of Webby nods" The Webby Awards are the Internet's answer to the Oscars. This year's nominations give a nod to music, spiritualism and the downright odd. But they are neither particularly worldly, nor especially wide. The 350-member International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has put an overwhelming focus on English-language, U.S.-centered sites. Still, the gala July awards ceremony is expected to draw more than 3,000 technology industry figures wearing some of the same outrageous fashions as their film industry counterparts. The best news award-winners must work within a five-words- or-less acceptance speech limit. 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