================================================= SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS May 16, 2001 More headlines at: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html ================================================= SPONSORED BY: Postmaster Direct ================================================= What do you like? Networks? Computer Games? Downloads? How about Free Stuff? Search400.com can get you FREE info on the topics that interest you most -- and there are so many to choose from! We'll find related news, information and special offers and deliver them directly to your e-mailbox, all at no charge! Sign up here today. http://search400.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ ================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "COMMON: iSeries user protect thyself" iSeries administrators who think they can trust their users not to tamper with their company's data need a reality check. According to iSeries security expert Ken Graap, trust has nothing to do with it. Administrators who don't have a security policy in place are asking for trouble. SOURCE: search400 http://www.search400.com/qna/0,289202,sid3_gci552699,00.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Best AS/400 Web Links on security: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2c5,00.html Ask Ken Graap your security-related question: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateExpertBio/0,289623,sid3_cid371925,00.html Get complete COMMON coverage of all the events and product announcements: http://search400.techtarget.com/specialEvents/1,289653,sid3_gci551610,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. "COMMON: IBM invests big in eLiza R&D for iSeries" 2. "Smaller COMMON expo gets more traffic" 3. "Sedona partners with IBM, Jack Henry" 4. "IBM faces off with Web transaction rivals" 1. "COMMON: IBM invests big in eLiza R&D for iSeries" IBM is serious about its investment in making its iSeries server a system that can manage itself. Big Blue announced it will devote a fourth of its research and development eServer budget to building the next-generation computer system. SOURCE: search400 http://www.search400.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci552737,00.html 2. "Smaller COMMON expo gets more traffic" While this spring's COMMON featured 17 fewer exhibitors than the Baltimore conference, it drew at least 700 more total attendees than turned out for Baltimore. SOURCE: AS/400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/Story.cfm?ID=10147 3. "Sedona partners with IBM, Jack Henry" Sedona, a customer relationship management vendor that makes IBM DB2 applications offered on IBM iSeries and xSeries platforms, has formed a partnership with Jack Henry and Associates and IBM. The deal will bring CRM functionality to small and midsize financial services institutions. SOURCE: DM News http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=15099 4. "IBM faces off with Web transaction rivals" IBM's decision to better integrate WebSphere, DB2 and offerings from Tivoli and Lotus is proof that Big Blue is eager to grab a piece of the Web transaction pie. In fact, IDC forecasts that the middleware market will hit $50 billion market by 2005. SOURCE: AS/400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/Story.cfm?ID=10140 ------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ------------------------------------------------- "Have you ever purchased a used or refurbished AS/400?" Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll ------------------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS ------------------------------------------------- [1] "Why choose iSeries as your Domino server?" 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