=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS May 25, 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 "Q&A: Two minutes with COMMON president Charlie Massoglia" COMMON president Charlie Massoglia discusses the organization's financial past, decreasing attendance and disgruntled user groups and volunteers. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10337 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more information, check out our Special Events Page on COMMON at http://search400.techtarget.com/specialEvents/1,289653,sid3_gci551610,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Novell continues market momentum" [2] "i2 unveils B2B relationship software" [3] "Experiencing the power of the platform -- for free" [1] "Novell continues market momentum" Novell recently announced its strategy to continue its market momentum, focusing on its Novell NDS eDirectory service, with plans to release the newest version of the eDirectory Software Development Kit by mid-June. SOURCE: Midrange Systems http://www.midrangesystems.com/breaknewsdisp.asp?ID=4540 [2] "i2 unveils B2B relationship software" i2 continues its push in the B2B and supply-chain sectors. The software maker, which is allied with IBM, has unveiled i2 TradeMatrix, a new version of its B2B relationship software tool line. The technology is designed to help manufacturers collaborate on product designs before they build and sell their goods online. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-6031503.html [3] "Experiencing the power of the platform -- for free" IBM has an offer few developers will be able to refuse. In an effort to promote the platform and the open-source operating system, Big Blue is letting developers tryout Linux on the mainframe for free. SOURCE: search390 http://search390.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid10_gci554758,00.html ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- "How old is your oldest AS/400 still in use?" Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll What stories can you tell about your mighty AS/400? Is it able to "take a licking and keep on ticking?" What feats are you able to accomplish with it? Email us your tales -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS ---------------------------------------- [1] "WebSphere development tools: WebSphere Studio" IBM's Phil Coulthard discusses WebSphere Studio. He goes into the details of the WebSphere Studio tool part of WebSphere Development Tools for AS/400 V450, or WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries for V5R1. WebSphere Studio was designed for authoring new Web browser user interfaces. In fact, it goes a little beyond that and manages all the files that make up the second tier of your Web application. SOURCE: Ignite 400 http://www.ignite400.org/news/news2001051102.htm [2] "Moving your core business to ebusiness" If you are thinking about moving your business to ebusiness, check out this article. IBM has put together the iSeries Business to Business Assessment intended to ease the B2B transition. Whether you are a big business with a big budget, or a small business with a small budget, you'll have to determine which approach you'll take into ebusiness. This is a fee-based assessment service offered by IBM. SOURCE: iSeries Magazine http://www.the400resource.com/Content/chronicles/Weekly/b2bassess.html 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. 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