=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS May 31, 2001 More headlines at: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: iSeries DevCon =================================================== Don't miss the only "how-to" conference designed specifically for AS/400 & iSeries development professionals by the world's leading experts. Get practical guidance and field-tested advice to master new skills and enhance your professional value. At this one-of-a-kind, 4-day event, the industry's top development experts give you all the how-to instruction and hands-on training you need to master the hottest tools and technologies and put them to use in your shop right away! iSeries DevCon comes to Miami October 9- 12, 2001. For more information and to save $200 on registration, visit http://www.the400group.com/devcon today. =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "IBM makes a splash with fibre channel for Shark" The availability of Shark storage on IBM's iSeries server is nothing new, but the hook for users with the recent release of the V5R1 operating system is the server's ability to connect to Shark via fibre channel, which brings with it a number of productivity and operational benefits. The rub, however, is that using a fibre channel connection doesn't necessarily increase performance, since the speed of the network depends on the disk itself -- and the company's ability to move data on and off the disk efficiently. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10378 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more information, read these Best Web Links on storage at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2d1,00.html And, these 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] "V5R1 brings good news and bad" [2] "Fujitsu, DataCore establish storage agreement" [1] "V5R1 brings good news and bad" V5R1 has a slew of hot new functions, but one analyst predicts that while the enhancements are a boon to the system, they'll shrink the iSeries' install base and sales in the long run. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10381 [2] "Fujitsu, DataCore establish storage agreement" Fujitsu Softek is targeting the $16.7 billion global storage management market with a new storage networking and virtualization product. SOURCE: Midrange Systems http://www.midrangesystems.com/breaknewsdisp.asp?ID=4559 ---------------------------------------- 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? 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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 --------------------------------------------- "Hormel is resigned to use of 'spam' in Net slang" Sure, it's side-splittingly funny when a bunch of Vikings sing a chorus of "Spam, spam, spam, spam..." but who can blame the folks at Hormel for getting a little edgy every time the name of their most famous brand of "meat" product is used to denote something most email users despise? Still, Hormel has decided not to buck popular culture and says it will no longer fight as aggressively to stamp out the derogatory use of the term spam. They only ask that when using the word to describe their luncheon meat, the word be capitalized so that the terms can be more easily distinguished. Perhaps a better differentiator is this: One you eat. The other you delete. 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