=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS June 7, 2001 More headlines at: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: The 400 Group =================================================== Get Ready for V5R1 If you act fast, there is still a chance to get in on the Get Ready for V5R1 Conference, the only event in the industry that focuses on this crucial OS/400 upgrade with over 4 million lines of new code. At this essential event, you get the inside scoop from the industry's top experts on how to prepare for V5R1, how it impacts your environment, how to take advantage of new functionality, and what to watch out for. If you're planning on moving to V5R1, you can't afford to miss this conference. Get Ready for V5R1 comes to Chicago on June 25th. Don't get shut out, visit http://www.the400group.com/upgrade =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "iSeries shops can't ignore Windows security" An estimated 60% of iSeries users also have a NT server so users are forced to face Windows security flaws. But as long as the iSeries is properly secured, IBM says, an NT box won't compromise the iSeries' security. SOURCE: AS/400 Network (Free registration required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10455 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What do you think about Windows NT and its security flaws? Does NT create an additional burden? Sound off about it in our Discussion Forums http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] For more information, read the Best Web Links on Windows Connectivity at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax286953,00.html And, the Best Web Links on Security at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2c5,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Q&A: Java creator discusses Web services, complex applications" [2] "The new Big Blue" [3] "IBM and HDS swap programming code for storage servers" [1] "Q&A: Java creator discusses Web services, complex applications" James Gosling, the father of Java, discusses Web-based computing services and other issues related to the programming language in this Computerworld Q&A. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/stories/0,1199,NAV47-68-84-88-93_STO61151,00.html [2] "The new Big Blue" In his eight years at the helm of IBM, Lou Gerstner has completely remade the company, brought the stock price up 874% and turned Big Blue into one of the most influential tech companies of the new millennium. That will be a tough act to follow for Sam Palmisano, president and chief operating officer, who many see as Gerstner's heir apparent. SOURCE: Red Herring http://www.herring.com/index.asp?layout=story&channel=20000002&doc_id=1260019526&rh_special_report_id= [3] "IBM and HDS swap programming code for storage servers" IBM and Hitachi Data Systems have taken interoperability to the next level. The competing storage vendors have agreed to give each other access to the Application Programming Interfaces for their enterprise storage servers. The deal will let users use the same software on the IBM Shark and HDS Lightning. SOURCE: searchStorage http://www.searchstorage.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci558434,00.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] Or you can post them in our new Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "Tips for working with Domino objects" In this article the writer discusses how if you plan things right from the beginning, you can smoothly add messaging, directory, and workflow functionality to your WebSphere applications. You'll find some good screen shots and code to further help you along your way. SOURCE: WebSphere Advisor http://www.advisor.com/Articles.nsf/aid/BALAB03 [2] "WebSphere Application Server 3.02 hints and tips" This document provides some helpful hints and tips for the WebSphere administrator who installs and configures a WebSphere Application Server and the developer who designs and implements servlets, Java Server Pages (JSPs) and Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs). SOURCE: IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/ebusiness/expreport/wastips.htm 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 -------------------------------------------- "Bread as a display device -- we have pictures" The Java toaster has made its debut. At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, a Brunel University design student unveiled the appliance, which uses an embedded Java device to access the weather forecast, then burns the appropriate weather symbol onto a piece of toast. It may seem pointless, but this imaginative appliance could soon turn food into the hottest new advertising medium. Well, maybe not, but let's toast the accomplishment anyway. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19442.html ======================================================== LIVE SEARCH400 DISCUSSION FORUMS NOW AVAILABLE ======================================================== We've opened up search400 so that it can be a free exchange of great ideas, comments, questions and advice between you and your search400 peers. Check out our latest storage community feature: search400 Discussion Forums, now accessible directly from the search400 home page! Just create your "handle," then you're ready to start posting! 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