=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS June 20, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: The 400 Group =================================================== iSeries DevCon The world's leading iSeries/AS/400 development experts come together at iSeries DevCon in Miami, Fla., on October 9-12, 2001. Get one-on-one access to the biggest names in iSeries development. Enhance your skills and professional value with instructor-led hands-on training. Master the latest skills, tools, and technologies with expert guidance and field-tested advice. For a complete list of experts presenting at the conference, and to save $200 on registration, visit http://www.the400group.com/devcon today. =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Rochester's plans for Tomcat raise questions" IBM must have sworn a hundred times that they won't leave users of WebSphere Standard Edition high and dry. And even though Rochester plans to deliver alternative free support for servlets and Java Server Pages (JSPs) -- which are likely to be based on Apache's Tomcat Web application server -- some in the AS/400 community wonder where this leaves their IBM and third-party products that use WebSphere services. And the truth is, the answers still aren't clear. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10546 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What are your concerns or complaints concerning the planned withdrawal of WebSphere Application Server Standard Edition product for OS/400 customers? Do you think IBM will pull through within a timely manner? Post your comments in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 For more information, check out the Best Web Links on Web Development at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2f2,00.html Or for information on how to best get started with WebSphere development tools, see this search400 Live Expert Q&A with Dave Slater and Jim Mason. http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEventsTranscript/0,289691,sid3_gci507893,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "Economic slump can't stop e-business -- or the iSeries" [2] "Red Hat to play in Oracle's arena" [3] "Red Hat posts first profit" [4] "Multi-homed networks require strong management" [1] "Economic slump can't stop e-business -- or the iSeries" An economic slowdown hasn't stopped the e-business movement from picking up steam -- at least that's what a recent study from IBM says. According to the report conducted by the IBM Server Group, which looked at 33,000 companies of various sizes around the world, found that 93% use the Internet for e-business. Nearly 80% use the Web only for simple tasks. But, some of the more Internet-savvy companies are using the Internet for online commerce or supply chain management applications, online marketing and sales, and Web services to automate business processes, the study concluded. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10535 [2] "Red Hat to play in Oracle's arena" Linux seller Red Hat will announce new database software next week that will at least give users alternatives to software from reigning database maker Oracle and others. Red Hat said the product will continue its support for open-source software without many of the restrictions of proprietary software, such as that from Microsoft or Oracle. The news might not be causing a panic at Oracle, but a host of smaller open-source companies have reason to pay attention to the Red Hat plan. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6325676.html?tag=prntfr [3] "Red Hat posts first profit" What's Wall Street thinking now? Linux darling Red Hat's first fiscal quarter revenues of $25.6 million increased $18 million from the comparable quarter a year ago, yet showed a decrease of 5% from its fourth fiscal quarter of 2001. Red Hat broke even on income per share, registering net income of $600,000, a significant improvement over an adjusted net loss of $3.7 million during the comparable quarter in 2001. SOURCE: CRN http://crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/BreakingNews.asp?ArticleID=27495 [4] "Multi-homed networks require strong management" Continuous network uptime is the Holy Grail of e-commerce. Buying service from multiple Internet service providers may be one way of achieving it -- but only if you're committed to managing the process. SOURCE: search400 http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci748372,00.html? ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- What percentage of your storage is outsourced to SSPs? Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS ---------------------------------------- [1] "Tech Tip: Problem identifying file transfer completion messages" If your having difficulty identifying the file transfer completion messages on the host AS/400 server, you may want to read this tip. The writer used the file transfer completion messages for the batch trigger process on the server. There are messages associated with users' sign-on requests in the history log, but not the actual file transfer completion messages. Read on to see what the best way to trigger the batch process on the server upon receiving a file from the PC is. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10432 [2] "A primer on AS/400 subsystems" This report examines the advantages and disadvantages of running your AS/400 from the QBASE subsystem. It then shows you how to move your system to the multiple subsystem environments of QINTER, QBATCH and QSPOOL. SOURCE: Midrange Computing http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mc/mcclassics.cfm?id=a280 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] ----------------------------------------- SPONSORED BY: Trailblazer Systems ----------------------------------------- WHY DO OVER 1,000 CUSTOMERS USE ZMOD FTP from TrailBlazer Systems? 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