================================================= SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS June 25, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html ================================================= SPONSORED BY: Postmaster Direct ================================================= GET THE INFO YOU WANT TODAY What do YOU want in your e-mailbox? How about FREE info and offers about computers, networking, wireless devices, finance and lots more? Visit http://search400.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/, choose the topics that interest you, and you'll get the e-mail you want. ================================================= EXPERT ADVICE: RPG/ILE from the bottom up -- beginner to expert ================================================= Get expert advice on RPGLE/400 from search400 expert John Brandt during our Featured Discussion Day Wednesday, June 27. John will be monitoring the Programmer Discussion Forum from noon to 3pm EDT, answering your questions and posting comments. Issues he can help you with include converting from RPG to RPG/ILE, troubleshooting problems when making a call to an API and writing RPG CGI programs. Log on Wednesday from noon to 3pm EDT at http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84636 to join in this discussion and get advice on RPG/ILE. ================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "AS/400 contract work hard to come by in 2001" AS/400 contract workers, who not long ago had their choice of lucrative jobs, are now finding those few and far between. Many of them are taking lesser paying permanent jobs for lack of anything better. SOURCE: Insider Weekly http://www.the400group.com/aiwweb/free/25-0601.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What do you think? Is contract work harder to come by? Are any of you having to take permanent jobs? Tell us about it in our Sound Off Discussion Forum http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 And for more on this topic, check out these Best Web Links on Salary and Hiring at: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2ae,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "BI host aims for the enterprise" [2] "Livermore: HP services targeting IBM business, with partner help" [3] "Computer Associates wins pledge over Wyly revolt" [4] "IBM turns up the transistor heat" [1] "BI host aims for the enterprise" Data warehousing and mining company Digimine is expected to announced a beefier version of the BI service it currently offers, designed to enable enterprises to manage and analyze large amounts of data at a relatively low price compared to implementing a data warehouse and data mining tools in-house. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/06/22/010622hndigimine.xml [2] "Livermore: HP services targeting IBM business, with partner help" Ann Livermore, president of Hewlett-Packard's IT services division, told a Silicon Valley industry group that HP is going to take IBM head-on in the services space. She said HP will foster specific expertise and partner with system integrators to do so. Livermore added that HP's size positions it better with customers, giving the company the ability to give customers more attention. HP, Livermore said, will also offer better prices and more competitive service levels in an effort to woo IBM customers. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/Sections/BreakingNews/BreakingNews.asp?ArticleID=27589 [3] "Computer Associates wins pledge over Wyly revolt" Computer Associates' largest shareholder has pledged his support for the software group as it attempts to fight off an investor revolt led by Sam Wyly, the Texan entrepreneur. The decision is a setback for Wyly, who is attempting to replace Charles Wang, CA's chairman, and the rest of the board as a prelude to breaking up the company. SOURCE: Financial Times http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT37KPJ5DOC&live=true&tagid=ZZZC00L1B0C&subheading=information%20technology [4] "IBM turns up the transistor heat" In a move that could pave the way for faster and less power-hungry networking chips, IBM says it has developed the world's fastest silicon transistor. The refined silicon-germanium chip- technology used to produce transistors that are far thinner than others, could pave the way for faster and less power-hungry networking chips. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6355782.html ------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ------------------------------------------------- "Has IBM quelled your concerns about its planned withdrawal of WebSphere Application Server SE?" Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll ------------------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS ------------------------------------------------- [1] "iSeries 400 and AS/400 fixes and updates" Find information on downloading and ordering Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs), Client Access, Group PTFs and a wealth of other PTF information to help you manage your iSeries 400. SOURCE: IBM http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/17403848 [2] "Cyber Bootcamp/400" Need a little AS/400 education? Check out Cyber Bootcamp/400, it's an educational Computer Based Training (CBT) program that uses the Internet and AS/400 facilities to provide an AS/400 education. Cyber Bootcamp/400 claims it provides an environment conducive to learning, that maximizes productivity yet minimizes corporate and computer resources. SOURCE: AS400 Central http://www.as400central.com/CYBER_BOOTCAMP_INFO/BootcampIntro.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. 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 ------------------------------------------------- "Barney barney makes dino outfit purple with rage" The moral of this story: Don't mess with Barney the dinosaur. The Web site Cybercheese takes a poke at the purple dino with a list of "150 ways to kill the Purple Dinosaur." The Lyons Group, which owns the rights to all things Barney, raised a huff and responded by firing off a nasty cease-and-desist letter threatening a lawsuit if the list is not removed by tomorrow. Cybercheese countered with its own vulgar, unflattering letter that, in essence, told the Lyons Group that the site's parody was not infringing on Barney's trademark. It's enough to make Barney and his band of merry grade-schoolers skip recess and stand in the corner in protest. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19918.html ------------------------------------------------- FEATURED BOOK ------------------------------------------------- "Understanding AS/400 System Operations" by Mike Dawson and Marge Hohly Offering a unique approach to learning AS/400 operations with extensive end-of-chapter, hands-on labs, self-tests, and review questions, this book uses real-world situations to prepare you from the ground up to be productive with AS/400 operations. 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