=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS July 9, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Postmaster Direct =================================================== What do you like? Networks? Computer Games? Downloads? How about Free Stuff? Search400.com can get you FREE info on the topics that interest you most -- and there are so many to choose from! We'll find related news, information and special offers and deliver them directly to your e-mailbox, all at no charge! Sign up here today. http://search400.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/1,289639,sid3,00.html ================================================ TIPS CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED ================================================ Congratulations to Mike Krebs, winner of June's tip prize, a Nightstar Night-Vision Spotting Scope! Mike will be inducted into our Hall of Fame for his winning tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci559046,00.html Kudos to our runner-up winners: Randall Smith, Christian Eidsmoe and Jean-Marie Sauvageot. NEW JULY PRIZE! Submit a tip and let the votes determine the winner of this month's prize, a Secret Agent Man Digital Seiko Watch! http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid3,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Unrest in the iSeries Nation?" The people have spoken. A splinter organization has arisen in IBM's iSeries Nation. The new group, which is listed as a Virginia corporation by the name of iSeries Nation, Inc., went live with its Web site at www.iseriesnation.com and is encouraging people who signed up for IBM's iSeries Nation to register with this new group as well. Don Rima, one of the founders of the new group, said the new group was created because there needed to be a "user side" to the iSeries Nation that was not controlled by IBM. Rima said this is intended to be very positive and mutual relationship with IBM. SOURCE: Midrange Computing http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mcnetnews/mcnetnews.cfm?mcn=546 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What are your thoughts or comments regarding the iSeries Nation? Do you feel there needs to be a "user side" to the iSeries Nation that is not controlled by IBM? Post your comments in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 For more information, read this article, "COMMON Coverage: IBM Spawns iSeries Nation". http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mcnetnews/mcnetnews.cfm?id=522 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "CA organizing products into four brands" [2] "Shell signs $100 million deal with IBM to consolidate servers" [3] "Tool launched to ease modeling in Java projects" [1] "CA organizing products into four brands" Computer Associates is shifting things around. The software powerhouse has divulged plans to divide its technologies into four branded product lines. In early June, CA executives told analysts the company is concentrating on six core segments: security, storage, enterprise management, e-business integration tools, portals and knowledge management, and predictive analysis and visualization tools. Analysts said the move would bring much-needed clarity to CA's business. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/09/010709hncaplans.xml [2] "Shell signs $100 million deal with IBM to consolidate servers" Royal Dutch/ShellGroup has signed a $100 million deal with IBM that has Big Blue fueling Shell's server and storage needs. Shell is consolidating servers from multiple locations onto IBM's eServer pSeries (formerly RS/6000) and iSeries (formerly AS/400) systems, as well as its Shark storage system. Shell plans to group the IBM servers and storage into three "Megacenter hubs", which will run existing SAP and J.D. Edwards applications. IBM will also deploy a number of unspecified e-business applications. Shell said the new MegaCenters would be in Kuala Lumpur, The Hague and Houston. SOURCE: IDG http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0706shellibm.html [3] "Tool launched to ease modeling in Java projects" Database tools supplier Embarcadero Technologies is set to release Describe, its Unified Modeling Language design and development tool aimed at helping software developers make better use of modeling within integrated development environments. The first implementation for use with Sun's Forte Java tool is being tested, and is due to be released this week. An implementation for Borland's JBuilder will be released later this year, followed by versions for Visual Age for Java and Visual Cafe. A version for C++ is already available. SOURCE: ZDNet http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2090857,00.html ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Microsoft has been criticizing the General Public License open-source software model, saying that it undermines the commercial software sector and hurts innovation. What is your opinion of Microsoft's position? Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "Quick takes: CRM a money pit without careful strategies" This writer warns that although Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can benefit a company and help curb customer complaints, it can also cause customer service costs to get out of control. According to this article, a company should concentrate on what industry it is in; for example, manufacturers should emphasize lead tracking and retailers should focus on e-mail marketing. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/news/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10043 [2] "At last! A serious application for XML" You often hear how wonderful XML is -- yet to most it's almost useless. Craig Rutledge Jr., has come up with a source transfer utility that allows the creation of groups of source objects into XML format. The source, attributes and even creation commands are all provided in an XML document that can be transferred via the Web, e-mail, disk or whatever means you see fit. Check out this article for all of the detail. You'll find some great screen shots. SOURCE: 400 Times http://www.400times.co.uk/FrameData/ApplyingXML.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 ---------------------------------------- "Bacteria could create self-cleaning clothes" Tired of the olfactory torture thanks to the dirty dude in the next cubicle? Wish there were such a thing as a full- body Altoid for that co-worker whose BO is strong enough to knock over a man and kill a woman? Maybe one day, instead of slipping a bar of soap or some deodorant into his or her mailbox, you'll just have to buy the offending party some new clothes. Scientists are injecting bacteria into clothing fibers that eat human sweat and other proteins that cause body odor. Apparently one organism's stink is another organism's supper. The bacteria being injected into the fibers? E. coli! Don't worry, this is the lighter side of the sickening bacteria - scientists use a harmless strain to do the trick. 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