=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS July 11, 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 =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "iSeries caught in struggle between database giants" Oracle is trying to be the biggest kid on the block in the fight for database customers. In the fight for database customers -- although it doesn't consider iSeries customers the main IBM prize -- it plans on luring more than a few away from both the platform and DB2/400. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10872 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more information on Oracle, read this article, "Oracle throws down the database gauntlet". (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=8931 Who do you think will win the Oracle vs. IBM fight? Do you think iSeries users will be willing to leave their beloved iSeries behind? Share your opinions with your colleagues at our search400 Discussion Forums. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/ And check out these Best Web Links on DB2/400 at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax282059,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "BEA snags crossgain developers to improve WebLogic" [2] "Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all'" [3] "Sector7 and IBM team up to tempt Compaq Alpha customers" [1] "BEA snags crossgain developers to improve WebLogic" BEA, maker of WebSphere rival WebLogic, has cut a deal to buy software development company Crossgain in order to add Crossgain's software engineers to the WebLogic development team. The Crossgain developers will help BEA enhance WebLogic by making it easier build Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications on the platform. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10874 [2] "Linux standard base promises 'one app fits all'" IT managers may soon be able to buy a Linux application with the assurance it will run on any vendor's version of the open-source operating system. The Free Standards Group, which includes IBM, Red Hat, TurboLinux and Oracle, has made Version 1.0 of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) available for download. LSB is a programmatic interface that lets vendors and developers avoid writing multiple versions of applications for varying versions of the Linux platform. SOURCE: Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2001/122679_07-09-2001.html?nw [3] "Sector7 and IBM team up to tempt Compaq Alpha customers" Sector7, a software migration company, and IBM are hoping Compaq Alpha customers will be tempted by the apps of another. The duo is trying to lure Compaq customers into migrating their OpenVMS and Tru64 applications to Big Blue pSeries servers with free assessments and other incentives. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/10/010710hnsector7.xml ---------------------------------------- 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] "Online Yellow Pages" Midrange Computing now offers the Online Yellow Pages. It is an online comprehensive directory of AS/400 products, services and vendors. You can choose from either: yellow pages, white pages or product pages. This is a great resource that you may want to bookmark. SOURCE: Midrange Computing http://www.midrangecomputing.com/yellowpages/ [2] "Linux support: What's new" In this piece from IBM you'll learn what's new with Linux on the iSeries. It discusses what the advantages are of consolidating your Linux servers onto iSeries, what new contributions IBM has made to enable Linux to run on iSeries, and how Linux will help your e-business applications. SOURCE: IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/linux/ 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 ---------------------------------------- "So what's the best country in the world for IT?" Finn is in. In a U.N. ranking of the top 20 countries in the world for technology, Finland finished first. Apparently, they're rolling out more killer Finnish products than you can imagine. The United States finished second, followed by Sweden, Japan and Korea. The U.K. came in at No. 7. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/20276.html ----------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED TRAINING COURSE ----------------------------------------------------------- Title: AS/400 Planning and Recovery Description: The AS/400 Planning and Recovery II course examines how to perform an AS/400 backup and how to recover the system and system information in the event of a failure. The course covers backup options and media types, available AS/400 backup tools, methods used for backup and system protection, database security requirements, identifying system problems and taking appropriate action, testing the system, and planning recovery. 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