=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS July 18, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: ASNA =================================================== Are You an RPG Programmer? Do you want to use your existing RPG skills to build powerful Web Windows and Wireless applications that easily access your AS/400 -- iSeries and Windows NT/2000 data? Then download a FREE trial of ASNA Visual RPG (AVR) today! Your free AVR trial includes a helpful "Smarties" tutorial to get you started. Download your free trial at http://www.asna.com/downloads.asp and visit the ASNA Web site for more information on our one-day Web and Windows Development Seminars! =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "WebSphere V4 trial bypasses iSeries customers" Here's a shocker. iSeries users will not be among the privileged few to get a sneak peek at the newest version of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Advanced Edition. Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Linux users can download a free, six-month trial version of WAS V4 for development and evaluation purposes, but iSeries users will have to wait until the final version hits the streets next month, and then they'll have to pay to get their hands on it. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10965 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: What do you think about iSeries users not being able to test-drive the newest version of WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition? Does this put you at a disadvantage? Let us know what you think in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 For more information on WebSphere, try search400's targeted search engine. http://search400.techtarget.com/integratedSearch/0,289517,sid3,00.html Search400 also has these Best Web Links on WebSphere. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2f2,00.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "iSeries shops keep their eyes on Microsoft's antitrust trials" [2] "IBM to automate call centers" [3] "Wall Street braces for a Big Blue shoe to drop" [4] "Sun unveils new version of Enterprise JavaBeans" [5] "Oracle to offer free online storage" [1] "iSeries shops keep their eyes on Microsoft's antitrust trials" iSeries shops might think that the Microsoft antitrust case is of sideline interest, but observers say the iSeries community should have its eyes trained to the Microsoft case. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10963 [2] "IBM to automate call centers" IBM will release software that it says will automate call centers with Web-enabling phone-based customer help desks, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. Big Blue's Virtual Help Desk software will be able to handle 20,000 users simultaneously, using automated diagnosis and repair technology for handling calls over the Internet, the company said. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/17/010717hnvirtual.xml [3] "Wall Street braces for a Big Blue shoe to drop" Will it or won't it? That's the question nagging at analysts this week as IBM prepares to release its quarterly report. While most observers expect a solid quarter, Wall Street has been tied in knots for weeks over the notion that IBM finally will give in to the widespread technology slowdown and slash earnings guidance for the second half of 2001. SOURCE: The Street http://www.thestreet.com/tech/thomaslepri/1493219.html [4] "Sun unveils new version of Enterprise JavaBeans" Sun's long-awaited next version of Enterprise JavaBeans has completed the approval process of the Java Community Process (JCP). Sun also released beta 2 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), the de facto industry standard for building and deploying enterprise-scale Java applications. The new version of the EJB spec, EJB 2.0, is included in this beta 2 release of J2EE. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/Components/Search/Article.asp?ArticleID=28281 [5] "Oracle to offer free online storage" Oracle has launched a new online service that will store and manage data for businesses. The service will be free for some levels of disk storage space, but Oracle is leaving open the possibility that it will charge for larger levels of storage. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-6595736.html?tag=lthd ---------------------------------------- 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] "Tech Tip: Debugging ILE RPG programs" If you've had trouble debugging your ILE RPG programs, check out this handy tip. Read what advice the expert gave to help this writer debug his program. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=10875 [2] "Self tests for testing Notes/Domino skills" Want to test your Notes/Domino skills? This site has a free self-test for Lotus exams covering R5, LotusScript, application development and system administration. SOURCE: Geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/~sisu/notes/test/ 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 ---------------------------------------- "T-shirt fills vitamin gap" Tired of taking those daily vitamins? We turn to the land of the rising sun for simultaneous breakthroughs in health and fashion. 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