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Upshot: Several copies of Linux can run on a single iSeries server, letting customers consolidate jobs currently running on several computers. SOURCE: CNET http://cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6662643.html?tag=mn_hd MORE ON THIS TOPIC: The push is on! IBM says several copies of Linux can run on a single iSeries server, and it plans to spend $1 billion on developing and promoting Linux this year. Do you think this will enable IBM to be able to compete with the big boys? What are your thoughts on this? Let us know what you think in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84639 Looking for more relevant information on Linux? Try search400's targeted search engine today! http://search400.techtarget.com/integratedSearchResults/1,289503,sid3,00.html?query=Linux And check out search400's Best Web Links on open source development and systems at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax283197,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "IBM to use Emulex storage adapters with eServers" [2] "IBM sets new Web serving benchmark" [3] "Shell teams up with IBM for server consolidation" [4] "IBM tackles managed services" [5] "IBM to optimize WebSphere for Intel Itanium chip" [1] "IBM to use Emulex storage adapters with eServers" In an effort to position its business server for small-to- medium sized businesses as a good all-in-one solution for storage needs, IBM has signed an agreement with Emulex to use the Emulex LightPulse LP9002 host bus adapters with its eServer iSeries offerings. SOURCE: Midrange Systems http://www.midrangesystems.com/breaknewsdisp.asp?ID=4759 [2] "IBM sets new Web serving benchmark" IBM's eServer has displaced a Sun UltraSparc-based system as the world's fastest Web-serving machine measured under the SPECweb99 benchmark. The benchmark record comes as IBM prepares to release its new lineup of POWER4-based systems in the fourth quarter. SOURCE: Midrange Systems http://www.midrangesystems.com/breaknewsdisp.asp?ID=4760 [3] "Shell teams up with IBM for server consolidation" Shell announced that IBM will overhaul its complicated e- business infrastructure. Shell plans to consolidate servers from Shell locations in more than 100 countries into three application-hosting MegaCentres stocked with IBM middleware and hardware, including the iSeries, at least in the short term. SOURCE: AS400 Network (Free registration to this site required.) http://www.as400network.com/nwn/story.cfm?ID=11019 [4] "IBM tackles managed services" IBM has rolled out a battery of hosting services, including some security features, as well as support for Linux in the hosting environment -- although they're aimed mostly at smaller business customers. SOURCE: Internet Week http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20010724S0009 [5] "IBM to optimize WebSphere for Intel Itanium chip" IBM is expected to announce soon that it will add Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip family to WebSphere. BEA on Monday announced similar plans to optimize its WebLogic software to Itanium. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/24/010724hnsunthreat.xml ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Do you have a security policy in place to help deter illegal entry into your AS/400 systems? 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To get the scoop, check out this article on Operations Console's remote connectivity option. According to this article, it makes it possible for you to access the system from home or anywhere---even while it is in a restricted state (or any other state). SOURCE: iSeries Magazine http://www.the400resource.com/CONTENT/MONTHLY/200107/ca7.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 ---------------------------------------- "Shower power" An engineer at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was so vexed by why a shower curtain billows in when the water is on that he spent $28,000 on a high-end software package to solve the mystery. After 50 hours of computer time and 1.5 trillion calculations, he's determined that the shower pushes the air into a large vortex with a low- pressure center that literally sucks the curtain in -- something akin to a hurricane on its side. Great. Now that that mystery is solved, maybe he could figure out why socks go in the dryer but don't come out. Source: The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/205/science/Shower_powerP.shtml ----------------------------------------- SPONSORED BY: Trailblazer Systems ----------------------------------------- WHY DO OVER 1,000 CUSTOMERS USE ZMOD FTP from TrailBlazer Systems? Because native batch FTP scripting doesn't offer recovery, encryption or data formatting options. ZMOD FTP is an AS/400-based FTP client that provides S/MIME, SSL and TLS encryption. It also provides automatic reformatting of data (DDS <---> XML, CSVs, etc.). 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