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***** SPONSORED BY: VeriSign - The Internet Trust Company ******** Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business," and you'll learn everything you need to know about using 128-bit SSL to encrypt your e-commerce transactions, secure your corporate intranets and authenticate your Web sites. 128-bit SSL is serious security for your online business. Get it now! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n094456080057000 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: iSeries Regatta, V5R2 in 2002? - News: How Client Access for Windows 95/NT ends - News: IBM gives rebates on WebSphere and related education - Administrator Tip: Backing up remote systems - Advice: Can I call a program on NT from the AS/400? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - IBM/search400 Exclusive Event: IBM iSeries one year later - The Missing Link: Playboy slashes jobs at Web unit - Current Poll: Changes in IT due to terrorism? - Tips Contest: September winners announced - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: Securing your system =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY ISERIES REGATTA, V5R2 IN 2002? | News: The Four Hundred IBM will reportedly make several announcements of interest to iSeries fans at the upcoming COMMON Expo in Minneapolis. Sources say the company will begin telling customers that they can expect to see Power4-based "Regatta" servers bearing the iSeries logo during the second half of 2002. >> CLICK here for story... http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-10-15-2001.html#1 MORE INFORMATION: Ask your OS/400 questions--or help out your peers by answering them--in our live OS/400 discussion forums. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee84638 Check out search400's Best Web Links on OS/400. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax286865,00.html _________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::: ISERIES AND INDUSTRY NEWS :::::::::::::::::: The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW CLIENT ACCESS FOR WINDOWS 95/NT ENDS | News: The Four Hundred IBM has scheduled the next and final service pack for its Client Access for Windows 95/NT V3R2M0 software to be issued May 31, 2002. The new service pack will precede IBM dropping support for the Client Access for Windows 95/NT V3R2M0 package running under OS/400 V4R5 by two months, as V3R2M0 loses official IBM support on July 31, 2002. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM GIVES REBATES ON WEBSPHERE AND RELATED EDUCATION | News: The Four Hundred IBM is offering rebates on the purchase of WebSphere educational services packages, as well as WebSphere Application Server licenses for Linux installations. The rebates could save WebSphere customers $1,250 per WebSphere license and up to $22,000 on the cost of IBM WebSphere training. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM'S UNIX SUPERCOMPUTER TO SHARE | News: iSeries Network IBM's new eServer p690 server has features that should revolutionize the Unix server market. The server offers a sneak peak of what iSeries users can expect in the next release including "server on a chip" Power 4 microprocessors and 8-processor multi-chip modules. (Free registration required.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BACKING UP REMOTE SYSTEMS -- ELIMINATE THE TAPE | Tip: search400 Looking for a way to maintain redundant systems? Kris Veitch shows you what they did to update the backup (HOTSITE) system, which is located in a different state, without having to save the data to tape and then mail it overnight to them. And it's a quick process -- a must for systems that run nearly 24 hours a day. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci772646,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CAN I CALL A PROGRAM ON NT FROM THE AS/400? | Advice: search400 This user was interested in learning how to call a program on the NT from the AS/400. >> CLICK to read the Full Expert Answer... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid400574_tax285220,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IBM/SEARCH400 EXCLUSIVE EVENT | IBM iSeries one year later Tomorrow (Oct. 16) from 11am-12pm EDT (15-16 GMT), IBM's iSeries Nation and search400 team up to present a unique multimedia event. In the first segment, you will hear from Kim Stevenson, Vice President IBM eServer Marketing Operations, about the future of the iSeries. >> CLICK here for more information... http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/nation/events/chat/101601/index.html?search400 Immediately after Kim's presentation, from 12-2pm EDT, Kim will moderate the search400 Sound Off discussion forum to field your follow-up questions from the Webcast. Be sure to click over to chat with Kim and your peers about the past, present, and future of the iSeries. Here's a chance to get answers from the source. >>CLICK here to log in to the forum ... http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Playboy slashes jobs at Web unit You know times are tough when Hugh Hefner has to slash one of his prized units. Playboy is sporting pink slips, and they're not from Victoria's Secret. Ninety employees are losing their jobs; half of them work at Playboy Online. (You know, the site everyone visits for the articles.) Playboy Enterprises, the "mother ship" so to speak, says the layoffs are necessary to ensure profitability in 2002. (Source: Reuters) >> CLICK: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/newsbursts/0,7407,5098217,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | search400 Reader Survey What's the most urgent change that your IT group will implement as a result of the recent terrorist attacks? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEPTEMBER WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400 tips contest Drum roll please ... The top winner for search400's Tips Contest for September is Philip Howells. Philip won a pair of Motorola two-way radios and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: "AUTOFTP reduces security exposure found in traditional FTP transfers." http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci770308,00.html Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Doug Rezanka, Ray Welgosh and Eric Bouchard. NEW CONTEST FOR OCTOBER: This month we're giving away a virtual speed baseball. Find out if you're ready for the big leagues when you toss this regulation size baseball with motion sensor. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz772410_cts772408,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH400 PROGRAMMER | Q&A and Interact with other Programmers Are you an iSeries Programmer with questions? Join your peers in our Programmer Forum to ask and answer questions about XML, Cobol, CL, ILE, Web development, Java and much more. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SECURING YOUR SYSTEM | searchSecurity Best Web Links SearchSecurity is the number one site for security resources. Here you'll find news articles, hand-picked Web links, live Q&A sessions with security experts and a security-specific search engine. 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