=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH400.COM| Daily News December 10, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ______________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY Twin Data ******************
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Robot 2.0 - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: Winning approaches to e-business - The Missing Link: Queen dismisses Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY FAST400: ISERIES USERS WEIGH ISSUES | News: search400 The controversy surrounding the Fast400 tool, which tricks green-screen governors, exposes a difference of opinion between some iSeries users and IBM over the way Big Blue distinguishes between batch and interactive jobs. But will those same users embrace the tool? >> CLICK here for story... http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci785222,00.html MORE INFORMATION: Are you considering Fast400? Take our poll. http://search400.techtarget.com/poll And post your comments about Fast400, and IBM's blocking of it, in our Sound Off forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html SHOPS: HESITATE BEFORE MOVING TO V5 | News: Insider Weekly It's a popular time of year for iSeries shops to consider upgrades. But is it the best time for changes like moving to move to V5R1? IBM STILL KING OF THE SERVER HILL, SAYS GARTNER | News: The Four Hundred IBM made the most money among server vendors in the third quarter, according to Gartner Dataquest research. Gartner says IBM earned the distinction by imploding much more slowly than its competitors. INFINIUM TO CLOSE ASP OPERATION | News: The Four Hundred Infinium Software, which makes enterprise software for the OS/400 and Windows platforms, is getting out of the full-service application service provider business. The move is part of Infinium's strategic restructuring initiative to return the struggling company to profitability. ______________________________________________________________ ******** SPONSORED BY VeriSign - The Value of Trust ********* FREE E-COMMERCE SECURITY GUIDE from VeriSign -- Want to kick your online sales to the next level -- while protecting your company from online fraud? And do it QUICKLY, AFFORDABLY and SECURELY? 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Site expert John Brandt offers some advice. >> Click here to read the full expert Q & A: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid425359_tax288615,00.html ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WIN A MICROSOFT XBOX | Refer a friend to search400 Here's your chance to win a Microsoft Xbox, the hottest video game system of this holiday season. Simply tell your peers about the valuable tech tips, industry news and expert advice you get FREE from search400 and an Xbox could be yours. >> Click for info on how to win: http://search400.techtarget.com/referFriendContest/1,290949,sid3,00.html?promo_code=xbox =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS | search400 Reader Survey IBM renamed the AS/400 to the iSeries more than a year ago. What do you call it these days? The AS/400 -- 45% The 400 -- 45% The iSeries -- 7% Fred -- 4% Total Votes: 1,084 TAKE OUR LATEST POLL: Are you considering the Fast400 tool? >> Click here to read, "Fast400: iSeries users weigh issues". http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci785222,00.html Then cast your vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Win a R.A.D. Robot 2.0 | Submit your tip to win This month we're giving away a R.A.D. Robot 2.0. Tough treads allow R.A.D. to conquer rough terrain -- indoors or outdoors. It also bends and picks up objects, and the "Voice Link" controller allows you to talk through R.A.D. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://www.search400.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz783215_cts783214,00.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] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WINNING APPROACHES TO E-BUSINESS | searchEBusiness Link See why GE, Hewlett-Packard and ecFood make searchEBusiness columnist Peter Buxbaum's list of companies that have the best e-business practices. SOURCE: searchEBusiness http://searchebusiness.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci784248,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE MISSING LINK | Queen dismisses Linux And you thought the Pope was computer-savvy... Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has banished Linux from Buckingham Palace and decreed that Microsoft would henceforth replace Linux as the Royal server software. Okay, maybe the queen didn't exactly do the banishing or decreeing, but her new Web hosting company sure did. Linux's two-year palace reign ended recently when Her Highness' service provider, CCG.XM, dumped GNU/Linux in favor of Microsoft IIS Web servers. Source: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8080960.html _______________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400 CONTACTS*********************** MICHELLE DAVIDSON ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. 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