=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH400 | Today's News February 13, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ______________________________________________________________ *************** SPONSORED BY Bytware ************************
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Current Poll: Will the iSeries thrive or die under Palmisano? - Tip Exchange: Win a Philips eXpanium CD-MP3 player - Featured Book: e-Deployment: The Fastest Path to the Web - OS/400 Discussion Forum: Interact with other administrators - Best Web Links: Oops! True IT blooper - The Missing Link: Dell gives "Steven" a Web site ************************************************************ TUNING YOUR ISERIES | Search400 Featured Topic Keeping your iSeries fine-tuned is a challenge. If your shop is in search of optimum performance, check out these resources below. Gain the knowledge you'll need to keep your iSeries running like a charm. >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci800325,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 PIE PROGRAMS FACE SHORTAGES | News: iSeries Network According a new Nate Viall & Associates study, the number of students majoring in IT is declining. The problem is compounded in the world of iSeries education by the frequent lack of teachers and employers specializing in the platform. (Free registration to this site required.) JUMPING THE JAVA HABIT | News: MC Press Microsoft is said to be trying to lure users away from Java and onto its own programming language C#. The software giant has a beta migration tool that enables developers to easily move off of Java and into Microsoft's Web-based .Net computing architecture. (Free registration to this site required.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html - DOES CERTIFICATION REALLY MATTER? (Source: MC Press) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ASK THE EXPERT | Implementing FTP and ODBC security Dear Ask the Expert, I am in the process of implementing FTP and ODBC security on the iSeries 400. What best practice recommendations do you have for accomplishing this? Are exit programs the best way? >>See security expert Carol Woodbury's response: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid446678_tax288767,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WHY ARE MY PRINT JOBS DISAPPEARING? | Advice: search400 One member writes, "I'm having a problem where print jobs are not printing from our printer even though it will go to PND, then WTR, and then a SAV status. From the iSeries 400 the job looks like it prints, but there's no output when I go to the printer." Click over to read the advice site expert Tim Granatir had for him. >> CLICK to reply to this Post: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1304!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= ------------------------------------------------------------- ***FREE Enterprise JavaBeans Training Course ($149 value)**** ------------------------------------------------------------- As a member of search400, you are entitled to the free CD-ROM Training Course "Enterprise JavaBeans" ($149 value). With this course you will learn how Enterprise JavaBeans work and be able to create and use them with distributed applications. Just click below to order. Shipping charges may apply. http://nous.gofcs.com/?s=52&p=courses&t=outline&i=FC1011&m=20640j ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | search400 Reader Survey Will the iSeries thrive or die under Palmisano's rule? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WIN A PHILIPS EXPANIUM CD-MP3 PLAYER | Submit your Tip to Win This month we're giving away a Philips eXpanium CD-MP3 player. Listen to your music at home, in the car, at the gym -- or wherever you want to go. This super-stylish portable CD player plays regular CDs, CD-RWs and MP3s. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://www.search400.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz797804_cts797798,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | search400's Bookstore Title: e-Deployment: The Fastest Path to the Web Author: Joe Pluta This book is both a how-to manual and a comprehensive analysis of e-deployment, the innovative new strategy for putting your existing iSeries 400 legacy applications on the Web. http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&product_id=1583470212&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OS/400 DISCUSSION FORUM | Interact with other administrators Are you looking for advice on OS/400 issues? Join your peers in our OS/400 forum to ask and answer questions about V5R1, installation, implementation, security and much more. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= >> RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS you may find of interest: * LPAR configuration information http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1314!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= * Mapped drives becoming disconnected http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1312!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER | SearchWindowsManageability This installment of the "true IT blooper" series comes with a warning label: Computers won't cut you any slack, even when you're having a bad day. Since we've all had bad days, this blooper will hit home. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci801644,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE MISSING LINK | Dell gives "Steven" a Web site Dude, you're gettin' a Web site! Dell's "spokesdude," the young man who pitches PCs on TV, is evidently getting some kind of following. "Steven" has stirred up enough interest to get his own Web site. "Steven's Site" has his software and peripherals picks, tells you what kind of notebook he uses, shows his latest commercial and has some information on the actor who plays him, 21-year-old Benjamin Curtis. Poor Clara Peller never got her own Web site -- remember her? (Hint: "Where's the beef?") 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