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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Special Training Offer: 30% off - Network Security and Firewalls =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Security is a major concern for iSeries 400 pros everywhere. This course will acquaint you with the firewall concepts and the process of managing firewalls. Act now and get 30% off. Click below for more details. http://nous.gofcs.com/?s=52&p=courses&t=outline&i=IP1330&m=225s =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: IBM puts out, then withdraws updated DASD fixpack - News: Planned revamp of Notes shouldn't discourage upgrades - News: PentaSafe allows "What If?" testing - Administrator Tip: Audit your OS/400 backups - Advice: SAVSYS special authority 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Expert profile: John Kohan, Search400 programmer tip writer - Current Poll: Can IBM's new initiatives spark interest in the iSeries? - Tip Exchange: Win a Garmin eMap GPS - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: Web Development for the iSeries - The Missing Link: Spam week cooks up old memories =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY IBM PUTS OUT, THEN WITHDRAWS DASD FIXPACK | News: The Four Hundred What's the deal with IBM's DASD Availability Fixpack for its iSeries and AS/400 disk subsystems? By the time most users got around to checking it out, the fixpack was gone. >> CLICK here for story... http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh031802-story02.html MORE INFORMATION: Check out these Best Web Links on DB2 UDB for the iSeries? http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax297,00.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 LOTUS: PLANNED REVAMP OF NOTES | News: InformationWeek After a top IBM software exec revealed plans to overhaul the infrastructure and data storage underlying Lotus' Notes/Domino product line, a Lotus official says R6, the pending update to Notes/Domino, still represents a long-term investment that will be supported for years. PENTASAFE ALLOWS "WHAT IF?" TESTING | News: The Four Hundred PentaSafe has announced an OS/400 security software suite that includes a new "What If" capability that allows security administrators to test changes to remote access security settings before rolling them into full production. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 - IBM NAILS SOFTWARE WIN WITH HOME DEPOT (Source: Reuters) - OS/400 SHOPS FEATURED (Source: The Four Hundred) ======================================================== QUALIFY TO ATTEND OUR FREE WINDOWS CONFERENCE ======================================================== Don't miss our Windows Decisions conference May 8-10 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. Attend and discover: ** How to succeed with Active Directory. ** Hidden tactics to lower your TCO. ** Best practices for Windows 2000 systems management. ** End-to-end network administration strategies. ** How to solve your top 10 Windows interoperability problems. ** And more. View full session info and apply today for FREE attendance at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3903304;5058249;g?http://www.windowsdecisions.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AUDIT YOUR OS/400 BACKUPS | Tip: Search400 Many OS/400 users worry if their backups are good on their system. To determine if your backup was good display your history logs and look for common backup messages. This tip from member Tom Huntington provides an example of how to look for successful and unsuccessful backups messages in QHST (the history log). >> Click here to review the full tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci810233,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SAVSYS SPECIAL AUTHORITY | Advice: Search400 Dear Ask The Expert, I am a technology auditor with some exposure to OS/400. My environment has a "development" 400 and a "production" 400. Access to the development box is fairly open. If someone has *SAVSYS Special Authority to the production box, can they write a new program on the development computer and overwrite the program on production with unauthorized code by "restoring" it? >> Application development expert John Brandt offers some advice... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid456437_tax285220,00.html ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | John Kohan, Search400 programmer tip writer John Kohan, one of Search400's Programmer Tip writers, is a senior programmer analyst for a software development company and is also an adjunct instructor teaching iSeries 400 classes at his local state collage. John has worked with the iSeries since 1990 and has learned how to use the platform to solve business problems. His experiences include MIS director, consultant, application design and deployment and most recently software development of package applications. Let John's experience work for you! Sign up to receive our Programmer Tip via e-mail today: http://Search400.techtarget.com/editSummary/1,291026,sid3,00.html >> RECENT TIPS from John you may find of interest: * Retrieve the IP address of an active device http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci799055,00.html * Keep on top of users' changes http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci788167,00.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search400 Reader Survey Can IBM's new iSeries promotional initiatives spark interest in the platform? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A GARMIN EMAP GPS | Submit your Tip to Win Time's running out for your chance to win a Garmin eMap GPS. With the eMap, no matter if you are in your car or hiking in the mountains, you are never alone. The eMap contains a differential- ready, 12-parallel channel GPS receiver that continuously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites to compute and update your position. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid3,00.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH400 PROGRAMMER | 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] >> RECENT PROGRAMMER TIPS you may find of interest: * Use FNDMSG command to maintain and manage error messages http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci809831,00.html * Programmatically reduce database space http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci804132,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WEB DEVELOPMENT | Search400 Best Web Links Our editors have done the task of scouring the Web and cataloging the very best links and information on Web development. Come browse and enjoy hundreds of pre-screened resources. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2f2,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Spam week cooks up old memories Spam. You don't have to remind the 2,000 members of Britain's Spam fan club that it was in the lunchbox long before the inbox. Yes, fan club. They're celebrating National Spam Week this week, reveling in the maligned "meat's" glory days -- days when you'd gladly eat it, not gladly delete it. To them and many Britons, Spam inspires nostalgia instead of nausea -- not only did many a British schoolkid grow up eating Spam, but the little can of processed protein also helped fell the Third Reich by fueling Allied troops and sustaining civilians. It also made one heckuva hilarious Monty Python skit. Spam was reborn in 1994 as a name for junk e-mail, but fans of the cans hope the meaty memories will keep forever. Source: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&u=/nm/20020315/od_nm/spam_dc_1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- *** Special Training Offer: 30% off - Introduction to XML *** ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you're looking to learn XML, this is the perfect introductory course. This course is a fully interactive online course that provides the applications knowledge of XML. Act now and get 30% off. Click below for more details. http://nous.gofcs.com/?s=52&p=courses&t=outline&i=QT0011&m=225s ___________________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400 CONTACTS**************************** MICHELLE DAVIDSON, site editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, senior news editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. 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