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Bytware announces All-in-One Security for the iSeries. Free trial http://search400.com/r/0,,2875,00.htm?Bytware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Are Regatta and V5R2 announcements imminent? - News: BCC claims foul play from IBM in iSeries disk market - News: IBM unveils Web Services security features - Programmer Tip: Backup to multiple member file - Advice: Retrieve a certain day of the month 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Live Audio Event: FTP fundamentals for the iSeries - Expert Profile: Pascal Jacquemain, DB2/400 & DB2 UDB expert - Current Poll: How do you feel IBM is handling security fixes? - Tip Exchange: Win a Secret Agent Man Digital Seiko Watch - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Best Web Links: IT pros' top five defrag questions - The Missing Link: Just another Talib on the IRC ______________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY Bytware ******************* Security is complex, managing it doesn't have to be! Bytware introduces STANDGUARD, a real-time all-in-one security solution allowing you to easily and quickly set enforceable security policies across a network of multiple systems. Fully graphical; secures FTP, ODBC, SQL, Commands and more...; audit journal monitoring; event logging; reporting; auditing; notification and more....ORDER your FREE trial today, visit http://search400.com/r/0,,2875,00.htm?Bytware or call (530) 478-7900. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY ARE ISERIES REGATTA AND OS/400 V5R2 ANNOUNCEMENTS IMMINENT? | News: The Four Hundred Rumors surrounding the debut of the iSeries Regatta are pretty concrete, so you might want to talk to your IBM representative or reseller if you are in the middle of a deal. >> CLICK here for story... http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh041502-story01.html MORE INFORMATION: Check out these Regatta search results at http://search400.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid3,00.html?h=true&query=Regatta And, these Best Web Links on OS/400 http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax286865,00.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 BCC CLAIMS FOUL PLAY FROM IBM IN ISERIES DISK MARKET | News: The Four Hundred BCC has encountered a few difficulties as one of two third-party disk suppliers for the iSeries market selling its disk arrays, which are based on raw IBM drives and backed by IBM service and financing, against IBM's MidMarket Server Division. IBM UNVEILS WEB SERVICES SECURITY FEATURES | News: eWEEK IBM on Friday rolled out new security features in its Web Services Toolkit that support the specification. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 - CA'S BOARD STANDS BY ITS EXECUTIVES (Source: Reuters) - CONTRACTS GETTING TOUGH ON SECURITY (Source: eWEEK) - IBM AUSTRALIA MIGRATING TO LINUX (Source: ZDNet) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BACKUP TO MULTIPLE MEMBER FILE | Tip: Search400 Search400 member Robert DeSotle provides a command code that creates a multiple member file that removes the oldest member when the maximum member is reached. Example: You want to keep six copies of a file for reporting or recovery. When the command runs the seventh time, the oldest member will be removed and the seventh will be added. >> Click here to view the full tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci815768,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- RETRIEVE A CERTAIN DAY OF THE MONTH | Advice: Search400 Dear Ask the Expert, Is there a utility to retrieve the last Friday of the current month? For example, March 29 is the last Friday of March. Do you have a sample program that I can download? Application development expert John Brandt offers some advice. >> Click here to view the full expert Q&A... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid461385_tax285217,00.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Special Training Offer: 50% off - C Programming Regular Price $99 - Special Limited Time Discount $49.50 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This course addresses two major areas of C programming: pointers and input/output. The majority of C Language programs use pointers. This course teaches the techniques for working with pointers and functions and performing input /output functions. It covers retrieving input from the keyboard, the getch( ) function, the fundamentals of performing multiple character input, and using scanf( ) to read character strings from the keyboard. Two C library functions are described that enable a program to transfer between one storage location and another, and reformat the location in the process. Also covered is writing C code to the standard DOS printer and how writing to a printer differs from writing to a monitor. This course is not written to a specific version. http://learn.serebra.com?s=52&i=wt2170&m=40048p&p=c&t=o ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LIVE AUDIO EVENT | FTP fundamentals for the iSeries Who: Chris Peters, Client/Server Application Specialist at Evergreen Interactive System and author of AS/400 TCP/IP Handbook and Peer Networking on the AS/400 When: April 23 at 1:30pm EDT (17:30 GMT) Get real-world advice on how to use FTP. Learn everything from the basics for using this communication tool to troubleshooting errors. Programmers and administrators will both benefit. >>CLICK here to pre-register: http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | Pascal Jacquemain, DB2/400 & DB2 UDB expert Pascal Jacquemain is an analyst/programmer at Gulliver Travel in London. Prior to that, he worked at TRW automotive products in Washington, Tyne and Wear, and as an iSeries 400 instructor at Sierra Training, also in London. He got his start in programming when he was 17 and working at Unilog, a software house in Paris. There he was trained on S/36 and S/38. He left Unilog after two years but continued working in France, using RPG/400, RPG/IV, SQL (including embedded) and OPNQRYF. Three years later he moved to the United Kingdom, where he currently works and lives. Pascal's happy to answer your DB2/400 or DB2 UDB-related questions. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid3_tax285216,00.html >> RECENT Q&A's with Pascal you may find of interest: * Get the most out of your database http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid457895_tax285216,00.html * DB2 tool and installation advice http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid457188_tax285216,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | search400 Reader Survey Is IBM taking a cavalier approach to security fixes considering the glut of problems it's had with products in recent months? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A SECRET AGENT MAN DIGITAL SEIKO WATCH | Submit your Tip to Win Hurry! Time is ticking away. Don't miss out on this month's awesome Secret Agent Man Digital Seiko Watch! 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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: * Hex characters in Client Access http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci813306,00.html * Set SQL outfile column names http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci812643,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IT PROS' TOP FIVE DEFRAG QUESTIONS | SearchWindowsManageability The art of disk defragging has stumped many SearchWindowsManageability users. SearchWindowsManageability's resident defrag expert, Frank Alperstaedt, answers the five most-frequently asked defrag questions. http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci815041,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Just another Talib on the IRC The former leaders of Afghanistan might want to reconsider their decision to ban the use of the Internet. A Pakistani computer programmer took it upon himself to design a version of the popular IRC online chat medium aimed directly at members of the Taliban. The program offers tools for the everyday zealot like canned "facts" about Jihad and the Taliban for posting in chat rooms. It even features a photo of American defector John Walker Lindh. Isn't this why someone invented computer viruses? 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