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From the Editor:
H1-B quotas raising hackles of IT pros again |
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Featured Topic:
Top 10 WebSphere Strategies tips |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured expert -- Jim Mason, Web development
* E-mail and the iSeries
* Cheat sheet for smoother software upgrades
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Site Highlights:
* Prepare your enterprise for Web services
* Fast400 friend or foe? Users speak out
* Access WebSphere from multiple HTTP servers
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by Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor
H1-B quotas raising hackles of IT pros again
A national IT organization that represents companies such as Microsoft and Intel reported earlier this month that there will be a demand for more than a million IT jobs this year, out of which only half will be filled because of a shortage of qualified people available to do the work.
The report has a number of users fuming. They claim the report is misleading and is nothing more than a gross attempt by the association to up the number of H-1B visas so that the companies it represents can continue to employ cheap labor. There are groups that claim the association's numbers are based on IT managers' projections and not actual job openings. The association insists the numbers are valid and a good indicator of the job market.
However, in response to a story we covered regarding another association's claims that there is a shortage of skilled workers, many users told us there in fact isn't any shortage. Some users said companies are using the H1-B visa to avoid paying for U.S. labor and the high visa quotas are putting experienced IT pros out of work. Many are outraged that there is a possibility that the quotas can be raised again -- based on numbers they believe to be bogus.
Are you as outraged as some of those users over H1-B visa quotas? Do you believe they're taking jobs away from skilled U.S. workers? How do you think IT organizations and the government should deal with the problem? Or, have you benefited from the H1-B visa? Has it helped you to staff your departments? Let me know your position on H1-B visas and the overall state of the job market. Contact Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor, then take our poll.
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Featured Expert:
Jim Mason, president, ebt-now
Category: Web development
Jim can answer questions about Web development, especially those on Java and WebSphere.
View Jim's answers
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This Week: In the forums
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E-mail and the iSeries
Wondering what you need to do to retrieve POP3 e-mail using the iSeries? Two people, including Search400 expert Tim Granatir, have some advice.
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Tighten SMTP security
One user writes, "A security auditor recommended that the information returned by SMTP when you TELNET to the SMTP port (telnet _systemname_ 25) should be changed to limit what hackers can learn about your system. Is there a way to change this information?"
What do you think? Share your suggestions.
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Cheat sheet for smoother software upgrades
Call it a personal quirk, but I get annoyed at how much information I have to provide for software upgrades and purchases. When ordering, installing or upgrading IBM software, customers like me frequently have to reference their current PTF level, server model and feature code, how much main memory your iSeries has, how much free DASD is on your system, and all the software options installed on your system. And this is usually before we get around to actually installing the software.
If you're not organized enough to keep all this information in one place, there's a few easy ways to find it whenever it's needed. Joe Hertvik provides a cheat sheet for locating some of the more common pieces of OS/400 information you may be asked for when you order, configure or upgrade a piece of software.
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Prepare your enterprise for Web services
Learn how to put a security policy and IT architecture for Web services to work in your enterprise in this three-part Vendor Connection series.
Log on May 21, 23 & 28 at 1pm EDT (17:00 GMT)
Sponsored By: Iona
Fast400 friend or foe? Users speak out
Working around IBM's attempts to stop them, developers of the controversial Fast400 product recently announced version 4.1. Does the tool meet a real need or are the developers just taunting IBM? Users tell what they think.
Read full story.
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WebSphere Strategies tip
Access WebSphere from multiple HTTP servers
Did you know you can access the WebSphere Application Server from multiple HTTP servers running on the same or different iSeries machines? E-business expert Bob Cancilla shows you -- step by step -- how to do it.
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