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Download your copy at http://ibm.com/eserver/nintendo1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEAD STORY Q&A: DAVE SLATER ON THE ISERIES TOOLS STRATEGY | iSeries Network Dave Slater, IBM's worldwide market manager for iSeries application development, recently spoke with Cheryl Ross, iSeries Network senior news editor, about progress with iSeries application development (AD) tools, the WebFacing Tool and how Operation GreenStreak plays into the hands of the AD Tools team. 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Users are now breathing a collective sigh of relief at the news that Remedy will become part of BMC Software. http://searchsystemsmanagement.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid20_gci853049,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 -- ELECTROLUX ADDS CRM RUNNING ON AS/400 TO BIZ PLAN (vnunet) -- REGAL CINEMAS OFFERING LINUX WITH YOUR POPCORN (Computerworld) -- HP LOSES MAJOR CONTRACT TO IBM, EMC (Reuters) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CHANGE MESSAGE ID DEFAULT VALUE | Tip: Search400.com Azmat Bhatti provides code to change your message ID defaults by using the CHGMSGD command. Instead of "C" cancel on a job you can have the option of "R" retry. >> CLICK here to read the full tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci853475,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIME TO CLEAN UP THE SYSTEM | Expert Advice: Search400.com Dear Ask the Expert, I have acquired a used 9406-17e with 2 6607 and 4 gig drives. When I use the wrkdsksys command it shows both drives at 81.8% used. All I have loaded at this time is the operating system and going through all the libraries, it adds up to 3.75 gig. Why do both drives show at 81.8%? 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Check back often as we're adding more white papers every day. http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid3,00.html __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXPERT PROFILE | Dan Riehl, Search400.com security expert Dan Riehl is president of The 400 School, the popular iSeries training company, and co-founder of The Powertech Group, one of the leading providers of iSeries security software. Dan is a popular author and lecturer on iSeries security issues. His accomplishments include authorship of several AS/400 and iSeries technical books and numerous articles published in various iSeries magazines. Since 1988 he has been a technical editor and author for multiple iSeries magazines, and he is currently technical editor for IBM's eServer Magazine iSeries edition. 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