=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH400.COM | Today's news Nov. 4, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FROM OUR SPONSORS:
iStudio400.com -- iSeries experts at your service http://istudio400.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Midsize market to benefit from zero-interest plan - News: GreenStreak refreshes iSeries installed base - Programmer Tip: Message handling in RPG - Expert Advice: DB2/400 to SQL server connectivity 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Live Webcast: Disaster recovery for the iSeries - Tips Contest: October winners announced - Free Book Excerpt: IBM eServer iSeries: Built for e-business - Current Poll: Security issues due to internal misuse? - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - The Missing Link: Agatha Christie meets online casino _____________________________________________________________________ **********************SPONSORED BY iStudio400.com ****************** In today's business environment, a company's ability to quickly and successfully respond to change means success. The experts at Studio400.com can help cut through the oppressive IT environment to quickly implement solutions in hardware, software, networking, systems management, security and privacy, and business recovery. No bull, just bucks. Visit us at iStudio400.com to get your expert advice today. http://istudio400.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY MIDSIZE MARKET TO BENEFIT FROM ZERO-INTEREST PLAN | The Four Hundred IBM expects its new zero-interest promotion to help it reconnect with many small- to medium-sized customers that have drifted from the flock. The fact that Microsoft owns this territory adds a degree of urgency to IBM's desire to be friendlier with this customer base, even if it often means pushing a Microsoft platform. >> CLICK here for story: http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh110402-story02.html MORE INFORMATION: Read these links on financing the iSeries. http://search400.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid3,00.html?query=Financing =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 GREENSTREAK REFRESHES ISERIES INSTALLED BASE | Insider Weekly Green Streak, IBM's promotion to offer up to 50% off low-end iSeries models, is paying off for IBM. The incentive is apparently getting non-iSeries shops to invest in their first iSeries system. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 -- WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM ISERIES, PSERIES MERGE? (MCPress Online) -- JUDGE APPROVES MS/DOJ SETTLEMENT (Reuters) -- EXPERT: MS LOST THE BATTLES, WON THE WAR (Reuters) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MESSAGE HANDLING IN RPG | Tip: Search400.com Search400.com member Vijayakumar Kannan provides information to help you avoid terminating a program or job when message handling in RPG. >> CLICK here to view the complete tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci860954,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DB2/400 TO SQL SERVER CONNECTIVITY | Advice: Search400.com Dear Ask the Expert, Could you please elaborate on the iSeries to Microsoft SQL Server/2000 connectivity issues? I need to be able to connect from the iSeries to the SQL Server and vice versa. Can I use a "Connect To" statement? If I need to use Java and JDBC, do I need to use a special driver other than the tool kits? >> CLICK here to read the full expert Q&A: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid494665_tax285221,00.html _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LIVE WEBCAST | Disaster recovery for the iSeries Who: Debbie Saugen, technical owner of iSeries 400 and AS/400 backup and recovery, IBM Business Continuity and Recovery Services When: Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 12 p.m. EST (17:00 GMT) Find out what a disaster recovery hot site is all about, hear customers' real disaster experiences and learn lots of tips and techniques for testing your OS/400 disaster recovery plan. >>CLICK here to pre-register: http://search400.techtarget.com/webcasts/0,289675,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OCTOBER WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400.com tips contest You've been patient all month, and the results are finally in... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for October is Robert Allen. Robert won a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: "Password equal to profile revisited," http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci853244,00.html Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Jim Doyle, Naveen Dronavalli and Alex Nubla. View all winning tips in Search400.com's Hall of Fame: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid3_prz826588_cts826578,00.html NEW CONTEST FOR NOVEMBER: This month we're giving away a Panasonic RR-US320 IC digital voice recorder. Stay at the top of your game with this Panasonic digital voice recorder. It features three recording modes and stores up to 100 minutes in long-play mode. The dual display shows the remaining memory and you can even link up to your PC with the provided USB terminal and cable for data editing. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a Tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/0,289485,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FREE BOOK EXCERPT | IBM eServer iSeries: Built for e-business Search400.com would like to offer our members the opportunity to download for free the first chapter of IBM eServer iSeries: Built for e-business written by Bob Cancilla and published by IBM Press. With this book, author Bob Cancilla provides a road map for iSeries customers to identify and understand the tremendous wealth of e-business software bundled with OS/400. He takes each of the main e-business components and explains what it is, how it works, and how it can be used to improve business environments. Bob focuses on the function available and provides a glimpse into the future by describing function currently under development. >> DOWNLOAD the chapter: http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid3_gci859248,00.html >> BUY the book: http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=1931182086&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | Search400.com Reader Survey How many AS/400 security "issues" have you had to deal with because of internal misuse in the past year? >> CAST your vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PROGRAMMER DISCUSSION FORUM | 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?50@;248.Vh4eagAMapo^1@.ee84636 >> RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS that may be of interest: * Create physical files from their field file descriptions http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?msgInContext@;142.SrCHaeueta6.2@.ee84636/2779 * AND function in RPGLE http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?msgInContext@;142.SrCHaeueta6.4@.ee84636/2784 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Agatha Christie meets online casino game How do you get non-gamers to log on and play -- and pay? Appeal to their gray matter, and offer them some green matter. MindQuest Entertainment hopes to draw people who'd rather use their heads than their joysticks when they go gaming. The Net startup is launching a mystery game, and if you're the Sherlock who solves it first, you could win as much as $250,000. If dismembering people, running down pedestrians or seeing your initials on a game scoreboard are your idea of "getting game," get a clue, and stay away from this contest. SOURCE: CNET http://news.com.com/2100-1040-964260.html >> RECENT missing link stories you may enjoy: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax292189,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400.COM CONTACTS************************ MICHELLE DAVIDSON, site editor (mailto:mdavidson@;techtarget.com) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, senior news editor (mailto:kevanscorreia@;techtarget.com) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. DEBRA TART, assistant editor (mailto:dtart@;techtarget.com) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. 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