=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH400.COM | Today's news Dec. 4, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FROM OUR SPONSORS:
SkyView Partners -- Security consulting from the finest... http://www.skyviewpartners.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Featured Topic: What iSeries users want - News: Licensing model may prevent users from defecting - News: BI vendors need iSeries smarts - Expert Advice: Upload info from a scanner to the iSeries - Forum Advice: Substring of a field 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Search400.com member survey: What are your plans for 2003? - NEW Book Excerpt: Exploring IBM eServer iSeries Computers - Current Poll: Is your company handing out holiday bonuses? - OS/400 Discussion Forum: Interact with other administrators - Best Web Links: Systems Management-Performance - The Missing Link: Car won't start? Check your tot's tummy __________________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY SkyView Partners *************** as-sess-ment \a-'ses-ment\ n. 1: the act or instance of assessing or appraisal. Combine 'security' with 'assessment' and you have the act or instance of appraising a company's security. At SkyView Partners we don't let our consulting end with an assessment. Led by Carol Woodbury, former OS/400 chief security architect for IBM, our team looks at your top 5 security risks, explains why you should be concerned and provides you with a plan to address your need. That's where security changes to action...with a plan. Visit http://www.skyviewpartners.com and tell us how we can help you. ************************************************************ WHAT ISERIES USERS WANT | Search400.com Featured Topic What kind of information do iSeries users want? Judging from inquiries to our search engine, connecting your iSeries to other systems is a top concern. Check out these top 10 terms from June to November to learn more. >> CLICK for current Featured Topic: http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci865648,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics: http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid3,00.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 LICENSING MODEL MAY PREVENT USERS FROM DEFECTING |Midrange Server With its Software Assurance and Licensing 6.0 pricing models for its operating systems, middleware, and applications, Microsoft is trying to create an annuity-like software pricing scheme that works like the pricing model that IBM has used for its mainframes. Many customers are unhappy with the Licensing 6.0 pricing scheme, and re-upped for their older licensing terms at the end of July. Now Microsoft is trying to tweak Licensing 6.0 to encourage customers to keep current and to keep on the Windows platform. BI VENDORS NEED ISERIES SMARTS | iSeries Network Many early adopters of business intelligence (BI) bagged the technology after seeing little or no return on the investment. As a result, many BI vendors are wising up and offering more complete solutions that better integrate customers' IT infrastructures. Whether the iSeries market takes advantage of those solutions might depend on how many shops are willing to invest in alternate platforms. (Free registration to this site required.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 DEBUTS NEW LINUX-ONLY SERVER (CNET) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- UPLOADING FROM A SCANNER TO THE 400 | Expert advice: Search400.com Dear Ask the Expert, Can information from a scanner (attached to a PC serial or parallel port) be uploaded to the iSeries? Example: Scan inventory item numbers and compare them with the order to assure they were the items ordered. Application development expert John Brandt says absolutely. >> CLICK here to view the complete expert Q&A: http://www.search400.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid505403_tax285217,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SUBSTRING OF A FIELD | Forum advice: Search400.com Search400.com member "Rosi" needs to define a field in a logical file that is a substring of a field in the physical file. Can you offer any advice? >> CLICK here to participate in this discussion thread: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84636/2946 ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2003? | Search400.com member survey Share your comments and feedback about your iSeries needs for next year. Help us to be sure we're providing the most relevant and timely information to you and other members of Search400.com. Please take a few minutes to answer some questions about your 2003 goals and initiatives. Your responses are valuable to us and will make a difference. >> CLICK to respond: http://www.insightexpress.com/s/kle49495.asp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FREE BOOK EXCERPT | Exploring IBM eServer iSeries and AS/400 Computers, 10th Edition Search400.com would like to offer our members the opportunity to download for free the table of contents and first chapter of Exploring IBM eServer iSeries and AS/400 Computers, 10th Edition written by Jim Hoskins and Roger Dimmick, and published by Maximum Press. This updated guide to the iServer and AS/400 world provides an overview and comprehensive reference to the latest models, options, disk storage equipment, printers, tape drives, software enhancements, Lotus Domino, displays, network stations and more. It addresses such business issues as lease vs. purchase, maintenance strategies, cost justification and office ergonomics. It also includes hypothetical case studies of small, medium and large businesses to illustrate how real business problems can be solved with iSeries and AS/400 systems. Non-technical readers will appreciate its straightforward style. >> DOWNLOAD the chapter: http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid3_gci866745,00.html >> BUY the book: http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=1885068433&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search400.com Reader Survey Is your company handing out holiday bonuses this year? >> CAST your vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OS/400 DISCUSSION FORUM | Interact with other administrators Are you looking for advice on OS/400 issues? Join your peers in our OS/400 forum to ask and answer questions about V5R1, installation, implementation, security and much more. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] >> RECENT DISCUSSION THREADS you may find of interest: * Loosing Client Access sessions intermittently http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84638/2852 * iSeries sessions dropping using the VPN http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84638/855 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT-PERFORMANCE | Best Web Links Are you looking for some information or advice on how to get the best possible performance out of your iSeries? We have scoured the Web and gathered some of the best links out there on performance issues. Check out these tips to see how you can keep your iSeries running smoothly. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2c3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Car won't start? Check your tot's tummy If bizarre stories were movies, this one would win the Oscar. When a lady from London couldn't get her car started after a shopping trip, she called for help. A policeman arrived to try to figure out why her Ford was on the fritz. He deduced that the problem was with the fuel tank -- her one-year-old son Oscar's fuel tank. Evidently the tot had been sucking on the keys and had swallowed a small security chip needed for the car to start. Just for the heck of it, Mom held Oscar in her lap, pressed his belly against the steering wheel and, whadaya know, the car started right up. Oscar is fine with no bellyaches to speak of. The chip, which was later recovered from his diaper, still works. SOURCE: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=583&ncid=583&e=1&u=/nm/20021203/od_nm/britain_key_dc >> 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:[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. DEBRA TART, assistant editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. 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