This Week: Tips for connecting to the iSeries

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July 07, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Search400.com kicks off 2003 IT Excellence Awards >> Featured Topic: Top advice on connecting to the iSeries >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured expert: Shahar Mor, PC/Windows connectivity * Discussion Forum: Changing IPL action on a PTF * Programmer Tip: Monitor your job >> Site Highlights: * Debate rages over need for IT union * Webcast: Use the iSeries to streamline employee labor management * New tips contest for July  From the Editor: by Michelle Davidson, site editor Search400.com kicks off 2003 IT Excellence Awards You work hard on projects throughout the year. Wouldn't it be nice to receive recognition for those projects? That's what we hope to do with Search400.com's 2003 IT Excellence Awards. We started this awards program last year as a way to recognize medium- and large-scale end-user companies that are taking the iSeries to new limits in iSeries computing. Top honors went to Cole National's Things Remembered in the E-business category and The Chamberlain Group Inc. in the Scalability category. This year we've made a few enhancements and modifications to make the IT Excellence Awards even better. One is that in addition to the top winner, we will also select an honorable mention winner for each category. Another thing that's different is the categories. We still have the e-business category, but this time the second category will be for high availability. Here are the descriptions: IT Excellence for E-business This award recognizes developers and end-user companies who have taken Web development for the iSeries to the next level using Java, WebSphere Development Tools, RPG and other tools. Nominees will have created original, innovative Web applications that take the company to the next step in Web access. Nominees must describe the applications in detail as well as the business benefit they deliver. Submissions of screen shots or URLs that the judges can use to assess application functionality are strongly encouraged. IT Excellence for High Availability This award recognizes developers, systems managers and end-user companies that are ensuring maximum system uptime and availability to users, business partners and/or customers. Nominees must demonstrate excellence in building iSeries environments that support large databases, transaction loads or transmission rates. Applications that demonstrate creative approaches to overcoming availability issues in a 24x7 environment are preferred. Disaster recovery should also have been considered. Nominees must describe the availability issues they encountered, detail how they resolved them, and describe the business benefits of their solution. The awards honor IT achievers at end-user companies who design, build and manage these complex technologies. Particular consideration is given to projects that have a significant impact on the business, increase efficiency, significantly reduce costs and provide demonstrable ROI. Nominations for vendors are not allowed, but vendors may nominate their clients and customers. When submitting your nomination, please answer all the questions and provide as many details as possible. The more information you provide, the better your chances. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, Sept. 19. The winners will be announced in a virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 14. All winners will be required to participate in this live webcast. We know many of you are doing new and innovative things with your iSeries. Go ahead, tell us about them.  Featured Topic: Top advice on connecting to the iSeries by Debra Tart, assistant editor Looking for a way to transfer data from your iSeries? Client Access acting up? Connectivity expert Shahar Mor answers those questions and more in these top 10 Q&As. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured expert: Shahar Mor, president, Barmor Information Systems Category: PC/Windows connectivity If you're having connectivity problems, Shahar can help. Send him your questions on PC/Windows connectivity. Read answers to previous questions or submit your own This Week: In the forums >> Accessing iSeries DB using JDBC-ODBC "Lokesh" says they have a Web-based application that needs to access data stored on an iSeries, but he has lots of questions before he can attempt do this, such as: What are the requirements in terms of system resources (memory pool, subsystem etc.) to allow access through ODBC? What are the pros and cons of accessing an iSeries database through JDBC-ODBC? Can you help him out? >> Changing IPL action on a PTF "Boyced" set a PTF to apply at IPL, but now he wants to apply it immediately and isn't sure how to do that. A few other users had some suggestions. >> Defining a local port in C Kami has created a client application that connects to a Host application on socket. He wants the client app to have a definite local port "3000". The way it is now it always makes a connection with a randomly generated local port. How can he do it in C for the 400? Site expert John Brandt had some advice. Tip of the Week: Monitor your job by John Kohan Want to know when a batch job is in a "MSGW" (Message Wait) status in QBATCH? You could place message monitors in CL programs to trap those messages and take the appropriate action. But unfortunately, that can't always be accomplished. Several different developer processes may run on any given iSeries. You may, however, monitor your system for MSGW jobs with just a few simple lines of code. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Debate rages over need for IT union Users pretty much agree that U.S. dependence on high-tech work visas and offshore outsourcing spells nothing but bad news for IT workers. But the idea of an IT workers union to battle the problem doesn't sit right with everyone. Read full story Webcast: Leverage your iSeries to streamline employee labor management Join Kronos for this event and discover how you can leverage your iSeries to automate the labor mgmt of your workforce. Listen to broadcast Sponsored By: Kronos Inc. New tips contest for July Win a pair of 8x25 binoculars Send in your tech tips for a chance to win these awesome binoculars. The lenses on these binoculars feature a powerful 8x magnification and a wide field of view (384 feet at 1,000 yards). Update your subscriptions Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. 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