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From the Editor:
Attending COMMON? Stop in and meet the Search400.com editors |
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Featured Topic:
Top 10 admin tips |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured expert: Vic Sbrega, career issues
* Copying spool files
* Understanding the ins and outs of activation groups -- part II
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Site Highlights:
* User Poll: Is your iSeries job secure?
* Best Web Links: On-demand Computing
* Featured white paper: Top Security Issues for the IFS |
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by Tom Pappalardo, site manager
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Attending COMMON? Stop in and meet the Search400.com editors
The Fall COMMON show is now only a month away. Will you be attending the upcoming show in Orlando September 7-11? Look for Search400.com at booth 129 and drop in to say hello and meet with our editors, Michelle Davidson and Kate Evans-Correia or our sales representatives, Jillan Corby and Meghan Butler.
Search400.com will be covering the show and reporting on the newest product releases, industry news and vendor announcements. This year's fall show promises to be filled with networking opportunities, over 700 educational sessions, and the latest industry solutions. Here's your chance to get all your iSeries questions answered and find the right resources to save your company money and increase productivity.
Whether you are new to the iSeries, or a seasoned veteran, there is plenty of information for you at COMMON. Courses are available throughout the show to help you expand your existing knowledge of the iSeries. Plus, this is your opportunity to voice your opinions of the iSeries market directly to IBM through the Sound-Off sessions and the Global Top Concerns Program.
What are your major objectives for this year's COMMON show? E-mail me and let me know what you're planning to accomplish at this year's show in Orlando.
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Top 10 admin tips
by Debra Tart, assistant site editor
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Keeping abreast on the latest systems management information is not an easy task. The Search400.com admin tips can help. Here's a list of the most popular tips YTD.
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Featured expert: Vic Sbrega,
principal, AS/400 Personnel Agency, LLC
Category: Career issues
Wondering how to land a better job? Concerned about enhancing your skills set? Vic can help.
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This Week: In the forums
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Copying spool files
"Me2learn" has an FNDSTRPDM job that prints a lot of spool files. He'd like to copy it in a file and read it. CPYSPLF isn't working since all his jobs are QDFTJOBD with the same user ID. Site expert John Brandt explains that a simple program may need to be created.
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ODBC performance problems
"Bluegrass" wanted to know how to improve the performance of CL programs executed from within an ODBC session to the iSeries. Web development expert Jim Mason was on hand to help him out.
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Converting database files
"Silvap" wonders if there is a tool on the iSeries that converts a database file into XML, or is third-party software vendor needed for such a tool. Do you know?
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| Tip of the Week: |
Understanding the ins and outs of activation groups -- part II
In the first installment we discussed the basics of activation groups. Let us now turn our attention to the details, to understand how to create and delete them, the different types, and some strategies for using them effectively and efficiently. |
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User Poll
Do you believe your job to be more secure or less secure than it was at this time last year?
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Best Web Links:
On-demand Computing
IBM has been pushing its "on demand" capabilities. How do they apply to the iSeries and, more specifically, how do they affect you? The articles here help answer those questions.
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Featured white paper:
Top Security Issues for the IFS
The IFS on OS/400 is one of the most ignored parts of the system, yet it enables many of the most powerful and most used features on OS/400 today. Overlooking the many ways in which OS/400 utilizes the IFS could weaken the security of your system. Download this white paper for information about the IFS on OS/400.
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