This Week: A lump of coal for IBM this year?

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A weekly newsletter published by TechTarget  December 15, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: A lump of coal for IBM this year? >> Featured Topic: Hot iSeries books in 2003 >> Expert Technical Advice: * Site Expert: Ken Graap, OS/400 * In the Forums: Password no-no * Administrator Tip: Using WRKSYSSTS to monitor your system >> Site Highlights: * WebSphere Strategies: Generating XML from SQL data * Holiday Trivia: Celebrate IT-style * Webcast: Simplify Windows DR/HA Mgmt. with iSeries  From the Editor: by Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor A lump of coal for IBM this year? Whether you believe IBM deserves to be on Santa's "nice" list or "naughty" list depends a lot on whose lap you're sitting. Here's a list of news headlines. Which of these strategic decisions made by IBM this year qualifies them for the "naughty" list? Which ones for the "nice" list? Let us know if you think IBM should get a stocking full of goodies this year or a lump of coal? Send your "list" to me, Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor, and take our related poll: In 2004, how well will IBM bring in new iSeries customers? Stories from the past year IBM to reorganize software operations No TV ads for iSeries Trying to move to Java? Just follow the Big Blue brick road IBM eyes SMB prize Big Blue unveils more Express bundles Green Streak program for iSeries revived IBM's on-demand promise tough sell  Featured Topic: Hot iSeries books in 2003 by Michelle Davidson, site editor Looking to improve their skills, iSeries users hit the books this year. Using Search400.com's free book excerpts, they were able to sample the books before buying. Here's a look at the hottest downloads. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Ken Graap, senior AS/400e system administrator, Northwest Natural Gas Category: OS/400 Have you run into a snag with OS/400? Thinking about upgrading to the newest release? Ken can advise you. Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> Password no-no Too often users' passwords are the same as their log-in name. How can you find those security risks? "MindNL" has the answer. >> Securing a library from adopting authority "Benallgood" is trying to secure a library that contains payroll information. He secured the library with an authorization list and set the public authority on both the library and authorization list to *exclude. But when he does a WRKLIB or query on the library from a user profile not in the authorization list, he can still access it. What is he doing wrong? Site expert John Brandt and "edfishel" had some advice. >> Dial-up FTP "FTPnovice" needs to send/receive files from an iSeries to a remote server using FTP. The remote site requires a dial-up connection but will not support a PPP line. How can he set up the line and utilize FTP once he has established the dial-up connection without it using the Internet connection instead? Click over if you have any suggestions. Tip of the Week: How to use WRKSYSSTS to monitor your system -- Part I by Ron Turull A well-tuned machine pool is essential for good performance. Use the Work with System Status (WRKSYSSTS) command to monitor and maintain it, as well as other pools on the iSeries. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Generating XML from SQL data You're an RPG programmer. You could use the XML parser APIs on the iSeries to learn how to do DOM or SAX parsing to generate XML documents. Good idea? No! Learn how to easily generate XML from SQL WITHOUT CODING using WDSC. Read full tip Holiday Trivia: Celebrate IT-style 'Tis the season! We've made a list and checked it twice. Now we're gonna find out who's naughty, who's nice... and who's a real holiday-oriented geek. How many of these festive terms can you guess without peeking? Take quiz Featured Webcast Simplify Windows DR/High Availability Management with iSeries See how to simplify and consolidate backup, disaster recovery and high availability management of data and applications across Windows and iSeries (AS/400) servers with MIMIX for Windows. Sponsored By: Lakeview Technology Update your subscriptions Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Daily News Administrator Tips Programmer Tips E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. 2004 Budget Survey Take a few minutes to complete our short survey. By sharing with us your budget plans for 2004, you can help shape future articles and features on Search400.com. 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