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A newsletter published by TechTarget   January 13, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  ASNA: Take advantage of existing iSeries talent with Visual RPG for .NET!  Today's Highlights   >>  LEAD STORY:  IBM to preview DB2 "Stinger" at LinuxWorld >>  NEWS:  Deal with airlines a huge win for BEA >>  WEBSPHERE STRATEGIES TIP:  Receive free monthly WebSphere tips >>  THE MISSING LINK:  Designer site decorated with Stewart's spin  News and Top Stories   LEAD STORY IBM to preview DB2 "Stinger" at LinuxWorld  (eWEEK) IBM will be doing live demonstrations of the next version of its DB2 database next week at LinuxWorld. Stinger will feature a new DB2 Partition Advisor and autonomic technology that simplifies partitioning and enhances performance, IBM said. By the spring, DB2 code will be available to business partners and customers for the 64-bit POWER platform processors, found on IBM pSeries and iSeries servers. 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DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  Eclipse could join new Java group -- eventually (ePro Magazine)   >  Big Blue throws hat in InfiniBand ring (Enterprise Storage Forum)   >  Face-off: Microsoft vs. Linux   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   ADMINISTRATOR TIP Prevent irritating SNDBRKMSG messages to *ALLWS Search400.com member Sanjay Lavakare understands the frustration of trying to dodge break messages that keep interrupting his screen. In this tip, he provides a validity-checking program for the SNDBRKMSG command. This program verifies if the message queue parameter specified has been specified as *ALLWS while sending a message. >>  View the complete tip EXPERT ADVICE Security implications of bypassing sign-on Rich Belles, systems management advice Dear Rich, Do you have any information on the security implications of configuring a 5250 session to bypass sign-on? The only documents found on the IBM site still state that bypassing sign-on could have security implications. I recall reading somewhere that Client Access actually encrypts the password, whereas the 5250 sign-on screen uses just a display file. >>  View Rich's response USER POLL Cast your vote Will you be using Java, WebSphere or Linux this year? >>  Sound off! What do you think about this poll? Let us know WEBSPHERE STRATEGIES TIP Receive free monthly WebSphere tips Are you ready to explore the next step in e-business, or just bone up on the latest WebSphere tips and tricks available? If so, you won't want to miss Search400.com's monthly WebSphere Strategies tips. Web development expert Jim Mason helps you to bring the power of the Web to your applications. 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