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From the Editor:
Bye, bye hackers. Hello savvy iSeries security |
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Featured Topic:
Sharpen your RPG IV skills |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured Expert: Kent Milligan, DB2/400 & DB2 UDB
* In the Forums: FTP user and password prompting
* Programmer Tip: Query feature helps you produce reports faster
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Site Highlights:
* Webcast: High availability -- It's more affordable than you think
* Upcoming Webcast: RPG skills for the new millennium
* Career Advice: RPG programming jobs in 2004 |
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Debra Tart, assistant site editor
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Bye, bye hackers. Hello savvy iSeries security
A new year, a new group of iSeries security concerns. Experts predict that 2004 will be a busy year for IT professionals. Whether you're trying to keep up with regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or simply trying to protect your system, Search400.com can make your job a lot easier.
To start, there are a few important questions you should consider. Can a hacker get into your system? Is your security policy up to date? As an iSeries administrator, it's imperative that you carefully consider the level of authority you allow your users to have. Those users can get into your system and either accidentally or deliberately delete or damage data. Are you guarded against that?
One of Search400.com's top priorities is to gather quality experts and valuable resources so you can protect your systems. Let us help you get started:
Search400.com security expert Carol Woodbury is on hand to answer your toughest security questions.
Check out this featured topic: Tightening iSeries security.
View these Best Web Links on iSeries security.
Try Search400.com's targeted search engine for more relevant information on security.
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Featured Expert: Kent Milligan, iSeries technology specialist in PartnerWorld for Developers, iSeries, IBM
Category: DB2/400, DB2 UDB
Kent has years of experience with DB2, and he speaks and writes about relational database issues regularly. So if you have a question, he's your man.
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Read previous Q&As or submit your own question
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This Week: In the forums
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FTP user and password prompting
"Jspence" wanted to know how to have FTP prompt for a user ID and password from a .bat file on a PC. He currently has a batch program on his PC to transfer a file in EBCDIC from his iSeries to the PC, which he then uploads to one of his vendors. Thankfully, "Tmalik" was on hand to offer some advice.
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Conditional result field
"Nbeack" wonders if there is a way to have a conditional result field in a query. Do you know?
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BRMS save commands
"Pantazis Pantazi" is looking for a way to expire tapes that have not taken all the objects of the library backup due to an error. "Can2004" has had some experience with BRMS control groups and offers to help. |
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| Tip of the Week: |
Query feature helps you produce reports faster
by John Kohan
Many of us use query every day for various reporting needs. We may
want to report what orders were shipped, what products were produced
or any type of daily activity that is important to our organization.
As part of query that IBM placed on the iSeries, you have a way to
let the queries that you build decide what day it is. Find out how
you can define a field as the current date so you can avoid manually
changing the query each time you run the report. |
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Webcast: High availability -- It's more affordable than you think
Find out why the cost of ownership for true high availability is now well within the realm of even small- and medium-sized companies.
Register here
Sponsored By: iTera Inc.
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Career Advice: RPG programming jobs in 2004
Will RPG programmers get back into development in 2004, or should they start looking at other alternatives such as Java or C++?
Read what career expert Vic Sbrega had to say.
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Upcoming Webcast
RPG skills for the new millennium
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. EST (14:00 GMT)
Speaker: Paul Tuohy, CEO of ComCon and author of Re-Engineering RPG Legacy Applications
Join us as RPG programming guru Paul Tuohy outlines what is needed to prepare applications for the modern era. Learn what the programming requirements are as you move away from "green screen" and how RPG fits in.
Register today
Sponsored By: Advanced Systems Concepts
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