Today's News: iSeries prices cut

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April 26, 2004 Published by  Search400.com Today's News Issue Sponsored By: Control Network Access With SafeNet/400 IN THIS ISSUE: IBM makes iSeries price cuts IBM storage revamp targets EMC PeopleSoft earnings drop Administrator advice -- Force a device varied off How deep is your love -- for your PC? IBM makes iSeries price cuts [iSeries Network] The cuts are likely an effort to kick-start sluggish sales in anticipation of the debut of the new Power5-based systems. MORE INFO: The wait for Power5 cuts iSeries Q1 sales short IBM offers iSeries service voucher Control Network Access With SafeNet/400 SafeNet/400 uses IBM exit points to control access to your iSeries-AS/400 from network resources. Audit tools give you the knowledge, while easy-to-use admin tools give you the control to protect your applications and data. Click here for more info. IBM storage revamp targets EMC [CNET] IBM unveiled an upgrade to its management software designed to work with equipment from rival EMC. IBM said the new SAN Volume Controller will support Windows 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0, Solaris 9 and VMware ESX 2.1. PeopleSoft earnings drop [SearchCRM.com] The CEO blames costs associated with Oracle's hostile takeover bid. TOPICS: User poll -- Upgrading to OS/400 V5R3 What are your plans for upgrading to OS/400 V5R3? ASK THE EXPERTS: Expert Profile: Kent Milligan, DB2/400 & DB2 UDB expert Kent Milligan is an iSeries technology specialist in PartnerWorld for Developers, iSeries, IBM. Kent spent the first eight years of his IBM career as a member of the DB2 development group in Rochester. He speaks and writes regularly about relational database topics. So if you have a question, he's your man. Ask Kent a question or read his recent Q&As. TIPS: Administrator advice -- Force a device varied off To get a device varied off, normally you would run VRYCFG CFGOBJ(DEVNAME) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*OFF). However, there are times that the VRYCFG option to get the device varied off does not work effectively, because it can't obtain a lock on the device. Search400.com member Branden Smith shares a workaround. How deep is your love -- for your PC? [The Register] Have you ever seen someone hug a PC? If you do, don't call the police -- PC passion isn't all that peculiar, according to researchers at Penn State. They found that students had one or two favorite machines and would wait in line for them even though plenty of other PCs were available. One researcher said that this shows we give human characteristics to our computers. And this in turn shows that we probably need to get out more. Full story Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search400.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-177 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: Search400 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494