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June 24, 2004 Published by  Search400.com

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  > WebSphere add-on to help manage resources
  > Big Blue leads IT services pack
  > Planning a trip to Comdex? Cancel it
  > More headlines
  > Book Excerpt: The Modern RPG IV Language, Third Edition
  > The Missing Link: Will the person who invented Linux, please stand up?


 
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WebSphere add-on to help manage resources
[InternetNews]
IBM is extending its WebSphere of influence, creating an add-on that should help corporate customers better use back-end equipment to support business applications. The WebSphere Extended Deployment leans on the mainframe to help tame volatile or unexpected situations, such as heavy usage or market changes. The add-on should be available in Q4.


Big Blue leads IT services pack
[CNET News.com]
IBM is still king of the IT services hill. According to some 2003 figures from Gartner, Big Blue owns 7.5% of the market. Gartner also found that the world spent $569 billion on IT services last year and that outsourcing is driving the market. Indian companies saw their revenues grow nearly 30%.

Planning a trip to Comdex? Cancel it
[The New York Times]
What do Comdex and the Lollapalooza tour have in common? They've both been canceled. Citing a lack of interest from big companies and anemic attendance (45,000 people were there last year compared with 211,000 in 2000), organizers have shuttered the event for this year. (Free registration required)

More headlines
[From around the Web]
IBM hopes you'll tune in to 'on' ads (iSeries Network)
Microsoft to offer 'super' Windows (eWEEK)
IBM has long-term strategy on SOAs (SearchWebServices.com)

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TOPICS: Book Excerpt: The Modern RPG IV Language, Third Edition
Log on and download for free Chapter 6 of The Modern RPG IV Language, Third Edition written by Bob Cozzi and published by MC Press.

This chapter, "Program Organization," focuses on source file location, source file member contents, module definition, static and automatic storage and more.

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The Missing Link
The Missing Link: Will the person who invented Linux, please stand up?
[SearchEnterpriseLinux.com]
Which came first, the penguin or the egghead? Sadly, we don't have an answer for that nagging question, but we do know where the bull comes from -- from the myriad of people who claim they invented Linux. At least Al Gore isn't one of them.
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