Today's News: IBM ups RFID ante

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July 26, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Today's News Issue Sponsored By:   > iStudio400.com IN THIS ISSUE:   >  IBM targets supply chain efficiency   >  Express model keeps IBM plugged into SMBs   >  Forecast on Microsoft licensing speaks volumes   >  More headlines   >  Test your smarts: Who's who in the iSeries community?   >  The Missing Link: My Dog Chip -- RFID gets under some skin in Portugal IBM targets supply chain efficiency [Forbes] IBM has released new middleware designed to give companies a single view of data, regardless of the system it resides on. Part of its WebSphere line of products, the offering is the first to come out of Big Blue's acquisition of Trigo Technologies in March. MORE INFO: > IBM to buy Trigo, expand data sync offerings > UCCnet unplugged   iStudio400.com Have you ever had the need to synchronize real-time data from a Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Sybase or other ODBC compliant database? If you ask someone how to do it, the answers you usually get are that you need to do it from the PC side, because the iSeries can't do it. Yes it can. Find out how:   Express model keeps IBM plugged into SMBs [The Four Hundred] The core of IBM's SMB strategy is its Express products. The portfolio, which has been strategically released through business partners, remains IBM's conduit to reach SMB customers. Forecast on Microsoft licensing speaks volumes [SearchWin2000.com] Buried in the hubbub this week over Microsoft's decision to release piles of cash to its shareholders was a rosier-than-expected forecast for software-license renewals for volume customers. More headlines [From around the Web] Computer science students get boost from IBM (Search390.com) SURVEY:  User poll Do you have plans to invest in an eServer i5? NEW ISERIES QUIZ:  Test your smarts: Who's who in the iSeries community? Sharpen your pencils. It's time to see how much you know about the big players in the iSeries community. Do you know who created the computer architecture used in today's iSeries? Who's the guy in the cowboy hat you see regularly at COMMON conferences? Who is known as Mr. OS/400 Security? Click over and see if you know the answers to those questions and more. EXPERT ANSWER CENTER:  Come get fast answers to your IT questions! The Expert Answer Center combines advice and solutions from over 100 technology, management and career experts from TechTarget's family of IT-oriented Web sites. In addition to this massive searchable database, the Expert Answer Center continually highlights one featured expert who answers new questions from our members on a specific topic. This site is also the home of the IT Visions Webcast Series, a monthly webcast for IT executives that spotlights strategic issues. My Dog Chip -- RFID gets under some skin in Portugal [CNET News.com] If you're trying to sell your boss on the business sense of RFID, try this argument: "Hey, dogs in Portugal are doing it!" That's no joke either. A company has signed a deal to radio-tag about 200,000 Portuguese pooches as part of a government plan to control rabies. The company is also working on some technology that will take the host body's temperature. This should be cause for massive tail wagging across the Iberian Peninsula, because it could mean a reprieve from the rather unpleasant, old school way of checking Fido for fever.   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]     Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail!  Search400: Administrator Tips  Search400: Programmer Tips  Search400: Security Tip Not a Member? We?ll activate your membership with your subscription.   This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://search400.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-177&ad=487714 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 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494