Today's News: It's the applications, silly!

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August 16, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Today's News Issue Sponsored By:   > Control Network Access With SafeNet/400 IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Survey: Lack of applications still plagues iSeries shops   >  Wait before you exercise eServer options   >  IBM aims app to stir Websphere interest   >  More headlines   >  New user poll: What's your biggest training/career headache?   >  The Missing Link: 'How dare you call me a hard worker!' Survey: Lack of applications still plagues iSeries shops [Search400.com] Users pulling work off the iSeries and onto Windows say the decision has absolutely nothing to do with the technology. They say it's the applications. MORE INFO: > Read these recent Search400.com articles: IBM to reorganize software operations > IBM ISV boasting more than marketing hype   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.   Wait before you exercise eServer options [MC Press Online] Although IBM and its business partners will be stocking the shelves with eServer i5 products over the next few weeks, it's probably a good idea to adopt a "wait and see" attitude and look at the pros and cons of all the offerings before you make your choices. IBM aims app to stir Websphere interest [iSeriesNetwork] The IBM Survey Creator -- a free, Java-based application -- is a nice piece of bait designed to lure iSeries customers to take a bite of Websphere. Big Blue is also making the application's source code available to customers. (Free registration to this site required.) More headlines [From around the Web] Fast400 founder sues Big Blue (MidrangeServer) eFuse could boost IBM's yield (eWEEK) Microsoft relents, helps users delay SP2 upgrade (SearchWin2000.com) SURVEY:  New user poll: What's your biggest training/career headache? Vote now GAMES FOR GEEKS:  iSeries vocabulary quiz Do you speak fluent geek? Take our iSeries vocabulary quiz and see if you can match up each term with its correct definition. All Search400.com members that submit quizzes that are complete -- and correct -- will be placed into a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Go ahead and test out your iSeries knowledge. Congratulations to last month's winner Glenn Williams! TIP CONTEST:  Win an iSeries.mySeries. prize pack -- submit your tip today Don't miss out on a chance to win the iSeries.mySeries. prize pack. If you have a shortcut or time-saving tip that could help out other iSeries users, submit it today. You could be sporting a new polo shirt, temporary tattoo and bumper sticker. Don't miss out -- send in your tip for a chance to win. Don't forget to go in and rate our recent tips: * Verify connectivity to critical servers * Pop-up calendar for the iSeries * Let the system tune itself based on your business rules * What is your OS/400 release? Find out now 'How dare you call me a hard worker!' [Ananova] Political correctness may have been overcorrected in this case. A boss in the U.K. has been told that her ad for 'hard-working' warehouse employees discriminates against people who are lazy. Officials with a job center in Southampton said that such controversial words as 'hard working' are only OK if they're used with a clear job description. In the meantime, they will continue to give a voice to shiftless couch potatoes everywhere who are too busy watching telly to speak for themselves.   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: Security Tip  Search400: Top Expert Advice  Search400: WebSphere Strategies 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=489188 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