Today's News: What's in store for the iSeries?

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September 02, 2004 Published by  Search400.com    Today's News Issue Sponsored By:   > Featured Resource: ExpertAnswerCenter.com IN THIS ISSUE:   >  State of the iSeries industry   >  Hardware spending hits its stride with Linux   >  IBM, Intel push 'open' blade server spec   >  More headlines   >  The Missing Link: Cool cybercafes put the 'in' in login State of the iSeries industry [Search400.com] Despite recent efforts to energize the platform-- new i5 models, new OS, and ISV incentives -- the market remains flat. This week we take a look at what's going on in the industry. MORE INFO: > View previous Featured Topics   Featured Resource: ExpertAnswerCenter.com Visit the ExpertAnswerCenter.com and pose your most difficult questions to our experts. Topics change regularly, and answered questions are placed in an archive for easy access. Also, you can read the expert's blog, register for an upcoming webcast, or find helpful information in the site's Resource Center. Visit today!   Hardware spending hits its stride with Linux [SearchEnterpriseLinux.com] A Forrester Research hardware spending survey shows strong growth with Linux at the heart of the spurt. IBM, Intel push 'open' blade server spec [CNET News.com] Third-party vendors will get to build custom blades using the tech giants' design. The move is an attempt to establish their design as the dominant blade server. More headlines [From around the Web] Notes plug-in unburdens remote workers (SearchDomino.com) DRUM ROLL PLEASE....:  Tip Contest: July & August winners announced You've been waiting patiently, and the results are finally in... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for July & August is Shane Cessna. Shane won the iSeries.mySeries. prize pack and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: Pop-up calendar for the iSeries Congratulations also to our runner-up winners: Robert Gray, Frank Bowlin and Richard Cranston. View all winning tips in Search400.com's Hall of Fame. New tips contest for September: We're giving away a Hand-held color TV. Don't miss that big game because you're stuck at the office, or worst yet, a boring family party. You can enjoy the brilliant clarity of a TFT-LCD screen on the world's smallest TV anywhere. If you have a shortcut or time-saving tip that could help out other iSeries users, submit it today and you may be our lucky winner. OS/400 DISCUSSION FORUM:  Interact with other administrators Are you looking for advice on OS/400 issues? Join your peers in our OS/400 forum to ask and answer questions about the various releases of V5R1, installation, implementation, security and much more. SURVEY:  User poll Have you purchased software specifically for the goal of meeting government regulatory acts, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA? Cool cybercafes put the 'in' in login [Reuters] The envelopes, please. The winners of the first Yahoo Mail Internet Cafe Awards -- because there just aren't enough awards ceremonies in the world -- include a hip little wired joint in Moscow's Red Square called The Phlegmatic Dog, the comfy Cafe Curve in Brighton on England's south coast and Brain Wash in San Francisco, where customers can wash their whites with Surf laundry detergent while they surf. And let's not forget the winner of the coveted world's Most Remote Internet Cafe award, won by a place in Timbuktu, Mali, proving that Timbuktu may be losing some of its isolated charm. Before you know it, there'll be a Starbucks there. Yahoo sponsored the awards to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first cybercafe -- Cafe Cyberia in London. The cafes have been spreading like the Klez virus ever since -- about 20,000 in 171 countries.   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=490373 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