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Volume 8, Number 3 -- January 23, 2008
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A Database Union is Not a Join
Hey, Brian:

We recently acquired a company that has had its own payroll system for many years. We are going to combine the two payrolls starting next year but in the meantime, we would like to be able to use some of our internal cost analysis programs on the combined data without combining the two files. READ MORE >

More About Blocking
Hey, Ted:

Don't Disable Blocking was a good article. I would like to offer two suggestions for improvement. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Before You Buy That New System i, Part 2
by Joe Hertvik

Last week, I began discussing the pitfalls you may encounter when buying a new System i server. This week, I'll continue the discussion by looking at some other common System i purchasing issues, including the need for additional power in the computer room, operating system upgrade issues, and making sure that you have everything that's needed for the new machine. READ MORE >


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Senior Technical Editor: Ted Holt
Technical Editors: Howard Arner, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell, Kevin Vandever
Contributing Technical Editors: Joel Cochran, Wayne O. Evans, Raymond Everhart,
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The Four Hundred
Weak Dollar, Services, and Power6 Give IBM a Solid Fourth Quarter

IBM Aims for Server Expansion in 2008, Including System i Reincarnation

Readers Riff on the 2008 System i Wish List

Sun Casts a $1 Billion Net to Catch MySQL

The Rumor Mill on IBM's Impending Platform Announcements

The Linux Beacon
Dell Launches New, Power-Efficient Blade Servers

Sun Casts a $1 Billion Net to Catch MySQL

Weak Dollar, Services, and Power6 Give IBM a Solid Fourth Quarter

IBM Aims for Server Expansion in 2008, Including System i Reincarnation

The X64 Chip Makers Show Financial Improvement in Q4

Four Hundred Stuff
AURA Equipments Beats IBM to the Punch with DB2/400 Engine for MySQL

IBM Sets Sights on Microsoft and SMB with Linux/Domino Combos

Mirroring/400 Considers Move Into U.S. Market

VAI Debuts System i Consultation Services

RJS Updates Document Management Software

Big Iron
Microsoft to IBM: Tolerate PSI Mainframes or Quit Europe

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

System i PTF Guide
January 19, 2008: Volume 10, Number 3

January 12, 2008: Volume 10, Number 2

January 5, 2008: Volume 10, Number 1

December 29, 2007: Volume 9, Number 52

December 22, 2007: Volume 9, Number 51

December 15, 2007: Volume 9, Number 50

The Windows Observer
EU Opens Fresh Antitrust Investigation of Microsoft

Microsoft Rises to Sixth on Patent List for 2007

HP Revamps ProLiant Rack and Tower Servers with New X64 Chips

Parallels Server Goes Beta as SWsoft Hires Microsoft Uber-Techie

Top Executive Raikes to Retire from Microsoft

The Unix Guardian
Sun Casts a $1 Billion Net to Catch MySQL

HP Revamps ProLiant Rack and Tower Servers with New X64 Chips

IBM Gets Clustered Storage and EMC Founder with XIV Buy

As I See It: Weighty Matters

Intel Launches White Box Blades as New York State Probes

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Database Union is Not a Join

More About Blocking

Admin Alert: Before You Buy That New System i, Part 2

Four Hundred Guru

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