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Volume 9, Number 9 -- March 11, 2009
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Looking for Commitment, Part 1
by Paul Tuohy

In this article I will discuss what commitment control is, why you may want to use it, and the basic requirements for commitment control. In subsequent articles we will look more closely at some of the considerations for using commitment control effectively: how commitment control works; different ways in which it can be implemented; and how it works in ILE. READ MORE >

Treasury of new DB2 6.1 Features, Part 2: Grouping Sets and Super Groups
by Michael Sansoterra

Part 1 of this series focused on some of the stellar query enhancements IBM gave its DB2 for i developer community. It's hard to believe the 20-plus-year-old AS/400 system (now called IBM i) can continue to look so young given its great strengths in database and other areas. But for now, I want to focus on specialized query enhancements called grouping sets and super groups. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Six Ways to Mess Up i5/OS User Profiles Security (And What To Do About It)
by Joe Hertvik

Compared to other platforms, the i5/OS operating system is one of the more secure systems available today. However, that doesn't mean there aren't any security holes. This week, let's look at some common user profile security problems that iSeries, System i, and Power i shops encounter and talk about how you can counter these issues. READ MORE >


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The Four Hundred
Getting Dizzy from Dynamic Infrastructure

The Economy Gives the Server Biz a Flat Tire in Q4

Infor Battles Customers in Court Over License Fees

As I See It: Isolation

Global IT Spending Barely Ahead of 2008; Some Regions Showing Strength

Four Hundred Stuff
DB2/400 Storage Engine for MySQL Now Available as Public Beta

PHP Saves Company Millions by Refurbishing Old ERP System

ManageEngine Goes On Demand with Data Center Tools

RSA Cracks Down on Security Threats with enVision 4.0

Kisco Adds Fax Support to WebReport/400

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

System i PTF Guide
March 7, 2009: Volume 11, Number 10

February 28, 2009: Volume 11, Number 9

February 21, 2009: Volume 11, Number 8

February 14, 2009: Volume 11, Number 7

February 7, 2009: Volume 11, Number 6

January 31, 2009: Volume 11, Number 5

TPM at The Register
IBM not worried about Cisco blades

IBM boasts of full 8Gb Fibre Channel for blades

EuroMidEastAfrica server biz tumbles

Intel 'Nehalem' Xeons poised for March 31 launch

AT&T wants to run your data center

Gartner: PC sales, except netbooks, to slump in 2009

Citrix taps VMLogix for fake server jukeboxing

Taiwan bails out memory makers

Lenovo erects Atom tower

Forrester: Fake servers like recessions

HP babysits small biz servers

Dell plays with virtual data centers

Server market gets second opinion on Q4

SGI lays off another 9 per cent

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Looking for Commitment, Part 1

Treasury of new DB2 6.1 Features, Part 2: Grouping Sets and Super Groups

Admin Alert: Six Ways to Mess Up i5/OS User Profiles Security (And What To Do About It)

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