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Volume 8, Number 42 -- December 10, 2008
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Four Ways to Avoid Problems Caused by Global Data
by Ted Holt

Junior J. Programmer modifies an RPG program. His testing works properly. The user's test works properly. The user approves the change, the modified program is installed, and everything is copasetic until a few months later when the program gets stuck in a loop. What happened, and why is Junior not entirely to blame? READ MORE >

Where's the Service Program?
Hey, Ted:

We have two environments: a homegrown system for financials and a canned ERP system for manufacturing. We have written a service program containing subprocedures that access manufacturing data. This service program is stored in a library that is in the manufacturing system's library list, but is not in the financial system's library list. Now we need a financial program to use a routine from this service program. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: The Dangers of User Profiles with Privileges
by Joe Hertvik

Handling user profile authorities is one of the more critical i5/OS administrative duties. In particular, there are three crucial user parameters that must be set up correctly to prevent your users from inadvertently accessing objects and functions that they should not be using. Today, I'll look at how you can work with these values to prevent several avoidable security pitfalls. READ MORE >


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The Four Hundred
Soltis Exiting IBM, But He's Not Leaving the '400

A Little More Detail on the Smart Cube and Its Market

IBM's Academic Initiative Partners with DeVry University

Mad Dog 21/21: Potlatch Season

Server Sales Decline in the Third Quarter

The Linux Beacon
Why Blade Servers Still Don't Cut It, and How They Might

Intel Keeps Both Arms Swinging with Xeons, Jabs with Itanium

Microsoft Ponies Up Another $100 Million for Novell Linux

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Two More Xeon-Based Galaxy Servers from Sun

Four Hundred Stuff
A Better Kind of OCR Promised by Brainware

Bug Busters Adds Remote Journaling to HA Offering

PARADE Magazine Turns a Page with ASNA's AVR and DataGate

Magic Updates RIA Framework with .NET Client

Infor Revives Infinium Brand for Casino Business

Big Iron
For Some Customers, the Mainframe Is Green

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

System i PTF Guide
December 6, 2008: Volume 10, Number 49

November 29, 2008: Volume 10, Number 48

November 22, 2008: Volume 10, Number 47

November 15, 2008: Volume 10, Number 46

November 8, 2008: Volume 10, Number 45

November 1, 2008: Volume 10, Number 44

The Windows Observer
Citrix Addresses Performance with XenApp 5

Server Buyers Shop Like It's 1999 in the Second Quarter

Intel Keeps Both Arms Swinging with Xeons, Jabs with Itanium

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Microsoft Does Something About Those SQL Injection Attacks

The Unix Guardian
What the Heck Is the Midrange, Anyway?

Overseas and Notebook Sales Offset Printer Declines for HP in Q3

Two More Xeon-Based Galaxy Servers from Sun

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Intel's Nehalems to Star at IDF, AMD Pitches Shanghai

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Four Ways to Avoid Problems Caused by Global Data

Where's the Service Program?

Admin Alert: The Dangers of User Profiles with Privileges

Four Hundred Guru

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