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We Bring It All Together So You Don't Have To.
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Top OS/400 Stories from Around the Web
(Guild Companies) DB2 Sales on the iSeries accounted for $325 million in revenue in 2002, according to market researcher Gartner. That number represents a decline of roughly $103 million, or 24 percent, compared to 2001, when new DB2/400 sales brought in $428 million. On the other hand, RDBMS sales on IBM's S/390 and zSeries mainframes grew by about 13 percent--roughly $92 million--to about $800 million, according to Gartner.
(iSeries Network) iSeries Capacity Upgrade on Demand has been a hit with customers, according to several industry experts. In fact, the ever-quoted Tom Bittman, vice president and research director for Gartner, predicts that in two years customers will expect all servers to be shipped with CUoD, and the iSeries could be at the head of the pack.
(iSeries Network) In the past, the COMMON users group has been criticized for picking lackluster locations, like Minneapolis and Indianapolis, for its biannual conferences. This fall, COMMON feels it has a sure-fire winner with its upcoming conference in Orlando, Florida, a location that COMMON is planning to capitalize on with seldom-seen location-based tie-ins.
(MC Press Online) IBM announced several new products and enhancements on May 13, with the highlights being a new entry-level Model 810 and a discounted prepay option for Capacity Upgrade on Demand.
(The 400 Group) IBM Rochester is opening new opportunities for small and midsized shops with its new entry-level iSeries server in the Model 810 line.
(e-Pro Magazine) IBM Lotus is expected to release two new additions to IBM's Express software line next month, alongside its new Lotus Domino 6.0.2 upgrade. The Domino Collaboration Bundle Express will combine Domino Server with a choice of the Notes client or Domino Web Access (formerly known as iNotes) for collaborative and e-mail applications. The Domino Utility Server will provide access to collaborative applications through either a Notes client or a Web browser.
(Internetnews.com) IBM is expected to release DB2 Express in June. DB2 Express is a smaller version of its flagship database software, for small and midsized business environments.
(Guild Companies) If you've been in the IT industry long enough, you've survived corporate moves, acquisitions, downsizing, right-sizing, outsourcing, and leaving the dot-com era to find a real job. After all that, you now have to cope with offshoring, where companies in established Western economies move professionals and service jobs to other countries where labor is cheaper and technology can easily link them back to the home market. Some call it colonialism, but it's also a mounting reality.
(iSeries Network) SCO Group is standing behind statements made by its senior management last week that Linux users may have to pay if SCO wins its lawsuit contending that Linux improperly includes Unix code.
(MC Press Online) On May 14, SCO Group pulled out of the UnitedLinux consortium, abandoning its Linux business in the process. Later, Microsoft announced an agreement to license Unix from SCO. What's happening here, and why are these events causing people to become flustered and nervous?
(eWeek) To muddy the Unix and Linux waters even more, Novell, which once owned the rights to Unix, this week publicly challenged SCO's assertion that it owns the rights and patents to Unix System V.
(News.com) A German lobbying association called Linuxtag said it may seek a court order against SCO Group this week because of threats made against 1,500 of the world's most important Linux supporters, including IBM.
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Vendor Announcements, Promotions, And Deals
(SuSE) SuSE is offering an evaluation copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for the iSeries for six months. During the trial period, SuSE sends the same fixes and patches that purchasers of the product receive.
(IBM) IBM announced WebSphere Host Integration Solution for iSeries 3.1, which includes IBM's Communications Servers, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Host Publisher, WebSphere Host On Demand, Personal Communications, WebSphere Studio Site Developer, and WebSphere Host Access Transformation Server.
(Guild Companies) IBM last week released two new products that are designed to make the company's Software Group a larger force in the database market. DB2 Information Integrator is touted as a key building block in On Demand computing, and DB2 UDB Express for Windows and Linux contains autonomic-computing capabilities and is aimed at value-conscious small and midsized businesses.
(IBM) IBM recently released a new service pack for its Client Access Express for Windows V5R1M0 software. Service pack SI08389 is available on the iSeries Access Service Packs Web site. Also note that IBM is no longer offering Client Access Express V4R4M0 and Client Access for Windows 95/NT V3R2M0 service packs on this site.
(Guild Companies) Manhattan Associates made a flurry of announcements last week, including the introduction of a new supply chain execution suite, a new product naming scheme, and a commitment to roll out new releases of its applications across the OS/400, Unix, and Windows operating systems at the same time. The company also announced plans to acquire ReturnCentral, a Pittsburgh company that should boost Manhattan's presence in the market for reverse logistics software.
(Guild Companies) Stampede Technologies recently released TurboGold Enterprise Edition 5.10, a new edition of its IBM Lotus Notes and Domino performance enhancer. New features focus on data movement, data storage, and bringing the product up to speed with the most current version of Notes and Domino.
(Guild Companies) Tango/04 Computing Group announced its new VISUAL Control LPAR Tuner software, a utility that constantly monitors the performance of OS/400 logical partitions. The package continually adjusts the processor and memory resources available to a partition through a "self tuning" algorithm.
(ASNA) ASNA reports that it experienced a problem with its ASNApalooza Web site between 5:00 p.m. CST on May 26 and 5:00 p.m. CST on May 28. If you registered for ASNApalooza during that time, your registration may not have been received and the company asks that you please return to the ASNApalooza Web site to register again.
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New Redbooks, White Papers, and Other OS/400 Resources
(IBM) Draft Redbook -- Symantec Enterprise Firewall for iSeries running Linux describes the concepts, installation, implementation, and firewall scenarios used with this new iSeries firewall product.
(IBM) The IBM eServer iSeries College Web site contains a downloadable set of lectures and slide shows by IBM personnel spotlighting a number of iSeries topics, including business intelligence, Domino, Linux on iSeries, and WebSphere. Registration is required to access the information.
(NetIQ) White Paper -- The Ten Reports Every Chief Security Officer Lives For explores 10 critical enterprise security indicators that leading chief security officers are monitoring, and explains how to make sense of the overload of security data that bombards you daily.
(Search400.com) Search400.com's Webcast page contains replays of popular Webcasts. The page currently features Webcasts on reinvigorating your IT career, Web-enabling legacy applications, WebSphere Development Studio and RPG, and positioning disk storage and high availability in an iSeries environment.
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Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings
May-November -- ASNA has one-day seminars on ASNA Visual RPG and Caviar and running AVR for .NET. Seminars will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina; Hartford, Connecticut; San Francisco; Denver; St. Louis; Houston; and Guildford, England. For a complete list of seminar topics, locations, and dates, go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_seminars.asp.
May-July -- Aldon Computer Group will present its user group tour at various user group meetings throughout the United States. The next scheduled event is June 19 at the Kentucky User Group meeting in Louisville. Go to www.aldon.com/events/user_tour.html for a list of meetings that Aldon will attend.
June -- Bytware is conducting several workshops to help customers take advantage of the most valuable features of Bytware's monitoring, security, and paging products. Workshop topics include MessengerPlus, StandGuard, and MessengerConsole. Go to www.bytware.com/edu.htm for more information.
June -- Information Availability Institute will host a number of free workshops focused on the managed availability solution model, determining availability ROI and availability plans; and implementing availability within an organization. Venues include Waltham, Massachusetts (June 11), Waterbury, Connecticut (June 12), Toronto, Ontario (June 18), and London, Ontario (June 19). Go to www.availabilityinstitute.org for more details.
June 5 -- Help Systems presents its ROBOT/TRAPPER SNMP Manager for iSeries e-conference, focusing on its ROBOT/TRAPPER product. ROBOT/TRAPPER gathers SNMP traps issued by network devices and converts them to a format that ROBOT/CONSOLE, Help Systems' message-management package, can read. Go to www.helpsystems.com for more information.
June 9-12 -- J.D. Edwards presents the Quest Global Conference (formally known as JDE Focus). Staged in Denver, this conference centers on user-driven education, training, and speakers, with a J.D. Edwards focus. Go to the J.D. Edwards Web site for more information.
June 15-18 -- The 2003 iSeries & AS/400 Connection Conference offers four days of iSeries education at the Registry Resort in Naples, Florida. The iSeries educational tracks focus on application development, Java, SQL, e-business, operations, and security. Speakers include Dr. Frank Soltis, Al Barsa Jr., Allison Butterill, Wayne O. Evans, Susan Gantner, Janet Krueger, Jon Paris, Jim Sloan, and Howard F. Arner Jr. Go to www.tramenco.com/naples for more information and registration.
June 18-20 -- Infinium UserNet, the worldwide Infinium user group, presents its 2003 Infinium UserNet educational conference and exposition in Oak Brook, Illinois. This is the only training and peer-networking event dedicated to users of SSA Global Technololgies and Infinium Software applications. Go to www.infiniumusernet.org/public/networking/2003/ for more information.
June 23-27 -- IBM presents its iSeries Technical Conference at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. According to IBM, this is the place where technical experts and programmers can get their questions answered by IBM's best Rochester and Toronto experts. Go to www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/iseries/ for more information.
June 26 -- Help Systems presents an e-conference on ROBOT/LPAR partition resource management, focusing on its ROBOT/LPAR product, which is designed to manage OS/400 partitioned resources in a dynamic or scheduled fashion. Go to www.helpsystems.com for more information.
July 17 -- The OCEAN iSeries User Group will present its 10th annual one-day "Catch the Wave" iSeries technical conference and vendor expo at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 17900 Jamboree Boulevard, Irvine, California. Training sessions will be conducted by Bob Cozzi, Allison Butterill, and Wayne O. Evans, on topics such as RPG IV Advanced Techniques, WebSphere Development Tools, iSeries Security and Infrastructure. Dr. Frank Soltis will be the keynote speaker. Go to www.ocean400.org for more information.
July 20-23 -- LANSA presents its 2003 International LANSA Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Chicago. The conference includes product education, customer success stories, strategic directions, hands-on labs, and roundtable discussions. The keynote speaker will be IBM's Malcolm Haines of the IBM eServer iSeries Marketing group. Go to www.lansa.com/conference/index.htm for more information.
September 7-11 -- The COMMON user group presents its fall 2003 conference and expo in Orlando, Florida. Meet industry experts, attend hands-on labs, exchange information with fellow professionals, attend a multitude of educational tracks, and get real-world solutions at the vendor expo. Go to the COMMON Web site for more information and to register.
October 13-17 -- IBM presents an iSeries Technical Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Orlando, Florida. According to IBM, this is the place where technical experts and programmers can get their questions answered by IBM's most knowledgeable Rochester and Toronto experts. Go to www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/iseries/ for more information.
November 18-21 -- EXTOL will host its 2003 user conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. Attendees registering during May receive a 30 percent discount and the tutorial program at no charge. Go to www.extol.com/forms/uc2003/confinfo.cfm for more information.
April 28-30, 2004 -- ASNApalooza 2004 will be held at the Westin River Walk Hotel in San Antonio. ASNApalooza is three days of ASNA Visual RPG instruction and technical insight, with an emphasis on the RPG development environment for Microsoft's .NET platform. If you register by May 31, you can attend the conference for $900, a savings of $1,100 off the regular price for registration. Go to www.asna.com/0303_ASNA_Visions_palooza2004.asp for more information.
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Editor: Joe Hertvik
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
If you have a resource, event, or any other interesting item that you want to see publicized in Midrange Monitor, send an e-mail to Joe Hertvik
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