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In This Issue
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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
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iSeries for Domino Servers: A Look Under the Hood
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
When IBM revamped the iSeries line two months ago, I said that the new iSeries for Domino servers, launched in conjunction with the revamped machines, deserved their own special attention. IBM has improved the iSeries-Domino bundle compared to the "Bumblebee" Dedicated Servers for Domino that it has been selling since late 1999, and I want to take a look under the hood of the new iSeries-Domino boxes to help you suss out how they might fit in your shop. READ MORE >
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IBM Raises AS/400, Other Maintenance Prices
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Every couple of years, IBM raises maintenance prices on vintage computing equipment that it is supporting. On March 18, IBM once again raised prices on various vintage AS/400 machines. The minimum monthly maintenance price increases that affect AS/400 gear are effective on July 1. The price increases have two purposes: to try to get AS/400 shops to move to the iSeries and to wring more money out of those shops that stay put. READ MORE >
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Tech Insight: UCCnet Touted as Cure to Product Data Woes
by Alex Woodie
You might have seen them lurking around your shop, but felt powerless to do anything about them. They're product data inconsistencies, and they could be costing retailers and suppliers up to $40 billion per year. The problem is that each major retailer, like Wal-Mart or Home Depot, has a different way of describing the products it puts on its shelves, and it passes down these inconsistencies to its suppliers. A relatively new industry body called UCCnet is trying to change all that. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Remote OUTQs and Auto-Answer Printer Messages
by Joe Hertvik
In last week's column on auto-answering printer load messages, I mentioned that I hadn't tested my auto-answer technique with remote writer output queues started with the Start Remote Writer (STRRMTWTR) command. Reader Tom Parkinson picked up on this comment and sent me information on answering messages for remote output queues. READ MORE >
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Mad Dog 21/21: Calculated Risks
by Hesh Wiener
Fifty years ago, on February 28, 1953, to be precise, James Watson and Francis Crick announced that they had discovered the secret of life, which was embodied in the structure of DNA. They were right. In 1943, Thomas Watson of IBM said, "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." He was wrong. But 10 years later he saw things differently, and IBM had launched the Model 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More. . .
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guides . . . Windows, Linux Security Holes Found, Fixes Announced . . . DCSoftware Taps TeamCain for Canadian ARCTOOLS/400 Distributorship . . . ClientSoft Reorganizes Sales Channel Around Relationship with Microsoft . . . Touchtone and Varsity Logistics Partner to Offer Integrated CRM-Shipping Application That's Native OS/400 . . . Insurance Software Firm Genelco Goes to Gauss to Boost Imaging . . . Down on the Bayou, CMA to Distribute EBS Banking Software . . . Go with the Flow: American Software Sees Customer Benefits in FlowVision . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email public. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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