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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
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· Multi-platform deployment
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IBM, Resellers Talk Compensation for Recent iSeries Buyers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
In a down economy, when companies scramble to do as much as they can with their shrinking revenues, no one wants to get caught on the wrong side of a big product transition. And no vendor or reseller wants to incur the wrath of its customers, because a dramatic product transition--like the one IBM made with the jump from the System/36 to the AS/400, or from the old iSeries to the new one--can cause it to lose as many customers as it gains. READ MORE >
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iSeries Perspective: Keeping Your Enemies Too Close
by Doug Bidwell
There is an old saying from Sun Tzu's Art of War: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer." This saying seems to apply directly to IBM's eServer consolidation marketing push. To IBM's way of thinking, Windows is not a threat to the iSeries, but it is a threat to OS/400. There is such a thing as keeping your enemies too close, even though Sun Tzu didn't warn about that. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 TAMGROUP
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WebSphere for the iSeries --
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In just 50 minutes we will demonstrate how to quickly and easily extend your iSeries applications to the web.
To register: www.tamgroup.com
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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High Availability / Disaster Recovery
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Gartner Sees J2EE Leading New Development Through 2006
by Alex Woodie
Over the next five years, as companies decide how best to evolve their enterprise software systems, Microsoft .NET and Sun Microsystems Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) will emerge as the clear leaders for new development of enterprise applications, an analyst with Gartner said at its recent IT expo in San Diego. However, J2EE will continue to have a leg up on .NET in market share, owing in large part to Microsoft's premature announcement of the .NET Framework a year ago. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Password Configuration Tips for OS/400 Admins
by Joe Hertvik
Being a mature system, OS/400 contains a number of system values that allow administrators to control the way users create passwords. To help you better understand how OS/400 password validation rules work, this week's column reviews the system settings IBM provides for password validation, complete with an explanation of some of the benefits and potential downsides of using each value. READ MORE >
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· Object level protection. . .
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As I See It: The Bracket Racket
by Victor Rozek
It's probably by design that tax time falls in the middle of April. Spring takes some of the sting out of sending your money to Washington. Imagine having to sign the check in the middle of winter; the suicide rate would soar. On one level, you can think of paying taxes as a communal penance performed in atonement for our collective anxieties. On another, taxes are a symbolic reminder of our interdependence, a financial acknowledgement that we are not fully self-sufficient and are therefore in need of various federal services and protections. Metaphorically, paying taxes is like putting fuel in the national gas tank. It's OK as long as the nation is running well and everyone is putting in their share. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guides . . . SSA GT Sells $75 Million Stake to Outside Investor . . . Help/Systems Forms Technical Alliance with ACOM Solutions . . . B.O.S. Gets to Stay on Nasdaq Stock Market For Now . . . ASNA Partners with Force12 for iSeries-.NET Business Process Integration . . . JDA Reports Almost 60 Percent Drop in Q1 License Fee Revenue . . . LANSA-Developed OS/400 WebSphere Application Nominated for IBM Beacon Award . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights on 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 for this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your e-mail 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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