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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
Guild Companies is on holiday next week and will resume publishing July 7.
Sponsored By
 BYTWARE
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The mystery of the flashing red gem is revealed as Bytware introduces StandGuard Anti-Virus, the world's first and only native virus detection product for the iSeries.
Powered by McAfee's industry-leading scanning engine, StandGuard Anti-Virus revolutionizes the way you protect your company's systems and data from viruses, malicious code, and information thieves.
Get Protected.
Get StandGuard Anti-Virus.
www.bytware.com/products/sgav.html
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Sponsored By
 ALDON COMPUTER GROUP
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UPGRADE ADM NOW:
IBM's recommended solution
IBM partners with Aldon to offer ADM users upgrades to Aldon Affiniti change management. Aldon's 20-plus years of experience, 5,000 clients and future-ready software provide ADM users with the reliability needed to migrate to e-business development.
No matter the platform (iSeries, Windows, Unix, Web, etc.) or development environment you use, including WebSphere, Affiniti supports it.
Learn more at: www.aldon.com
800.825.5858
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Bytware Launches OS/400 Antivirus Software to Treat IFS Infections
by Alex Woodie
Bytware today revealed StandGuard Anti-Virus, the OS/400 platform's first and only native virus scanning engine, which the company codeveloped with McAfee at IBM's urging. StandGuardAV is based on McAfee's established antivirus technology and is designed to find and eliminate Windows viruses that infect OS/400's Integrated File System (IFS), which has been an unwitting--but nearly perfect--host to viruses since its inception. In this exclusive Guild Companies report, we take a look at the news behind Bytware's mysterious month-long advertising campaign. READ MORE >
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SCO Seeks Injunction on AIX Sales, Is Linux or OS/400 Next?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The Unix and Linux communities were sitting on pins and needles, waiting to see what The SCO Group would do in its escalating legal battle with IBM. SCO then filed an amendment to its original lawsuit last Monday, asking the U.S. District Court of Utah to compel IBM to stop using and distributing AIX and to destroy or return all copies of Unix System V to SCO after revoking its license to Unix. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 FAST400
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Tired of paying too much for Interactive Cards for your iSeries server?
With Fast400, you will never need to pay IBM's interactive tax again.
Fast400 "tunes" your iSeries so you can use the full power of your processor.
For a free demo, visit www.fast400.net.
For personal assistance please call Colin Wells in London at (44) 7766 072 578 or send an
e-mail to cwells@fast400.net.
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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Echo2 High Availability --
Affordable, Reliable, Easy-to-Use
Reliable, state-of-the-art high availability isn't as expensive and complex as you might think. Not only does Echo2 cost about half of other solutions, it so automated and self-managing that operation of the system can be done in less than an hour a day and production-to-backup switchovers can be accomplished in minutes.
For your Free whitepaper, "An Introduction to iSeries High Availability," call 1-800-957-4511, email us at info@iterainc.com, or visit www.iterainc.com.
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Lessons for Long-Timers in IT and Life
by Doug Mewmaw
I recently celebrated my 15th anniversary at my company. A mentor of mine celebrated his 26th on the same day. On each anniversary, I always feel like the younger brother of the local football star. People come over and congratulate me, then turn to my peer, incredulously, once they learn of his years of service. We are both long-timers. But a long-timer really could be anyone who has been with their company for eight years or more. If you are a long-timer, listen up. Take some lessons from me. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Automatically Deleting or Disabling OS/400 User Profiles
by Joe Hertvik
OS/400 user profiles can have short shelf lives, which can increase administration time and security risks. Employees leave work and their profiles must be deactivated (disabled or deleted). The same holds true for temporary workers and consultants. Remembering to deactivate user profiles is a hassle, but OS/400 does offer an alternative that performs the dirty work for you, right on schedule. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER
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For tough production and warehouse environments, Affirmative introduces the industrial-strength YEStablet wireless thin client.
Featuring a magnesium alloy case and shock protection boot for industrial applications, the new YEStablet supports 5250 and 3270 emulation with built-in GUI and touch-screen keyboard.
The USB port supports barcode scanners and other data collection devices. Vehicle mount and wearable options are also available. Visit www.affirmative.net for more information.
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Sponsored By
 DRV TECHNOLOGIES
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Ready for e-Business?
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· Easily copy to IFS or shared folder
· Send e-Mail messages and attach reports
Visit www.drvtech.com for a
FREE 30-day trial.
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Mad Dog 21/21: Battle of All Mudders
by Hesh Wiener
On May 3, Funny Cide came from out of nowhere to win the Kentucky Derby, paying $27.60 to win. Two weeks later, Funny Cide ran in the Preakness. A ticket on the winner was worth only $5.80. It was beginning to look like the horse was a sure thing to win the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in the Triple Crown. About the time Funny Cide was winning the Preakness on May 17, Chuck was watching his bet on a sure thing, the upgrade of an iSeries Model 720 to a Model 820. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guides . . . "Madison" Itanium 2 to Arrive Late June, Early July . . . Gartner Says New License ERP Sales Down in 2002 . . . Oracle Sweetens Bid for PeopleSoft, Sues Boards, Gets Sued by Connecticut . . . SSA GT Snaps Up Ironside Technologies . . . Affirmative Rolls Out Linux-Based YESstation Mini, Readies Two Other Thin Clients . . . Which Sessions Are Most Popular at COMMON? . . . 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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