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Sponsored By ALDON COMPUTER GROUP Free White Papers! Want to know more about Source Control Management and why it's important to every development shop? Want to know how to integrate WebSphere and Java Development in a multi-platform environment? We have the answers. See how IBM and Aldon have partnered to provide a comprehensive SCM solution for complex development. Find out more at www.aldon.com	Sponsored By PRODATA COMPUTER SERVICES Put ProData's tools in your hands and see great results. DBU 6.0 . . . the best database utility now in GUI! ProTools, 18-utility suite . . . zip files and email from the AS/400, program x-ref, menuing system, scan message file, all with source code included for $495! SQL/Pro, CVTRPGIV, RDR, NESTRPG, more! FREE Trials at www.prodatacomputer.com , 800.228.6318, or sales@prodatacomputer.com .
Lots of Seasoned OS/400 Coders, Not Enough Newbies by Timothy Prickett Morgan The current economic downturn--some say recession, despite the statistics--is causing OS/400 shops to lock down their hiring of junior programmers. According research performed by Nate Viall & Associates, hiring of junior programmers was down 86 percent this spring. This is an alarming development for the near term, and a potentially huge problem for the long haul, for newbie programmers, who want to work, and the OS/400 community, which needs a steady supply of reasonably seasoned coders. READ MORE >	That iSeries Green Streak Deal Revealed by Timothy Prickett Morgan As we reported last week, IBM is offering two iSeries machines at half price in an effort to boost sales of the platform to the green-screen faithful who have resisted upgrading through several generations of AS/400 and iSeries servers. IBM announced the details of the "Green Streak" promotion last week, and it is more or less exactly what our sources said it would be: a 50 percent discount on iSeries hardware and deep discounts on iSeries software and Software Subscription licenses. READ MORE >
Sponsored By T.L. ASHFORD T.L. Ashford's BARCODE400 software makes bar code labeling easy. The software prints labels directly from the iSeries / AS/400 without middleware. Buttons and simple mouse clicks perform most design operations such as placing logos, symbologies text and boxes. You will be designing and printing labels in minutes. Barcode400 is backed by the best Technical Support Team in the industry. www.tlashford.com or call 800.541.4893.	Sponsored By COMPUTER KEYES Convert Spooled Files to PDF Docs! KeyesUtility can be used to convert any type of spooled file into an image or PDF document. The resulting document can be used for any desired purpose, such as e-mailing or posting on the web. Spooled files can be standard *SCS printer files, *AFPDS spooled files, or *USERASCII spooled files made from third party forms packages. Get your free evaluation at www.computerkeyes.com
IBM Server Sales Down 16 Percent by Timothy Prickett Morgan IBM, like other IT suppliers coping with skittish customers still suffering from a hangover associated with binge IT buying in the dot-com boom and a bad case of the jitters in the current economic climate, nonetheless sold a fair amount of stuff in the second quarter and did better than many Wall Street analysts expected. However, IBM's Server Group took it on the chin, with sales of $2.9 billion, down 17 percent from the second quarter of last year. READ MORE >	WebSphere's Advocate and the Tools of Her Trade by Dan Burger The evolution of application development on OS/400 servers is a case study in conformity and conflict. The conformity has its deep roots in the green screen, and the conflict comes in moving to Web interfaces. Alison Butterill has persevered through more than 20 years in the midrange and is currently IBM's technical advocate for application development. With WebSphere embracing the Eclipse environment, it's Butterill's job to explain IBM's strategy and persuade those who are uncertain that WebSphere is the path they want to follow. READ MORE >
Sponsored By RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS Save TIME AND MONEY with our AS/400-iSeries Report and Data Delivery Systems Delivering AS/400 reports via email, web, Lotus Notes, Domino or CD. Whether it's Native AS/400 or PC-based, we have the solution. For a FREE FULLY FUNCTIONAL DEMO CD, please visit our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com. Contact us at 888-RJS-SOFT or email us at sales@rjssoft.com	Sponsored By LOOKSOFTWARE Application Modernization made Easy! newlook allows you to rapidly re-face, web-enable, and extend your applications. And newlook will integrate your iSeries applications with desktop applications like Notes, Excel, Word and Outlook in hours! Add file transfer, DDM, display and printer emulation using secure browser-based deployment and move to a new future with newlook. Download your FREE evaluation and request a personal web-cast to see how easily newlook can rejuvenate your applications.
Admin Alert: Dealing with Default OS/400 Passwords by Joe Hertvik A necessary part of OS/400 security checking is sniffing out and changing user profiles that contain default passwords. Default passwords occur when an OS/400 password is equal to the user profile name. They occur often when creating new user IDs because default passwords are the default setting for new IDs in both OS/400 V4R5 and V5R1. As a result, many systems may have a number of user profiles that are ripe targets for hacking. READ MORE >	IBM Rents Linux Partitions Under Utility Sales Model by Alex Woodie IBM is bringing together elements of two of its most promising research and development projects--Linux and grid computing--and delivering them through one of its most successful products, the mainframe. IBM has announced Linux Virtual Services, a new program in which companies purchase space on an IBM-hosted zSeries mainframe to run their Linux applications. Big Blue provides all the necessary backup, network, and maintenance services, and bills the user in much the same way a utility company bills its customers. This "eUtility" offering could eventually be offered on iSeries and xSeries machines. READ MORE >
Sponsored By TRAMENCO The Training and Mentoring Company (Tramenco) is dedicated to just one thing: Advancing your career by giving you the skills you need to solve real-world business problems. Choose from a menu of training options to fit your needs: onsite seminars, public seminars, mentoring, consulting, books, CBTs, and Web-based training. For more information about Tramenco's career enhancing opportunities, call (800)421-8031 or go to www.tramenco.com.	Sponsored By BCD INT'L BCD’s Web and iSeries 400 Application Development Tools won 10 industry Awards and have 1,000’s of developers. Extend apps to the Web or create new ones—Fast. Try Award Winning WebSmart—Superior Technology that lets you create Web solutions fast, easy and affordably. FREE DOWNLOAD. Run on iSeries 400 HTTP/Apache Server and / or Windows, Linux, Unix, AIX...Multi-platform / multi-server, one effort! Click & visit—www.BCDsoftware.com
But Wait, There's More . . . Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . DataMirror Ends Hostile Takeover Bid of IDION. . . ASNA Launches Technology Services Group in Europe . . . MIMIX V4R4 Starts Shipping from Lakeview . . . Key Information Systems Offers Free Tape Backup Analyses. . . READ MORE >	As I See It: Suffering from Irregularity by Victor Rozek The deregulation chickens are coming home to roost. The sky is darkening with them, blotting out what just a few months ago was a bright economic sun shining across a limitless horizon. They have grand, exotic names like Tyco and Enron, Kmart and Global Crossing, Qwest and Dynergy, Xerox and WorldCom. As they fall from the heady heights of America's economic firmament, their impact reverberates around the globe, creating shock waves that threaten the economic stability of the entire planet. READ MORE >
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