iSeries Programmers Irate Concerning CGIDEV2 Limbo
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

A few months ago, our Four Hundred Guru newsletter touched off firestorm when Brian Kelly, an iSeries-WebSphere expert, suggested that IBM has to come up with a way to do native Web browsing support in RPG-DB2/400 applications. As part of the ensuing flamefest in the newsletter and on our IT Jungle Forums, people pointed out that a quasi-open source program called CGIDEV2 provided much of the functionality that Kelly and others were seeking. READ MORE >

Is Security the First Step Toward Regulatory Compliance?
by Mary Lou Roberts

Companies everywhere are spending more and more of their time and budget to plan, analyze, install software tools, and write code in order to meet the burgeoning stack of regulatory compliance mandates and standards. As reported by The Four Hundred three weeks ago, iSeries ISVs of all types are dedicating much of their efforts (in one case, 100 percent) to enhancing product offerings in ways that are directly related to compliance issues. READ MORE >

iSeries Sales Increase by 10 Percent in Q2
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Thanks to the sale of its PC business and an antitrust settlement with Microsoft and despite restructuring charges relating to layoffs and other reorganizations, IBM, still the dominant player in the IT market, was able to pull off a decent second quarter. Specifically, IBM pushed net income up 5.4 percent to $1.82 billion, with revenues down 3.6 percent to $22.3 billion. Improving sales of the iSeries line were a factor in helping IBM make its numbers, too, which was a nice change. READ MORE >

As I See It: In Defense of Entitlement
by Victor Rozek

Two disparate stories caught my attention as I was reading the morning paper. The first was about a 20-something young man who was interviewing for a job. Apparently his expectations were judged to be somewhat unrealistic because the Boomer interviewing him scoffed and said "Ah yes, you're from the Entitlement Generation . . . you think you're entitled to everything." The second story was about China scrambling around the globe trying to secure a reliable source of oil that is not controlled by American interests or subject to American military might. READ MORE >

   But Wait, There's More

IBM Ships Integrity PTF for Kerberos Flaw . . . Foote Partners Says IT Salaries Are on the Up . . . IBM Splits Services Unit as Joyce Leaves for VC Firm . . . AttachmateWRQ Partners with Kapow for Integration . . . Vision Solutions Delivers ORION for IBM's AIX on the iSeries . . . BOS Sells PrintBOS Unit, Attracts Funding . . . Gartner Says Microsoft, IBM the Leaders in Web Services . . . READ MORE >

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