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Sponsored By
 LANSA
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LANSA Helps Deliver
HIPAA-Compliant e-Transactions
LANSA's HIPAA-compliant solutions include LANSA Integrator & Professional Services to provide cost-effective e-Commerce initiatives for the health care insurance industry. Celtic Insurance Company uses LANSA's HIPAA-compliant solution to receive, process and respond to real-time XML transactions without having to modify its legacy insurance solution.
Learn more at http://www.lansa.com/promos/hipaa.htm
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Sponsored By
 ALDON COMPUTER GROUP
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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
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The iSeries Gets Down to Business at LinuxWorld
by Alex Woodie
A serious business requires a serious machine, and what better place to showcase a serious business machine like the new iSeries Model 890 than LinuxWorld, where last week IBM demonstrated the new 32-way, Power4-based server, which starts shipping in volume on August 30? OK, so Linux hasn't fully overcome its reputation as a product of the counterculture, but it has gained credibility among serious businessmen. READ MORE >
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Sun, IBM Announce New Linux Servers at LinuxWorld
by Alex Woodie
New Intel-based Linux servers were announced by Sun Microsystems and IBM at LinuxWorld this week, as the two server rivals jostled for position at the low-end of the market for Linux servers. IBM also sought to capitalize on Sun's late entry into the Linux server market by announcing a new program to migrate customers' Unix applications running on Sun's Sparc servers to Linux running on IBM hardware. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 CENTERFIELD TECHNOLOGY
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"We used to spend hours tracking down DASD spikes. Now, disk/HUNTER not only tells us where they originate, but automatically tells us when DASD spikes reach our thresholds."
Kirk Chalk, Sr. Staff Systems Analyst
Shell Canada
Where has all YOUR DASD gone? Find out how disk/HUNTER can help you take the guesswork out of iSeries DASD management!
Click here for a demo or trial
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Sponsored By
 COMPUTER KEYES
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Fast & Efficient E-mail Solution for iSeries
KeyesMail provides a complete automated e-mail system for iSeries applications, 5250 terminals, and PC's. Spooled Files can be sent as e-mail messages or converted into various kinds of attachments like PDF, TIF, TXT, or RTF documents with overlays. The "green-screen" editor can view Word documents. KeyesMail has direct, dial-up, or network connection capability to any mail server, including Domino or Exchange.
FREE LIVE TRIAL at www.computerkeyes.com or 800-356-0203.
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Price Cuts Keep Server Shipments Humming
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
With all of the hemming and hawing about the humdrum economic situation, you would think that server shipments would be falling. But for the last two quart ers, they have, seemingly miraculously, been up modestly, according to research from Gartner. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Getting In and Out of iSeries Restricted State
by Joe Hertvik
Most shops frequently need to put their iSeries or AS/400 boxes into a restricted state to perform full system backups, to add hardware to their system, or to execute some other task that can't run while normal business processing is occurring. While entering restricted state OS/400 is simple, there are some pitfalls to avoid. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER
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IBM recently abandoned its thin client NetVista™, leaving a large group of users wondering where to go for thin clients.
Affirmative Computer Products is dedicated solely to thin clients, replete with 122-keyboards and Windows CE and Linux versions specially designed for IBM-hosted networks, midrange and mainframe environments.
Is Affirmative the premier provider of thin clients? The answer is yes!
To learn more, call 888-353-5250 or visit www.affirmative.net .
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Sponsored By
 COMMON
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REGISTER FOR COMMON IN DENVER,
OCT. 13-17
Get the IT training you need by attending COMMON Users Group's Fall 2002 IT Education Conference & Expo, October 13-17 in Denver. Early Bird registration $1,150 until September 4.
Choose from over 720 sessions and labs covering a wide range of industry topics. Also receive training from J.D. Edwards, MAPICS, and other vendors.
Don't miss out! Go to www.common.org
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But Wait, There's More . . .
Look for Our Second Special Report on the New OS/400 V5R2 . . . Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . IBM Confirms 15,600 Layoffs . . . COMMON to Hold IT Executive Conference . . . In Search of High Fashion at British iSeries Symposium . . . OCEAN Opens Registration for Conference and Expo . . . Vision Demos Orion, Granted Entry to IBM's eLiza Partner Program . . . ASNA Celebrates 20th Birthday . . . Rational Acquires RAD Tool Developer NeuVis . . . Kronos Acquires Its Distributors for West Virginia and Utah . . . READ MORE >
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As I See It: Hire the Average
by Victor Rozek
Most of us have a love/hate relationship with highly intelligent people. They're not like us, and we know it. And so do they. Armed with a beautiful mind and an advanced degree in self-confidence, they make desirable candidates for talent-obsessed corporations. Competition for the best and the brightest is fierce, and top performers are rewarded with money, status, responsibility, and freedom of action. The need for talent is so self-evident that no one questioned the corporate fixation with hiring superstars. 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, and we will post it in a reader feedback column for this newsletter. 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
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