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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
Sponsored By
 QUADRANT SOFTWARE
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Replace pre-printed forms with digital documents delivered via print, email, and fax using Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) solutions for the iSeries 400 enterprise.
Engineered with Brooktrout intelligent technologies, these EDD solutions seamlessly integrate with major business applications and offer error-free creation, management, and automated delivery of mission-critical documents, electronic forms, MICR checks, and bar code labels, all with plug-and-play implementation.
www.quadrantsoftware.com www.brooktrout.com
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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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IBM Focuses on TCO, Ease of Use with Domino 6
by Dan Burger
IBM will this week take the wraps off Domino 6, the next generation of its Notes/Domino messaging, groupware, and application serving middleware. While people will make a lot of noise that IBM is taking the first steps toward merging the Domino programs with its WebSphere middleware and its DB2 databases with Domino 6, the new program is more than that. Domino 6 has a lot of tweaks that customers want, and is a platform that is easier to administer than prior Domino releases. READ MORE >
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Green Streak Capacity Planning Guide
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
While some of the price breaks of IBM's "Green Streak" promotion are not as sweet in the fourth quarter as they were in the third, the deep hardware discounts and other cuts are still in effect. If you have a vintage machine and you can squeeze your workloads onto the Model 270 or Model 820 machines on which IBM is offering its Green Streak deal, you've still got time to buy. We've built a Green Streak capacity planning guide to make the shopping a little easier for you. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 COMMON
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COMMON IT EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE
Tell your IT Directors about the three-day event that is specially designed for them. Held October 13-15, 2002, in Denver, the IT Executive Conference will give iSeries Directors the opportunity to network and learn from well-known speakers in the iSeries environment, and receive new strategies for optimizing operations.
To find out more, go to:
www.common.org/executive
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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Reorganize While Active!
Now you can recover deleted record space without locking users out of your files when you reorganize them. With iTera's new Reorganize While Active™ solution, you can reorganize any size file with just a few seconds of downtime—whether the file is 5 GB in size or 100 GB!
Want to help your company eliminate downtime?
Email us at info@iterainc.com, call 800-957-4511 or visit us at www.iterainc.com
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BladeCenters Can Be IBM's Fifth Kind of eServer
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
With yesterday's announcement of its "Xcalibur" BladeCenter blade servers, IBM introduced what could evolve into a new family of products under the eServer umbrella. The eServer line includes xSeries Intel-based servers; pSeries Unix and iSeries OS/400 RISC-based servers; and zSeries mainframes. These machines all have unique architectures; so can the BladeCenters. This is why the BladeCenters are being branded distinctly from the other eServer brands and not just thrown into the xSeries category, even though the initial models use Intel iron. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Dealing with Inactive Jobs
by Joe Hertvik
Unattended interactive jobs (also called inactive jobs) present a knotty administrative problem because they can create security exposures on your system, as well as place persistent object locks on files and records. Fortunately, OS/400 provides system values that automatically disconnect or end inactive jobs. Inactive jobs, where a sensitive application is sitting open and unattended on a user's desktop, can be dangerous. Since a lot of fraud and computer abuse happens inside a company, it's wise to lock down these jobs in a reasonable time frame. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 BCD INT'L
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NO MORE -- Java Jitters !
Extend BPCS, MAPICS, JDE or any other app with BCD's Award Winning WebSmart
-- Quickly and Affordably.
Unlike many IBM iSeries WebSphere sites, 95+% of WebSmart users DO NOT have to upgrade hardware saving $20K to $200K! WebSmart ILE/CGI web/browser based apps DO NOT consume interactive resources & run significantly FASTER than Java-generated apps. Run on iSeries or multi-platform.
Try WebSmart on a FREE Download
Click & Visit -- www.bcdsoftware.com
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Sponsored By
 ELECTRONIC STORAGE CORPORATION
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What secret advantage do 1000 iSeries and AS/400 sites have over YOU?
LaserVault!
LaserVault is THE easy-to-use, affordable software solution for archiving and distributing reports from your AS/400. Access your reports and invoices instantly and securely via the Internet, your PC, or a workstation. And best of all. . .Realize a ROI in as little as 6 months.
Visit www.laservault.com today for a FREE 30 day trial.
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Inovis Rises from Peregrine's Harbinger and Extricity Ashes
by Alex Woodie
The EDI and B2B e-commerce software components of Peregrine Systems' struggling business were quietly given new life earlier this month, when a group of investors launched a new company called Inovis to sell software that used to be marketed by two of Peregrine's recent acquisitions, Harbinger and Extricity. Based in the iSeries stronghold of Atlanta, Georgia, Inovis boasts some impressive figures for a startup: 520 employees, a $100 million annual revenue stream, and most important, profitability. READ MORE >
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Short-Term Financial Outlook Tough for App Vendors
by Alex Woodie
The poor financial performance among tech companies has spread across the economy like the flu in recent months, with just plain bad news coming from industry giants like SAP, Oracle, and EDS. Among the smaller application vendors that play dominant roles in the OS/400 ecosystem, the news is upsetting as well, with most publicly traded software companies reporting a drop in revenues on their most recent quarterly report and no short-term improvement in sight. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 KEY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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New e-Lab on Backup from Key
Improve your tape backup and archiving practices with Key's e-Lab.
There are useful references to current thinking on data safety. Get helpful materials for planning better backup/archiving scenarios using latest tape technologies.
Visit www.keyisit.com/tapeanalysis for a FREE ANALYSIS of your own backup strategy from an IBM Certified Storage Specialist at Key.
You can also call 1-877-442-3249 to speak to a Specialist.
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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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Mad Dog 21/21: Radio Decidendi
by Hesh Wiener
Start with two clever, aggressive, pudgy businessmen named Louis. Add an adventurous damsel in undress known as the most beautiful woman in the world. Stir in an avant-garde composer, a bunch of player pianos, a munitions maker serving the Nazis, and some torpedoes. It could be a lesson from Hogwart's: The Curse of Lamarr. But it is, in fact, the story of wireless networks, and the cast includes Starbucks, Deutsche Telekom, and IBM. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More . . .
IBM to Debut iSeries Model 890 "Bumblebee" Domino Server . . . FAST400 Now Supports V4R2, V4R3, and V5R2 . . . Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . IBM Forges Strategic Relationships with MAPICS and Clear Technologies . . . CYBRA Signs Barcode Printer Reseller Deal with Avery Dennison . . . Jack Henry Chooses PentaSafe for Datacenter Operations . . . MKS and HP Join Eclipse . . . Micromuse Latest Vendor to Join Project eLiza . . . Magic Software Reorganizes Its CoreTech Consulting Subsidiary . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to drop us a letter to the editor and we will post them in a reader feedback column associated with 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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