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Sponsored By
 LANSA
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LANSA's UCCnet Solution Boosts Sales, Meets Standards
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LANSA is a UCCnet partner & our solution includes UCCnet's Java Transport APIs & ERP integration & meets UCCnet standards.
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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 Adds New IxS Cards, Expands IxAs, Adds Linux Adapter
by Timothy Prickett Morgan and
Alex Woodie
IBM always likes to have new hardware to show off at the COMMON midrange trade show, which is probably why it last week announced enhancements to the inboard and outboard Intel-based coprocessor servers that can be linked into iSeries and AS/400 servers. The enhancements include a new Integrated xSeries Server card and an increased number of Integrated xSeries Adapter cards supported on many iSeries machines. IBM also debuted a new I/O card for Linux partitions. READ MORE >
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A Smattering of Tweaks Come Out for OS/400 V5R2
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
It's the fourth quarter, and every sales person who goes into an iSeries or AS/400 account wants to have a new story to tell prospective buyers. IBM is in a fourth-quarter push with the iSeries, and has announced some tweaks to the OS/400 platform to give reps and business partners a reason to come a-calling, aside from the new hardware and the price cuts that were announced last week, which we report on elsewhere in this issue. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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High Availability / Disaster Recovery
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To realize the benefits of true 24/7 operations,
call 800-957-4511,
email us at info@iterainc.com,
or visit our website at www.iterainc.com.
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Sponsored By
 COSYN SOFTWARE
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Are you running BPCS and frustrated by BPCSOUTQ limitations? Are you upgrading to a new BPCS version and paying expensive programmers to modify your vanilla software just to change spool file behavior?
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IBM Slashes iSeries Feature Prices
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
One of the things that OS/400 shops are always complaining about is the high cost of main memory on the machines. While IBM has lots of sophisticated electronics and manufacturing tricks that make AS/400 and iSeries memory cards more costly to make and more valuable than PC server memory, it has still been too expensive. That's why IBM chopped the prices of many AS/400 and iSeries memory cards by 25 percent on October 8. Big Blue cut prices on other features, too. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: Configuring iSeries Partitions the Right Way
by Joe Hertvik
Like many OS/400 administrators, I deal with partitioned AS/400 and iSeries boxes. While partitioning is a great boon for server consolidation and isolating workloads into separate virtual iSeries boxes, there's one crucial item to take into account before you set up a partitioned iSeries box. The magic ingredient for happy partitioning is this: Don't use your controlling, or primary, partition as an iSeries production server. 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
 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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IBM to Sell Linux-Only Regatta Servers?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM this week announced it has delivered AIX 5L Release 5.2 of its Unix operating system for pSeries RISC-Unix servers. While most Linux customers don't care much about what IBM does in the pSeries line, my sources at the company say that IBM might be readying a set of Linux-only Power4-based "Regatta" servers to take on the Unix installed base--including Big Blue's own AIX base. This would be a very interesting development, indeed. READ MORE >
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Sirius Acquisition Expands Coverage into Northwest
by Alex Woodie
Sirius Computer Solutions, which, the company says, is the world's largest reseller of IBM midrange servers, has recently extended its reach into Northwest United States with the acquisition of Symatrix Technology, a Beaverton, Oregon, IBM reseller with experience in Lotus and WebSphere development, storage, and high-availability solutions. The acquisition brings Sirius 73 new employees and a business, the companies say, had revenues of $33 million last year. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 RJS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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Implement Document Imaging on your iSeries-AS/400 in 30 minutes or less
Image Server/400 is a Web browser-based document image management system for the iSeries.
Documents can be quickly scanned and stored in IFS folders, and then located and retrieved for viewing via any Web browser. Integrate with other iSeries-AS/400 applications.
Visit us at COMMON, Booth 418, call us at 888-RJS-SOFT, or download a FREE fully functional demo from our Web site at www.rjssoftware.com
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Sponsored By
 BCD INT'L
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Shaking IT Up: WASTE, or Why Acronyms Stunt Thought Exchange
by Kevin Vandever
An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of words in a phrase. Its purpose is to simplify speaking and writing. The word laser, for instance, is really an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emissions of radiation." SNADS is an acronym for "Systems Network Architecture Distribution Services." These are very appropriate and practical uses of acronyms. They help simplify communication without losing meaning. They also work well as words in their own right, which isn't a requirement for an acronym, but it is nice. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More . . .
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . COMMON Elects New Board of Directors . . . IBM to Acquire French Lifecycle Management Business . . . mrc to Give Away Canon Digital Camera . . . JDA's Software License Revenue Falls 28 Percent . . . 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 send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column associated with this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your email 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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