Timesharing Circa 1999: An ASP in the Grass? -
Robert Tipton says timesharing - reincarnated by application service providers - may be back in vogue, but before you go IT retro, remember that a one-size-fits-all infrastructure delivers zero competitive advantage.
Welcome Back, Microsoft! -
Roger Pence writes that, after disappearing from the AS/400 scene for a time, Microsoft is returning to try to reclaim a portion of the OS/400-NT Server integration market from IBM.
Exploring Management Central -
Sharon L. Hoffman highlights Management Central's new and enhanced features, such as PTF management and object packaging and distribution, and discusses IBM's strategy for the graphical systems management tool.
The Changing World of AS/400 Change Management -
Pam Jones reports on what SCM vendors are doing to provide a variety of change management features for distributed, heterogeneous, client/server, and Web-based application development.
Data Warehousing Helps Canadian Clothier Make Its Mark -
In this case study, John Ghrist discusses how Canadian clothing retailer Mark's Work Wearhouse, Ltd., gained more benefits than it expected when it added an AS/400 data warehouse.
Outsourcing Your e-Business Solution -
Nahid Jilovec discusses the benefits that commerce service providers (CSPs) bring to companies that want to outsource their e-business operations.
Exploring Client Access Express -
Michael Otey shows you how to easily set up Client Access Express and explains how it solves many of Client Access's performance problems.
Exploring Web-based Java Terminal Emulators, Part 1 -
Jim Hoopes begins a series of reviews of Java-based 5250 emulators by examining three product offerings: WRQ's EnterView, Hummingbird Communications' Jump and HostExplorer Web, and IBM's Host On-Demand.
Ease Client Access Administration with Policies -
Brian Singleton explains the basics of Windows system policies, which let you control users' access to system functions, and how to use the System Policy Editor to create a sample policy for Client Access Express users.
One-Step AS/400-to-Excel ODBC Transfer -
Brent Smith shows you how set up a file transfer that lets users download AS/400 data into an Excel spreadsheet with meaningful column headings in one step.
Using Java Commands in AS/400 QShell -
QShell Interpreter is the AS/400's version of a Unix-style shell environment. Dan Darnell shows you how to use QShell to enter Java commands and view their output.
10 Things You Need to Know About RPG IV Prototypes -
Other languages have supported prototyping for some time, but not RPG - until RPG IV. Bryan Meyers provides 10 key points to help you take advantage of this useful programming construct.
Programmer's Notes -
Jef Sutherland offers advice about coding RPG programs with multiple screens and using the RTVJOBA (Retrieve Job Attribute) command to self-submit a CL program by determining whether it was called during an interactive or batch job.
Y2K Roundup -
Richard Sweetman presents a collection of new and past NEWS/400 Y2K tips to help readers who are late in addressing their Y2K concerns catch up before the millennium arrives.
Retrieve AS/400 Data with Access -
Brian Singleton explains how to import or link AS/400 tables to a Microsoft Access database table and discusses a technique for adding long column names to tables.
The Case of the Time Bomb in Tombstone -
After some low-down varmints program a CPU time bomb at Okay Leather Goods, performance marshals Dan Cruikshank and Jim Stewart must saddle up and solve the case.