September 2000

• Street Talk - Alien Search/400; security alert; COMMON conference dates
• PTF Watch -
• SETON LR GOTO ENDJOB - Bob Tipton takes a walk down memory lane en route to saying "good-bye." This is Bob's last column for NEWS/400.
• From the Editor in Chief -
• Letters -
• Have You Bought Your Last AS/400? - Roger Pence anticipates a merger of IBM's AS/400 and RS/6000 products.
• In Focus: IBM Keeps Its Foot on the Pedal in Microprocessor Race Against Intel - Intel's 64-bit chip poses no threat to IBM's Power PC.
• In Focus: Geac Takes a Voyage with EJBs - ERP Firm goes full speed ahead toward server-side Java.
• Hot New Products -
• Making Sense of AS/400 Web Benchmarks - New Web and Java benchmarks can help you evaluate the AS/400e's performance for e-commerce workloads. Pam Jones explains that knowing how to interpret the benchmarks and how they stack up in real-world scenarios is critical to sorting fact from hype.
• Feeding Your AS/400 Bulldog - Planning for future AS/400 storage needs is more complicated than simply calculating raw disk capacity. Industry expert Dennis Fletcher offers some tips on factoring disk actuators into your storage plans.
• Enterprise Storage for AS/400: More Important than Ever - EMC's Michah Waldman and Robert Mayer offer a high-level overview of issues that must be considered when upgrading AS/400 storage.
• Another One Bites the Dust - Nahid Jilovec comments that flashy dot-coms with more funding than substance are now dropping like flies from the Internet scene.
• Cleaning Up in an ILE Environment - Mike Cravitz explains how to use RclActGrp or the CEETREC API to clean up in an ILE environment.
• RPG IV Style: Recovering from Errors - Julian Monypenny shows you how to code and use a simple condition handler to catch bugs that creep into your programs.
• Enhance SQL/400 with User-Defined Functions -
• Guide to IBM HTTP Server for AS/400 Access Control - Deciding which AS/400 access control and security options to use can be mind-boggling. Craig Pelkie provides several points to consider when creating and implementing your security scheme.
• Managing LPAR with the Robot Automated Operations Solution - Does managing LPAR leave you frazzled? Tom Huntington explains how Help/Systems' Robot Automated Operations Solution simplifieds LPAR management by letting you automate, manage, and monitor events in your network from a central AS/400.
• In This Issue: Time Well Spent -
• Streamline Your Change Management Process - Work smarter, not harder! Paul Schieben explains that implementing a strategy that emphasizes efficient workflow and fluid communication is key to a well-integrated change management system.
• Optimizing AS/400 Batch Performance - Rick Turner explains how to structure your hardware and software environments to accomplish as much batch processing as possible in a given amount of time.
• Tech Corner -
• Better Access ODBC Performance -
• Assigning a Device Name with Client Access -
• Creating a Join Logical File -
• SQL Null Value Blues -
• Debugging Problem -
• Passing Parameters with CALL and SBMJOB -
• QZDASOINIT Job Problem -