September 2002

• Making Your iSeries WebSphere Applications Perform - To let your WebSphere applications achieve maximum performance, you must optimize the Java environment, the WebSphere Application Server environment, and the applications themselves. Here's how.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor discusses Ethernet switch limits and FTP performance between nations.
• In This Issue: This Old Code -
• f.y.iSeries -
• Ease Redesigning Apps with iSeries Database Tools - Any application modernization project requires a broad spectrum of tools and techniques. Here's a look at how using triggers, constraints, stored procedures, and XML can help you streamline this process.
• A Spotlight on Application Modernization - Need help modernizing your iSeries apps? These resources provide a wealth of information to help simplify your project.
• Hot New Products -
• Keeping a VISUAL Eye on System Operating Health - Tango/04 Computing Group's VISUAL Message Center provides a centralized view of iSeries operations, security, and performance - for a PC server.
• Reengineering RPG Applications for the MVC Architecture - The Model-View-Controller (MVC) design breaks an application into three parts: the model (processing), the view (output), and the controller (input). Here's how you can reengineer legacy programs to fit the MVC architecture.
• Fitting Output into e-Business - New capabilities in OS/400 V5R2 and some IBM document management products can ease migration to e-business applications.
• Risk Management on an iSeries - Because of its inherent security and reliability, your iSeries may not get much attention from management. But a thorough risk analysis can drive home the message that the iSeries is a shrewd business choice.
• Solve Users' Problems Quickly with DSPSGNUSR - IT help desk workers can often solve problems quickly once they get to a user's job log. The DSPSGNUSR utility uses system APIs to accelerate this process.
• Letters -
• IBM's Interactive Pricing Could Drive Customers Away - The steep price of interactive processing on the iSeries could send IBM customers looking for more affordable solutions, allowing front-end product vendors to lure customers away from Big Blue.
• Tech Corner -
• Retrieving System Date -
• Client Access Error CWB0986 -
• Terminating a 3580 Tape Device Internally -
• Changing Separator Page Layout -
• Using a Monitor Group to Trap Errors in RPG IV -
• Locating Q*APIs -