April 2003

• Creating a Data Access Web Service on the iSeries - Web service technology has powerful cross-platform capabilities. Check out this example of a functional Web service business application that was developed using freely available, open source tools.
• APRIL FOOLS: The Rochester Literary Standard - Letters to the Editor - For our annual April Fool's humor section, we ask the question, "What if IBM's Rochester Laboratory sponsored a literary magazine?"
• Do You Really Need Linux? - Roger Pence shares his opinion about why the iSeries platform and your shop need Linux.
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• Take Graphical Control of Your iSeries Files - If you're not already committed to iSeries Access, or are using non-Windows clients, Linoma Software's Surveyor/400 offers users and administrators an alternative client GUI for moving, manipulating. and managing iSeries files.
• Automate Your iSeries Monitoring with iSeries Navigator - The iSeries Navigator feature includes built-in monitors for many system attributes. You can use them to help automate watching for situations that impair system performance.
• Tech Corner -
• Converting a Number to Base 36 -
• Database File Conversion Woes -
• Adding Wingdings in iSeries Documents -
• Future Directions: Here Comes the Grid - Is the next logical step to use the Internet as a distributed computing platform? The idea has caused an uproar, but some see grid computing and especially utility grids as the answer to today's business computing problems.
• Integrating RPG and Java with JNI: Java Clients - Exposing RPG to a Java client lets you leverage existing code in your RPG applications and lets the Java client take advantage of RPG's stable production code.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor helps users with packet storms and maintaining an accurate network clock.
• Hot New Products -
• Automating FTP on the iSeries - With a CL program, you can automate FTP data transfer while making remote maintenance possible and limiting the need for manual intervention.
• Getting Started with iSeries Performance Management - Performance management isn't a matter of intuition, but a matter of gathering hard numbers so you can spend your time and money most effectively. This guide will help you quickly set up your own plan and start reaping the benefits.
• Problem with STRPCCMD -