December 2003

• The IBM WebFacing Tool: A Better User Interface - The second step in the RPG-to-J2EE road map involves adding a modern, Web-based user inerface to existing 5250 applications. The IBM WebFacing Tool lets you do just this.
• Update Query Definitions Automatically - The UPDQRY utility takes a generated list of queries and automatically updates them to avoid a level check.
• DB2 UDB for iSeries and Web Services - DB2 UDB-specific Web services let you provide direct access to your business data without any high-level-language programming. And implementing a DB2 UDB Web service can be as simple as coding an SL statement.
• What Is Web Services Reality? - The hype surrounding development of Web services has reached a fever pitch. Is there any objective way to assess the true potential impact of Web services? The Gartner research group has given it a try.
• Intelligent Output with iSeries, Part 2 - Businesses today must provide output options that fit each of their customer's growing needs. Using Infoprint Server with a user exit program, you can dynamically customize output delivery options according to a customer's preference.
• iSeries Server Consolidation Opportunities - Server consolidation not only frees up resources for critical projects, but it can also reduce server downtime and increase performance, thus improving customer satisfaction. What's more, it can save you money and streamline system management.
• Working with APIs, Part 1 - Overcome your fear of programming with APIs by learning how easy it is to use them. Part 1 of this article compares two ILE RPG programs - one that calls programs using PLIST and another that uses prototype calls.
• Beware the Big Lie of Best Practices - Business leaders are looking for IT to deliver something uncommon, innovative, and valuable to the business - like real ROI. Do you know how to do that?
• More Than a Nerd - You need to be more than a nerd to succeed as an IT manager. You need to be a full-time student, organizational expert, informed consumer, good communicator, and tuned-in politician.
• Never Lose an RF Session Again - Nothing disrupts a bar-code scanning process's workflow like losing the session. Stay-Linked from eBusiness Solutions Pros, Inc., can end this annoyance permanently.
• Dr. I. Doctor - An employee running dsniff disrupts a network; switching DNS servers results in e-mail being blocked by some providers.
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• Transfer Multiple Data Files Automatically -