February 2004

• The Future of iSeries Navigator and Systems Management - The iSeries Navigator team has been busy working on new iSeries Navigator technologies: Web-based access to iSeries Navigator tasks and the ability to view and monitor sysetm health from multiple operating systems can help ease systems management tasks.
• SQL User-Defined Table Functions: Part 1 - With V5R2, IBM lets programmers build their own scalar SQL table functions. Some tips on how to do it can get you started.
• Independent ASPs for Consolidation and Availability - V5R2 expanded support for IASPs to include many of the objects used by application programs. As a result, you can use IASPs, a.k.a. disk pools as a method of providing server consolidation and/or high availability.
• Isn't Technology Wonderful? - The use of e-voting is growing rapidly, but state officials and IT professionals must understand the pitfalls of deploying new technology without considering all aspects of the solution.
• An Information Risk Action Plan - Follow this simple plan to assess your risk and potential liability based on the nature of information your company owns, processes, stores, and uses.
• Accessing the iSeries Using IBM's .NET Data Provider - iSeries Access for Windows now includes a DB3 UDB for iSeries .NET Data Provider, which is fully integrated with the Microsoft .NET Framework. Discover how you can connect .NET apps to the iSeries using this new tool.
• Legacy Integration with Host Integration Solution - Host Integration Solution provides several products that ease integrating legacy applications, one of which is Host Access Transformation Server (HATS). What's more, iSeries Access for Web includes a limited edition of HATS that you can try out for free.
• First Look: iSeries Access for Linux - Though the first release of iSeries Access for Linux may offer few features, it provides the two critical components for enabling desktop/iSeries integration. Learn to install, configure, and employ this new addition to the iSeries Access Family.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor talks about intranet routing and Voice-over-IP phones.
• Tech Corner -
• The Good, The Bad, The Ugly -
• Conducting Efficient SQL Searches -
• Finding the Name of an RPG Program -
• Subtracting Date Fields in ILE Cobol -
• Setting Java Classpath in QShell -