May 2004

• Simplify Job Monitoring - This job monitoring utility lets you build in your own alert methods such as e-mail, a paging message. or mobile phone text message to inform you when problems occur on your system.
• Looking Under the Hood of IBM's WebFacing Tool - To find out how IBM combined a collection of J2EE components to represent 5250 apps on the Web, take this tour through the flow of WebFacing's internal application architecture.
• Alternatives to IBM's WebFacing Solution - IBM's WebFacing product isn't the only way to provide a Web interface for your legacy applications. A summary of third-party alternatives shows there are many paths to iSeries application Web access.
• The Power of Power 5 and V5R3 - The Power 5 processor that IBM is announcing with V5R3 is the best 64-bit processor ever. It's also the foundation of several strategies that will have a profound impact on the future of the iSeries.
• IBM's Power Play - With so many other vendors struggling to establish their newest processor technologies in the marketplace, IBM is in a position to show that it is still the premier provider of processor technologies.
• Sell SUCCESS - The key to selling technology is to stop selling technology, and start selling success. Show your prospects how your iSeries product will help make them a success, and they'll be eager to buy it.
• Customizing Webfaced Applications - Though IBM's WebFacing tool lets you put a prettier face on a green-screen app, the application initially retains its primary functionality. But by modifying various properties, settings, and templates, you can make the browser interface more useful.
• Outsourcing Those Function Keys - This practical example of using procedure pointers introduces procedures pointers, demonstrates their flexibility, and contains elements that you can expand into larger applications.
• Better Architecture with MVC and Struts - The Better Architecture step in the RPG-to-J2EE road map involves the MVC design pattern, the Struts framework, and the IBM iSeries Web tools.
• An Owner's Guide to Traceroute - Traceroute is one of the oldest troubleshooting tools on the Internet, running on virtually every current operating system. It's owned by all of u. Learn how to use this venerable tool to isolate problems, identify performance bottlenecks, and understand how your packets move both within your network and on the Internet.
• PEX Analyzer Reveals iSeries Disk I/O Performance - PEX Analyzer provides significant extensions for the iSeries Performance Explorer (PEX) function. Used with the PC runtime environment iDoctor, PEX Analyzer lets you define, collect, analyze, and manage PEX collections across multiple iSeries machines.
• Solve Your iSeries Identity Crisis - Thinking of adopting Single Sign-On for your iSeries? TriAWorks' Identity Manager for Single Sign-On can streamline implementation and administration.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor uncovers the cause of inter-server communications failures and explains how to improve Windows performance on broadband networks.
• Tech Corner -
• Problem Connecting Secure FTP to Unix Platform -
• e-Mail Users iSeries Data to Import into Excel -
• Automating DTS Sign-on to the iSeries -
• ODBC Apps Can't Locate Files -