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Into 2000 Releases ILE Module

<P>Into 2000 Inc. (Jasper, Ga.) has released Into2000/ILE, a new module for its AS/400 Year 2000 conversion toolset. Into2000/ILE is used to check the Y2K compatibility of applications that have been converted to ILE from RPG III.

Acacia Joins AS/400 Custom Server Program

<P>Acacia Technologies (Lisle, Ill.) has joined IBM's AS/400 Custom Server Program. Under terms of the program, AS/400 customers will now be able to buy Acacia solutions pre-installed on new AS/400e servers.

IBS Releases Express

<P>International Business Systems (IBS-US) has released IBS Express, an integrated suite of wholesale distribution software applications preloaded on the AS/400. Express will offer a streamlined implementation process with Lotus Domino and is targeted to small-to-midsize industrial distributors.

Capacity Planning in Distributed Environments, Part 2

In the conclusion of his two-part article, third-party, capacity planning offerings, the cost-effectiveness of distributed computing and controlling "service levels" of projected workloads are explored.

Euro Change

The Band is Playing... It's Time to Punch Your Euro Dance Card!

Editorial: A Bug's Life... a la Milennium

The Year's, er, Decade's, uh, Century's... no Millennium's Blockbuster Hit!

Inside IBM

IBM Global Services Licenses Y2K Database, IBM Reaches FIPS Level 4, Real-time with Sametime, IBM Thin Clients

Countdown to Year 2000

Assessing Your Y2K Conversion

Database Recovery When Data Sharing

In a data sharing environment, where multiple DB2 subsystems read and update tables in shared mode, database recovery becomes more complex behind the scenes. Discover the major components involved in database recovery changes made in DB2 to support database recovery and some performance issues related to tecovery.

DB2 Security with All the Trimmings

As companies grow and their employee bases increase, database administrators struggle with DB2 security issues and ways to enhance their systems by time and cost-saving processes.