IBM e-business and
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Top Stories in This Issue
IBM Adds MQSeries Messaging Middleware to
Products that Drive Pervasive Computing
under "Commercial Messaging"
Tivoli Makes Several OS/390 Software Announcements
see four items under "Systems Management / Tivoli"
IBM, Lotus, Novell, Oracle, DCL, and ISOCOR to
Advance Market for Open Directory Applications
under "e-business"
Commercial
Messaging
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IBM Adds MQSeries Messaging Middleware to
Products that Drive Pervasive Computing
http://www.ibm.com/software/news/n/cmmn49hk39/
IBM's messaging middleware, MQSeries, will be extended to mobile
computing devices. Mobile workers will be able to connect with back-office systems
safely, reliably, and in real time, using a new generation of personal
digital assistants and other pervasive computing devices.
Systems Management / Tivoli
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Tivoli Software Distribution for OS/390
Offers Comprehensive Management and Services
http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_299-171
Tivoli Software Distribution for OS/390 provides services and
applications for distribution and maintenance of operating systems, applications,
and data across networks that consist of a variety of software platforms.
Tivoli Inventory for OS/390 Provides Cross-
Platform Approach to Inventory Management
http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_299-172
Tivoli Inventory for OS/390 provides OS/390 server support for
Tivoli Inventory Management. Together, these products gather system
configuration information that is vital to managing the enterprise. These
programs can help streamline and accelerate program deployment,
service desk, and asset management efforts.
Tivoli Distributed Monitoring for OS/390 Maximizes
Availability of Computing Resources Automatically
http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_299-173
Tivoli Distributed Monitoring for OS/390 provides server and gateway
support for OS/390. In conjunction with its distributed counterpart,
Tivoli Distributed Monitoring, it maximizes the availability of business-critical
computing resources in large, dynamic, multi-vendor, distributed
environments.
Three New Tivoli Software Products for OS/390
Connect Your Enterprise Management Environment
http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/usalets&parms=H_299-185
Version 3.6.1 of Tivoli Management Framework, Tivoli User Administration,
and Tivoli Security Management for OS/390 connect your enterprise
management environment more closely than ever. These OS/390 programs, in conjunction
with their distributed counterparts, provide centralized control
over distributed, cross-platform systems.
e-business
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IBM, Lotus, Novell, Oracle, DCL, and ISOCOR to
Advance Market for Open Directory Applications
http://www.ibm.com/software/news/n/alme49kg7g/
IBM, Lotus, Novell, Oracle, DCL, and ISOCOR have established the
Directory Interoperability Forum, to speed development and deployment
of directory- enabled applications that run across different computing
environments. Directories store and access different types of information
vital to managing networks and conducting e-business.
Galeries Lafayette, IBM to Build
IT Solutions for Retail Industry
http://www.ibm.com/news/1999/07/72.phtml
Galeries Lafayette and IBM will build leading- edge, e-business
solutions for retailers. The 15-year agreement includes developing retail
service offerings in six areas, as well as an outsourcing contract worth
1.1 billion euros, the largest such contract ever signed in France.
University of Ottawa, IBM to Integrate e-business
Techniques in Teaching and Learning Activities
http://www.ibm.com/ca/news/latest/033/
Through IBM's $7 million (CDN) contribution to the University of
Ottawa, students will get access to leading-edge technology, and e-business
techniques will be integrated into the university's teaching and
learning activities. IBM will give the university object-oriented programming
and e-business software products.
Wimbledon Web Site, Powered by IBM,
Sets New Records for Sports Web Sites
http://www.ibm.com/news/1999/07/62.phtml
The official Wimbledon Web site -- designed, developed, and powered
by IBM -- set new records for a sports Web site. Total traffic for the
14- day event tallied 942 million hits, 71.2 million page views,
and 8.7 million visits, with a maximum of 430,000 hits per minute.
Lotus
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Lotus LearningSpace Anytime 3.0
Gives You Flexible Ways to Learn
http://www.ibm.com/software/news-alert/19990709/lspac/
The Lotus LearningSpace Anytime 3.0 distributed learning platform
is the first Web-based product that offers flexible ways to learn -- either
through self-paced materials, live interaction in a virtual classroom,
or collaboration with others independent of time and place.
Lotus InterCommunity, for Creating and Managing
Private Online Communities, Debuts in Europe
http://www.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/intercommunity/
Lotus InterCommunity, introduced in Europe, enables Domino-based
solutions to be offered within a customized, large-scale community portal.
With InterCommunity, any group with common aims -- a trade association,
or a company and its suppliers -- can expand business relationships via
a secure, customizable, Web-based environment.
Web Application Servers
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IBM RS/6000, Running AIX 4.3.3,
Sets Internet Performance Record
http://www.ibm.com/rs6000/resource/pressreleases/1999/Jun/benchmark.html
(uppercase required as shown)
Setting a new record for Internet performance, a 12-way IBM RS/6000
S80 Enterprise Server, running a pre-release of AIX 4.3.3, delivered a
SPECweb96 benchmark result of 40,161 HTTP operations per second,
66 percent better than Hewlett-Packard's previous best results. AIX 4.3.3
will offer Java, Web performance, and scalability enhancements.
IBM Rockets to Number One in Java and Web
Performance with New RS/6000 Server and AIX 4.3.3
http://www.ibm.com/rs6000/resource/pressreleases/1999/Jul/s80volan.html
(uppercase required as shown)
IBM's new RS/6000 S80 Enterprise server has almost doubled the
best Java performance claim to date, and has set a world record for Web
serving. A 6-way RS/6000 S80 with a pre-release of AIX 4.3.3, running
the VolanoMark test, transferred 22,906 messages per second, 92 percent
more than previous top results posted by Hewlett-Packard.
Database and Data Management
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DB2 Universal Database 6.1 Delivers Leadership
Performance in SAP R/3 Three-Tier SD Benchmark
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/benchmarks/net_sap_062599.html
Running the SAP R/3 Three-Tier Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark,
IBM's DB2 Universal Database v6.1 set a new performance record for
four-way servers configured with the 500 MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon processor
with 2MB L2 cache. This result beats the previous best four-way
benchmark result by 23 percent.
Brio Technology's eWarehouse Features IBM DB2
Visual Warehouse and IBM Netfinity Server
http://www.brio.com/ibm/special_offer.html
Brio Technology's eWarehouse business analysis offering includes
IBM's DB2 Visual Warehouse and Netfinity Server to let companies analyze
and share vital business information. Brio will package eWarehouse
with DB2 Universal Database, because it offers the highest scalability
and the greatest facility for enabling Web and e-commerce.
Hospital for Sick Children to Host Genome Database
on IBM Supercomputer Running DB2 Universal Database
http://www.ibm.com/news/1999/07/81.phtml
The Hospital for Sick Children will use sophisticated IBM technology
to host and manage the worldwide Genome Database, the foremost public
database for human genome information. The Genome Database will run on
an IBM RS/6000 SP, using IBM's DB2 Universal Database.
IBM
Solutions for Windows NT
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DOWNLOAD: Demonstration of
IBM Suite for Windows NT
http://www.ibm.com/software/is/mp/xsuites/suitesdemo.html
Download a demonstration of the IBM Suite for Windows NT. The suite
helps companies to manage their resources, and to identify and reach new
opportunities. Utilizing IBM's cross-platform middleware strategy, the
IBM Suite for Windows NT lets you easily scale your solutions as your
company grows.
Linux
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DOWNLOAD: Beta of IBM SecureWay
On-Demand Server Version 2.0 for Linux
http://www.ibm.com/software/network/on-demand/downloads/beta/v2linux/
Download a beta of IBM SecureWay On-Demand Server version 2.0 for
Linux. SecureWay On-Demand Server software delivers personalized Web
applications to users and groups, based on individual preferences, access
rights, and device capabilities.
Application Development
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Teleconference on 21 July: VisualAge Interspace,
for Integrating Your Enterprise Programming Assets
http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/interspace/offers/
Join a one-hour teleconference on 21 July, "Modernizing Your
CICS Applications: The Next Step", to find out how IBM's VisualAge
Interspace can help you to integrate your enterprise programming
assets.
Java
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DOWNLOAD: XMI Toolkit, to Exchange
Models and Data Over the Internet
http://www.ibm.com/alphaworks/tech/xmitoolkit/
Download the XMI Toolkit, the first release of XMI technology.
The toolkit is a Java component that converts Unified Modeling Language
information between Rational Rose models and XMI-standard XML files.
XMI can also generate new DTDs directly from your models.
Multimedia,
Education, and Games
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IBM's World Book Millennium 2000
Series "Surfs the Millennium"
http://www.ibm.com/software/news/n/alme49cm9w/
IBM's new World Book Millennium 2000 Series is the most comprehensive
multimedia encyclopedia for students. Its exclusive "Surf the Millennium"
feature journeys through historical events, with content written from
the perspective of each time period. World Book 2000 comes in three editions:
Standard, Deluxe, and Premier Reference Library.
Events
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Can't Get to Solutions '99 in Las Vegas? Join a
Live Web Broadcast of Keynote and Lunch Speakers
http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/sdp0799/home.tl?loc=34
If you can't get to the Solutions '99 event in Las Vegas from 20
through 22 July, then join a live Web broadcast of keynote and lunch speakers
on all three days. Also, check out the 360-degree, panoramic images
of the event, furnished by IBM HotMedia technology. Anyone participating
on all three days receives a Solutions '99 T-shirt.
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