SYSI_NEWSBrief_: NewsBrief January Issue

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THIS MONTH'S SYSTEM INEWS HIGHLIGHTS

OPINION AND INDUSTRY:
iCommunity (p. 6)

Guest Viewpoint: Hardware Changes' Impact on Application Programming (p. 7)

fyiSystem (p. 13)

IBM Announcements (p. 15)

Industry Report: Solid State Drivers for Super Speed (p. 17)

Hot or Not: Reuse, Recycle, Regret (p. 40)

PRODUCTS:
Hot New Products (p. 20)

Demo Booth: Implement Field Encryption and Backup Encryption with Linoma's Crypto Complete (p. 34)

Demo Booth: Automate Managed File Transfer and PGP Encryption on Your IBM i (p. 34)

FEATURES:
Cover Story: Get Off the Island: Plenty of Good Reasons to Upgrade Your OS (p. 21)

Required Reading: Application Mapping on IBM i: Present and Future (p. 27)

PRO VIP CONTENT

APPLICATION MODERNIZATION:
Rapid IBM i Web Dev with Open Source Tools (p. PROVIP 3)

OTHER LANGUAGES:
PHP from an RPG Perspective, Part 2: PHPunctions (p. PROVIP 11)

DATABASE/SQL:
Use the WITH Clause for Better SQL Statements (p. PROVIP 20)

SECURITY:
A Practical Guide to Hardware Tape Encryption (p. PROVIP 23)

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT:
Inside IBM Systems Director VMControl (p. PROVIP 31)

Reader to Reader: Retrieve Partition Info for IBM i Systems (p. PROVIP 35)

Embracing Open Source on IBM i (p. PROVIP 37)

NETWORKING:
Virtual Networking Essentials (p. PROVIP 39)

TECH CORNER:
Killer Club Tech (p. PROVIP 44)

Dr. I Doctor (p. PROVIP 48)

COMING UP NEXT MONTH

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