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TechTip: Ant Is Your Java Builder's Best Friend, Part I

First and foremost, the build process must produce consistent results, but efficient use of developers' and builders' time is important too.

By Joe Cropper

Go into this directory. Select these source files. Right-click here. Export this. Rename that. Copy the renamed file there. Does this sound familiar? Yes! It is your build process! Wouldn't it be nice if you could (conveniently) build your Java project with a single mouse-click or a single command? The good news is that you can--with the Apache Software Foundation's Ant tool (named "Ant" by its creator, James Duncan Davidson, because it's a little thing that can build big things).

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Software Piracy as Political Statement: Is Commercial Software Only for the Rich?

The fifth annual global software piracy study finds signs that enforcement is working, but emerging markets are getting their start on PCs with unlicensed software.

chris_smith.jpgBy Chris Smith

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) released its fifth annual global PC software piracy study this week, and the numbers are mind-boggling.

 

According to the study, which was conducted by IDC, one of the industry's leading global market research and forecasting firms, losses from piracy reached nearly $48 billion in 2007, some $8 billion more than the prior year. There was an optimistic note in the report, however, since piracy was found to be declining in 67 of the 108 countries included in the report. Even though only eight countries had piracy rates that were increasing, they also happened to be countries where PC use is growing rapidly.

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Partner TechTip: Computer Operations Education Is Difficult to Obtain

Attend the Help/Systems User Conference for Computer Operations.

tom_huntington.gifBy Tom Huntington

Do you find it difficult to obtain good computer operations education? When was the last time you had the opportunity to network with other computer operations analysts? Do you feel your team has kept up with the latest in computer operations software and hardware?

 

As computer systems evolve, it becomes harder and harder to keep up with the ever-changing world of managing them. The technology has changed dramatically, and the strategies that worked 10 years ago no longer apply. Ask yourself if you're operating in a similar mode year after year. Or is your team executing more and more procedures manually since regulations like SOX and PCI have cropped up?

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V6R1 CL: The Story Continues
You'll find changes to the DCLPRCOPT, INCLUDE, and CMD commands and so much more!

bruce_vining.jpgBy Bruce Vining

Control Language (CL) has seen many significant enhancements in recent releases. With V5R3, CL was enhanced with structured programming constructs such as DOFOR, DOUNTIL, and DOWHILE and the associated commands ITERATE and LEAVE; SELECT and the associated commands WHEN, OTHERWISE, and ENDSELECT; etc. V5R4 followed with additional enhancements, such as subroutines with the command CALLSUBR and the associated SUBR and ENDSUBR controls; data structures with the support of STG(*DEFINED) variables on the DCL; the ability to define compiler options in the CL source using DCLPRCOPT, etc. V6R1 continues this trend with several significant enhancements that impact the development and problem determination associated with CL applications.

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MC Press Online Expands Distribution of News and Announcements
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Quadrant Takes Paperless Planning on the Road
Series of free nationwide workshops explain how IT managers can save money implementing a document management system.
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Next RPG & DB2 Summit Will Be Held in Las Vegas
The October conference and training seminar will include sessions on the latest enhancements to IBM i 6.1 and beyond.
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Raz-Lee Enhances iSecurity Suite with New Solutions
Unique product, AP-Journal, pinpoints changes in application data and produces timeline reports.
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Profound Logic Unveils Genie Accelerator
The new feature improves performance by allowing Genie users to run Web-enabled systems without employing interactive processing.
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