Online Extra No. 57
Samba gets another update for
3000
Conference deadlines loom for
papers, registration
e-Way
application wins award
SCA gets
overwhelmed with traffic
TraceRT
readied for 3000 once more
HP spreads
the 3000 name around — to 9000 model
PDF product
gets updated
CSY opens the
hood on FTP improvements
December 2000
HP sends
Open Skies on a one-way flight
Criminal verdicts wrapped up the
charges of stealing 3000 licenses
There's no support
for 7.0 on the 9x7 servers
6.5
earned an Express 2 release
Smith-Gardner renamed itself after its
flagship product Ecometry
December, 2000
Bridge works to fill gap before
N-Class — HP has
been telling its 3000 customers about its pending N-Class systems
since last year, but now the forthcoming e3000s are being used as a
carrot to buy existing 9x9 systems.
European
users show off e applications on 3000s — In an
airport conference center at the heart of Amsterdam a new version of
an old HP 3000 tradition took place: a meeting of customers to strut
success, with nary a contrary word about market or
marketing.
Java/iX
struts new speed on e3000 — The rap
against using Java on HP e3000s looks to be lifting, now that the
language is posting improved performance numbers in its latest
release. But some customers are skipping speed questions altogether
by using application servers and servlets on their e3000s.
6.5 update
offers big-system speed benefits — This
year’s HP World was abuzz with new products, technology,
problems and issues, but the top question there seemed to clearly be
“should we upgrade to MPE/iX 6.5?” Release 6.5, unlike any
prior release, seems truly to be designed for supporting
multiple-processor e3000 systems, which currently run up to 12
processors.
TheDash:
Looking at Promising Potential — A
NewsWire First Look article previews software that’s still
making its way to a first full release.
NewsWire Briefs:
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Execs praise 3000; some customers
question veracity
Watch out for 6.5 install instruction
errors
Interex executive Piercey to resign; board
vote makes quorum
Bigwords.com shuts books on S-G Web
venture
HP suggests consultant help for
upgrades
Tracert has been pulled from 3000
A new Apache version is available, but not
yet supported
HP 3000 meetings sprawl over
February
Novermber 2000
HP 3000
brokers get jail time, plead guilty in California
cases
Take
another path beyond the end of HP's 5.5 support
Open
Seas announced the acquisition of Fantasia
The
newest Qedit adds more control over editing
Tech Group mounts a Certification
board at the 3000 University
Novermber 2000
5.5 sites study where to go:
6.5 or 6.0? — HP 3000 managers will be planning for another
end-of-year change during the next month or so, as the thousands of
sites running MPE/iX 5.5 make the transition to a supported operating
system. This year’s holiday celebration plans shouldn’t
take a hit like last year’s Y2K changeover, however.
3000 suits up for Web apps
with Enhydra — At HP World, e3000 customers
hunted for more evidence their server is ready to do business over
the Internet. In many a 3000 meeting they heard one clue, full of
promise and already packing accomplishment: Enhydra.
Management roundtable
defends absent 3000 activity — The majority of
roundtable time was spent on considering the e3000’s future. But
customers at the HP World e3000 roundtable focused on what is not yet
available for the platform: system administrator-level improvements,
adequate communication about development opportunities, a complete
match with peripherals released for HP-UX, and other growth
issues.
No heavy lifting, but SIGS
track 3000 growth at HP World — Special Interest Group
meetings for system managers and IMAGE follow what’s done, and
still to do
Laser printer meets
continuous form needs — A replacement for the HP 2680
continuous form laser printing emerged at HP World, ready for MPE
applications
Online assistant untangles Web
of support — A seasoned 3000 manager says the new SCA site
from HP offers great promise to ease contract management’s
pain
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Fiorina takes lead
on HP board
HP
sites let you buy, configure 3000 products online
Lab
names new section manager
HASS
enclosures see end of life; HVD to take over
Getting the new bezels for e3000s
Clean
up Web pages with TIDY
Southwest tops online ticket sales with e3000
More
intelligent FTP between 3000s
Tip:
How to introduce different libraries for test purposes
Oracle:
....and the horse it rode in on
October 2000
Watch out for
performance before installing MPE/iX 6.5
The
patch that gets 6.5 PowerPatch 1 working right is going
GR
HP
3000 training is coming to a new classroom
The
"Hey Carly" protest ad funds are being
returned
A new
system management tool surfaced for e3000 managers
The
pain of support contracts can subside, online
Boyd
steps up for Bradmark, while Tashenberg goes CTO
A new e-mail solution updates Web pages
with dynamic content
October 2000
Next Gen hardware includes
A-Class e3000 — HP’s e3000 Platform Planning Manager
Dave Snow announced that a new system based on the company’s
A-Class HP 9000 servers will be introduced next year, offering a
refresh on the low end of the 3000 line.
HP World examines 6.5
performance issues — A PP1 bug introduced a
slowdown, but a new memory manager gets MP systems working faster.
Advice on speeding up systems flowed freely at the HP World MPE
Performance Roundtable.
Prather delivers HP
execs' promises for 3000 future — HP’s Winston
Prather took his first steps on an HP World stage as Commercial
System Division (CSY) general manager last month, toting a pair of
video commitments from top HP executives as he mapped a path for the
HP e3000’s future.
Livermore explains HP's
multi-OS strategy — The President of HP’s
customer-facing organization said in an exclusive interview at HP
World that MPE/iX continues to be important to HP — but she
doesn’t foresee expanding the role of the platform in the
company’s multiple operating system strategy
HP top execs give 3000
airtime in keynote — At long last, the e3000 got
corporate attention from the HP CEO. The mention came before the
faithful customers at HP World, when Carly Fiorina began her
introductory video keynote with a story of how the e3000 represents
HP’s willingness to satisfy customers.
Superdome and MPE/iX: maybe
tomorrow — HP’s much anticipated Superdome
announcement may not have an official MPE component yet, but the
highest end of mainframes could have a link with the 3000 market in
the future.
HP dedicates resources to
3000 revamping — HP 3000 division General Manager
Winston Prather said at the HP World management roundtable that he
made the decision last year to pursue larger development projects for
the platform, instead of committing resources to many more detailed
development requests.
Dot-com vendor resets 3000
solution rules — A company built around business
practices new to the HP 3000 market took its products before the
public at HP World, as Millware Corp. showed off its ScreenJet and
TheDash software and offered customer testimonials.
SIGPrint shows patch to fix
laser printing — The HP 3000 division showed evidence
that it is making HP’s printer group more aware of the business
server, to improve communication between MPE/iX and the latest
LaserJet products.
3000 vendors to get notes
on future boxes — The SIGSOFTVEND meeting at HP World
included advice on channel stability
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6.5 performance is key to
upgrade path
HP is
offering a LaserRX alternative: Lund's SCOPEUtil
Cutting edge beta: the 3000 uses Jserv servlets
Perl
does a CGI speedup for the 3000
No
Carly live at HP World: Superdome calls instead
No
SIB improvements on this year's MPE/iX
Be at
HP World in spirit: post roundtable questions
TraceRT will get more stable
PURGELINK can be your friend
US-based 3000
sales outlets have online Web pointers
September 2000
3000-based
training options and applications are alive and
growing
Customers
watched at HP World for signs of corporate 3000
recognition
HP's
top marketeer has left the building
HP is
shifting its software and compiler prices as it tosses out
tiers
The
Spring Fling discounts flow through Fall for some 9x7
owners
The
US court postponed sentancing on one Hardwarehouse
defendant
The big XP512 arrays are ready for HP
3000 use
September 2000
Training options stretch to meet
demand — A computer platform less well-known than others is
getting more options to introduce IT professionals to its details, as
third-party firms bolster HP’s 3000 education offerings that are
playing catchup to customer demand.
First
PowerPatch signals start of 6.5 implementation —
This month HP’s e3000 division (CSY) made it easier to
deploy its operating system that supports large files and extra
memory, starting shipments of the first PowerPatch for the 6.5
release of MPE/iX.
Wall Street
challenges HP's Q3 spin — HP posted a quarter that
showed more than $1 billion in profits, met earnings expectations,
and announced a stock split for this fall. So why are financial
analysts complaining about the company’s Unix results?
e3000s help
deliver news in Philadelphia — While the HP World
conference kicks off with latest on the e3000 in Philadelphia this
month, down the street from the city’s convention center the
story of HP 3000 servers is old, reliable news. At the Philadelphia
Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer, MPE/iX has been at the
heart of Philly news operations for years.
Customers, ISVs adjust to Oracle's
departure — The small installed base of customers using
their HP e3000s as servers for the Oracle database is making plans
for the vendor’s departure from the platform, while others say
that having only HP’s databases on the system won’t cause
much change for the 3000 community.
NewsWire Briefs
Gateway converts 3000 apps into data objects
ROC
reclaims BackPack name for its RoadRunner
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Owl shirts go on sale as
campaign heats up for corporate attention
Amisys users track HIPAA regulations
Java
program makes spoolfiles into text to work with txt2pdf
Download a GUI version of NMMGR
Newest Java is required unless you've paid for full version
of NS/3000
Watch
out for the disk space requirement on 6.0's PP2
Powerhouse can behave better on your HP 3000 with these
tips
Advanced Telnet finally surfaces in HP's beta test
patches
SIGWeb
lines up a great HP World meeting agenda
August 2000
HP extended
the lifespan of MPE/iX 6.0
In a political
season, customers campaign for HP corporate
attention
Amisys users
plan a meeting amid rumors of an ownership change
Interex will let HP World remain a summer show next
year
HP
World will include Web site winners and hospitality from a new
player
HP’s cost of ownership
comparison makes a start at 3000 strengths
August 2000
Oracle to end
support for HP e3000 — Company refuses to port Oracle 8 to
MPE, will stop bug fixes for version 7 by year’s end
MPE
programmers dive for Perl, embrace Python —
Customers are reporting on the emergence of Perl and Python for
MPE/iX, a pair of languages that are being deployed in e-commerce and
client-server configurations. Both languages are available for free
download from the HP Commercial Systems Division Jazz Web
server
Federal
jury finds HP 3000 broker guilty of wire fraud — The US
Attorney’s Office in Eastern California has secured a conviction
against a founder of what was the biggest HP 3000 broker in the US,
as Richard Adamson was proven guilty of defrauding HP while buying
and selling HP 3000 systems.
Wilde
takes R&D reins in HP 3000 corral — Commercial
Systems Division (CSY) general manager Winston Prather has appointed
a successor for the R&D lab manager post he vacated to lead CSY,
naming Dave Wilde to lead HP’s 3000 engineering.
Open
Directory Project elevates HP 3000 data
MACS
reference utility gets upgrade
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HP's busy cutting
patches for 6.5
Customers await 6.5 PowerPatch, but not HBOC
Configure Apache easier with a GUI
HP
World meetings for Maestro and Web surface
No,
6.5 doesn't need 4Gb of memory
PowerHouse Web demands more open security
No need to
wait for IA-64 systems
July 2000
HP
issued a rare security alert for the HP 3000
A new leader of
the 3000 labs took over
HP defends its
crown jewel in court, while hired police are on the
defense
Auctions of used
HP 3000s take an authorized turn
Instructions to
install MPE/iX 6.5 look like they need debugging
HP began to add
up the 3000's cost of ownership advantage
Alpha tests were
in play for new Web-enabled FTP e3000 software
July 2000
HP hones hardware channel
for 3000 sales — In a move that HP’s North American
3000 distributor said was “an absolute necessity to get
done,” HP and Client Systems reduced the number of US HP 3000
hardware resellers by two-thirds during May and June.
JavaOne shows off e3000
— Hewlett-Packard took its crown jewel to the world’s
biggest Java ball last month, showing off the HP e3000 server at the
JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
Garage opens to e3000
dot-coms — The newest HP corporate kickstart for Internet
businesses is available to customers using its oldest business
computing platform, as the e3000’s marketing manager secured HP
Garage Program funding for Smith-Gardner sites.
Cataloging change in the 3000
market — The biggest meeting of Smith-Gardner customers
showed a new architecture for a solution winning the most new e3000
business.
Productivity tools help counter
staff shortages — Coping with a shortage of skilled staff,
HP 3000 sites leverage current staff by automating to increase their
productivity.
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Comment on the
four Enchilada proposals
The end for
DeskManager mail is in sight
Cognos rolls
out Axiant 3.0
Use
Checkpoint Improvement option if you're on 6.0
Fiorina says
Unix sales are a bellwether for HP
Free
scheduling tool will get update
Apache Web
server gets new features
HP posted
online, searchable 3000 docs you can print
June 2000
HP
opened up the Garage doors to HP e3000 customers
HP has been
helping to pay for police investigations of 3000 brokers
Customers are
learning extra memory doesn't always work on 6.5
You can have your
say about how HP will improve the 3000
ORBiT is offering
a tool to help get old backups onto newer
media
Lund
marks up an alliance with Smith-Gardner e-commerce sites
DDS-4
is within the reach of HP e3000 systems
HP got into
Amazon's pocket for e-commerce, but without the 3000
June 2000
New HP depot plan to touch
3000 channel — The only US distribution outpost for HP e3000
hardware is distributing a key element in the HP e-services push: a
pair of Web sites that will link resellers with service providers,
and customers with resellers.
GNU compilers get support
plan for 3000 — A customer base that does a lot of
home-grown programs gets more supported compiler options this month.
HP 3000 owners can now get official support for the GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC) including C++ from Allegro Consultants
All-Java commercial application
for 3000 surfaces — New ground for Java on the e3000
platform opens up this summer as Minisoft prepares to roll out
eFORMz, an all-Java application designed to run under MPE/iX but
available immediately for a broader marketplace.
WebWise launches 3000 e-commerce
suite — As HP began to ship its first secure Web server for
MPE/iX in late May, the product signalled a beginning to a road of
Internet e-commerce services for the platform, not the
finish.
MANMAN users get regional meeting
update — One of the most widely installed applications on HP
3000s is scheduled for a customer-driven update, IT managers learned
at regional user group meetings of the Computer Applications for
Manufacturing User Society (CAMUS).
Newest ADBC accesses more
3000 files — Advanced Network Systems has released ADBC
version 2.1.0, which adds supported Java classes to handle MPE, KSAM
and spool files.
Job, spooling, report tasks get
new option — HP 3000 datacenter managers can tap a new
resource this month as JobAlert/3000 makes its debut for MPE/iX
systems.
SpeedExpo focuses on Internet
advances — Web and wireless were the key technologies
receiving attention at the SpeedExpo 2000 conference hosted at the
beginning of May in Montreal, Canada, by the SpeedExpo International
User Group.
Database tool vendors make bids
for DBChange customers — HP is proving it’s willing to
pass its software customers on to third-party alternatives this
month, as its DBChange Plus sites learn about offers from three
companies ready to replace the IMAGE utility. One company has an
extra bonus it’s offering as a lure through the end of this
month.
NewsWire Briefs:
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HP breaks out with its
2Q report
PA-8700 en route for e3000 processors; 8600 expected next
year
HP
releases official WebWise pricing; shipments start May 22
Smith-Gardner, Summit roll out user conferences
MARUG
meeting to include 3000 security, tech training
Update: IA-64 language plans
6.5
release heralds no HP-IB; HP has its customers check systems for
peripherals
"Lightweight" PowerPatch 2 for 6.0 gets more
popular
Plug
up some security holes in 3000's inetd
What to do
with Java: get 3000 disk reports graphically
May, 2000
HP
is deleting its IMAGE database utility DBChange from its price
list
Robelle changed
its name as part of its new strategic direction
Secure Apache
became HP WebWise on its release this month
SIGSYSMAN members
chose a remote console through telnet enabler as top
request
Quest got its
SharePlex technology adopted by an ASP
provider
HP took its
e3000 message to customers Down Under
May 2000
HP studies smaller 3000
hardware channel — Longtime HP e3000 hardware outlets in the
authorized channel are having to prove they’re worthy of
retaining reseller status this month, according to reports from
integrators selling 3000s for HP.
HP datacenter provides first
e-service evidence — The first application occupies space in
HP’s IT center alongside HP company operations. More than eight
months after HP announced an e-services initiative for the HP 3000
customer, a single application is running in the HP datacenter where
apps-on-tap go to live.
HP lawsuit against broker
goes on hold — US Computer wins a stay of HP's suit pending
state criminal trial, and files a motion describing search tactics.
HP had to put off its lawsuit efforts against a broker of HP 3000
equipment when a judge ordered a temporary stay of the HP suit
against William Conley and US Computer Corp.
Phoenix sells off used 9x7s
for a song — Flush with the older, smaller HP 3000s, the
authorized distributor for used systems in North America cuts some
prices
Development suite offers
3000 Web deployment — Web Dimension goes on sale this month
to give 3000 sites a way to get their applications Java and Web
ability
Speedware helps HMO Web-enable
Amisys claims — Using Autobahn, a California HMO offers Web
claims processing to the rest of the 3000 healthcare market
Smith-Gardner upshifts to
Ecometry app — MACS adds Web tools, and a data mart, pllus
more reliance on non-3000 platforms
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