FW: [afp-l] Moving AFP Files From z Series to iSeries or iSeries to z Series

Hi,

I posted this message into the afp-l mailing list
today and it is probably also appropriate for
midrange-l as well.

Best Regards,

/Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Tykodi [mailto:ptykodi@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:45 AM
To: afp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: _[afp-l] Moving AFP Files From z Series to
iSeries or iSeries to z Series

Dear List,

IBM announced in February 2005 that they were making a
major investment in the i5-iSeries-AS/400 platform. It
is called the IBM Charter for iSeries Innovation. It
is a public announcement from IBM about a plan to
expend significant resources on this particular server
product to update its software toolset capabilities
and to provide an incentive to application vendors to
update or modernize existing iSeries software
offerings.

See the URL:
http://www-1.ibm.com/press/PressServletForm.wss?MenuChoice=pressreleases&TemplateName=ShowPressReleaseTemplate&SelectString=t1.docunid=7541&TableName=DataheadApplicationClass&SESSIONKEY=any&WindowTitle=Press+Release&STATUS=publish

IBM has begun receiving suggestions and requests for
enhancements from customers and the ability to easily
transfer AFP files from the Mainframe to an iSeries
server or iSeries to the Mainframe, using TCP/IP
protocols as opposed to SNA, has been voiced as an
important requirement by some of the very large users
of AFP.

>From what I have learned over the past month, It seems
quite possible that a project will be undertaken by
the i5 OS development staff to improve the AFP file
sending/receiving capabilities of the iSeries. 

Any such software development project would probably
provide some form of command or script controlled
method for automated management of transferring AFP
files and resources. It is also conceivable that the
information would be packaged in the classic ACIF
format using variable data in a file and a package of
external resources.

For anyone who has ever been involved in the process
of trying to move AFP files between these two host
platforms, this new IBM initiative offers an
opportunity to provide feedback to IBM with any
suggestions or ideas you might have for improving the
process.

If you would like the contact details for the person
at IBM to which ideas should be sent, please feel free
to contact me off list at your convenience.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
--
Paul Tykodi
Principal Consultant
TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx


Paul Tykodi
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TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC

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