Mining Data from Mainframe Reports
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The Surf Report - vol. 43 www.askSam.com
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
It's been an interesting month. I spent several days in
Rochester, New York at the 14th annual Shareware Industry
Conference and Awards Ceremony. I'm delighted to report that
askSam won the 2004 award as the Best Business application.
We're quite honored that our peers and users gave us this
award, and I wanted to thank the askSam community for all the
support you've given us over the past 20 years.
I also spent more time than usual with corporate clients. One
recurring topic was mining data from mainframe reports. It's
easy to view the Internet as the source of all data, but
mainframe computers still hold enormous amounts of valuable data.
With the help of Simon Carter (CEO of Crystal Software - makers
of TextPipe) I've written a brief article on how to get this
information into askSam.
The 9/11 Commission just released a report on the 9/11 tragedy.
I know the topic is being heavily researched. We've imported
this report into an askSam database that you can download and
search (in askSam or using our free askSam Viewer). See below
for details.
Best,
Phil Schnyder
President/CEO
editor@askSam.com
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1) Mining Data From Mainframe Reports
It's easy to view the Internet as the source of all data, but
mainframe computers still hold enormous amounts of valuable
data. Often you only have access to these reports in formats
that are difficult to get onto your PC. Here are some tips on
how to convert mainframe reports into text files that you can
import, search, and analyze with askSam.
Read more at:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf43/article.asp
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2) 9/11 Commission Report in askSam Database
On July 22, 2004, the 9/11 Commission released its final report
detailing the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks, and listing a series of recommendations for
"actions to guard against future attacks" derived from their
inquiries.
The report has been made available to the public as a pdf file,
available for free at http://www.9-11commission.gov/, and in
paperback from Norton for $8. To facilitate locating specific
sections of the report, we've imported the pdf file into an
askSam database that you can download or view on-line.
The 9/11 Commission Report askSam database can be searched using
either askSam, or the askSam Viewer.
Download it today at:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf43/report.asp
View and search on-line at:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf43/viewreport.asp
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3) Faster Downloads from askSam
The traffic to our Web site has dramatically increased over the
first 6 months of the year. We certainly welcome the increased
interest in our products, but it also put quite a strain on our
server. This past week, we moved the askSam, Citation, and
SurfSaver products to a special download server that will give
you much faster access.
So give askSam, Citation, or SurfSaver a try:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf43/downloads.asp
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4) Author uses askSam for Text Book Research
Congratulations to long time askSam user, Marquita Hill. She's
just completed the second edition of her textbook, Understanding
Environmental Pollution. She covers a wide range of topics and
uses askSam to organize and manage all this information. We're
always delighted when our product is used for such worthy
causes.
BTW - if you publish anything using askSam, please let us know.
We'll be happy to mention it.
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5) askSam Wins SIA 2004 Award for Best Application
At the 14th annual Shareware Industry Awards ceremony, askSam 5.1
received the award for "Best Application". The Shareware
Industry Awards ceremony honors the top shareware products in a
variety of categories. Representatives of over 100 software
companies attended the awards ceremony which was held in
Rochester, New York on July 17th. We're proud that our industry
peers and customers have selected us for this honor. We've been
working on askSam for the past 20 years, it's quite rewarding to
be recognized in this way.
Nominees and winners of the 2004 Shareware Industry Awards can be
found on the Shareware Industry Conference Web site at:
http://www.sic.org/2004nominees.asp.
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