======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 22, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Computer Connection of Central New York ======================================================== CCNY (www.ccny.com) provides solutions utilizing Sun hardware; offering a wide range of systems including Ultra desktops (Ultra 1 - Ultra 10), mid-range servers (E220 - E450) and a complete line of Enterprise systems (E3000 - E6500). We also offer the CompCon line of Sun compatible systems. Register to win a FREE... Sun Ultra 10 (270 MHz, 128 MB memory, 4GB hard drive, CD ROM,PGX Graphics, 17" color, keyboard & mouse. Drawing on 7/27/01. http://www.ccny.com/contactwinu10.htm ======================================================== LEAD STORY "Unix-server market drags" The first quarter of 2001 has been like a revenue odyssey for the Unix market. The U.S. market went down about 2% thanks to the economy. Despite that, Sun and Dell saw double-digit growth. HP and Compaq saw their growth numbers drop by double digits. Sun is still the center of the Unixverse, owning 45% of the U.S. market. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5083276,00.html Read more about HP's rough go at http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60630,00.html. =============================================== Get advice from your piers in our new discussion forums!! They're located at http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@.ee84451!viewtype=&skip=&expand=. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "As economy slows, companies turn to supply forecasting" [2.] "Sun inks five-year, $200 million contract with Kodak" [3.] "Intel hypes new server-computer chips" [4.] "Corporate porn filters mean big business" [1.] "As economy slows, companies turn to supply forecasting" Many companies are giving serious thought to damage control systems that handle a wealth of inventory as well as a wealth of demand. Sun isn't thinking about it -- it's doing it. The company doesn't want too much or too little inventory, so to minimize risk on both ends, Sun feeds customer survey and field sales data into a supply chain modeling application. This app lets Sun go through various inventory scenarios and see how missing or exceeding different inventory thresholds will affect the supply chain. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60733,00.html =============================================== [2.] "Sun inks five-year, $200 million contract with Kodak" Picture this: Sun has won a five-year, $200 million contract with Eastman Kodak to increase its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system by up to five times its present size. Right now, Kodak's system is based on more than 100TB of StorEdge arrays and 120 Sun enterprise servers, but is expected to grow to 500TB in the next few years. Kodak says it will be using StorEdge T3 enterprise arrays. SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60752,00.html =============================================== [3.] "Intel hypes new server-computer chips" Intel has begun a multimillion-dollar ad campaign for its processors for server computers -- the ones that will do battle with Sun's chips. Intel is eager to toot the horn of its server chips for computers that manage large databases--a market segment Sun owns. The Blue dudes won't be doing these ads. SOURCE: Bloomberg News http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5995339.html?tag=owv =============================================== [4.] "Corporate porn filters mean big business" Stymying cybersmut surfing in the workplace is turning into a big business. Systems that prevent employees from visiting sites that their bosses find inappropriate are growing into a standard part of business networks and may be a $636 million business by 2004. SOURCE: InteractiveWeek http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2763624,00.html ============================================ PREVIOUS POLL RESULTS ============================================ Are you planning to fire up Sun Fire and convert your systems to the new line? 33% Yes, we can't wait! (28 votes) 31% No, our old UltraSPARC II system will do for now. (26 votes) 20% We'll jump into the Fire by the end of the year. (17 votes) 15% We haven't made up our minds yet. (13 votes) Total votes: 84 Be sure to vote in our new poll: "Is the economy affecting your company, and you?" Go to http://www.searchSolaris.com/poll and vote today. ============================================ Want help streamlining the Solaris systems management process? Then head over to the searchSolaris Tips Exchange where you can read and rate tips from dozens of Solaris administrators, or submit a tip of your own. Just click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849,00.html. ============================================ Have you seen our new "Word of the Week" feature! This week's word is "IPsec." To read an in-depth definition of this term, or to look at previous "Words of the Week," click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax285170,00.html. ============================================ LEARNING ZONE FEATURED BOOK OF THE WEEK ============================================ "Samba Unleashed," by Steve Litt Samba Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and maintain Samba on a wide variety of platforms. You will learn practical, focused solutions and strategies so you can seamlessly get Samba working on your network. The main section of the book covers the topics every system administrator needs to know, including configuring custom file share, configuring custom printer share, using server side automation, Samba security, optimizing Samba performance, routed networks, and browsing. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0672318628&ac_id=68 ====================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM WEB LINK OF THE DAY ====================================== "The five-access point security plan" This article provides an overview of the five-access points that need to be secured on any computer network: physical protection, user authentication, access control, encryption and security management. You'll also find tips for securing each. (April 25, 2001) SOURCE: EarthWeb http://networking.earthweb.com/netsecur/article/0,,12084_752421_1,00.html For many more helpful security links, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax1395,00.html. ================ THE MISSING LINK ================ A look at an off-the-wall story from the Web... "E-mail bragging leaves associate jobless" Here's a reminder to keep your e-mail ego in check. A young associate with a multinational private-equity firm landed a $100,000 job, got situated in a swank new apartment and started dating some hot women. He apparently was so impressed with himself that he bragged about it all in an e-mail to friends. Eventually that e-mail wound up in his boss's hands. He wasn't as impressed. Now the young hot shot has no boss and no job. Just a guess, but the hot women are probably gone too. 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