======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 23, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: PostMasterDirect.com ======================================================== Get free offers from reputable merchants for products that you are interested in. Pick from over 50 categories of interest, modify your profile at any time to suit your needs, and receive only the email that interests you when you subscribe today. Just click on the following link and get your account up and running: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/ ======================================================== LEAD STORY "Sun offers Gnome test drive for Solaris users" Sun has beamed down a test drive version of Gnome 1.4 for Solaris 8. "Exploring the Gnome Desktop" is available for free download at http://www.sun.com/gnome and is described as an "introductory software package designed to allow workstation and Internet customers to test drive, explore, and evaluate an early version of the Gnome desktop for the Solaris operating environment, SPARC and Intel Architecture Editions." SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2764362,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest Read more about GNOME at http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2703266,00.html and http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/08/15/000815hngnome.xml. =============================================== Get advice from your peers 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.] "Dell details plans for midyear Itanium server launch" [2.] "Microsoft sends high-end Windows to testing" [3.] "Microsoft overtakes Oracle in Windows databases, Gartner says" [4.] "Sun sheds light on Web" [5.] "Microsoft survey finds tech optimism in Europe" [1.] "Dell details plans for midyear Itanium server launch" Dell won the race to become the first vendor to detail plans for a server based on Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor. The PowerEdge system should be available by midyear and will run on either Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux. Itanium-based servers are expected to help Intel and its server partners take on Sun's powerful Unix-based servers. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/22/010522hndellitanium.xml =============================================== [2.] "Microsoft sends high-end Windows to testing" Microsoft is announcing that the high-end version of Windows XP is entering customer testing. The 64-bit version of Windows, which will tackle Sun and its Unixverse, is bundled with servers using Intel's Itanium processor. This clears the way for MS to ramp up its 64-bit applications, such as its SQL Server database, for testing. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6016127.html?tag=mn_hd =============================================== [3.] "Microsoft overtakes Oracle in Windows databases, Gartner says" Microsoft overpowered Oracle in 2000 in the market for database software running on server computers with Windows NT. But on the Unix front, Oracle increased its share of the market for databases to more than 66%. IBM surpassed Informix to claim the number 2 spot in the Unix market. SOURCE: Bloomberg News http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=AOws4FhaJTWljcm9z =============================================== [4.] "Sun sheds light on Web" Sun's Chief Technologist in Europe told an audience in South Africa that his company has bet 10% of its research budget on three things it believes will affect all Internet business models: Massive scale, integrated stack, and preparedness for continuous real-time online customers. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/intl-news/article/0,,6_771611,00.html =============================================== [5.] "Microsoft survey finds tech optimism in Europe" Some fresh research shows the IT slump won't be as bad in Europe as it is in the United States. Nine out of 10 big European companies say they plan to maintain or increase their IT spending in the coming year. About 80% of European companies with more than 750 people on the payroll said technology would be the major force driving their business this year. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_542755_1794_9-10000.html ============================================ 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. ============================================ TAKE OUR LATEST POLL: Is the economy affecting your company, and you? To answer, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/poll/1,289525,sid12,00.html. ============================================ Have you seen our new "Word of the Week" feature! This week's word is "IPsec." 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