======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 25, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: PostMasterDirect.com ======================================================== What do you like? Networks? Computer Games? Downloads? How about Free Stuff? SearchSolaris.com can get you FREE info on the topics that interest you most - and there are so many to choose from! We'll find related news, information and special offers and deliver them directly to your e-mailbox, all at no charge! Sign up today at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/postmasterDirect/. ======================================================== LEAD STORY "Analyst: Sun's storage strategy not clear to potential customers" It seems hardly a day goes by when Sun doesn't have some kind of storage-related announcement. searchSolaris might have to rent a storage space for all the press releases! The company is churning out the products left and right, but it needs to sell more than tangible stuff -- it needs to sell a vision. According to one analyst, the vision is not focused. SOURCE: searchSolaris http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci555316,00.html For more on Sun's recent moves in the storage market, check out these Best Web Links at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax287099,00.html. =============================================== 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.] "Quick Takes: StuffIt for Solaris" [2.] "Sun's Zander: No eulogies for the Web, please" [3.] "XML 'won't kill off proprietary apps'" [4.] "Gore tells IT crowd, 'You're in the right business'" [5.] "Layoffs hurt tech conference organizers, too" [1.] "Quick Takes: StuffIt for Solaris" Solaris users -- go ahead and StuffIt -- it's okay! We're not being mean or sassy, we're talking about a compression technology now available for your stuffing pleasure. Read more in this week's Quick Takes. SOURCE: searchSolaris http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci555301,00.html =============================================== [2.] "Sun's Zander: No eulogies for the Web, please" The Web is alive and well, despite rumors of its demise, according to Sun's Ed Zander. He said many dot-coms made the mistake of believing the Internet in and of itself made new businesses, rather than seeing it as a technology. Zander also said Moore's Law about the increase in microprocessor power every 18 months is old news, and that bandwidth is the new key. SOURCE: eWeek http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2765140,00.html =============================================== [3.] "XML 'won't kill off proprietary apps'" According to one of the "fathers of XML," making it a universal language for business hasn't been as difficult as it could have been. Bringing together rival vendors to create standards could have been a disaster waiting to happen, but so far, everyone has played well together. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1122024 =============================================== [4.] "Gore tells IT crowd, 'You're in the right business'" Former U.S. veep Al Gore told an audience in Washington, D.C. that IT is the right business to be in right now, despite the rough going over the past year. Gore said the longer-term trends are still "extremely powerful." SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_543902_1794_9-10000.html =============================================== [5.] "Layoffs hurt tech conference organizers, too" One of the trickle-down effects of the IT slump? Not as many conferences. That means the people who help plan the shindigs are looking for other jobs. It's enough of an issue to inspire a new support program for IT event planners and organizers who have gotten pink slips. 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