======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 30, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Radiant Resources, Inc. ======================================================== Stop spending hours looking for a reliable and cost-effective alternative for Sun Microsystems computers. Radiant Resources leases, rents and sells reconditioned servers, workstations and components. Functionally equivalent to new Sun systems, reconditioned Sun offers you an identical solution at a significantly reduced cost. That means more money in your capital budget to fund the projects you need. One year unconditional warranty. Visit Radiant's site to configure and price your own servers. http://www.radiantresources.com ======================================================== LEAD STORY "Sun pushes new version of Java 2 Standard Edition" Sun is showing off the "ultrasound" of its new baby, J2SE version 1.4. The baby is due this fall, with a beta version due to start kicking around the first week in June. Version 1.4 will come loaded with Java API for XML processing and a new scalable network I/O (input/output) API for high-performance Web and application servers. The XML Parser will be integrated as part of the core platform. Sixty-four-bit support for the Solaris SPARC platform? It's in there! SOURCE: eWeek http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2766239,00.html For all kinds of Java information, head over to http://searchsolaris.stage.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax1426,00.html. =============================================== What did you think of the storage analysts' assessment of Sun's strategy? (http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci555316,00.html) Sound Off! in our new discussion forum at http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee8445c. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "Sun beefs up simulation centers" [2.] "Sun Micro falls on lower sales, profit forecasts" [3.] "Sun Microsystems "bans" the Internet" [4.] "Vendors offer slew of Itanium wares" [1.] "Sun beefs up simulation centers" Sun is adding a data warehousing component to its customer infrastructure simulation centers. It should allow enterprise customers give their warehousing plans a sneak preview before they plunk down cash for "the whole movie." The service is available now at the Menlo Park, Calif., facility, and there are plans to expand to 50 locations worldwide in the next few quarters. SOURCE: eWeek http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2766732,00.html =============================================== [2.] "Sun Micro falls on lower sales, profit forecasts" Sun's shares took a beating after the company trimmed its Q4 fiscal forecast. Sun stock fell nearly 9% after that announcement. 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=AOxTrKRQzU3VuIE1p =============================================== [3.] "Sun Microsystems 'bans' the Internet" The Register claims Sun is cracking down on Internet use at the office. A leaky memo from Sun's internal IT department to Sun staff supposedly tells employees to lay off the Internet between June 3 to July 7 and use it only for what's absolutely necessary. This may save the company some money and help its financial results look a little meatier. Sun's other cost-cutting plan, mandatory vacations, begins July 1st. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/19277.html =============================================== [4.] "Vendors offer slew of Itanium wares" Hardware and software vendors are coming out of the woodwork and bearing gifts to celebrate Itanium's birth. This could be the "anti-chip" as far as Sun is concerned, because a new era of competition is beginning. Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat, Compaq, Dell and Emulex are all hopping aboard the bandwagon, with Itanium-based products serving as their boarding passes. 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