======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS June 13, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Radiant Resources ======================================================== Congratulations to Gary Hatt for winning a fully configured Sun Ultra 5 during our recent SearchSolaris promotion! If you are looking for new, unused or reconditioned Sun workstations, servers or components, check out http://www.radiantresources.com for discount pricing, responsive customer service and the strongest warranty in the industry. Immediate delivery on most systems. Leasing and equipment trade-in available. 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Just click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849,00.html. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "EMC fights on price to stay No. 1 in data storage" [2.] "Top tech salaries drop for first time since '85" [1.] "EMC fights on price to stay No. 1 in data storage" EMC will keep slashing prices as needed to fight off rivals challenging its leadership in the market for data storage machines. Sun ranks fifth in market share, according to a Gartner study. SOURCE: Reuters http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/06/13/010613hnemc.xml =============================================== [2.] "Top tech salaries drop for first time since '85" Salary levels for the highest level of IT managers in the U.S. and Canada have slipped for the first time in 16 years, the result of the recent economic downturn, according to a new study. 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