======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS August 22, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Radiant Resources ============================================== Still haven't gotten a quote on a new unused or reconditioned Sun workstation or server from Radiant Resources? It's time to stop compromising on your short-term technology needs because of budget reductions. As a discount broker of Sun equipment, we can offer you significant savings on systems, storage arrays, memory, disk and other components. You get the equipment you need configured, tested, and delivered...on time and at budget. Sound too good to be true? Give us a call at 800-500-7675 or visit us at http://www.radiantresources.com and see what your colleagues have been taking advantage of for years. Special Offer: Visit http://www.radiantresources.com/rewards and register by 9/1/01 for a chance to win a brand new DVD player. ============================================== LEAD STORY "IBM offers peek at next-generation Unix server" Big Blue is hoping a "Regatta" will make it master of the Unixverse. IBM's Regatta server, with its vaunted Power 4 processor, is due by late November, but IT execs are getting a gander this week at the Hot Chips Conference in Palo Alto, Calif. IDC says Regatta will bring stuff to the Unix table no one has seen before, including improved reliability. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010821S0005 For information on Sun's most recent server release, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci543237,00.html. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1] "AOL layoffs slam Sun-Netscape Alliance" [2] "Is Microsoft outpacing its legal foes?" [3] "McAfee to fight DoS with Asta, Mazu, and Arbor" [1] "AOL layoffs slam Sun-Netscape Alliance" AOL's layoffs will hit iPlanet like an asteroid. The Sun/AOL alliance will jettison 500 jobs as part of AOL's restructuring deal. The result will make iPlanet revolve more around Sun. IPlanet plans to announce within a week a new plan to make it easier for companies to tie existing software packages together. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6944064.html?tag=owv =============================================== [2] "Is Microsoft outpacing its legal foes?" Why is Windows XP making such haste out of Redmond? Microsoft is trying to get it out the door before any legal red tape has a chance to trip it up. XP could be at the center of the new antitrust trial, which a judge could review as early as Friday. That's the same day PC manufacturers will get XP's "Gold Code." SOURCE: IDG News http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/22/010822hnpace.xml =============================================== [3] "McAfee to fight DoS with Asta, Mazu, and Arbor" Four security companies apparently are better than one. McAfee will join Mazu Networks, Asta Networks, and Arbor Networks to battle DoS attacks. The companies have a wealth of information to pool and use to draw up their strategy. 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