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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES, TIPS AND NEWS - Featured Topic: Storage Decisions 2001 - Tip: Pension fund retires RAID storage system - News: Sun reveals partners for online effort - News: NetIQ, Altiris get a hand in net management - News: VPNs for everyone 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - The Missing Link: Trousers make strides for heart patients - Poll: Will your company change as a result of the recent attacks? ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: VERITAS ********************** VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) is the leading provider of storage software solutions that enable customers to protect and access their business-critical data. VERITAS is the market's leading innovator of data protection, file system and volume management, clustering, replication, SAN and application software solutions that continuously deliver data when and where needed. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3375872;5058249;t?http://www.veritas.com ___________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** STORAGE DECISIONS 2001 | SearchSolaris Featured Topic Need help deciding which storage systems are right for your company? We can help. At searchSolaris we've collected a ton of storage product news, industry analysis and expert storage advice. Plus, stay tuned this week for complete coverage of TechTarget's first storage conference, "Storage Decisions 2001." >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci755010,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Pension fund retires RAID storage system | Tip: M.C. Kincora The Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund moved to SAN when RAID system proves inefficient. Click below to find out how they did it. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci758986,00.html ________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::: SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS :::::::::::::::::: The headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUN REVEALS PARTNERS FOR ONLINE EFFORT | News: CNET Sun is part of an alliance, made up of computing and business giants, which plans to challenge Microsoft's Passport online identification service. The Liberty Alliance intends to provide a neutral method for handling online identities. The first effect of the Liberty Alliance, according to Gartner analyst David Smith, will be to force Microsoft to keep its promise to open up Passport so others can use it. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETIQ, ALTIRIS GET A HAND IN NET MANAGEMENT | News: eWEEK NetIQ, which supplies Microsoft with the code for its Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), is entering beta testing for new Extended Management Packs (XMPs). The XMPs will allow MOM to monitor Sun Solaris servers as well as Novell NetWare servers, gathering performance data such as CPU and memory utilization, disk I/O, and standard OS information into the MOM console. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VPNS FOR EVERYONE | News: Line56 Nortel Networks says it will build support for multiple operating systems in its Contivity tool, which enables enterprises and service providers to create Web-based VPNs for connecting remote users, branch offices, suppliers and trading partners. Contivity VPN will support access for users of: Solaris, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, IBM-AIX, and HP-UX operating systems. No VPN gateway upgrade is required. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The headlines above and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ ____________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Trousers make strides for heart patients Researchers have discovered that the answer to relieving some heart conditions may lie - of all places -- in a patient's pants. They've devised a magical pair of trousers that forces blood away from the legs and toward the chest. How does it work? Researchers very clinically note that the pants squeeze "like a tube of toothpaste." So far they've had success in curing angina. This may be one instance where people truly are happy that nothing comes between them and their Calvins. >> CLICK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,558199,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | searchSolaris Reader Survey What's the most urgent change that your IT group will implement as a result of the recent terrorist attacks? >> Cast your Vote: http://searchSolaris.techtarget.com/poll/ ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCHSOLARIS CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: MICHELLE WEBB, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your original article ideas and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ MARK BRUNELLI, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your technical tips and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ JACK PICKELL, News Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and product announcements. ____________________________________________________________________ GABRIELLE DERUSSY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved. 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