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FROM OUR SPONSOR: Free Server Management Web Seminar http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,5938,00.htm?WebSeminar ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured Tip: Find the beginning and end of a data block - News: Sun acquires Pirus, strengthens virtualization plans - News: The dawn of N1 -- Sun's shine on distributed computing - News: Sun shines on security - News: Feasting on the spoils of WebGain - News: Sun releases Liberty Alliance tool - News: Services deal bolsters HP's multi-vendor expertise - Featured Topic: Solaris Certification 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Learn all about Solaris 9 certification - Send us your best Solaris bloopers - The Missing Link: Surfing for news a popular killer of time ____________________________________________________________________ ************************ SPONSORED BY: NetIQ *********************** Free Server Management Web Seminar Frustrated with using different tools to monitor and manage your UNIX, Linux and Windows systems? Register now for NetIQ's free web seminar, "Managing the Unruly Trinity" on 10/3 to discover a more effective way to manage your heterogeneous server environment. You'll learn best practices and tips for managing and resolving performance and availability issues. Don't miss your chance to master the management of each platform and the major applications that they support. http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,5938,00.htm?WebSeminar ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED ADMINISTRATOR TIP | Find the start and end of a data block Searching for the start and end of a block of data or a paragraph can be easily done with the awk (nawk or gawk) tool. To find out how, click the link below. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci850693,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/281849 To experience our complete library of Solaris Administrator Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ SUN ACQUIRES PIRUS, STRENGTHENS VIRTUALIZATION PLANS In a move that will strengthen its virtualization strategy, Sun has cut a deal to acquire network switch maker Pirus Networks. (SearchStorage.com) http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci852051,00.html THE DAWN OF N1 -- SUN'S SHINE ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | InfoWorld Sun's recently-revealed N1 distributed computing architecture: Right now you can see it, but you really can't touch it. It's more of a vision at this stage, and Sun sees it as the answer for companies that want to manage groups of computers and networks as a single system. One Gartner analyst likes the N1 idea but cautions that it must work with Windows to be successful. SUN SHINES ON SECURITY | eWEEK Sun has some new deadbolts for the door. The company has announced a sweeping, new security initiative. Among the components: the iForce Perimeter Security solution, which packs intrusion detection, virus protection, and software from Sun's many partners, including Symantec. The iForce Secure Web Server is also part of the initiative, along with a new, more secure network architecture called SuperNets. FEASTING ON THE SPOILS OF WEBGAIN | InfoWorld Hoping to turn WebGain's loss into its (Web)gain, Borland this week will announce plans to convert VisualCafe and WebGain Studio tools users over to Borland's own JBuilder Java tool. Oracle wants some of the WebGain spoils too --it's offering a free toolkit to move VisualCafe users to the Oracle9i JDeveloper platform. SUN RELEASES LIBERTY ALLIANCE TOOL | CNET Sun has drawn a new tool from its shed of open-source software development technologies. The Java-based tool (free and downloadable from Sun's Web site) should help businesses start testing and building online ID systems according to the new Liberty Alliance standard. The Liberty Alliance is a Sun-backed effort to provide an alternative to Microsoft's Passport authentication engine. SERVICES DEAL BOLSTERS HP'S MULTI-VENDOR EXPERTISE | SearchHP.com Hewlett-Packard scored a $1.5 billion outsourcing deal to service Canada's leading financial services company, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). It also acquired CIBC's interest in an outsourcing venture that brings more than 1,200 service professionals skilled in multiple technologies to HP's stable. http://searchhp.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid6_gci851661,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Solaris Certification Sun is now offering Solaris 9 Administrator and Network certification exams, and SearchSolaris.com has the resources to help get you ready for the big test. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci760554,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed Featured Topics, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Learn all about Solaris 9 certification... Did you miss our most recent SearchSolaris.com Webcast about the new Solaris 9 certification exams? If so, don't worry, because you still have access to an archived version of the event. During the Webcast, Solaris certification expert Bill Calkins explained what to expect when you sit down to take the exams. He discussed the new material included in the test and then stayed on to answer audience questions about training and certification. To view the Webcast, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/webcastsTranscriptSecurity/1,289693,sid12_gci845925,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEND US YOUR BEST SOLARIS BLOOPERS! What's been your biggest, most blatant boo-boo with Solaris? Tell us the ghastliest, most heinous mistake you've made and how you fixed it -- or tell us how you inherited a horror story and gave it a happy ending. Or tell us how you messed up and made a run for it. Don't be shy; let it all out, have a sense of humor about it, and understand that your Solaris snafu could be a valuable pointer for your peers. There but for the grace of God goes IT, right? We won't use your name if you'd rather be anonymous. To submit your blooper, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Surfing for news a popular killer of time Wanna kill some time without getting into trouble? Click on some news sites. The chances are pretty good you won't get called on the office carpet. A new survey of workplace Net surfing habits shows that most employers don't get too worked up if their cubicle-dwelling underlings use the office Internet connection to bone up on current events. Understandably, only 2% of the survey respondents said that the boss allowed them to visit porn or gambling sites on company time. News sites actually beat out porn, gambling and shopping sites as the most popular places to click, with 23% of respondents saying they're actually addicted to news surfing. (Reuters) >> CLICK: http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1479332 >> To view our complete collection of offbeat tales from the world of information technology, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax292504,00.html ********************************************************************* Do you find this email useful? 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