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Find out what Sun has to say about Solaris 9 Certification! http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid12_gci853120,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured Tip: Connecting Windows clients to Solaris - News: HP-UX getting post-merger lift from Compaq's Tru64 Unix - News: Iona to help HP with Web services - News: IBM, Microsoft shift battle lines to .NET - News: BEA, Togethersoft partner for Java Web services - News: Open-source versus commercial tools - News: Sun revises earnings, expects to settle with SEC - Featured Topic: Samba 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Sign-up for our Solaris Administrator Tips Newsletter - Visit our new white paper library - The Missing Link: Oops! True IT Blooper #66: Backup, what backup? ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED ADMINISTRATOR TIP | Connecting Windows clients to Solaris Solaris expert Chris Baker offers pointers to free software, like Samba, that can help you connect Windows clients to your Solaris systems. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid12_cid419962_tax287980,00.html >> For more on Samba, see this week's featured topic at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci853334,00.html. >> 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/ HP-UX GETTING POST-MERGER LIFT FROM COMPAQ'S TRU64 UNIX HP-UX continues to be the Unix choice for enterprises for their mission-critical applications. At HP World, Hewlett-Packard was busy getting the word out about the new features and functionality coming in the next 18 to 24 months from Compaq's version of Unix, Tru64. (SearchHP.com)http://searchhp.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid6_gci854116,00.html IONA TO HELP HP WITH WEB SERVICES | eWEEK HP and Iona Technologies are huddling a little closer together thanks to a deal that will see HP run Iona's Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform -- XMLBus Edition on HP-UX. Iona, in return, will become one of HP's preferred partners in the area of Web services integration between J2EE and .NET. IBM, MICROSOFT SHIFT BATTLE LINES TO . NET | Network World As Lotus prepares this week to release its latest messaging products, Notes and Domino 6, and fire the next salvo in its messaging war with Microsoft and its Exchange platform, the stakes are quickly rising. Experts believe the real battle has expanded beyond Domino and Exchange to encompass Microsoft's .NET platform and IBM's J2EE strategy around its WebSphere product line. BEA, TOGETHERSOFT PARTNER FOR JAVA WEB SERVICES DEVELOPMENT BEA and TogetherSoft have struck up a deal that analysts say will make BEA's IDE for Java Web services easier to use. The Together ControlCenter Accelerator Plug-in for BEA WebLogic Workshop links TogetherSoft's ControlCenter Java modeling tool with BEA's visual Web services development framework, making it possible for developers to work on, deploy, and test J2EE applications as well as build UML models for Web services in ControlCenter that can be accessed via the server-side control framework in WebLogic Workshop. (InfoWorld) SUN REVISES EARNINGS, EXPECTS OTHERS TO SETTLE WITH SEC | CNET Sun pulled in $68 million more revenue for its quarter that ended June 30 than it reported earlier. The revised earnings filing boosted its per-share net income by a penny for the quarter. The company also reported that it expects to settle a case made by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC charges that Sun broke export rules when it sold equipment to Egypt in 1998 and Hong Kong in 1997. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Samba Need to access a Unix server from a personal computer? Try Samba, the open-source software by which Solaris and other Unix OSes can share information with PCs. This week SearchSolaris.com features Samba information. Enjoy! >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci853334,00.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 ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sign-up for our Solaris Administrator Tips Newsletter! Learning all the nuances of Solaris administration is a never-ending process. That's why each week SearchSolaris.com e-mails a collection of member-submitted administration tips and shortcuts designed to help you do your job faster and more efficiently. To sign-up for our Admin Tips Newsletter today, simply visit the following URL, log-in and update your preferences. CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/login/1,289498,sid12,00.html To experience our complete library of Solaris Administrator Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Visit the new SearchSolaris.com White Paper Library today! We've got white papers on dozens of subjects of importance to you. Topics include Apache, Solaris administration, application deployment, third party Solaris tools and Solaris security. Simply CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid12,00.html?Offer=sowpcs1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Oops! True IT Blooper #66: Backup, what backup? Who plays the role of "IT Gilligan" this time around? It's a lady we'll call Mary. She's not quite as bad as Typhoid Mary, but her seeming inability to back up data sure made "The Skipper" sick. 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