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Take our new poll! Which version of Solaris are you running? Tell us at http://www.SearchSolaris.com/poll. ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - SysAdmin Tip: CAPS swapping - News: Sun to fold developer program into iForce - News: Sun ONE partners NONE too happy over software strategy - News: BEA goes low with app servers - News: Analysts: Slammer nasty, but not catastrophic - News: Sun: We're your one-stop-shoppe for storage - Featured Topic: A Crash Course in N1 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured White Paper: Beyond Tar: Backup to the future - Ask the Experts: An explanation of "containers" in Solaris 9 - The Missing Link: Microsoft, premier maker of worm food =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SYSADMIN TIP | CAPS swapping Here's a little script that swaps the ctrl and caps lock keys. It's great for those of us who get tired of the various keyboard styles. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci876122,00.html >> For more 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 TO FOLD DEVELOPER PROGRAM INTO IFORCE | CRN Sun will announce plans to fold its Sun Developer Connection program for software developers that use Sun's technology into its larger iForce Partner Program. The move is an attempt to consolidate partner programs at Sun so partners have one point of contact at Sun and can work more effectively together. SUN ONE PARTNERS NONE TOO HAPPY OVER SOFTWARE STRATEGY | CRN Sun ONE partners are none too happy with the way Sun is (or isn't) supporting them. They say hardware VARs are still Sun's pets and that Sun's hardware-loving ways are keeping the company from being a mover and shaker in the Java software market. BEA GOES LOW WITH APP SERVERS | InternetWeek BEA is going low with a pair of low-end application servers for the department level. WebLogic Express, for developing simple Web apps, provides access to servlets and JSPs and uses the same code base as the more upscale WebLogic Server. WebLogic Server Workgroup Edition has all the J2EE APIs but offers only 20 concurrent connections. ANALYSTS: SLAMMER NASTY, BUT NOT CATASTROPHIC | CNET Analysts are trying to measure the cost of Slammer's worldwide wriggle. One firm estimates that the worm caused up to $1.2 billion in lost productivity in its first five days, well behind the estimated wrath of Klez ($9 billion). Another analyst firm calculated the cost of cleanup, claiming Slammer did $750 million to $1 billion worth of damage in that context. SUN: WE'RE YOUR ONE-STOP-SHOPPE FOR STORAGE | CRN Now that Sun has soaked up Pirus, a maker of storage virtualization software, the company considers itself your one-stop-shop for storage. "We think of ourselves as an end-to-end storage vendor," said one Sun official in a recent interview. The company also plans to expand the number of solution providers selling its storage. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | A Crash Course in N1 Unclear on Sun's new N1 server virtualization strategy? Here's all the information on N1 that's been given out thus far. >> For this week's featured topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci877267,00.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 ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED WHITE PAPER | Beyond Tar: Backup to the future Backup and recovery tools originally architected on top of tar, dump, and other native UNIX utilities entered a "box canyon" long ago and therefore, cannot deliver a seamless and fully integrated solution. To automate and manage the growing scale and complexity of Unix business data backups, administrators have to resort to a plethora of "bolt-on" products. >> To download this white paper, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid12_gci877910,00.html >> For more white papers, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERTS | An explanation of "containers" in Solaris 9 Sun Microsystems' security guru Mark Thacker offers an in-depth explanation of containers in Solaris 9. In a nutshell, containers is a concept about how to separate any one user's processes or applications from others on the same server. For more information on Solaris 9 containers, click the link below. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid12_cid514035_tax286950,00.html >> To pose your own question to one of our experts, or to read some of their answers to previous questions, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Microsoft, premier maker of worm food Worms love the apples that come from Washington state, but their love of Redmond's rich fruit is lusty enough to make Granny Smith blush. SQL Server proved "good eats" for the Slammer worm and proved that Microsoft is indeed one of America's premier providers of worm food. 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