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Submit a tip for a chance to win a free Global Positioning System! http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid12,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. TOP STORIES AND FEATURES - Featured SysAdmin Tip: Managing system asset and serial numbers - News: Sun has two surprises in store for users - News: IBM speeds up low-end Unix server, pressures Sun - News: Sun readying integrated Web services platform - News: Microsoft turns tables on Sun - News: Sun calls on AMD for blade service - News: Gartner: Drop a quarter of your projects - Featured Topic: The Solaris Know-IT-All Challenge 2. TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Storage Innovators: Grid computing helps allocate scientific data - IT Career Expert: Where to search for an IT job - White Paper: The top 10 reports every IT manager lives for - The Missing Link: Holland: Land of tulips and file sharing ____________________________________________________________________ ******** Submit a tip for a chance to win a great prize! ********** This month, in recognition of the Solaris administrator or security tip that receives the highest user rating, SearchSolaris.com will give away a Garmin eMap handheld GPS. SearchSolaris.com is always looking for the best Solaris-related tips. So send in a tip today for your chance to win! >> To submit your tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid12,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED SYSADMIN TIP | Managing system asset and serial numbers Use an unused EEPROM variable to store the system's company asset tracking number and the manufactures serial number. This allows you to query the system for its numbers remotely. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci882427,00.html >> Get more Solaris Administrator Tips at 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 HAS TWO SURPRISES IN STORE FOR USERS | InfoWorld Sun is banking on two soon-to-be-announced technologies to take on stiff competition from HP and IBM. First, Sun is working on a project code-named Kevlar, which will give users a logical partitioning technology similar to that of IBM and HP. The company is also planning to unveil one of its new multicore chip designs for low-end and midrange servers. Until now, Sun has offered a form of hardware based partitioning for its servers. Analysts say logical partitioning will offer Sun users more freedom to create multiple instances of an operating system on a single server. Sun says users can also expect a new class of multicore processors that create a miniaturized symmetric multiprocessing system (SMP) on a single chip. IBM SPEEDS UP LOW-END UNIX SERVER, PRESSURES SUN | IDG IBM is stepping up the pressure on Sun in the low-end Unix server market. Big Blue has announced plans to begin shipping its p630 server with a 1.45GHz Power4+ processor. The new chip represents a boost over the older, standard Power4 chip, which is still used in high-end pSeries systems. The p630 with the new chip will be sold in one, two or four processor configurations. SUN READYING INTEGRATED WEB SERVICES PLATFORM | InfoWorld Next month Sun plans to ship a developer's edition of an integrated Web services platform featuring Sun middleware and development products that it hopes will promote development of Web services-based business applications on the Java platform. The offering will feature the Sun ONE Application Server, Directory Server, Identity Server, Integration Server, Portal Server, and the Studio development tool. MICROSOFT TURNS TABLES ON SUN | CNET Is this a case of "pot, meet kettle"? Microsoft has accused Sun of unfair competition and asked a judge in California for attorney's fees and damages to pay for Sun's "bad behavior." MS has accused Sun of, among other things, breaching its contract and showing bad faith in its dealings with MS. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ - SUN CALLS ON AMD FOR BLADE SERVICE (InfoWorld) - GARTNER: DROP A QUARTER OF YOUR PROJECTS (vnunet) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | The Solaris Know-IT-All Challenge Got what it takes to join the ranks of the SearchSolaris.com IT Intelligencia? You're about to find out -- answer a forum query, take Mr. Know-IT-All's quiz or submit a Solaris tip for your fellow admins to rate today. Come on. Let's see how smart you really are. >> For this week's featured topic, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci880264,00.html >> For a listing of our past featured topics, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STORAGE INNOVATORS | Grid computing helps allocate scientific data When ozone alerts get issued or energy companies discover untapped oil reserves, chances are that the University of Houston's High Performance Computing (HPC) group had something to do with it. >> For the complete article, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci882338,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IT CAREER EXPERT | Where to search for an IT job If you're an out-of-work systems or network manager in a saturated job market like Boston or the Bay Area, you're probably reaching the breaking point. So it's natural to wonder if it's worth uprooting your family, abandoning your friends and perhaps selling your house to go where the jobs are. Before you leap, you should realize that relocation has serious drawbacks -- especially if the job is your sole motivation. >> For the complete article, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci881284,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHITE PAPER | The top 10 reports every IT manager lives for Unix management draining your resources? Discover how you can optimize the performance and availability of your infrastructure to improve user experience, exceed Service Level Agreements (SLAs), save time and increase the return on your investments. >> For more information, or to download this white paper, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid12_gci881790,00.html >> For more white papers, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,293835,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Holland: Land of tulips and file sharing A company in the Netherlands makes no bones about it. Stealing is its business. TheHonestThief.com has become the latest file swapper to hit cyberspace. And if you're into file sharing, going Dutch is the way to go. The company probably won't go the way of Napster or Aimster thanks to a Dutch court ruling that has pretty much turned Holland into file-sharing central. "Call it file sharing or shoplifting, here in Holland we call it good business," said the chief "Thief." (CNET) >> CLICK: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985484.html >> 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 ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCHSOLARIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: MARK BRUNELLI, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your tech tips, article ideas and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your news, press releases and product announcements. ____________________________________________________________________ MATT PELINO (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Published by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved. 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