Midrange Server, Windows & Linux Edition, for October 2, 2002

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Windows & Linux Edition Volume 1, Number 33 -- October 2, 2002

In This Issue Bill's, Andy's, and Linus' Enterprise Adventure, Every Week View this issue online at http://www.midrangeserver.com/mid/mid100202.html Sponsored By HEWLETT-PACKARD You have to stay one step ahead of the competition. Wouldn't it be nice if your infrastructure could help get you there? It can, with ProLiant server technologies from HP. Reliable. Scalable. Manageable. And built on industry standards. So your infrastructure can adapt to change just as quickly as you do. For more information, visit www.hp.com, or call 1.800.282.6672, option 5. Sponsored By ACUCORP Acucorp is a leading developer of application extension solutions running on over 600 platforms such as Linux. These extend5 solutions include a powerful ANSI COBOL compiler, an integrated development environment, web deployment technology, seamless interfaces to RDBMS, COBOL-based GUI development, distributed processing and client/server technology. For more information, visit www.acucorp.com. HP, Microsoft Pony Up $25 Million Each For .NET Push by Timothy Prickett Morgan Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft announced last week that they would be throwing about $25 million each into a joint venture to establish a team of sales and services professionals that can create, push and support .NET-based applications for enterprises. Under the deal, HP has been named the first worldwide prime integrator for .NET--it certainly will not be the only vendor with that title--and HP has promised to push .NET as the main application platform for its ProLiant Intel-based server line. READ MORE > Microsoft Makes Share Gains with Windows on Servers by Dan Burger In 2001, Microsoft came within a whisker of commandeering one half all server operating systems shipped. According to market researchers International Data Corp, Microsoft continued to pull away from competitors based on 2001 sales, which show Windows NT and Windows 2000 accounting for 49 percent of all server operating systems shipped that year. IDC's report on year 2000 sales showed Microsoft with 42 percent of the market. READ MORE > Security Specialist PentaSafe Acquired by NetIQ by Alex Woodie NetIQ, a big player in the market for software that helps manage Microsoft Windows server environments, announced Monday that it plans to purchase PentaSafe Security Technologies, a Houston, Texas, company that sells security software for a variety of operating systems and applications. The acquisition, which isn't expected to close until the end of December, should bolster NetIQ's expertise and product line at a time when effectively managing an enterprise computer system and securing it are increasingly becoming to mean the same thing. READ MORE > IBM Focuses on TCO, Ease of Use with Domino 6 by Dan Burger IBM this week took the wraps off Domino 6, the next generation of its Notes/Domino messaging, groupware, and application serving middleware. While people will make a lot of noise that IBM is taking the first steps toward merging the Domino programs with its WebSphere middleware and its DB2 databases with Domino 6, the new program is more than that. Domino 6 has a lot of tweaks that customers want, and it is a platform that is easier to administer than prior Domino releases. READ MORE > Reader Feedback and Insights We value your feedback and your insights into the OS/400 market. Feel free to drop us a letter to the editor and we will post them in a reader feedback column associated with this newsletter. READ MORE > Subscription Information: To unsubscribe, change your email address, or sign up for any of Midrange Server's free e-newsletters, visit http://www.midrangeserver.com/sub/subscribe.html This page is best viewed at 800x600 with Netscape or IE browsers 4 or higher.

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: Hewlett-Packard Acucorp BACK ISSUES TABLE OF CONTENTS HP, Microsoft Pony Up $25 Million Each For .NET Push Microsoft Makes Share Gains with Windows on Servers Security Specialist PentaSafe Acquired by NetIQ IBM Focuses on TCO, Ease of Use with Domino 6 Editor Timothy Prickett Morgan Managing Editor Mari Barrett Contributing Editors Dan Burger Joe Hertvik Shannon O'Donnell Victor Rozek Hesh Wiener Alex Woodie Publisher and Advertising Director Jenny Delroy Contact the Editors Do you have a gripe, inside dope or an opinion? Email the editors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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