======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 21, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== TAKE OUR NEW SURVEY!!! ======================================================== Don't miss out on your chance to be part of an extensive survey being conducted by searchSolaris and a handful of other techtarget.com sites. Here's your chance to weigh in on what platform or platforms your company uses to run mission-critical applications. Also, tell us what your ideal network would be and what you would do if you could make all of the technology decisions for your company. Just click on this link to take the survey NOW. http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/showSurvey.asp?id=26642&accessCode=5477574934&noemail=true ======================================================== LEAD STORY "'Pixie Dust' seen boosting storage for IBM" In the latest episode of "As the Storage Market Turns," IBM has made a breakthrough in disk storage technology using a new type of magnetic coating it calls "pixie dust" that could quadruple the data density of hard disk drive products. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=26755 Read about Sun's most recent storage moves at http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0515sunstor.html and http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax287099,00.html. =============================================== Want help streamlining the Solaris systems management process? Then head over to the searchSolaris Tips Exchange where you can read and rate tips from dozens of Solaris administrators, or submit a tip of your own. Just click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849,00.html. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "HP: Storage business booming" [2.] "Microsoft details new editions of Visual Studio.Net" [3.] "Analysis: B2B standards push by rival vendors faces big challenges" [4.] "Quick Takes: It starts with Solaris" [5.] "Canada: The great tech north?" [1.] "HP: Storage business booming" HP may need to find some storage space for all the storage cash it's bringing in. The head of HP's storage division said sales growth of its high-end machines could top 60% during the second half of the year and that the company may add scores of jobs. Sun is looking to boost its storage business as well. SOURCE: Reuters http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5976426.html?tag=owv =============================================== [2.] "Microsoft details new editions of Visual Studio.Net" Microsoft is showing off two new editions of Visual Studio.Net it will use to fight Sun in the Web-based software and services arena. Visual Studio.Net Enterprise Architect and Visual Studio.Net Enterprise Developer are the names of the tools: They focus on three key areas: Software and database modeling; development frameworks and templates; and Web services testing. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/21/010521hnstudio.xml =============================================== [3.] "Analysis: B2B standards push by rival vendors faces big challenges" IBM has promised to remake its middleware products around what it hopes will be open Internet standards that can push corporate users closer to achieving a free flow of information between companies. Sun, Microsoft and Oracle are also scheduled to release enabling technology and product suites that support Web services and business-to-business applications. Sun plans to support the same Internet standards as those in IBM's plan as "a cross-platform, vendor-neutral way of dishing up your data." SOURCE: ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO60715,00.html =============================================== [4.] "Quick Takes: It starts with Solaris" Solaris will be on the ground floor of a big deal between Big Blue and VERITAS. Read all about it and other goings-on in Solaris country in this week's Quick Takes. SOURCE: searchSolaris http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci553504,00.html =============================================== [5.] "Canada: The great tech north?" Canada to IT: "Come on up!". The Great White North is pitching tax incentives, cheaper labor and a stronger broadband infrastructure to lure tech companies across its southern border. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5969247.html?tag=lthd ============================================ Did you know searchSolaris has three site experts currently taking questions on system security, Java and general Solaris administration? To post your questions, or to read answers to previous queries, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid12,00.html. ============================================ Have you seen our new "Word of the Week" feature! This week's word is "IPsec." To read an in-depth definition of this term, or to look at previous "Words of the Week," click on http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax285170,00.html. ======================================== LEARNING ZONE FEATURED BOOK OF THE WEEK ======================================== "Designing and Programming CICS Applications," by John Horswill Each part of "Designing and Programming CICS Applications" addresses the design requirements for specific components and gives a step-by-step approach to developing a simple application. The book reviews the basic concepts of a business application and the way CICS meets these requirements. It then covers a wide range of application development technologies, including VisualAge for Java, WebSphere Studio, and Visual Basic. Users learn not only how to design and write their programs but also how to deploy their applications. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=1565926765&ac_id=68 ====================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM WEB LINK OF THE DAY ====================================== "Cracker exploits: Battle plans" This article introduces 15 exploits that are commonly abused by crackers. While the list is not all-inclusive, it covers a wide variety of both well-known and little spoken-of vulnerabilities that deserve your attention. Learn what IP spoofing is and what you can do to prevent it, how the Unix finger utility weakens your systems, how flooding and broadcasting differ and more. (March 2001) SOURCE: Information Security Magazine http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features4_battle_plans.shtml For many more helpful security links, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax1395,00.html. ================ THE MISSING LINK ================ A look at an off-the-wall story from the Web... "Ginger inventor uses cartoonist dad to sketch" How trustworthy is your dad? The famed inventor of the top-secret creation known only as "Ginger" sure hopes his father remains tight-lipped. Dean Kamen relies on his dad, who is a former illustrator for Mad magazine, to sketch his initial designs. That means he's one of the few people to get a look at "Ginger," an invention that is reportedly more revolutionary than the World Wide Web. Is Ginger as amazing as everyone says? Father knows best. 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