======================================================== SEARCHSOLARIS.COM - SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM AND IT INDUSTRY NEWS May 29, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid12,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Computer Connection of Central New York ======================================================== CCNY (www.ccny.com) provides solutions utilizing Sun hardware; offering a wide range of systems including Ultra desktops (Ultra 1 - Ultra 10), mid-range servers (E220 - E450) and a complete line of Enterprise systems (E3000 - E6500). We also offer the CompCon line of Sun compatible systems. Register to win a FREE... Sun Ultra 10 (270 MHz, 128 MB memory, 4GB hard drive, CD ROM,PGX Graphics, 17" color, keyboard & mouse. Drawing on 7/27/01. http://www.ccny.com/contactwinu10.htm ======================================================== LEAD STORY "Itanium kickstarts 64-bit assault" The chips fall now. Intel's 64-bit salvo threatens to push IT into a new era of heightened price/performance hardware competition, with Sun feeling a kind of heat it hasn't felt before. Sun won't be offering Itanium, banking instead on its 64-bit chip and 12,000 applications for the Solaris Sparc platform. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/05/28/010528hnitanium.xml Read more about the birth of Itanium at http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21253. Intel has said it will get more involved in the Unix server market following the birth of Itanium. Read how and why at http://www.silicon.com/public/door?REQUNIQ=976523204&6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=41439&REQSTR1=newsnow. =============================================== Get advice from your peers in our new discussion forums!! They're located at http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@.ee84451!viewtype=&skip=&expand=. =============================================== OTHER SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS =============================================== [1.] "Sun Microsystems, EMC may miss forecasts, says Goldman analyst" [2.] "Latin America server shipments grow 12% in first quarter" [3.] "WebMethods is mum on timetable for ebXML" [4.] "Insurer: Windows NT a high risk" [1.] "Sun Microsystems, EMC may miss forecasts, says Goldman analyst" A financial analyst said Sun and EMC may not be able to meet their earnings expectations. The forecast? Mostly "flattish" between the March and September quarters thanks to lazy business in the U.S., the threat of a slowdown in Europe and Asia and, for Sun, a "suboptimal" product cycle. SOURCE: Bloomberg News http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_tech&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=ad_right1_technology&bt=ad_position1_technology&middle=ad_frame2_technology&s=AOxOSfRYgU3VuIE1p =============================================== [2.] "Latin America server shipments grow 12% in first quarter" Servers are being shipped with some serious gusto in Latin America. Stats from Gartner Dataquest show server shipments for Q1 of 2001 up more than 11% over the same period a year ago. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina are the busiest countries serverwise. SOURCE: Internet.com http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/2001_05_24_a.html =============================================== [3.] "WebMethods is mum on timetable for ebXML" Sun-backed ebXML is supposed to become THE standard for business-to-business communications, but WebMethods won't stick to a ballpark time figure for adding support within its integration server, wanting to see a significant return on investment in ebXML before it puts any resources into the technology. SOURCE: InformationWeek http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010525S0012 =============================================== [4.] "Insurer: Windows NT a high risk" One of the first companies to offer hacker insurance charges clients up to 15% more if they use Windows NT software in their Internet operations. Why? All the darn vulnerabilities. The insurer says it's easy to justify higher premiums for NT machines over Unix machines: "Why should a Unix player with fewer vulnerabilities subsidize NT users?" 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