=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM | Solaris Operating System and Industry News September 26, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: Sun reports heavy drop in sales - News: Sun shuns TPC benchmarks - News: Microsoft tests JDBC driver for SQL Server - News: Sun alliance targets Microsoft's Passport - Featured Topic: Storage Decisions 2001 - Advice: Learning Solaris 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Book: Building Storage Networks, Second Edition - Best Web Link: Sys Mgmt Top 10 Terms - The Missing Link: Colleges to cut Net distractions ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: Ecora ************************ Sick and tired of manually documenting your system configurations? Automate it! 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This headline and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news MORE INFORMATION THIS TOPIC: Best Solaris Web Links - Enterprise servers... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax287081,00.html Best Solaris Web Links - Sun hardware in the news http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax287085,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ SUN SHUNS TPC BENCHMARKS | News: The Register Don't look for Sun to release any industry-standard TPC benchmarks for its new Sun Fire 15000 Server. At the recent Sun Fire launch, Sun cited SAP, SPEC's Java benchmarks and the scientific computing Fluent benchmarks instead. Sun says TPC marks are a synthetic measure of transaction processing or database performance. As such they don't reflect real world returns. MICROSOFT TESTS JDBC DRIVER FOR SQL SERVER | News: CRN Here's some news that may help Java developers feel more "connected." Microsoft and Merant DataDirect are working on a driver that creates a bridge between SQL Server and Java, letting integrators swap data back and forth between the two. You should be able to download the driver's beta incarnation by the end of this week. A Microsoft official says this is real Java code, so developers writing Java on Linux or Solaris can work SQL Server. SUN ALLIANCE TARGETS MICROSOFT'S PASSPORT | News: CNET Passport has been a dirty word around Sun -- now the company is cooking up something to combat it. Sun doesn't like the fact that a single company can control surfers' digital identities, so it's teaming up with some other companies to work on alternatives. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** Storage Decisions 2001 | SearchSolaris Featured Topic Need help deciding which storage systems are right for your company? We can help. At searchSolaris we've collected a ton of storage product news, industry analysis and expert storage advice. Plus, stay tuned this week for complete coverage of TechTarget's first storage conference, "Storage Decisions 2001." >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci755010,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html >> CLICK for Storage Decisions 2001 special events page... http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/specialEvents/1,289653,sid5_gci770977,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEARNING SOLARIS | Advice from Solaris expert John Philcox If you want to learn Solaris, then my personal preference is to go out and get a box to practice on, as it's by far the best way to learn, coupled with a useful book to get started. >> CLICK for the Full Expert Answer... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid12_cid408841_tax286949,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | searchSolaris Bookstore Title : Building Storage Networks, Second Edition Author: Marc Farley A complete survey of network storage technology which allows administrators to quickly grasp the essence of this new emerging technology field. http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=0072130725&partner_id=68&cookie%5Ftest=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sys Mgmt Top 10 Terms | Best Sun/Solaris Web Links What do IS administrators need to know? SearchSystemsManagement tracked the inquiries to their search engine and came up with the Top 10 terms. Whether it's FTP, RADIUS, or ERP, you'll find extensive information about their Top 10. http://searchsystemsmanagement.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid20_gci764211,00.html Our editors scour the Web hand-selecting and cataloging the best links, so you don't have to. We've done the mousework for you, so click over today to browse hundreds of pre-screened resources. http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Colleges to cut Net distractions Bentley and Babson, two Boston-area colleges, were wired when wired wasn't widespread. Now it seems students are surfing the Net, e-mailing and instant messaging in class when they should be paying attention to the professors. Can you hear a voice saying "Do I need to separate you two?" So, the schools are spending truckloads of dollars on software and hardware that lets professors block Internet access, e-mails and IMs. Some professors at Bentley are enabled with technology that lets them snag a student's e-mail or IM and put it up on a big screen for the whole class to share. Between technology and humiliation, the problem shouldn't last long. 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