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ACUCORP
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Your technology. Your business. Your future.
With Acucorp's extend® solutions, you can run your legacy applications on more than 600 computing platforms, including Linux. You can also enhance them by adding a GUI, deploying on the Internet, implementing Thin Client computing or interoperating with other languages and environments, such as .NET, J2EE, XML, BEA WebLogic Server, IBM WebSphere and more!
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POGO LINUX
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Peace of mind? Piece of cake.
· Compact Reliable WebWare 1150 Intel Pentium 4 and Dual Intel Xeon 1200 Servers starting at $999.
· PerformanceWare 1310 Intel Pentium 4 Servers starting at $1,499.
· PerformanceWare 1350 Dual Intel Xeon Servers starting at $2,389.
· PerformanceWare 1264 Dual AMD Opteron Servers starting at $2,199.
For more information, visit pogolinux.com or call 888.828.POGO
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Intel Moves Up Dual-Core Xeons to Blunt Opteron Attack
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The IT industry is a volatile one, and you have to be flexible to survive--even if that means throwing out countless millions of dollars in research and development. Last week, chip juggernaut Intel confirmed that it was killing off the next generation of its single-core Xeon DP processors for workstations and servers and its similar processors for desktops so it could move more quickly to adopt dual-core products. The move with the Xeon DP and Pentium 4 processors mirrors that which Intel already made with its Itanium processors. READ MORE >
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HP Launches Dual Madison Processor Modules
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Hewlett-Packard last week said it would begin shipping mx2 dual Itanium processor modules in its Integrity server line in June, with Superdome shipments in July. The mx2 units plug two 64-bit "Madison" Itanium processors, some L4 cache memory, and a baby chipset into a single package that in turn plugs into a single Madison processor slot, doubling the processor count in an Integrity server and allowing it to improve the bang for the buck in its servers. READ MORE >
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OPEN SYSTEMS
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Accounting software over 25 years strong.
Founded in 1976 to deliver powerful accounting software solutions to small and mid-market customers, Open Systems is a single-source provider of accounting, distribution, manufacturing, CRM and eBusiness solutions.
Choose OPEN SYSTEMS Accounting Software (OSAS) for Windows, UNIX, and Linux. Source code for Open Systems products is provided at no additional cost.
www.osas.com
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Sponsored By
SHAOLIN MICROSYSTEMS
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ShaoLin Microsystems provides enterprise Linux infrastructure and storage software.
· ShaoLin HA Cluster - Easy-to-use and low cost high availability cluster software to minimize system downtime.
· ShaoLin Volume Replicator - Powerful and open disaster recovery solution to ensure data integrity and application availability.
· ShaoLin CogoFS - Outperform compressed filesystem for Linux to multiply network performance and storage capacity.
www.shaolinmicro.com
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Virtualization Engine: A Lot of IBM Talk, but Good Technology
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM hosted its semi-annual IT analyst meeting on its campus in Palisades, New York, a few weeks ago and launched something called Virtualization Engine. As we told you it would a few weeks before IBM made this announcement, Big Blue is putting an uber-brand, Virtualization Engine, around various server, storage, and software technologies in order to simplify and focus the marketing message for its IT platforms, including servers running Linux. READ MORE >
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Shaking IT Up: 10 Ways Management Can Ruin Your Day
by Kevin Vandever
My last column listed 10 ways a programmer can ruin your day. Knowing the state of IT these days, I realize that, through my article, I had declared open season on programmers. I made it very easy to blame the programmers for all IT woes. Well, hunting season on programmers is over. It's time to take aim at management. So here's my list of the 10 ways that management can ruin your day. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
SUSE LINUX
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Mainframe Linux for IBM Midrange Systems
· Available for i/p/z/x Series
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· Access to legacy data
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server lets you keep your current environment and add the power of Linux. Utilize the best of both worlds, exchange data between each OS, all on one system.
Get an evaluation copy today
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But Wait, There's More
Project Mono Open Source .NET Goes Beta . . . Red Hat Takes Another Stab At Desktop Linux . . . AMD Takes the Chainsaw to Opteron Prices . . . Novell Gives Goodies to SuSE Buyers . . . HP Completes Merger of Services, Server Units . . . IBM Executives Do the Shuffle as Sales Chief Departs . . . Vendors Create Enterprise Grid Alliance . . . READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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