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Sun Rolls Out Update for Solaris 10 Unix
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Sun Microsystems announced a rollup of fixes and upgraded support for components of its Solaris 10 Unix operating system today, dubbed update 8/07 in the Sun parlance. The update includes over 100 features and fixes to the operating system, all of which were shepherded through the OpenSolaris development community that Sun established in the summer of 2005 to steer the development of the open source variant of Solaris. READ MORE >

AMD Gets Aggressive About Watts with Quad-Core Barcelonas
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

A balance of power was restored between X64 chip rivals Intel and Advanced Micro Devices as the latter company on Monday launched its quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron processors at several events around the globe, including an event at the Lucas Theater on the Presidio campus in San Francisco. Lucasfilm, the company owned by George Lucas and which, among many other things, brought us the Star Wars and Indiana Jones blockbusters, is among the first companies with Barcelona in production--in this case, for digital rendering. READ MORE >


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Transitive Rejiggers Emulation Software, Adds Partners
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

While server virtualization is perhaps the hottest topic in IT these days because it makes servers more flexible, more resilient, and work harder thanks to consolidation, it could turn out that over the long haul the emulation of applications written on one architecture (and its operating system) on totally different and incompatible systems is equally important in delivering flexible, resilient, and efficient systems--and perfectly compatible with virtualization. That is what Transitive, the maker of the QuickTransit emulation environment, is certainly hoping. READ MORE >


Sirius Expands Northeast Presence with SCS Buy
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Server and software Sirius Computer Solutions last week expanded its presence in the Northeast region of the United States and simultaneously built out its expertise on various IBM software solutions through the acquisition of a competitor, Strategic Computer Solutions. While SCS is a fraction of the size of Sirius, it is a fairly large reseller of IBM wares in its own right and will make Sirius even more formidable in the market for IBM technology. READ MORE >



 

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But Wait, There's More:

Whatever Happened to Net Neutrality? . . . VMware Trims Down Hypervisor for Embedding in Servers . . . Leasing and Financing Are Important IT Tools, Says IDC . . . European Developers Embrace C#, AJAX . . . Gartner Charts External Disk Array Sales for Q2 . . . IT Shops Consume 2 Million LTO Tape Drives . . .


 

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We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
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Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Dan Olds, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
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Reader Feedback on the Death of DB2/400 for Domino

Sirius Expands Northeast Presence with SCS Buy

As I See It: The Dons of Dialogue

The Linux Beacon
AMD Gets Aggressive About Watts with Quad-Core Barcelonas

NASA Buys Big Xeon-Linux Cluster from SGI

VMware Trims Down Hypervisor for Embedding in Servers

XenSource Offers Embedded Hypervisor for Servers

Four Hundred Stuff
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Vaulting Over Backups: The Pros, Cons

Bsafe Puts a Smack Down on Rouge IP Traffic

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Big Iron
IT Skills Shortage Could Play Out in Favor of Mainframes

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

Four Hundred Guru
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sun Rolls Out Update for Solaris 10 Unix

AMD Gets Aggressive About Watts with Quad-Core Barcelonas

Transitive Rejiggers Emulation Software, Adds Partners

Sirius Expands Northeast Presence with SCS Buy

But Wait, There's More:

Whatever Happened to Net Neutrality? . . . VMware Trims Down Hypervisor for Embedding in Servers . . . Leasing and Financing Are Important IT Tools, Says IDC . . . European Developers Embrace C#, AJAX . . . Gartner Charts External Disk Array Sales for Q2 . . . IT Shops Consume 2 Million LTO Tape Drives . . .


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