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Microsoft and Cisco Agree to Work Together, But Compete
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

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VMware's IPO: Converting Virtual Machines into Real Money
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The VMware server and workstation virtualization subsidiary of disk array maker EMC made a big splash on Wall Street last week as it went public. The company announced early last Monday morning (when we were on holiday) that it had priced its shares at $29 a pop, and EMC cashed in on the growing popularity of virtualization technologies as companies seek to increase the utilization and reduce the power consumption of their IT hardware. READ MORE >


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Citrix Buys Virtualization Challenger XenSource for $500 Million
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Citrix Systems, a software provider that is best known for its access products that link remote users to central systems, stunned the IT market by acquiring the up-and-coming server and desktop virtualization vendor, XenSource, just a day after a chunk of rival virtualization juggernaut VMware was sold off in an initial public offering. The acquisition also follows the launch of XenEnterprise V4 last week, which is a credible alternative to VMware's Infrastructure 3 server virtualization tools. READ MORE >


Intel Cranks Out Two More Quads, AMD Sets Barcelona Date
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The exchange of fire between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices continues in their chip war. Last week, Intel put out two more quad-core Xeon processors for servers and workstations in the wake of AMD finally setting a real launch date for its "Barcelona" quad-core Opteron processors, aimed at the same machinery. READ MORE >



 

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But Wait, There's More:

Patch Tuesday: Nine Security Tweaks for the Windows Stack . . . Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2 Gets Tech Preview . . . Key Pieces to Unified Communications Available in October . . . HP's Sales and Earnings Rocket Upward in Fiscal Q3 . . . Gartner Says Software as a Service to Break $11.5 Billion by 2011 . . . Study Counts the Cost of Data Breaches . . .


 

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The Four Hundred
i5/OS V6R1: The TIMI, It Is A-Changing

Solaris Coming to the System i?

The System i Gets Price Changes and Withdrawals

As I See It: Of Toads and Time

The Linux Beacon
Intel Cranks Out Two More Quads, AMD Sets Barcelona Date

Tilera Launches 64-Core, Linux-Based Mesh Processor

Citrix Buys Virtualization Challenger XenSource for $500 Million

Court Says Novell Owns Unix, Not SCO

Four Hundred Stuff
Is PHP the Systems i's Next RPG?

Notes/Domino 8 Hits the Streets

450,000-Line RPG App Converted to .NET in Six Months

CA Extends Change Management to i5/OS

Big Iron
Solaris Unix Is Coming to IBM Mainframes

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

Four Hundred Guru
Use WDSc to Develop XSL Transformations

Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too

Admin Alert: Getting Around System i Default Passwords, Part 2

System i PTF Guide
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The Unix Guardian
Sun Polishes Up Sparc T2 Multithreaded Chips

AMD Gooses Dual-Core Opteron Speeds, Cuts Prices

Sun Creates Virtual Tape Library from Thumper Server

As I See It: Policeware

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Microsoft and Cisco Agree to Work Together, But Compete

VMware's IPO: Converting Virtual Machines into Real Money

Citrix Buys Virtualization Challenger XenSource for $500 Million

Intel Cranks Out Two More Quads, AMD Sets Barcelona Date

But Wait, There's More:

Patch Tuesday: Nine Security Tweaks for the Windows Stack . . . Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Beta 2 Gets Tech Preview . . . Key Pieces to Unified Communications Available in October . . . HP's Sales and Earnings Rocket Upward in Fiscal Q3 . . . Gartner Says Software as a Service to Break $11.5 Billion by 2011 . . . Study Counts the Cost of Data Breaches . . .


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