SOLARIS FOR INTEL TO RETURN?

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 29, 2002

According to this InfoWorld article, Solaris will be one of
the operating system choices on Sun’s “Big Bear” Intel-based
server being released next month.Link

SOLARIS SECURITY BENCHMARK AND SCORING TOOLS

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 28, 2002

The Center for Internet Security has released their Level-1
Benchmark and Scoring Tools for Solaris.Link

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR APPRECIATION DAY

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 26, 2002

Today is System Administrator Appreciation Day – dont forget
the guys who work to keep the machines running!Link

SUN RELEASES XVR-4000 GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 25, 2002

Sun has released the XVR-4000 graphics accelerator.Link

SUN REHIRES ULTRASPARC DEVELOPERS

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 24, 2002

This NEWS.COM article details how Sun has re-hired some of the
original UltraSPARC developers by acquiring Afara Websystems.Link

SUN REPORTS NET INCOME IN FOURTH QUARTER

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 22, 2002

Sun reported net income of $28 million for the fourth quarter on
revenue of $3.4 billion, resulting in an adjusted net income of $.01
per share.Link

ENTERPRISE SECURITY IN THE SOLARIS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 19, 2002

The latest Sun BluePrint, Enterprise Security: Solaris[tm]
Operating Environment, Security Journal, is a compilation of
best practices and recommendations for securing the Solaris
Operating Environment.Link

LIBERTY ALLIANCE SPECIFICATIONS ANNOUNCED

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 15, 2002

Version 1.0 of the specifications for the Liberty Alliance
Project was released today at the Burton Group Catalyst Conference
in San Fransisco, California.Link

VIRTUAL MACHINES ON SPARC

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 14, 2002

We are curently working on a Mainframe-Class Virtual Machines
on High-Performance Sparc Servers and Workstations. This
software solution will provide the ability to run multiple
operating systems on your ultrasparc-based servers and workstations
at the same time, without the need to buy extra hardware.Link

SUN ENGINEERS USING JAVA-POWERED WIRELESS PDA UNITS

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 8, 2002

Page 19 of the PDF file linked above shows a wireless PDA that
Sun field engineers are currently using for inventory control, part
returns, etc.Link

MORE ULTRASPARC IIIi DETAILS

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jul 1, 2002

This EBN article has more details on the upcoming
UltraSPARC-IIIi processors from Sun.Link