here's your news digest for today. please note i've included (second item) a perspective written by a certain individual who happens to be a bookmarked blogger of mine.
(between you and me, my man Berlind could use a new look in the eye glasses department. nice teeth though.)
Sun Aims Virtualization at SMBs
InternetNews.com, 10/26/04; Clint Boulton
http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3426531
Sun enhances its mid-range storage server portfolio with its new StorEdge
6130 array geared toward small and medium-sized businesses. Sun Network
Storage Marketing VP James Whitemore says the core value proposition of the
6130 lies in providing data services previously only offered in high-end
machines. The 6130 is billed as the "baby brother" to the StorEdge 6920
launched last month. Whitemore adds, "We are a systems company and we
believe that the true advantage of Sun in the storage world is from our
approach to systems and the ability to design and implement systems which
enable data management from the creation of data all the way through the
storage and deletion of data."
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Why Sun's JDS Deserves a Try
ZDNet, 10/26/04; David Berlind
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5427026.html
In an opinion piece, Berlind reviews the recently released Solaris-based
version of Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) Release 2. Berlind writes, "At a
subscription price of $50 per year, any software product that includes an
operating system, a full-blown productivity suite, Exchange-compatible mail
and calendaring, a complete suite of Java development tools and upgrade
protection via automatic updates, is a bargain." He concludes, "Now is a
good time to bring both the Linux and Solaris versions (of JDS) in for
evaluation. Not only will you get to experience an upgrade cycle in the
next six months, but you'll get a better sense of the value that JDS can
deliver if the list of supported hardware expands. Will it be more of Sun's
hardware or will the company finally recruit some OEMs? The next six months
will be telling."
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Products Unveiled at Storage Networking Show
InfoWorld, 10/27/04; Bob Francis
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=134590&liArti
cleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=5&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1
Sun is among several companies announcing deals and introducing new products
at the Storage Networking World trade show in Orlando, Fla. Under an
agreement between Engenio Information Technologies and Sun, Engenio will
provide Sun with new modular storage technology and will co-develop future
Sun storage products.
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