Sun Solaris

Will Sun Burn Linux with 'Free' Solaris?

by R. Krause ... We expect that this will provide a modest sales boost for Sun and Solaris, especially among small companies on a limited budget. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_02_02_00_2.asp - 7k - 2000-02-02 Summary: Sun Microsystems has eliminated licensing fees for Solaris 8 and its source code.

Analysis of Novell's Announced Support for Sun's Solaris 8 ...

by P. Hayes ... of Novell's Announced Support for Sun's Solaris 8 Operating Environment P. Hayes - February 4th, 2000 Event Summary. NEW YORK, Jan. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_GW_MPH_02_04_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-02-04 Summary: We do not see Sun Solaris administrators implementing any Novell NDS package.

Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with ...

by M. Reed ... Platinum was tardy in porting DecisionBase to the most popular UNIX platforms (HP/UX, Sun Solaris, and IBM AIX), while DecisionBase's closest competitors are ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/09/research_notes/PN_DW_MFR_9_99_1.asp - 18k - 1999-09-01 Summary: Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fo

Sun to Make Solaris Source Code Available

by R. Krause ... Sun is not going to give away Solaris, but does plan to make the source code available under its "community-source license," according to Greg Papadopoulos ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_10_6_99_2.asp - 6k - 1999-10-06 Summary: Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to make the source code of its Solaris operating system freely available to the public.

Sun to 'Community Source' Almost Everything

by R. Krause ... News Analysis: "research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/1999/10/news_analysis/ NA_HW_RAK_10_6_99_2.asp">Sun to Make Solaris Source Code Available", October 6th ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/1999/11/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_11_24_99_2.asp - 6k - 1999-11-24 Summary: Sun Microsystems Inc. is working towards eventually 'community sourcing' as much of its software as possible, according to company Co-founder and Chief Scientist Bill Joy.

IBM Continues RS/6000 Performance Focus

by R. Krause ... Although IBM has a compelling hardware story, their Unix story (ie, AIX) is not as compelling as Sun's Solaris. This is not an indicator ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_06_21_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-06-21 Summary: IBM has just released benchmark results for its mid-range Unix server, the RS/6000 M80, showing it to be a top performer in transaction processing and Web serving.

New Storage Array from Sun

by R. Krause ... on Sun's open systems-based managed networks strategy, the product line will support multi-vendor host environments including Sun Solaris and current versions ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_13_00_1.asp - 11k - 2000-07-13 Summary: Sun has launched an attempt to break into the ranks of large-scale and enterprise storage system vendors like EMC, IBM, and Compaq.

IBM’s Unix Servers Eclipse Sun

by R. Krause ... What is interesting is that Sun's performance story (Unix/Solaris) is now being attacked on two fronts. On the different-OS front ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_03_31_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-03-31 Summary: IBM’s latest RS/6000 server, the high-end S80, outsold Sun Microsystems’ E10000 by almost three-to-one in the fourth quarter. Who cares – it’s the performance and price that may end up burning Sun.

IBM Taking on Sun in Web Infrastructure?

by R. Krause ... Sun and Solaris is not an inherently weak platform, in fact it is generally reliable and robust, and is still relied on by much of the Web to provide the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_05_19_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-05-19 Summary: IBM has decided to take on Sun in the Internet infrastructure arena. What do they bring to the table? And who will win the war of words?

Compaq to Open Tru64 Unix?

by R. Krause ... processors. Competitors to Tru64 Unix include Sun's Solaris, IBM's AIX, and Hewlett-Packard's HP-UX operating systems. Market Impact. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_12_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-07-12 Summary: In what may be an attempt to cash in on the open source OS game, Compaq is hinting it may open some parts of the source code for its Tru64 Unix operating system.