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29 Apr 2005
#14449
Stuart Wells Promoted to Executive Vice President
To Head Strategic Development and Sun Financing

Sun announced that Stuart Wells will be heading the Strategic Development and Sun Financing division as executive vice president, where he will be responsible for driving high-level business opportunities and directing the Sun Grid utility offerings. With this promotion, Wells now is a member of Sun's Executive Management Group.
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25 Apr 2005
#14424
Center for Internet Security Publishes Solaris 10 Security Benchmark
Now Available for Download

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has published the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) Security Benchmark. CIS and Sun have been working together to establish this benchmark for the past two years and just recently published its contents that describe how to implement CIS Level-I security on the Solaris 10 OS.
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25 Apr 2005
#14423
Study Estimates US IT Spending to Reach USD$417 Billion in 2005
IDC Predicts USD$497 Billion by 2008

Increases in IT spending within the U.S. are expected to reach USD$417 billion during 2005 and USD$497 billion by 2008, according to IDC. Vertical markets identified as driving forces include government, manufacturing and banking, which are allocating monies for process management and content management solutions.
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26 Apr 2005
#14443
First Installation of 10Gb Ethernet Over Copper/UTP Cabling Technology
Sun Upgrades Network with SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D Solution

Sun is installing the world's first SYSTIMAX 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper/UTP cabling solution into a major operational hub in the UK. SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D Solution provides a full end-to-end 10 Gigabit solution over copper, compatible with the current IEEE task force standards.
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30 Apr 2005
#14454
Top Ten Articles for Last 3 Issues
Vol 86 Issues 1, 2 and 3

Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with the most popular articles of the current and last volumes. The top articles for the three most recent issues were:

  • 86.1: Enhanced Sun Fire V40z Server - Sun's First Dual-core Server
  • 86.2: Solaris OS End-of-Software Support Announcements
  • 86.1: Differences in Utility Computing Services
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