ServerWatch Staff

“Microsoft today agreed to pay rival Sun Microsystems 0 million and to end its license to use Sun’s Java programming standard, ending a long-standing legal battle between the two computing giants with a whimper.” Microsoft today agreed to pay rival Sun Microsystems 0 million and to end its license to use Sun’s Java programming standard, […]

A key component of Sun’s new Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) architecture, The Sun ONE Webtop allows developers to create customized desktop interfaces for Web delivered office applications. A key component of Sun’s new Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) architecture, The Sun ONE Webtop allows developers to create customized desktop interfaces for Web delivered office […]

A series of high-profile events over the last few weeks has highlighted the fact that the DNS that is so critical to the Internet’s operation is also one of its weakest links. Though many of the specific problems have only recently come to light, security experts and CIOs said they have known for years that […]

“SG Cowen said Wednesday that network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. is likely to face increased competition after International Business Machines snagged a key server customer.” SG Cowen said Wednesday that network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. is likely to face increased competition after International Business Machines snagged a key server customer.

“Initiative Media North America has won the estimated 00 million Sun Microsystems media planning and buying account.” Let’s hope they drop tho se faux-movie ads. Initiative Media North America has won the estimated 00 million Sun Microsystems media planning and buying account.

“Vice President Marco Boerries, one of the key players in Sun’s evolving software strategy, is angling to leave the company. Nonetheless, Sun is pushing ahead with its plan to combat Microsoft .Net.” Vice President Marco Boerries, one of the key players in Sun’s evolving software strategy, is angling to leave the company. Nonetheless, Sun is […]

WebObjects pioneered the application-server market, and it’s still a good choice for most situations calling for a medium-sized Web site where development time is at a premium and you’re not expecting to serve 100,000 transactions an hour. WebObjects pioneered the application-server market, and it’s still a good choice for most situations calling for a midsize […]

The creators of LISTSERV proudly proclaim on their Web site that e-mail generated from their software constitutes over half of the electronic mailing list messages routed through the Internet at any given time. This may not exactly be a boasting point for those who feel overwhelmed by e-mail and the idea of setting up mailing […]

SAP and IBM Release S/390 SAP Application Server By Arthur Gordon August 21, 2000 SAP AG (SAP) and IBM Corp. (IBM) today announced the immediate general availability of the SAP Application Server functions on IBM’s S/390 Enterprise Server. SAP and IBM Release S/390 SAP Application Server The SAP Application Server solution will join the current […]

Hoping to leverage its success on the desktop, VMware is bringing its multiple-OS technology to the server field with two new products designed for corporate and enterprise users. VMware technology allows multiple OSes to run simultaneously on the same Intel-based machine, so a user could boot Linux and then run Windows applications on another virtual […]

The worldwide server industry received a strong boost in the fourth quarter that pushed 2000 server shipments to 3.9 million units, according to a report issued by Gartner Dataquest this week. This is an increase of 14 percent over the number of 1999 shipments. Worldwide server shipments totaled 1.1 million units in the fourth quarter […]

In an effort to woo developers into implementing Web services via the Sun ONE framework, Sun Microsystems Tuesday released a set of upgrades and enhancements to Solaris 8 that includes a free version of iPlanet Application Server, improved Java application performance, and advanced tools for storage manageability. Sun ONE is Sun”s framework for delivering services […]