ServerWatch Newsletter for April 4, 2006

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1. Hardware Today: On the Trail of Non-IBM Mainframes April 3, 2006 Contrary to popular belief, IBM didn't invent the mainframe. Where did the alternatives go?

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Nominations for Product Excellence Awards Continue April 4, 2006 It's not too late to nominate your server room favorites. We want to hear about your best-of-breed messaging and collaboration server, infrastructure tools, and more.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. April 2006 Netcraft Survey Highlights April 4, 2006 Results for the April 2006 Netcraft Web Server Survey are in and responses are from nearly 81 million sites, an increase of more than 5.7 million sites from year-end 2005. The number of IIS sites increased markedly, though its market share did not.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Microsoft Exchange vs. Zimbra Collaboration Suite March 31, 2006 Zimbra Collaboration Suite is being billed as the Linux answer to Exchange. How does it compare?

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Enterprise Unix Roundup: Next Stop, LinuxWorld March 31, 2006 It's trade show season in the United States. We look ahead to next week's trip to Boston for the ever-popular LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. This week's Tip of the Trade brought to you by the letter "n": netstat, nmap, and netstat-net.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. IDC: Data Centers Becoming Smaller, Faster March 31, 2006 The research firm sees fewer but more powerful pieces of computing gear running more powerful applications.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Migrating to a Load Balanced IIS 6 Environment March 30, 2006 Migration to IIS 6 can be daunting. Depending on your hosting configuration, the process can take weeks. With careful planning and research, a successful migration is more easily achieved.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. JBoss Gears Up for Messaging, Web Servers March 30, 2006 JBoss is stepping up its bid to wrest control of infrastructure software market from IBM, BEA, and Sun.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. The Zimbra Challenge March 29, 2006 Does the open source, standards-based e-mail and collaboration server live up to the hype built around it? Does it have what it takes to be the Linux alternative to Exchange?

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. Parlano Goes Mobile March 29, 2006 The IM space expanded Wednesday when Parlano revealed it had licensed Nokia's Intellisync wireless messaging software to create MindAlign Mobile, an IM client that enables RIM, Microsoft mobile, and Palm devices to chat like desktop clients.

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--------------------------------- Server Updates ---------------------------------

Updated FTGate4, a 4 star Mail server, to version 4.5.000. - Apr 04, 2006 http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,6uvh,2s3z,2ezm,3q9m

Updated Mac OS X, a 5 star Operating System, to version 10.4.6. - Apr 04, 2006 http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,9847,f0z6,2ezm,3q9m

Updated Pragma TelnetServer, a 3.5 star Telnet server, to version 6.0 Build 13. - Mar 31, 2006 http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,5sr9,jxxf,2ezm,3q9m

Updated Visnetic MailFlow, a 4 star Mail server, to version 3.0.1.4. - Mar 31, 2006 http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,kuk,8pek,2ezm,3q9m

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Server coverage isn't limited to ServerWatch! Other internet.com sites also discuss servers and server-related issues. In this section of the newsletter, we highlight relevant stories that have run on internet.com sites within the past week.

** Linux Kernel Point Release Fixes Flaws A potential vulnerability is quickly plugged as kernel developers issue the first point release of the 2.6.16 kernel. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,1smt,jmw9,2ezm,3q9m

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** Cisco Joins 4-Gig Party With McData, Cisco, and Brocade fighting for market share, 2006 is shaping up to be an interesting year for director-class Fibre Channel switch sales. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,1gqt,k933,2ezm,3q9m

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** The Re-Centralization of IT Companies today are looking to consolidate IT to save money and, at the same time, become more flexible and efficient. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2cle,1,lgpx,cjd5,2ezm,3q9m

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