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    Sun Microsystems has upgraded its top-end "grid" software, a product that lets teams of computers collectively tackle calculation problems, making it more suitable for businesses that need strict control of their computing resources.

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    IBM Managing Director and CEO Philip Bullock takes the hot seat to field questions regarding Web services, Grid computing, and where IBM Australia is headed.

  • Why the network will be the next computer

    This year's US-based NetWorld+Interop 2002 clarified the industry's push toward a global, unified network infrastructure, based on Internet protocols. The writing is on the wall: Go IP or you'll wind up on a dead end.

  • IBM's big thinker

    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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    Sun Microsystems will create an open-source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said Monday.

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  • Sun offers business-friendly grid software

    Sun Microsystems has upgraded its top-end "grid" software, a product that lets teams of computers collectively tackle calculation problems, making it more suitable for businesses that need strict control of their computing resources.

  • IBM's Bullock: Straight to the source

    IBM Managing Director and CEO Philip Bullock takes the hot seat to field questions regarding Web services, Grid computing, and where IBM Australia is headed.

  • Linux licence overhaul -- don't hold your breath

    General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.

  • Interview: Red Hat's new CEO

    Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.

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    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

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  • IBM's big thinker

    Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.

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