Latest Sun news.Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in OctoberBy Joris EversIDG News Service, 09/14/04 Sun and Microsoft next month plan to provide more details on work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said Monday.The announcement will focus on their work regarding interoperability in the Web services and directory services area, said Mark McClain, vice president of software marketing at Sun, during a meeting with press and analysts at Sun’s offices in Burlington, Mass. An October announcement means a slight delay for details on the interoperability work. Sun CEO Scott McNealy said in late June at the company’s JavaOne conference that Sun and Microsoft would detail their initial collaborative work during the U.S. summer, which ends in September.“We’re going to miss that summer target,” a Sun spokeswoman acknowledged. “As happens when large organizations are working together, things take a bit longer.”When the announcement is made, however, Sun and Microsoft will have a demonstration of interoperability between their technologies, the spokeswoman said. “We want to make sure that it is a solid announcement and that we can show our customers how we can work together. … The goal is to have an event and to demonstrate interoperability in some capacity.”The spokeswoman could not specify what would be demonstrated but said it would most likely be in the areas of directory services and single-sign-on technology.Sun and Microsoft started work on interoperability as part of a broad settlement and cooperation agreement between the companies that was announced in April. Executives from Sun and Microsoft have repeatedly said that users are clamoring for interoperability between Sun’s Unix and Java environments and Microsoft’s Windows and .Net.As part of the April deal, Microsoft agreed to pay Sun $700 million to resolve all pending anti-trust issues and $900 million to resolve all patent issues. The settlement ended a bitter legal dispute between the rivals that started in 1997. To read this story online, please go to:https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0914updatsun.html?nl Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe