Sun's Try and Buy program is bringing in success stories from New York to California: read about 3 of them [16680]. The Solaris 10 OS is getting accolades too: Frontier Airlines is using it to handle increasing traffic in online bookings [16674], and Carnival Cruise Lines is upgrading to 10 [16527]. Developers looking to fine tune Solaris 10 OS on Siebel have a tech tip this week [16652]. Also check out the latest features in Java SE (Mustang) [16599].

In addition to great performance from inside Sun's servers, the design strategy won an award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) [16681]. Another high ranking comes from the TOP500 Supercomputer list where Sun's HPC efforts are making waves [16667].

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Following up on last week's announcement from Sun of their new AMD based servers and the new blade server, we delve more deeply into the technical specs of the Sun Fire X4600 server (see article [16468]) and the Sun Blade 8000 [16719]. New promotions for these servers provide even more incentives ([17623] and [16721]).

Sun also continues to expand its presence in the storage market by making their Sun StorageTek products more available [16746].

Java technology developers can take advantage of a free online course in AJAX, starting August 4th [16743].

Ron Goldman continues his discussion of the values of open source [16720]. The OASIS organization has ratified a new standard to improve communications for emergency response workers [16698].

AMD and partners design systems to keep the Canadian Hockey League's web site in top shape [16616] while Sun and AMD recount how their relationship evolved into the dynamic powerhouse it is today [16617]. If you are looking for examples of how others are harnessing the power of grid technology, see AMD and Altair's success story [16578] in this week's AMD section.

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Sun showcased new Sun x64 enterprise systems powered by the AMD Opteron processor: the Sun Fire X4600 server (the world's first 16-way x64 server in a single 4U chassis, see article [16718]), the Sun Fire X4500 server (the world's first hybrid server, see [16716]), and the Sun Blade 8000 blade (modular for investment protection, see [16717]).

While the energy savings of the servers is just one of their many features, Sun's eco-responsibility is built into its philosophy and hardware from the ground up [16671]. "Try before you buy" is still the mantra with more servers on the promotion list [16692] and [16691]. Telecom customers can see what the Netra 1290 server had to offer [16705] in this week's Telco section, which also discusses the challenges of merging OSS after an acquisition [16704].

We bring you news from around the world on Sun's efforts in the education field [16701] and [16702]. Also check out our software articles and developer tips.

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Sun's earnings report for the recent quarter posted an increase of 29% [16782]. For a look at who is choosing Sun technology, see article [16781].

The new Sun Blade 8000 server is available from Sun's trade-in program [16772] with savings up to 20%.

Everyone working with StarOffice software will want to know how to get the latest updates and fixes to prevent having a vulnerable application [16753].

For anyone who works on Solaris OS. UNIX or Linux, you can now get Adobe Reader on your system; check out the features in article [16758].

New from the Sun Java System people is the Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (CAPS) 5.1.1 for developing enterprise SOA applications (see [16748]).

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