The Forum 2006 conference in Las Vegas this past week gave Sun executives the chance to discuss how storage customers, partners and vendors can get more value, access, simplicity and trust in managing their data. To promote interoperability and expand choices for customers, Sun introduced the Sun StorageTek Ready platform program (covered in article number [17144]). Also announced is a collaboration with FalconStor to create an enterprise level virtual tape library appliance [17146]. A new consulting service is available for meeting compliance regulations [17102].
Sun continues to promote its identity management solutions with a video that outlines the products and problems they solve [17104]. The value of grid computing is the topic Michael Schulman of Sun PTC Solutions discusses in article [17112].
This week's Security section points to a tech tip about important enhancements on the native security integration using Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 [17117]. Next week there will be more on security in AJAX.
Benchmark news is in for the Sun Blade 8000 system and Sun Fire E6900 server [17110]. A new white paper details the architecture of the new Sun Fire servers: V125, V215, V245 and V445 [17113].
To ensure certified storage product interoperability and cooperative support across Sun's product portfolio, Sun has created the Sun StorageTek Ready platform, a community of top-tier Sun technology partners such as BakBone Software, Brocade, Dot Hill, EMC, Hitachi, HP, LSI Logic, McData, Oracle and Symantec.
The new Open Payment Suite from Sun announced at the Sibos financial services event in Sydney, Australia, recently, enables banks to process automated payments in higher volumes. The suite is based on the Sun Java Composite Application Platform (CAPs) and the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS).
At the Sun Forum storage event, David Yen, Sun Storage EVP, talked about a new enterprise version of the Sun virtual tape solution. The new solution - the Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library Enterprise (VTL Enterprise) appliance - will utilize the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) to enable customers to streamline their backup processes with enhanced functionality.
Shrenik Mehta of Sun has been re-elected as chair to the board of Accellera, the electronic design automation (EDA) standards body. Accellera sets standards for development of technologies in the semiconductor and design industries.
A new study by Harris Interactive commissioned by Sun illustrates the need to adopt energy-efficient servers and technology. While 76 percent of those surveyed realize how important the need is, 63 percent did not have a firm grasp on their company's energy expenditures or green house gas emissions. Sun's PG&E rebate program helps companies reach energy savings by replacing other servers with Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers.
Furthering its belief in the Participation Age, Sun has held a virtual press conference to present its online pavilion, which includes an outdoor theater, meeting spaces and kiosks that exhibit videos highlighting recent Sun innovations, events and Sun customer projects.
Sun PTC Solutions product line manager Michael Schulman presents an argument for grid computing in a recent issue of Desktop Engineering that he entitled, simply, "The Case for Grid Computing."
Tom Jacobs, director of research for Sun Microsystems Laboratories, spoke at the recent DEMOfall conference about digital rights management (DRM). He discussed problems with DRM as it exists today and the solutions his team is working on with Project DReaM.
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (BIDW) systems are assuming a more
strategic role in today’s enterprise. A valuable source for BIDW solutions is Oracle products on Sun systems.
The Sun Control Station 2.2 has been replaced by the Sun Control Station 2.2.1 and, as a result, 2.2 is being transitioned. The last order date is December 15, 2006, and the last ship date, March 16, 2007. End-of-Service Life date is March 16, 2012. The new version includes support for more platforms and a new Health Monitoring feature.
Explore how Sun's comprehensive portfolio of identity management solutions can help you manage, protect, store, verify and share identity data. The video covers the benefits of the virtual enterprise and how to manage the risks with Sun's identity management solutions.
The Sun Weblog Publisher, an add-on that works with either StarOffice, StarSuite[TM or OpenOffice.org, enables users to accomplish a number of task, including crating, editing and publishing weblog entries on commonly used Blog servers. The Sun Weblog Publisher is available only as a download from Sun Microsystems for a mere $9.95.
The Sun Blade 8000 Modular System delivered a world record result on the SPECjAppServer2004 (Java Application Server) benchmark. This result beat the previous IBM result (HS20 BladeCenter cluster), with 52 percent better performance and 35 percent better performance over the best HP result on the rx6600 Cluster.
A new white paper introduces the technical specifications of Sun's newest UltraSPARC processor-based workgroup servers — the Sun Fire V125, V215, V245 and V445 servers. These servers are ideal for Web infrastructure deployments. The white paper covers specific details of each server as well as general features of the entire workgroup.
Two recent downloads have been made available on the Sun Download Center site: One for the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2, and one that provides tools and utilities needed to completely integrate Sun Fire x64 servers into the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 environment.
The Sun StorageTek Encryption Consulting Services can help guide your organization through the challenging process of obtaining an encryption solution that ensures compliance with such regulatory statutes as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), California Senate Bill 1386 and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Sun Microsystems is preparing to transition the Sun StorEdge 6130 array and options and recommending customers to move to the Sun StorageTek 6140 array. The last order date for the Sun StorEdge 6130 is December 15, 2006; last ship date is March 16, 2007. End of Service Life date is June 30, 2012.
OpenOffice.org fans can now enjoy several videos of the presentations made at the recent conference in Lyon, France, September 11-13. According to Sun accessibility architect and blogger Peter Korn, these can be viewed within one's browser or downloaded in either open standard Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis formats.
The Grid Engine project is an open source community effort devoted to facilitating the adoption and use of distributed computing solutions. Newcomers are always welcome to join the effort. Among the major contributors is Sun Microsystems, which has opened half a million lines of code and continues to employ a team of developers on Grid Engine projects.
The Documentation Project, found on the OpenOffice.org web page, is holding a competition for templates and clipart. They are looking for entries and have $5,000 in prize money ready. The contest deadline has been extended to October 31, 2006.
Sun Java Toolkit 1.0 for Connected Device Configuration (CDC), Beta is now available. The Sun Java Toolkit for CDC functions as a standalone toolkit with a simple development environment. According to the Java web page, "This is the first release for device emulation and build tools supporting the CDC platform. It includes support for CDC 1.1, Foundation Profile 1.1, Personal Basis Profile 1.1, and Advanced Graphics User Interface 1.0."
Sriram Natarajan, a member of the Sun Java System Web Server development team, with the help of writer Marina Sum, explains how to set up, deploy and configure JSPWiki to Sun Java System Web Server 7.0. His technical article on the Sun Developer Network (SDN) site is part 1.
Valerie Peng of the Java Security team at Sun provides a tech tip that explains important enhancements on the native security integration using Java Development Kit (JDK) 6. It covers features with scenarios and code samples.
The OASIS Digital Signature Services (DSS) Technical Committee (TC) recently approved the Digital Signature Service specification and is seeking public comment through December 2, 2006. The DSS technical committee will develop techniques to support the processing of digital signatures.
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