The new IT Management web site on the Big Admin site is the perfect example of a clean, well-organized resource; we provide an overview and a link to it in article number [17254]. More sys admin resources featured this week include a tech tip on SAMP setup for Solaris 10 OS [17246] and the ease of using ZFS [17127].
Ubuntu has made the news again with certification on Sun servers, and Ubuntu is now working with GlassFish [17251]. Another company adding support for its platform on UltraSPARC T1 processors is Wind River [17250] for its Linux carrier grade NEP solution.
There's plenty of Java technology related news: from the student-built submersible that runs on Java [17253] to the tech tip on JAX-WS 2.0 [17248} and a new book on JavaServer Faces [17237]. Sun wants to hear from developers who have used the Java EE 5 SDK -- write in your testimonial and be entered to win an iPod Nano [17238].
For startup companies who want to try Sun technologies, Sun created a new sun Startup Essentials program, see [17257].
To encourage entrepreneurs and start-ups, Sun created the Sun Startup Essentials program. It is designed to make it affordable for young companies to access Sun technologies such as software (Sun Java Enterprise System), SPARC workstations, Sun Fire x64 servers, Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers with CoolThreads technology powered by the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). This is a limited time offer.
The Wind River Platform for Networking Equipment, Linux Edition, will be optimized to support Sun's UltraSPARC T1 processor. This commercially available Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) solution from Wind River Systems, Inc. aims to reduce development costs and operations costs while providing higher service availability and faster time-to-market for NEPs and telecommunications equipment providers.
Two new people have joined Sun's board of directors, Tony Ridder and Peter Currie. Ridder will join Sun's Leadership Development and Compensation Committee. Currie will join Sun's Audit Committee.
When considering purchasing new or additional storage for your mission-critical Oracle database applications, factors to evaluate include how available the data will be and how compatible the storage products will be with your servers. Sun's StorageTek products have been validated through the Oracle Storage Compatibility Program (OSCP) to provide an effective data management strategy.
Telco, media and entertainment companies now have a new solution from Sun and Vignette that will enable the collection and delivery of rich digital content. Vignette's Next-Generation Web solution combines Vignette's content management and presentation capabilities with Sun Fire servers running the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) and Identity Management system.
How to complete more Web-based transactions in less time? If your company has been using Linux on X86 (Lintel), this white paper highlights the hidden costs of Lintel and compares them to the benefits of a Sun solution built on Sun servers and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).
An underwater vehicle powered by Java technology won a high place in the International Autonomous Underwater Competition sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in San Diego, CA. One of the students brought his experience as an intern at Sun Labs to help the submersible place well.
Ubuntu Linux has become the first Linux distro certified by Sun to support the UltraSPARC T1 processor, which powers the Sun CoolThreads Sun Fire T1000 and Sun Fire T2000 servers. Sun and Canonical Ltd. have made the GlassFish Community reference implementation of the Java Enterprise Edition 5 application server available on the Ubuntu operating system.
The Sun Fire V20z iForce VPN/Firewall appliance, powered by Sun and Checkpoint, is being transitioned. This follows the EOL of the Sun Fire V20z server product line, which is being replaced by the more advanced server line of the Sun Fire X2100 x64 servers.
The Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager system for MVS mainframe users (OS 390 or Z series processors) provides enterprise-class reliability. It can bring the utilization of the cartridge to almost 100 percent.
The Sun StorageTek Library Management System is a tool for both the basic and advanced physical control of one or more attached tape library systems to various applications and operating systems in both mainframe and open systems environments. Its featured Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) enables users to consolidate multiple individual, application-dedicated libraries to either one centralized library or a string of libraries through a single point of control.
Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with a list of the most popular articles for each of the last three issues. The Web version of this article lists the top 10 articles for each of the last four issues. The top articles from the last issue - Vol 105, Issue 1 - were:
Firefox 2.0 from Mozilla Now Available for Faster Browsing [17225]
New Features in Sun Ray Software 4 -- Download Available [17170]
Why Operating Systems Matter: A Discussion with Hal Stern, Jonathan Schwartz and Greg Papadopoulos [17231]
Sun staff engineer Nasser Nouri sees the task of enhancing an existing application as falling into two realms: the exploration or discovery stage and the enhancement or creation state. His Sun Studio article, "Using DTrace with Sun Studio Tools to Understand, Analyze, Debug, and Enhance Complex Applications," details the process for developers.
Increasing developer productivity is the rallying cry of the authors of a Sun Developer Network article about Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Service-oriented development of applications or SODA. To reduce the time it takes to develop an application and get it to market, engineer Prakash Narayan and software developer Ashwin Rao outline the challenges of creating the applications and how the NetBeans IDE can help.
The new IT Management web site is designed for those who are working on large-scale compute environments. If you are designing, building or deploying one, this site contains helpful resources such as demos, presentations, blueprints, training, forums and more.
A new Sun BluePrints white paper explains how the Sun Fire T2000 server and Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam (SBAS) software works to filter spam from legitimate email. The authors provide background information on the software and server, the configuration used for performance measurements, benchmarking challenges, and tuning steps.
Amy Rich has presented a two-part article on the Solaris 10 Operating System's ZFS feature. The first part in the series provided a basic overview of the new ZFS file system, its scalability and its data integrity and security model. The second part of the article explains how easy ZFS is to administer.
Neal Pollack has written an article on the Big Admin web site that details how to build a SAMP server for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS). "SAMP" stands for Solaris, Apache 2, MySQL, PHP. Pollack explains how to build the SAMP server with PHP 5 and MySQL 5, not PHP 4 and MySQL 4, which the companion CD for Solaris 10 OS contains.
In their two-part article entitled "Introducing JAX-WS 2.0 with the Java SE 6 Platform," Robert Eckstein and Rajiv Mordani wax enthusiastic about the support in the new version of Java for the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS).
The issue is fairly simply stated: "Java ME: De-fragmentation" though not so easily executed. Yet, this Sun Developer network article argues, the de-fragmentation of Java ME as it is currently installed in a wide range of mobile phones, resulting in as many as 400 different executables for a single title, is essential.
Have an interest in learning about JavaServer Faces (JSF)? It would be difficult to do better than turning to "JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference" by Chris Schalk, Ed Burns and James Holmes, whose appropriately titled new book from McGraw-Hill Osborne Media is the place to go.
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