Sun gained ground in the server market, according to IDC and Gartner Research (see article [17313]). Sun's Middle East region is also experiencing growth, 38 percent's worth [17303]. And some new customer wins raised Sun's place in the TOP500 supercomputer list [17293].
Two new web sites related to the recent Java open source announcement are open and looking for participants, one for the HotSpot VM [17298] and for the mobile community [17288]. The call for papers for the 2007 JavaOne Conference is open for developers, but it's a short window of opportunity: send yours in by December 15, 2006. See article [17305] for details.
A new blade server, the Sun Blade 8000 P modular system, offers new density; see [17290]. A review of the Sun Fire X4500 server asserts the server's got "impressive processing and storage punch" [17284], a review worth reading.
Take an additional 15 percent off select Sun StorageTek NAS products or an additional 10 percent off select Sun StorageTek Arrays when you purchase a qualifying Sun server at a discount.
For a limited time, purchase a Sun Blade 8000 Modular System and get free Enterprise Installation Services (EIS). Deploy the blade system faster by using the comprehensive installation services from the Sun Enterprise Installation Services team. Offer good through December 31, 2006.
Sun has generous trade-in allowances on old non-Sun workstations available for its Sun Ultra x64 workstation product line that address the needs of a variety of users, whether the application involves MCAD/MCAE, visual simulation or rendering. Sun's desktop product line has the solutions users need, whatever the task.
The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker has reported that Sun has increased its market share more than any of the other top six server makers, including IBM, Dell and HP. Factors contributing to the success are the sales of Sun Fire servers and adoption of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS).
Sun has doubled its presence on the TOP500 list of supercomputers according to the November 2006 list released at SC 06, the conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
Sun engineer Radia Perlman has been awarded with the title of Sun Fellow, the highest rank in Sun's engineering organization. The award is in recognition of her work and impact in network security and routing.
Growth in Sun's Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region exceeded 38 percent over the past year. Sales increased by 40 percent in the region and support services grew by 20 percent. An example of that growth is the Sun win of the Central Bank of Egypt.
The combination of Sun x64 servers, VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3, and new support for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) enables IT organizations to build into their data centers the ability to quickly respond to rapidly-changing business conditions through the use of a virtualized data center that can adapt in real time.
The recent Climate Protection Summit in San Francisco was the occasion for Sun VP of Eco Responsibility, David Douglas, to stress the company's commitment to reducing the impact of technology on the environment and its focus on all facets of eco responsible computing. Douglas challenged business leaders to take action within their communities against global warming.
The Sun Blade 8000 P Modular System is the second platform to be introduced in Sun's blade server family. Like its relative, the Sun Blade 8000 System, it shares a similar modular architecture featuring separate hot-pluggable modules for processing, I/O, networking, system management, and infrastructure (PSUs, fans). The System's 10 maximum hot-pluggable Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules -- each featuring four dual-core Opteron processors with up to 64 GB (PC3200) memory, 64 Gbps of I/O throughput and two optional SAS or SATA hot-swappable HDDs -- deliver incredible scalability.
The Sun Fire X4500 Server caught the eye of e WEEK reviewers who praised the unit's storage capabilities. Victor Loh reports writes that eWEEK found the Sun Fire X4500 "... packs an impressive processing and storage punch."
A new rack accessory is available that will increase the depth of the cabinets by 10 centimeters, allowing more space for cabling in the back. The rack extender accessory can be installed on Sun Rack 900-38, Sun Rack 1000-38, and Sun Rack 1000-42.
Prices have been reduced on Sun Fire V490-E25K systems and 1.8GHz UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboards. This price reduction gives customers a greater price-and-performance ratio.
Want to save time configuring scripts for common tasks in portal administration? Tech specialist Jim Faut (with Marina Sum) has written a tech tip on how to invoke command-line interface (CLI) utilities in Portal Server and Access Manager and how to configure scripts for common tasks. He focuses on the Sun Java System Portal Server 7 and the Sun Java System Access Manager 7.
Tim Bray, Director of Web Technologies at Sun, spoke at the PHP Conference in early November 2006 in Frankfurt about PHP, the Java programming language and Rails for Web application building. After the presentation was posted online, some discussion broke out on TheServerSide.com about the value of Java, PHP and Rails. Floyd Marinescu of InfoQ did some follow up by talking to Bray about it.
The November featured video on the SDN Channel explains how to simplify application development and improve productivity with the latest emerging Java technologies. Roberto Chinnici, Sr. Staff Engineer, Java Platform, talks about writing web applications using scripting with Project Phobos.
The second edition of the book, "Essential CVS" by Jennifer Vesperman covers version 1.12 of CVS. It presents an overview and most commonly used commands. A Quick Start Guide section explains how to build a basic CVS repository with the default settings and few extras.
The 2007 JavaOne conference Call for Papers is now open. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2006. Topic areas range from the Java SE to open source and consumer technologies.
Here it is! The new web site for the Java HotSpot virtual machine, featuring nearly 1500 C/C++ headers and source files amounting to almost 250,000 lines of code. Not only does this download opportunity include the class loader, bytecode interpreter and supporting runtime routines, but also comes with two runtime compilers from bytecode to native instructions, three garbage collectors and a set of high-performance runtime libraries.
The Mobile & Embedded Community is the modern equivalent to the village pump, a gathering place that enables and empowers developers to meet, collaborate and innovate, contributing to the evolution and adoption of the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) for mobile and embedded devices.
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