Creating the next generation of OpenSolaris and the Solaris 10 OS users, sys admins and developers is the goal of the Solaris University Challenge (see article [17640]). OpenSolaris resources for educators can be found online [17633]. For those of you who already work with Solaris, be sure to check your systems for the Daylight Savings Time changes coming up [17628]. And Sun is looking for your input for its Solaris Developer Blueprint Training survey (see the form online in article [17627] and enter for a chance to win a Sun Ultra 20 workstation with a monitor).
The debate about whether to use GPLv3 or CDDL for OpenSolaris is documented online [17632]. If you have a lot of systems to register, Sun will send you a thank you gift if you register before February 28 (see [17623]). Learn about DTrace in a new course [17608].
Anil Gadre, Sun's Chief Marketing Officer, provided the introduction for the Sun Analyst Summit 2007. Videos of the keynotes are online, starting with Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, followed by Michael Lehman, CFO, and Don Grantham, EVP, Global Sales & Services.
The Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) requires updates to ensure the change in the start/end dates for daylight savings time (DST) are correct. DST in the U.S. will begin on the second Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November. Information is available on the SunSolve site and the BigAdmin site.
A plug-in application is now available that will convert text documents (currently .doc/.odt only) so that Microsoft documents can be read and written in the ODF (the OpenDocument) format. The application is called the StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview.
Sun has expanded its relationship with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) with two enterprise agreements valued at 7 million dollars (U.S.). Sun will helps the telecom company consolidate its servers with Sun Fire E25K high-end servers and the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS).
Regulations in the financial services industry require companies have archiving, retrieval and reporting abilities for all their electronic records. The bank holding company, KeyCorp, selected Sun Compliance and Content Management Solution to manage its compliance needs.
The Sun Data Warehouse Appliance, built on technology from Sun and Greenplum, was selected by wireless service provider Smart Communications of the Philippines to manage their 22 million subscribers.
The inaugural Solaris University Challenge winners were announced at the Worldwide Education and Research Conference. The contest serves as a showcase for the innovation and talent of students worldwide who create projects with the free and open source Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). A panel of experts judged submissions on usability, quality, innovation, effective use of technology, and benefits to Solaris OS users and the OpenSolaris OS community.
To provide the citizens of Norway with Web-based access to government services, the Norwegian government deployed Sun hardware and software running the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) as the foundation of its eNorway 2009 initiative.
On the list of new training courses from Sun is one on DTrace, "Dynamic Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting With DTrace Seminar" (course ID SEM-SA-327-S10, cost $299.00, one day course). This course explains how to use DTrace to diagnose application and system problems.
Developing Applications for the Java EE Platform (FJ-310) is a course that provides students with the knowledge to build and deploy enterprise applications that comply with Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 technology standards. The enterprise components presented in this course include Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology, the Java persistence API (JPA), servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, web services, and the Java technology clients that use them.
The Sun Training web site features a series of videos on what is new at Sun. The videos online currently cover the Solaris Cluster 3.2, Solaris Trusted Extensions, identity federation, Sun Connection and jMaki.
Many ISVs have solutions for Sun/Solaris customers. Many of the subscribers to this newsletter are looking for such solutions. System News Inc. (SNI), the publisher of this newsletter, has a new service to benefit both subscribers and ISVs: the "Give, Get, Buy" promotion.
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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 the last 4 issues. The top 10 articles for last week, Vol 107 Issue 5, were
New Sun LDAP Directory Focuses on Service Provided to Users [17569]
How-To Guide: How to Move a Solaris Container from One Computer to Another [17565]
"DTrace by Example: Solving a Real-World Problem" [17559]
Videos and Podcasts and Interviews on the Sun-Intel Alliance [17593]
"Installing and Administering Solaris Container Manager 3.6" [17566]
Guide Explains Migrating from Linux to Solaris OS [17591]
New Features in Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 [17573]
Mentor Graphics and Sun Collaborate to Qualify Design Verification Tools on Solaris 10 OS [17588]
Tech Tip for Component Developers on Using AJAX in Web Pages [17563]
Vulnerabilities in Solaris OS and Sun Ray Software [17590]
The services offered by the Sun Managed Services portfolio aim to enhance the business value of your IT investment through improved operational efficiency and service levels. The services are built on ITIL-best-practices and proven methodologies to avoid vendor lock-in.
Sun Professional Services offers the Sun Suite of Identity Management Services which includes Sun HR Synchronization Service, Sun Bi-level RBAC Service, and Sun Password Management Service.
"Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, Third Edition" by Danny Goodman is now available from O'Reilly, which bills the book as the "ultimate one-stop resource for HTML, XHTML, CSS, Document Object Model (DOM), and JavaScript development." Developers of rich Internet applications working in such browsers as Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari and Opera will find Goodman's revised edition an invaluable tool, the publisher reports.
Staff engineer at Sun, Greg Ziebold, and writer Marina Sum, present a technical article on the Sun Developer Network (SDN) on how to use AJAX in portlets that comply with the Java Specification Request (JSR) 168: Portlet Specification.
Dominic Da Silva of Developer.com says Ruby is fast becoming "the language of choice for rapid application development and testing." He has a how-to article in Ruby on Rails that provides an introduction to the language and walks you through how to create a simple web application with it.
In a new Sun Developer Network Channel (SDN) video Greg Murray, Sun's AJAX architect, explains how to design and create AJAX-enabled widgets using jMaki.
Registration is open for the JavaOne Conference 2007. The conference will be held in San Francisco from May 8th to 11th. Exhibitor and those seeking to co-sponsor the event are also invited to register.
Create a short video about a new mobile application or service that was created using the Java ME platform or open source phoneME project. The deadline is April 27, 2007. The winning videos will be posted on the java.sun.com site and be showcased at the 2007 JavaOne Conference.
A new version of the Java Petstore 2.0 Early Access has been released. The pet store is designed to show how the Java EE 5 platform can be used to develop an AJAX-enabled Web 2.0 application.
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