Virtualization remains a hot topic: This week we have a webinar on how Sun and VMware work together to bring you a virtualized desktop (see article number [17819]). There is also a new webpage for the Sun Virtual Desktop Solution with resources and videos [17911].

There is also a new blog dedicated to security issues [17887] with postings by Sun staff and room for comments from readers like you.

If you are considering attending the upcoming JavaOne conference, look into the new Blu-ray and cable television sessions added [17915]. Developers can find more tech tips on subjects such as PostgreSQL, Apache Derby and Java DB [17892], a how-to on using Solaris OS for developing [17893], and courses for developers wanting to learn more about Solaris OS and development [17907].

Look out for a Sun announcement on April 10, 2007: "Learn about Sun's new open source storage initiative to drive community development solutions for data access, data protection, and secure data archiving technology"

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The big news out of Sun this week is the new line of SPARC Enterprise servers [17987]. They deliver up to 50 percent higher performance than current SPARC-based servers. When you purchase one of the new M4000 or M5000 SPARC Enterprise servers, you get free Sun Enterprise Installation Services [17990]. Read up on the features of the new M4000 server in article [17993]. We'll continue to cover more of the servers in detail next week.

Another new product this week is the low-cost Sun StorageTek ST2500 array [17988], available for under $10,000. Technical details are in article [17985].

With the JavaOne Conference on the horizon, we have some developer tech tips and resources this week: SOA Sun Net Talks [17974], an Ask the Experts session on WSIT and Project Tango, a download for Solaris Express - the Developer Edition [17967]. Java technologies and NetBeans are now available for Ubuntu users [17995]; an upcoming JavaOne session will provide more details too.

Two security alerts for Solaris admins [17986] and [17949]. There are also new resources for those working with LDoms [17946].

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A glimpse of "the Rock" -- the processor, not the actor Dwayne Johnson -- is all we're getting now, but here it is [17951].

In Software, get a detailed look at the Sun Virtual Desktop access kit for VMware: article [17820] gets down into the architecture, and [17910] shows you how to set it up for the first time.

In more software news, Sun contributed storage software code to the OpenSolaris project [17945], providing more choices and ways to create new storage solutions. A current storage solution of Sun's is being offered at 50 percent off savings: the Sun StorageTek SL8500 tape modular tape library offers more than savings on the purchase cost; a recent survey indicates tape drive technology is cheaper on the cooling and power costs of a datacenter than SATA disk technology; see article [17943] for promotion details.

Deals for universities, schools and research institutes include special pricing on storage, desktop products, and servers; see the Education section this week.

The UltraSPARC IV+ 1.95 GHz processors announced last week (in article [17909]) are available in the Sun Fire E2900 server [17918].

The Solaris 10 OS is changing minds of analysts as they evaluate Sun; see [17936]. If you are considering upgrading to the Solaris 10 OS, there is an evaluation service to show you what impact it would have on your systems and what the benefits would be [17919].

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Leading the news is Sun's continued profitability [18017] and a new video streaming system [18016]. Find out what Java technologies are available for Ubuntu users [17995]. Java developers will also be interested in the Flying Duke Competition at the upcoming JavaOne Conference [17996] and the open source related sessions at the conference [17997].

Following up on the Sun SPARC Enterprise server announcement of last week, we have some technical details on the Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server in article [17998]. There are also some benchmark results for the Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server in article [18008]. Sun Management Center 3.6.1 supports the new SPARC servers; download the software from article [18006].

We also have more details on the low-cost storage arrays introduced [17965]. Get a discount on certain Sun StorageTek NAS systems [17957]. See also two other promotions for the new SPARC servers: article [17991] and [17990].

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