Sun has successfully booted the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) on its high-end Rock SPARC processor for the first time. David Yen said this keeps the shipment on track of the first systems based on Rock in the second half of 2008.
Each month Sun Marketing produces a "good news" report. This is the April report, published on May 1. The sections of the report are:
Evidence of Growth and Momentum
Sun Chosen Over Competition
Business Results from Customers
Sun's Competitive Advantage
Evidence of Technological Innovation and Leadership
What Others are Saying
Evidence of Growth and Momentum
Sun delivered another quarter of growth, increasing
revenues 3.3%. Software and services grew 12% and 7%, respectively,
reflecting the growing adoption of the Solaris software platform. >> Read more
Gartner gave Sun an overall "Positive" in its recent vendor rating, including rating the Solaris OS a "Strong Positive." Source: "Vendor Rating: Sun Microsystems," By Paul McGuckin, et. al, Gartner Inc., April 23, 2007
Sun moved up in the Fortune 500 rankings to #187 in 2007 from #211 in 2006. >> Read more
Fortune magazine has declared Sun the greenest computer company, with David
Kirkpatrick saying "...Sun is ahead of its peers in the scope and
seriousness of its multi-tentacled environmental efforts." >> Read more
Web deployment hosting services are now available for eligible U.S.-based members of the Sun Startup Essentials program. Built upon Sun systems and storage, and powered by the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS), this web hosting service can assist emerging companies in deploying their Internet services and web applications efficiently and economically.
International access and new features have been added to Network.com, including "Network.com Internet Access" which makes it possible for applications running in Network.com to securely access external data and services over the Internet. A limited time offering is now in effect that gives new users who sign up for an account 200 CPU-hrs free.
Sun Alert ID 102720 (May 02, 2007) states a security vulnerability in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) may allow a remote unprivileged user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) to the GIMP application or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user when that local user loads an XCF image file supplied by an untrusted source. To avoid this issue, do not load images from untrusted sources.
The Thursday April 26, 2007, edition of Innovating@Sun features Henk Goosen, the Director of Engineering, Systems Group, and Bob Sokol, media architect in Global Sales and Services, who discuss the Sun Streaming System with host Hal Stern.
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