Sun Introduced the SunFire X4150 and X4450 - Sun's first quad-core x64 (x86, 64-bit) systems based on Intel processors [18640]. Watch a video of the launch [18690] and see how the X4150 and Intel architecture compares to AMD Opteron, Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 [18689].
Sun also launched OpenEco.org [18684] this week and released the Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 Software with a new Solaris Installer and GUI front end tool for DTrace [18676].
Get more details on what's new in the Solaris 10 8/07 Operating System (Solaris OS) [18629], the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 [18642] and the upcoming Sun Java System Federated Access Manager 8.0's architecture and roadmap [18673].
Find out why Gartner has upgraded Sun's vendor rating to "promising" [18665] and how Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software could ease customers' Vista woes [18668].
OpenEco.org is a new community aimed at helping organizations calculate, compare and reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions using the site's unique GHG emissions tool. Membership is free and open to organizations willing to sharing data, transparently or anonymously, with other community participants.
Sun and Blackboard are scheduled to announce a new Reference Architecture based on Niagara and the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) during a special event forum on October 4th at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle for Educause. A special webcast presentation will carry the event.
The Sun High Performance Computing Consortium (SHPCC) will be held in Reno from November 10-12th, in conjunction with SC07, which will run through the 16th. SHPCC provides a forum where attendees can interactively learn more about the development and effective use of Sun computational tools.
Upgrading Windows XP desktops to Vista is a major investment, which ultimately results in only marginal improvements to baseline functionality. Customers are taking note with low numbers of upgrades in the UK, and now Microsoft is allowing customers to downgrade to XP when buying machines with the new operating system. Perhaps the better alternative is Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Sun VDI) Software.
New York University has solved the voluminous storage problems involved with its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program projects by implementing a system that employs the Sun Fire E25K and Sun Fire X4500 servers in the management and storage of archival data.
Solaris Containers virtualization feature of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) provides limitless software partitioning on one license with thousands of applications on one system. Kichler Lighting is one company that has taken advantage of this feature and improved its systems utilization by approximately 55 percent.
The enterprise-class Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 includes such key enterprise features as clustering, high availability, interoperability with Microsoft .NET 3.0 and record-breaking performance. Users can scale clusters in response to demand while monitoring the status of clusters and deploying (or undeploying) applications from one management console.
In six steps, a web designer can use the Sun Java Portal Server 7.2's Desktop Design Tool and ViewDesigner Plugin to apply changes to a live portal and see the effects instantaneously.
One of the new features of the Sun Java Identity Manager 7.1 is the updated host access resource adapters that can now use either the Attachmate WRQ libraries or IBM's Host on Demand (HOD) libraries, giving customers a choice and possibly save them money on licensing.
The Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager are being brought together in a product aptly called the Sun Java System Federated Access Manager 8.0 that will be built from the OpenSSO. Learn more about the Federated Access Manager Architecture in an overview.
Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE) 9/07 software is now available with a new Solaris installer that is user-friendly and speeds the process of setting up a developer desktop operating system. A new GUI front end tool for DTrace called D-Light also is included, providing an extensible library of profiling technology that makes it easer to access DTrace's performance measurement capabilities.
Solaris 10 8/07 Operating System (Solaris OS) has been announced and is offering increased performance and greater flexibility. This version has improved security and other features that allow you to obtain only what you need while taking advantage of Solaris' advanced technologies.
Application support for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) numbers 5,855, notes Jim Laurent in a recent blog. This is more than double its nearest competitor, HP-UX with a reported 2,460, as well as third runner-up Red Hat Enterprise Linux with 2,340.
Although the last ship date (LSD) for the Solaris 8 Operating System (Solaris OS) was this past February, it still has a total service life of more than 12 years. Find out more about the Solaris Operating System Life Cycle.
Sun Fire X4150 and Sun Fire X4450 servers are Sun's first quad-core x64 (x86, 64-bit) systems. Both servers can run the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Windows, Linux or VMware operating systems and come in a new chassis design optimized for cooling and power efficiency.
John Fowler, EVP for Sun's Systems Group, and Pat Gelsinger, senior VP and GM for Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, unveiled the new Sun Fire systems based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor on September 25th, 2007. See the launch of the Sun Fire X4150 and Sun Fire X4450 in a 43-minute video.
Find out more about the newly announced Sun Fire X4150 powered by the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series [18640] by reviewing what's new in Intel's core micro-architecture; how its architecture and memory compares to AMD Opteron; plus how does the Sun Fire X4150 compare to the Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2.
Bipul Kumar and Tomas Ramanauskas report on a test of the Sun Fire V480 versus Sun Fire T2000 server in the real-world, production environment found at BioMed Central that publishes more than 170 journals and several other web-based products. BioMed Central uses the Oracle 10g RAC database to store and serve the data required to run the web sites. The comparison revealed superior performance with the Sun Fire T2000.
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 115 Issue 3, were:
Sun Execs Detail Reasons Behind Sun's New Agreement with Microsoft [18651]
Sun has climbed up the Gartner vendor rating ladder to "promising" as a top contributor to GNU/Linux, Barton George notes in his recent LinuxWorld presentation. George is Group Manager, GNU/Linux Strategy and Community Manager, Sun Microsystems Inc.
OpenOffice.org 2.3, the latest version of the leading open source office productivity suite, has just been released. It incorporates an extensive array of new features and enhancements to all its core components while protecting users from newly discovered security vulnerabilities. Only with OpenOffice.org 2.3 will users be able to make full use of the growing extensions library.
IBM will be contributing code it has developed in its Lotus Notes product line and other accessibility enhancements to the OpenOffice.org community. IBM has committed to make continuing contributions towards enriching the features and the code quality of OpenOffice.org and leverage the open-source productivity suite's technology in the IBM product line.
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