Now on the market are Sun's second generation of Niagara systems - the UltraSPARC T2-based T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade T6320 [18776]. For a detailed system overview of the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers, see [18798].
Sun also previewed its new virtualization platform, the Sun xVM Infrastructure that consists of the Sun xVM Server and Sun xVM Ops Center, designed for virtualizing and managing the data center [18756]. Find out why together the new Niagara 2 servers and Sun xVM are the "ultimate virtualization combo." [18786]
A two-part profile on Jonathan Schwartz could answer the question of just who that guy with the ponytail is [18765].
Security covers the X font vulnerabilities in the Solaris OS [18781] and the Java SE's fixes and new security response features [18694]. Also find out how laptop security issues can be solved with the Sun Ray thin client [18730].
The latest developments in Project Sun SPOT include SPOTWorld and emulated Sun SPOTs [18741]. The OpenDS Project is two years old. Find out what it's all about and where it's going [18726].
A new release of the Sun ODF plugin for Microsoft Office, version 1.1, is ready for download [18743].
Get a free server chassis and up to 20 percent off when you upgrade to a Sun Fire E6900 or E25K server configured with UltraSPARC IV+ 1.5GHz or 1.8GHz processors with a qualified Sun or competitor server trade-in.
Take 45 percent off the list price of new processor boards for Sun Fire X4600 and X4600 M2 servers when you trade-in your older processor boards. Under this special offer promotion, you'll receive more than double the normal trade-in allowance for old Sun Fire X4600 CPU boards while getting hooked up with the latest CPU technology.
Save up to 37 percent on Sun Fire X4600 M2 server with 256 GB memory, 32 percent on the Sun Fire X4600 M2 server with 128 GB memory or 22 percent on the Sun Fire X4600 M2 server with 64 GB memory under a special offer deal from Sun. This promotion lasts through December 31, 2007.
Sun released its first UltraSPARC T2-based servers - Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 servers and Sun Blade T6320 server module. These systems offer the power of 64 virtual systems in a single unit (theoretically 2500 systems in a rack) and are designed for virtualization, webscale and energy efficiency. The UltraSPARC T2 processor is Sun's second generation of chip multithreading technology.
Sun introduced its Sun xVM Infrastructure consisting of the Sun xVM Server - an open, cross-platform server capable of hosting Windows, Linux and Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) guest instances.- and Sun xVM Ops Center - a tool to manage both physical and virtual environments. This end-to-end software is designed for virtualizing and managing the data center.
The new UltraSPARC T2 servers [18776] along with the Sun xVM infrastructure [18756] are the "ultimate virtualization combo," says Marc Hamilton, vice president of Solaris Marketing at Sun. "Imagine virtualizing your environment with 640 hardware threads running on ten Sun Blade T6320 blades in a compact 10 rack units - only 17.5 inches of space."
Find out the differences and similarities between the newly announced Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers from Senior Staff Engineer Denis Sheahan, who has provided a detailed system overview of these UltraSPARC T2-based servers. He also offers comparisons between these new systems and the UltraSPARC T1-based Sun Fire T1000/T2000 servers.
The new Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, Sun PASIG, is a collaborative group focused on developing, sharing and instituting global standards for best practices in digital archiving. Sun PASIG will support organizations challenged with preserving and archiving important research and cultural heritage materials.
Sun's Second Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report demonstrates in concrete terms the company's actions in striving toward responsible practices environmentally, economically and societally during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.
SNI Editor-in-Chief/CTO John J. McLaughlin posts items of interest to Sun Users regularly on his blog. A quick recap of John's posts for the last week include: A Million Page Views per Year by 200k+ Visitors; Sun Java System Directory Server 6.0 as an LDAP Naming Service; BusinessWeek: Solaris Certainly Has a Future; and FileBench in OpenSolaris.
Sun's 17th annual Supplier Awards Program winners have been announced and include Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Emulex Corporation, General Dynamics Information Technology, LSI Corporation and more. These companies are recognized for outstanding contributions to Sun’s technology and for delivering quality service and value to customers.
The next Sun Expert Exchange is scheduled for October 17, where your questions on Sun Blade Systems can be answered live by a Sun panel of experts that will include Jacques Bessoudo, technical marketing, Blade Server specialist; Larry Wake, Solaris group marketing manager; Francis Lam; and Chris Baker, senior technical product manager.
Peter Burrows begins his two-part profile of Jonathan Schwartz "That's One Way to Reinvent a Company" and "The Warrior Within Jonathan Schwartz" with what must have seemed to many to be corporate heresy: the decision to give away copies of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).
SPOTWorld is a new development from Project Sun SPOT (Sun; Small Programmable Object Technology) that helps users manage wireless networks. Within SPOTWorld, users can develop, build and run applications without any actual physical Sun SPOTs. Learn more about these latest developments from Sun Labs Roger Meike.
Sun ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office allows users of Microsoft Office to read, edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format (ODF). Recently updated Sun ODF Plugin 1.1 adds support for 17 different languages, improves the import/export of ODF files into Microsoft Office and also includes installation fixes and filter improvements.
A useful and convenient guide to Sun's software portfolio is "Hit The Accelerator with Sun Software," which summarizes Sun software solutions into nine categories and acts as a handy reference for any software user.
Memcached is a general-purpose distributed memory caching system often used to speed up dynamic database-driven websites by caching data and objects in memory to reduce the amount the database needs to be read. A recent blog shows how to set up memcached daemons on Solaris Zones.
Security breaches in the form of lost and stolen laptops makes the point that critical data needs to be secured in innovative ways for continued business safety and productivity. The Sun Ray thin client solves this issue and offers even more for organizations whose security and performance are of vital importance, says Bill Vass, president and COO of Sun Microsystems Federal.
When the Dublin Institute of Technology School of Computing installed its thin client computer lab, the school provided benefits of the new laboratory for students and staff, including low cost, no maintenance devices, energy savings, session mobility and proficiency in Unix and Windows systems.
Customer snapshots provided by Pentland Brands and Engineering DataXpress give readers insight into the issues involving the reduction of TCO as a result of replacing a desktop PC environment with Sun Ray ultra-thin clients and those surrounding adapting proprietary solutions to newly evolved operating systems, respectively.
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 116 Issue 1, were:
Run Windows and Windows Apps on Solaris OS with Win4Solaris [18691]
Download Now Available for Solaris Performance Tools CD 3.0 [18654]
OpenSolaris Build 75 Supports xVM Platform on x86 and x64 Systems [18675]
Ian Murdock Tantalizes Recent Forum with Project Indiana Tidbits [18677]
Cheat Sheets Available for Sun Certified System Administrator Exam [18649]
OpenSolaris Zone Manager Project Aims to Simplify its Creation and Management [18670]
Sun Merges Storage and Server Groups into New Systems Team [18724]
Solaris 10 for Opteron Supported for Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.5 [18716]
Sun Completes Acquistion of Cluster File Systems [18744]
Sun Offering ClearSpeed's Advance Accelerator Boards [18704]
The two-year-old OpenDS project is a directory service offering a full-stack roadmap, intuitiveness, platform portability and a large, experienced, full-time community. Written entirely in the Java programming language and fully compliant with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3, the project is set to bring a production-ready directory server for a wide range of deployments soon.
With OpenOffice.org's Base, users can build quite powerful and complex databases if they know how. No Thick Manuals has posted an introduction to Base, covering the basic steps needed in creating Base databases with ease.
The Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 or GlassFish V2 truly is 10 percent faster than the BEA WebLogic 9.x when tested on the same hardware configuration, said John Clingan, who backed up this data in an "Ask the Experts" session focused on the updated application server.
Michelle Dennedy, chief privacy officer at Sun, says the biggest challenge of her job is keeping on top of Sun's systems and the information they contain on both employees and customers. She shared a bit of insight on her position at Sun with InformationWeek's John Soat.
Versions of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) are susceptible to X font server vulnerabilities by default, explains Alan Coopersmith, a member of the X Window System engineering team at Sun. Solaris 10 6/06 OS and older run xfs by default from inetd listening to the network, while the Solaris 10 11/06 OS and later ask for direction. Solaris Nevada/Express closes network services by default.
Multiple security vulnerabilities in the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) have been patched within the last couple of weeks, and Sun plans on strengthening the platform even more with two new security response features: synchronized security fixes for all supported operating systems and advance notification of security updates.
The Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0 is a useful tool to help users "Prevent costly security breaches and regulatory violations with Sun's award winning identity management solution," as Chip Brookshaw writes in his report. He contends that, in addition, the solution streamlines provisioning tasks by offering flexible and unique management tools and auditing capabilities.
A workaround has been issued to ensure remote unprivileged users cannot access the Embedded Lights Out Manager (ELOM) for the Sun Fire X2100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 servers. A vulnerability in the ELOM software could allow users to initiate unauthorized network traffic from the embedded service processor (SP), which could serve as a proxy to send unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam). This issue has also been resolved in SP/BMC firmware version 3.09.
Two vulnerabilities affecting the Solaris 8, 9 and 10 Operating Systems (Solaris OS) have been fixed. The first is a vulnerability in the Solaris Named Pipes (pipe(2)) that could allow access to unauthorized memory locations, while the second involves the handling of thread contexts in the Solaris kernel that could result in a denial of service (DoS).
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