System News posts items of interest for Sun users on a regular basis on the System News For Sun Users blog. Some of those items will become detailed articles in this newsletter. Here's a quick recap of posts for the last week:

3D Visualization Tool WireFusion 5 for Solaris

The 3D visualization tool WireFusion 5 is now available for the Solaris and Linux platforms. WireFusion is geared toward small- and mid-sized industrial design, architecture and manufacturing companies and used for creating interactive concept design visualizations, digital prototypes, interactive training, and sales and marketing presentations. Read more.

Third-Generation CMT SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers with UltraSPARC T2 Plus Processors

Sun is introducing the third-generation CMT SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers based on the UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor, which offers up to eight-cores and 64 threads like previous releases, but is compatible with multi-socket servers such as the two-socket T5140 and T5240 servers. Read more.

Performance Improvements Cited in Newly Released JRuby 1.1

With the focus on performance, this release of JRuby has proven to be a contender. "There have been more and more reports of applications exceeding Ruby 1.8.6 performance; we are even beating Ruby 1.9 in some microbenchmarks," reports Thomas Enebo. Read more.

Java SE for Business Extends Support for the Platform

The newly available Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) for Business is designed for customers looking for longer, more predictable support for the platform - up to 15 years per family. Read more.

New Sun StorageTek VTL Prime with Data De-Duplication

Sun has added data de-duplication in its new Sun StorageTek VTL (virtual tape library) Prime, which can be used as a stand alone VTL or may be implemented with Sun StorageTek VTL Plus. Read more.

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