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September 3rd, 2001 — September 9th, 2001
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Volume 43, Issue 1
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AD Summit 2001
Demonstration by Forte for Java and iPlanet Developer Pack Enterprise Edition

A demonstration of the integrated solution available with Forte for Java and the iPlanet Developer Pack Enterprise Edition will be a feature of the Gartner's AD Summit 2001, Technological Possibilities, Business Realities Conference in Palm Springs, California, on September 12-14, 2001. The conference will address the technological and cultural evolution of today's computing platforms. Topics include techniques to manage applications early in the planning and development stages to ensure a long and productive application life.

Sun Enterprise Server Memory Promotion
Eight GB of Memory for the Price of Four GB

There is a special offer on processor building blocks, each with four 2-GB memory options for the Sun Enterprise 3X00, Sun Enterprise 4X00, Sun Enterprise 5X00, Sun Enterprise 6X00 servers. Buy a building block containing two processor/memory boards with four 400- or 464-MHz UltraSPARC II processors, one power cooling module and 8 GB memory and receive the 8 GB of memory for the price of 4 GB.

SPARC Architecture in Space
European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) fosters collaborative projects in space science and technology with other space agencies. A key ESA strategy is to equip its spacecraft with ever-stronger computing capability. ESA chose the SPARC microprocessor family from Sun. ESA contracted with the aerospace division of Atmel Corporation to manufacture special radiation-hardened versions of SPARC microprocessor chips with added features to recover from single-event upsets caused by high-energy particles.

Sun Open Net Environment Inner Circle
Keep up with the Latest Developments

The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Inner Circle will help you keep up with the latest developments in the open architecture movement. Sign up now to get a free white paper, "A Field Guide to Services on Demand and Sun ONE," and to view two web casts, one with Scott McNealy and one with Greg Papadopoulos.

Partners
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Sun and Pegasystems Expand Alliance
Bring Highly-Integrated CRM Solutions

Sun and Pegasystems have expanded their relationship to bring powerful rules-driven process automation solutions for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) on the UNIX platform to customers in banking and healthcare markets. The companies will participate in joint engineering, business development and co-marketing and sales efforts. Sun and Pegasystems are delivering tested, integratable iForce solutions to customers.

Features
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Sun Installed Base Business (IBB) Consultants
Catalog Retailer Solution

When a major catalog retailer needed to upgrade an entire call center in two months, Sun Installed Base Business (IBB) consultants devised a pricing and delivery strategy that gave the customer the necessary competitive edge on-budget and on-time.

Storage
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Linuxcare and Sun Technology Alliance
A Linux-Compatible Driver for Sun StorEdge T3 Array

The Sun web site features customer success stories such as how Sun has partnered with Linuxcare to deliver Sun storage capabilities to the Linux and open-source community. Linuxcare provides comprehensive professional services and solutions for the Linux operating environment and open-source technologies. Linuxcare and Sun deliver a single storage platform capable of supporting a multi-platform open systems environment. The multi-platform Sun StorEdge T3 Array offering fulfills a growing need in the storage arena and represents a strategic solution for the Linux community.

Solstice Backup 6.1 Software
Data Protection Solution

Solstice Backup 6.1 software provides the latest data protection solution for large enterprise through workgroup installations. Support is now provided for Sun Fibre Channel tape drives and tape libraries and the latest Sun SAN storage. New features include Fibre Channel Tape Drive support, dynamic drive sharing, SAN storage nodes, and continued expansion of NDMP support.

Developer
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Authorization Infrastructure in Solaris Operating Environment
Part of the Role-based Access Control Project

This article outlines the advantages of a common infrastructure for managing authorizations and describes how authorization enforcement, hierarchy, delegation, and scope are supported. It provides programming examples in C and Java technology. It also discusses how authorizations can be associated with executables to restrict access to authorized users.

Interview with Macromedia's Chief Architect, Simeon Simeonov
From the Dot-Com Builder Web Site

Currently available on the Dot-Com Builder web site is an interview with Simeon Simeonov, chief architect of Macromedia. Simeonov comments on web services, including some of the promises and pitfalls awaiting web developers. Also covered is how XML is linked with web services and what developers should consider in regard to web services.

Solaris OE XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit
For Intel Platform Edition

The Solaris Operating Environment (OE) XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit enables use of XFree86 video drivers with the X Window System server for Solaris 8 OE (Intel Platform Edition) or for Solaris 9 OE (Intel Platform Edition). There is a Source and Binary Edition available.

LibElf and GElf
A Library to Manipulate ELF Files

The article "LibElf and GElf: A Library to Manipulate ELF Files" by Neelakanth Nadgir provides a short introduction to using the ELF manipulation library, which is a part of the Solaris Operating Environment (OE). Nadgir covers the three kinds of object files: the relocatable files, executable files, shared object files. This technical article features a table on Object File Format and simple code fragments that demonstrate how to use LibELF to manipulate object files.

Java Technology
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Project JXTA's Li Gong
Peer-to-Peer Networking

Kammie Kayl's interview with Li Gong, director of peer-to-peer networking engineering for Project JXTA, covers what direction Project JXTA has taken since its launch, the reasons for choosing the Java technology language, licensing, standards and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Microsoft's response to Project JXTA, security, and the future of peer-to-peer networking.

U.S. Amateur Boxing Uses Java Technology
Improving Scoring

Amateur boxing is utilizing an electronic scoring and timing system driven by Java technology to avoid controversy in scoring. After the Seoul Olympics, with the outcome of important bouts shrouded in controversy, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) requested that the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) change the way that judges score international events. Judges' scores could be calculated by computer at the end of each round in an Olympic bout to ensure more accurate and objective results.

Web Services and Java Technology Resources
Roadmap

XML-based web services are technologies that support creation, assembly, deployment, and discovery of dynamic distributed applications and are evolving rapidly. Java technologies, including the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and the Java APIs for XML, provide the ideal path to using the latest web service capabilities. The Java technology web site offers a roadmap of web services offerings. Technical articles and white papers are available on the web site.

Java Wireless Developer Connection Program Resources
Articles, Code Samples, and Tech Tips

A new key web site link on the Sun Developer Connection web site is the Java Wireless Developer Connection Program, which contains information, articles, code samples, tech tips, and resources for wireless developers.

Advanced Object Serialization
Technical Details Article

A recent article on "Advanced Object Serialization" by John Zukowski, on the Java technology web site, covers a review of the basics of serialization, followed by explanations of validating serialized streams, manipulating serializable fields through ObjectStreamField, and encrypting object streams.

New to Java Programming Center Supplement
From the Java Developer Connection

The Java Developer Connection Program (JDC) New to Java Programming Center Supplement is a monthly supplement that covers the basics of the Java technology programming language, new resources, and helps you keep up-to-date on the latest additions to the JDC's New to Java Programming Center. The contents of the supplement include Java Programming Language Basics, Program Challenges, Making Sense of the Java Technology Class Libraries, and New to Java Technology Forum Latest.

JDJEdge Conference and Expo
Featuring Java Technology Certification Program

Sun brings three code-level, full-day (or more) courses of its Java technology certification Fast Track program to this year's JDJEdge Conference and Expo on September 23-27 in New York. Keynote speakers for the JDJEdge Conference include James Gosling of Sun, Alan E. Baratz of Zaplet, Greg Kiessling of Sistraka, and Kevin Lynch of Macromedia. Featured sessions include Combining Java 2D API, AWT, and Swing; Testing JavaBeans components; and Where Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) is headed.

Java Technology Solutions
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Netgenics Releases ChemSymphony Pro 2.0
A Chemically-Aware Spreadsheet Based on Java Technology

ChemSymphony Pro version 2.0 from NetGenics, Inc., is a set of Java technology components utilized for the construction of high performance chemically-aware application software. This new release provides a spreadsheet component with the ability to handle hundreds of thousands of rows displaying chemical structures and their properties; the ability to cut and paste to and from ChemDraw Pro and ISIS/Draw; high quality printing; drag and drop support; and full compatibility with Java Foundation Classes (a.k.a. "Swing").

Devx Launches the Largest Free Code Library on the Web
Over 3,500 Pieces of Java Technology Code

DevX has launched the web's largest free code library through a deal that adds 27,000 code samples from Sourcebank, a developer-focused search engine, to DevX's existing library. Visitors to DevX's resource site now have access to more than 38,000 free code samples to speed the completion of development projects. The library also features more than 3,500 pieces of Java technology code and thousands of other source code files for C++ and web scripting languages, such as Perl and JavaScript programming language.

"Java & XML, Second Edition"
Book by Brett McLaughlin

Java technology programmers have a critical need for practical information that lets them put XML to work. XML and Java technology share features that are ideal for building web-based enterprise applications: platform-independence, extensibility, reusability, and global language support. Brett McLaughlin, author of the 509-page "Java & XML, Second Edition", claims his book will help Java technology developers get to work immediately. "There's code in the book that can be dropped into existing programs, today, and increase productivity," he explains.

Sakonnet Technology Capitalizes on Javlin from Object Design
Data Server for Java Technology Environments

Javlin, developed by Object Design, provides middle-tier distributed caching for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) environments, such as Sakonnet Technology's energy trading and risk management system. The need for database-specific code is reduced, along with development time.

Sims Computing's Flux
Deployed to Six Continents

Sims Computing announced that Flux, the Java technology and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) software component that provides sophisticated scheduling functionality to enterprises worldwide, has been deployed to all six permanently settled continents around the world. In less than a year since its release, Flux has spread from Fortune 500 corporations in North America to CRM companies like Grapevine Interactive in Africa to deliver their unique products and services on schedule.

Sun ONE
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iPlanet Application Server, Test Drive Edition
Now Available for SP3

The iPlanet Application Server, Test Drive Edition, has been updated to SP3, the latest iPlanet Application Server Service Pack. The Test Drive Edition is a full-featured version of the Enterprise Edition software that lets users install and run applications on the iPlanet Application Server. An evaluation is now available for download.

Basic Performance Tuning For The iPlanet Application Server
For Advanced Administrators

iPlanet Application Server experts have written a guide to help web developers tune the iPlanet Application Server for optimum performance. Performance is influenced by many factors, and this guide gives developers insight on some of the crucial ones. The guide is the first installment in a series centered around getting the optimum performance from iPlanet Application Server installation. This guide is intended for advanced administrators only.

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