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StarOffice Software Gains Equal Footing With Microsoft Office
UK Office of Government Commerce Signs Agreement
Sun has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
UK's Office of Government Commerce (OGC) that will give the
StarOffice Software Productivity Suite equal visibility with Microsoft
Office in government IT purchasing decisions. The signing of this MoU
will widen the choice of desktop products available to all government
departments across the UK.
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Partners
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Sun, Oceanlake and NHL Carolina Hurricanes
Wireless Technology
The
Carolina Hurricanes offer a wireless Web site, "The Home of
Wireless Hockey". The Web site is powered by Sun Cobalt Servers
and OceanLake's
SunTone Certified mScope mobility engine. Available on any
wireless phone, pager or PDA, the wireless Web site helps hockey
enthusiasts stay in touch with their team.
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Network365 mzone on the Sun Platform
Delivering Advanced Mobile Solutions
Network365 mzone on the Sun platform is delivering innovative,
advanced mobile solutions to mobile operators worldwide such as Hong
Kong CSL, Oskar and mmO2. With Network365 mzone on the Sun solution
service providers can offer mobile applications and services such
as payment, personalization, identification and advanced messaging.
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Sun: Official Hardware Provider for ESRI's Geography Network
Complete Portal Solution Based on Sun Open Net Environment
ESRI, a developer of GIS software, has selected Sun as the official
hardware provider for the Geography Network, a one-stop Internet
marketplace for searching, accessing, and utilizing geographic data and
services. The Sun hardware facilitates sharing geographic data and
services via ESRI's community-based Web portal.
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Features
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Sun Open Net Environment Supply Chain Management
Automation Strategy
The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Platform is the key to the
success of the Supplier Portal, which is the core of Sun's supply chain
automation strategy. With the Supplier Portal in place (built using the
iPlanet Portal Server, iPlanet Directory Server, iPlanet
Web Server and iPlanet Application Server), new applications and
services can be running, producing savings and efficiencies
in a matter of months.
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Software
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Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4 on Solaris Operating Environment
Enhanced Performance Scalability
Running Java technology applications on the
Solaris OE is an excellent way to ensure achieving the
highest service levels at the lowest service level cost. The latest
release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) platform
has feature enhancements that, in combination with industry-proven Solaris
OE software, deliver the optimum Java technology platform for deploying
mission critical applications and services.
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Hardware
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Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter
Delivers One Gbps Performance
The Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter is designed to maximize the
performance of Sun servers and workstations. It connects
server-to-server and server-to-switch at gigabit speed in fiber media
applications. The Adapter complies with the IEEE 802.3z and 802.1x
standards. It supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN which increases network
security and relieves network congestion.
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Duchess Chips for Process-Specific Wire Capacitance Characterization
Sun Research Technical Report
A recent Sun Research Technical Report by Ann Coulthard,
Jonathan Gainsley, Jon Lexau and Ivan E. Sutherland is titled
"Duchess Chips for Process-Specific Wire Capacitance Characterization."
According to the
abstract, the technical report releases a collection of ring oscillator
experiments. The first experimental chip, called The Duchess, gave
useful initial results. A series of Duchess chips followed the first to
measure values for other technologies as well as for other load
conditions. The report contains the designs, notes, experimental
results and conclusions from several of these experiments.
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VIS Instruction Set
Accelerating Algorithms with the UltraSPARC Processor
The VIS Instruction Set is a set of RISC
instructions which are extensions to the SPARC V9
architecture designed to accelerate multimedia, image
processing and networking applications.
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Servers
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Sun Servers Aggressive Pricing
Outsells Competition
The UltraSPARC III platform-based entry servers from Sun
are selling rapidly. The Sun Fire V880 Server has
turned out to be the fastest selling server for Sun.
The Sun Fire 280R Server is the revenue leader within the volume
systems line with Sun continuing to bolster the price/performance
benefits of its volume systems by slashing up to 28 percent off its
price.
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Sun Fire Midframe Servers Documentation
Available on docs.sun.com
New documentation available on docs.sun.com for the Sun Fire midframe
servers covers the Sun Fire 280R Server, the Sun Fire 6800, 4810,
4800 and 3800 Servers and the Sun Fire V880 Server.
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Record-Breaking Results for SunGard Trading Systems
With UltraSPARC III and Sun Fire 6800 Midframe Server
Sun and SunGard Trading Systems/Global Markets announced a
record-breaking 71,387 trades per hour and approximately 200 users for
SunGard's TreasuryTrader application in a major financial performance
test. Running on the UltraSPARC III processor based Sun Fire
6800 Midframe Server and Sun StorEdge T3 Disk Array, Treasury
Trader supports more than double the greatest number of expected trades
from the world's largest banks.
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Developer
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The Java Technology Concurrent Version System Module
CVS Client Library's Jars Available for Download
The Files section of javacvs module now contains the latest development
jar as well as the stable NetBeans 3.3.1 release version of the
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) client library that implements the CVS
client purely in Java technology. Javadoc Software is included. The library
that implements a CVS protocol client in Java technology is designed to
be reused.
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What's New on the Sun Global Application Developer Corner
Locales Chart
The Sun Global Application Developer Corner (GADC) is a collection
of resources for corporate software developers and independent software
vendors to create multilingual applications for the global market. The
GADC is free to developers building multilingual applications on the
Solaris OE and the Java
technology platform. New on the GADC is a locales chart that contains
information on locales, language, country, charset and Solaris OE
version.
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Education and Research
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Pepperdine University Chooses Campus Pipeline
Sun Open Net Environment Case Study
Pepperdine University has built a digital campus to offer 24 x 7 "NonStop"
administrative services to students and faculty. This digital campus
utilizes the Campus Pipeline Web Platform product, which is built to
the Sun ONE standards and incorporates
iPlanet applications.
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Wayne State University
Using Sun ONE
Wayne State University, founded in 1868 as the Detroit Medical College, has
chosen Sun ONE for the foundation of its
integratable IT infrastructure. The 31,000-student institution is an early
adopter of the Sun ONE architecture.
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Sun Open Net Environment in Education
Webcast Archive
The Sun ONE Webcast on December 6, 2001
featured applications in higher education and Services on Demand. Contents
in the Webcast archive include presentations on the Sun ONE Value
Proposition; Deploying Web Services on Demand; and the problems facing
higher education because of fragmented campuses.
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The Digital Library Tool Kit
Extending a Library's Services
"The Digital Library Tool Kit," a 193-page paper by Dr. Peter Noerr,
considers in-depth the issues surrounding the creation of a digital
library. The newly expanded second edition of the April 1998 paper
contains expanded and updated chapters on resources.
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Java Technology
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JavaWorld Editors' Choice Awards
Finalists Announced
JavaWorld Publication has announced the finalists for its 2002 JavaWorld Editors'
Choice Awards. The awards recognize innovative
companies, organizations and individuals for their commitment to
developing new Java technologies and tools that drive the platform
forward. Sun has been nominated for a half-dozen awards
including Best Java virtual machine, Best Java Technology IDE, Best
Java Technology and XML Tool, Best Java Technology Installation
Tool and Most Innovative Java Technology or Product.
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OSS Through Java Initiative
OSS Trouble Ticket API Download Available
The OSS through Java Initiative is the official reference source for
OSS (operations support systems) solutions through Java Certified
Products. Details on early adoption or prototyping of the OSS through
Java APIs in vendors' products can also be found on the OSS through Java
Initiative Web site.
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Java Web Start Software Version 1.0.1_02
Now Available for Download
Java Web Start Software version 1.0.1_02 is now available for download.
Java Web Start Software is a new application-deployment technology with the
power to launch full-featured applications with a single click from the
Web browser. Users can now download and launch applications without
going through complicated installation procedures. Java Web Start Software
includes the security features of the Java 2 platform, so the
integrity of data and files is never compromised. Applications
deployed with Java Web Start Software do not require a browser interface to
operate.
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Java Naming and Directory Interface
Downloads and Tutorials
The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API is a standard
extension to the Java technology platform, providing Java
technology-enabled applications with a unified interface to multiple
naming and directory services in the enterprise. JNDI 1.2.2 and JNDI
1.1.2 are now available for download as well as Java 2 SDK,
Standard Edition, v1.4, Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.3.1 and Java 2
SDK, Enterprise Edition, v1.2. There are also links available for JNDI 1.1 and
1.2 documentation, demos, tutorials and references, as well as examples
and FAQs.
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Java Web Services Developer Pack
Part 1: Registration and the Java API for XML Registries
This article focuses on one of the Java APIs in the Java Web Services
Developer Pack: the Java API for XML Registries. This API enables
you to request Web service
registration operations in the Java platform. The article shows how
you can use this API to register a Web service in a standard
business registry such as a UDDI registry. It also shows how you can
use the API to search a registry for Web services.
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Security
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Thomas Akin on "Hardening Cisco Routers"
New O'Reilly Book
"Hardening Cisco Routers," a new book by Thomas Akin, focuses
exclusively on how to secure routers against attack, providing a
succinct, practical guide to understanding and applying router
security for network administrators who need guidance on securing their
Cisco routers.
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Sun Security Hardware, Software and Services
Creating a Properly Implemented Security Solution
Maintaining effective security is a continuous and recursive process
that identifies valued assets, analyzes potential threats, determines
adequate security controls, assesses the effectiveness of controls and
determines acceptable levels of corporate risk. Sun offers a brochure
online detailing its security offerings.
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SANS Institute Security Digests
Alert Archive
The SANS Institute Security Digests is an archive of the Security Alert
Consensus. Recent news items include updated CDE patches from Sun as well
as other important updated information.
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Sun Security Web Site Glossary
Sampling of Terms
The Sun Security Web site provides a glossary of many words and phrases
frequently used in documentation or articles. A sampling of terms
includes ACL, adorned name, bootparams file, CMW label, DAC, GFI, IMAP,
NIS+, PPP, spoof and tnrhdb database.
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New Product Marketplace
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TransEDA's VN-Property DXv
Verifies Complex Systems
TransEDA, a provider of ready-to-use verification solutions for
electronic designs, has introduced VN-Property DX, a dynamic property
checker that verifies properties during system simulation. It
accelerates verification of complex systems by measuring the
effectiveness of simulation against design-specific properties.
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Synplicity Certify Verification Synthesis Software
ASIC Prototype Development
Synplicity Inc., a
supplier of software for the design and verification of
semiconductors, has enhanced its Certify verification synthesis
software to offer increased support for off-the-shelf commercially
available prototype boards, further easing the ASIC prototyping process.
The company also enhanced the Certify
software's Quick Partitioning Technology (QPT) and automated the
Certify pin-multiplier (CPM) feature, enabling an automated design flow
for prototyping with off-the-shelf multi-FPGA boards.
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