Sun has formed a $3 million scholarship program to help fund access by
not-for-profit Open Source developers to Sun's Java technology
support services. Sun is establishing the program to help ensure that
the cost of the rigorous compatibility testing process is not a barrier
for qualified individuals, not-for-profit organizations and
universities, and to encourage innovative implementations of Java
technology.
The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) software stack and other key
software offerings will be integrated with the Sun LX50 server,
Sun's new entry level x86 system server. The software addresses
applications such as Web serving, firewall/VPN, cache, file/print and
streaming media.
There are two recent security advisories from Sun regarding the Sun
ONE Web Server (formerly the iPlanet Web Server). One involves
buffer overflow in transfer encoding and the other concerns an
arbitrary remote file viewing vulnerability.
A Small to Medium Business Pack, which provides Right to Use licenses
for 25 users, has been added to the StarOffice Office Suite and the
StarSuite Office Suite. This Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE)
Software Offering builds on Sun's vision to deliver a full-featured
alternative office productivity suite that runs on the Solaris
Operating Environment (Solaris OE), Linux and Microsoft Windows. This
release is targeted to enterprises only.
There have been updates to the Solaris Bandwidth Manager software
1.6 licensing and configuration information and right-to-use (RTUs)
that include the latest server additions. The license packs (available
in quantities of 5, 10, 50 and 250) allow customers to roll out Solaris
Resource Manager software on multiple systems at a discounted price.
Sun Performance Library 7 software is a set of optimized,
high-speed mathematical subroutines for solving linear algebra and
other numerically intensive problems. These routines can increase the
execution speed of Fortran, C and C++ applications for both serial and
multiprocessing systems. Sun has enhanced these public domain routines
and bundled them as Sun Performance Library 7 software, which uses
optimizations specific to the SPARC architecture that are not
present in the base Netlib libraries.
The guided tour of Sun ONE Studio 4 (formerly Forte for
Java) software shows you how this IDE provides a complete,
end-to-end solution for all your development needs. You can rapidly
build and deploy powerful Web Services and extend them to mobile
devices. The available guided tours include an overview of the Sun ONE
Studio, Mobile Edition, and developing and deploying Web Services.
The tours run from about 6 to 13 minutes.
The Linux version of Sun ONE Grid Engine, Enterprise Edition
5.3 software will expand the availability of Sun's grid computing
solution for Linux-based enterprise grids and enable customers to
better manage enterprise-wide compute resources. The new version of
grid software is also supported on Sun's new entry-level server, the
Sun LX50 server.
The Sun System Handbook helps you find comprehensive system
information such as hardware specifications, part numbers,
high-resolution system
views, system reference manuals and more. It can help you with
hardware configuration, troubleshooting and installation planning.
Sun is transitioning the Sun Crypto Accelerator 1 Board off its
price list, to be replaced by the Sun Crypto Accelerator 1000
Board. The transition is the result of lack of demand and the market's
movement to higher performance SSL accelerators.
Sun has extended the Last Order Date (LOD) on the 21-inch Flat Display
Premium Color Monitor to December 15, 2002. The Last Ship Date (LSD)
will be December 28, 2002. The 21-inch Flat Display Premium Color Monitor
is compatible with all current Sun graphics cards.
The UltraSPARC III Cu 1050 MHz (1.05 GHz)-based MaxCPU board for use
on the Sun Fire 12K and 15K servers is now available. The new
MaxCPU board provides higher performance than the previous
UltraSPARC III Cu 900 MHz based product. The new board allows a Sun
Fire 12K server to scale up to 52 1.05 GHz processors and a Sun Fire 15K
server to scale up to 106 1.05 GHz processors. The new 1.05 GHz MaxCPU
boards can be mixed into any domain containing 900 MHz or 1.05 GHz
UltraSPARC III Cu processors with all processors running at their rated
speed.
A new high performance microprocessor, the 1.05 GHz/8 MB UltraSPARC
III Cu microprocessor, is now available for the Sun Fire 3800,
4800, 4810, 6800, 12K and 15K servers. These new copper-based
processors further enhance the Sun Fire server family capabilities,
providing increased performance and RAS features. The New CPU/Memory
boards are shared across the product line, thereby increasing the
industry leading vertical scalability.
SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) Cluster Interconnect (X options) are
now available on Sun Fire 4800 and 6800 servers. SCI remains
available for Sun Enterprise servers. SCI is used in conjunction
with Sun Cluster 3.0 software. Hardware components of SCI
are: a PCI adapter, a four port switch and cables in two lengths. SCI is
the first cluster interconnect from Sun to use a new latency
reduction feature called Remote Shared Memory (RSM).
Sun is transitioning three Sun Fire 15K Standard Servers and one
Sun Fire 12K Standard Server, previously available as fixed
configurations, that could be ordered with a single part number from
the Sun price list. Configurations identical to these Standard Server
configurations may still be ordered by using the existing Standard
Building Block part numbers with no difference in price or
lead-time.
Sun LX50 Server
First 32-bit x86 System with Enterprise-ready Linux
Sun's Sun LX50 server is an x86-architecture entry-level server
that starts at $2,795 (U.S. List). The new system includes Sun
and open source software, the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE)
software stack, the customer's choice of Sun's new enterprise-ready
Linux or the Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE) and a full
suite of
support services. Sun also announced enhancements to the Sun
Cobalt Control Station.
The new Sun LX50 entry-level server, with its dual processors and
either the Linux or Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE) plus
the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) applications, is the ideal
solution for building out network-edge environments, compute
farms or custom application deployments.
Sun is transitioning two Netra T1 AC200 configurations that were
previously offered in Cisco Reference Sale configurations. The Netra T1
bundles are replaced by two new Cisco Reference Sale Configurations: a
Sun Fire V120 entry level server and a Sun Fire V120 Cluster
Solution. Sun is also transitioning several Sun Cobalt RaQ server
appliances, which will be replaced by the Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 server
appliance and an updated Sun Cobalt Cache RaQ software payload.
The first Sun product in the entry level x86 system category, the
Sun LX50 server, is the industry's first enterprise-class, low-cost
system to ship with pre-integrated and optimized software and
applications -- including Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE)
software, Linux, Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE), and
Java technology. By pre-integrating its enterprise-class software
into the Sun LX50 server, Sun is significantly changing the economics
for its customers by offering one system, with both hardware and
software, at one price.
BlackSun Inc., one of the fastest growing ISPs in Canada, has upgraded
to the new Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 server appliance. The Sun Cobalt RaQ
550 server appliance runs on a 1.26 GHz Pentium III CPU, has double the storage
capacity with support for up to 2 x 80GB 7200 RPM hard drives and as
much as 2 GB of PC 133 SDRAM, four times more than the previous
generation Sun Cobalt RaQ 4 server.
The Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 server appliance is ideal for vertical
markets such as retail and education that are seeking business
solutions for use at the edge of the network, in addition to small- to
medium-size businesses bringing their Web hosting infrastructure
in-house. With an enhanced modular software architecture and a full
suite of development tools, the Sun Cobalt RaQ 550 server appliance
offers the perfect environment for the developer community to customize
and rapidly deploy their applications.
The Sun StorEdge T3 fixed factory configurations for the Sun
Fire 15K servers are being phased out due to low market demand. Sun
currently has Sun StorEdge T3 factory configurations that are supported
with the Sun Fire 12K servers and Sun Fire 15K servers already on the Sun price
list. These configurations will allow more flexibility for customers to
configure their storage more closely to their needs.
Two additional part numbers will now be designated as standard
configurations for the Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 products. By
changing the standard configurations to the most popular Sun StorEdge
A1000 and D1000 arrays, Sun can offer significantly shorter lead times,
thereby reducing TCO by reducing inventory holding time and cost, and
making availability very flexible.
The Sun StorEdge 9900 Series McDATA fibre port module boards
supporting 2 Gb/sec connectivity can be used as replacements for the 1
Gb/sec fibre port module boards being transitioned. In addition, the
McDATA switch product "X" Options are no longer required for the
ordering of the product as a new ordering model has replaced
traditional "X" Option ordering.
The Sun StorEdge S1 Storage Subsystem Manager (SSM) 2.0 Software
User's Guide is 34 pages and describes how to install and use the
StorEdge S1 Storage Subsystem Manager (SSM) 2.0 software. The Storage
Subsystem Manager (SSM) software monitors the status of the Sun StorEdge
S1
array and the hard disk drives within the storage enclosure. The software
guide
and download are available from the Sun Web site.
"Rapid Fire System Security 101," recorded by Bill Day at Sun Tech Days
in Singapore for Sun Technology Audiocasts, reminds users that security
is a subject that must be addressed comprehensively at every operating
level if a system is to be made secure. This talk reviews the major
issues users need to consider to harden their systems against attack.
make is a UNIX system utility intended to automate and optimize the
construction of programs. A descriptor file, namely makefile, describes
the relationship among source files and provides commands for updating
each file. Suminder S. Ahuja's introduction to the "make" utility is a
starting kit for using makefile that covers all the necessary building
blocks.
Sun engineer Greg Nakhimovsky describes the benefits of using the
linker in Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE) to change
default symbol processing and for building end-user applications. He also
explains how the linker mapfiles work and shows how easy it is to use
this feature. Nakhimovsky includes an example of how to create and
use a Linker Mapfile.
The NetBeans open source project has added 18 new modules to its
open source code base. The new modules significantly increase the
range of Java technologies supported in the NetBeans environment. They
enable developers, including Linux developers, to rapidly create code
with increased reliability, and leverage innovative technologies.
Danese Cooper, manager of the Sun Open Source Programs Office, shared
her perspective on the future of Java technology versus C# in a
recent interview with Janice J. Heiss. Few individuals are better
qualified than Cooper, who has been involved with every source code
distribution project inside Sun since March of 1998, to speculate on the
outcome of this programming rivalry.
Sun now offers accelerated comprehensive certification packages at a more
affordable price. Classroom training, from the source of the
technology, includes lecture and labs delivered by technical experts
certified in their field as instructors. Web-based training gives 24 x
7 access to courseware from a desktop or laptop and select courses
include e-mentoring from subject matter experts. Certification from Sun
helps to provide increased career potential and enable more efficient
development projects.
Installation notes for the Java Web Services Developer Pack v1.0_01
(Java WSDP), including system requirements and installation
instructions, are available for the Solaris Operating Environment
(Solaris OE), Linux, Mac OS X and other UNIX platforms, as well as
Microsoft Windows. Online release notes for Java WSDP v1.0_01 are also
available, as well as Java Web Services Tutorial v1.0_01 Update
download.
OPTX International's ScreenWatch Software creates more effective
presentations with the integration of Milori Software's Training
Tools. With ScreenWatch Producer and Milori's Training Tools, the
presenter can mark up, magnify and highlight important points in a
presentation while creating high-quality desktop recordings.
ScreenWatch
combines video and voice with applications, spreadsheets, PowerPoint
and whiteboard content in real-time for streaming.
Mentor Graphics has introduced the SpeedGate DSV (Direct
System Verification) 2.0 tool, the latest version of its in-circuit
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) verification
environment. The SpeedGate DSV tool uses off-the-shelf
field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to create ASIC prototypes that
can be tested at speeds comparable to a real-time operating
environment. Version 2.0 adds distributed processing interfaces to
accelerate compute-intensive operations, driving down costs.
Enhancements to the PlateSpin Operations Management Center software
include extended agent technology to help manage existing servers
across a variety of platforms including the Solaris Operating
Environment (Solaris OE), Microsoft Windows and Linux. PlateSpin enables
increased
control, flexibility and cost-savings for IT organizations managing
large and complex heterogeneous server environments, regardless of the
underlying infrastructure.
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