Sun has joined the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) as
a contributing member and plans to run for a seat on the newly expanded
board. WS-I promotes Web Services interoperability across platforms,
applications and programming languages.
Sun and Siebel Systems have extended their global alliance to provide
interoperability with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
platform, by supporting the J2EE Connector specification in Siebel
eBusiness Applications, version 7.5. Siebel Systems first introduced
J2EE platform interoperability in Siebel eBusiness Applications, version 6.0.
Sun is offering a Sun Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
(RAS) Profile for servers. The profile is an annuity service that includes a server
configuration analysis, a comparison of configuration to a database of Sun and industry best
practices, a management-level report highlighting areas of risk and a
technical report of risk analysis and recommendations for fix.
Sun provides an online list of service program offerings for
Sun-contracted customers. The listing covers services programs offered
in North and South America, Asia and the Pacific Rim, Europe, the Middle
East and Africa.
Thousands of underprivileged children returned to school with backpacks
full of back-to-school supplies, thanks to the generosity of Sun
Microsystems Inc. employees at Sun campuses around the world who
contributed to a "Back to School Drive" organized by Sun's Global
Community Development Community Action Volunteer (CAV) program. Despite
the difficult economy, Sun employees donated 975 loaded backpacks,
valued at $57 each, resulting in a total donation of $55,575, an
increase of 45 percent from 2001 to 2002. Sun employees over the past
three years have donated $118,260 worth of supplies and backpacks to
thousands of underprivileged children.
Netscape 7.0 for the Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE) is a
cross-platform browser that provides fast and efficient tabbed browsing
for viewing multiple Web sites; integrated mail and instant messaging
enhancements; page preview and page layout options, faster and
streamlined search; more secured privacy; and enterprise
functionality.
Sun Management Center Change Manager software is a provisioning and change
management software product that delivers a fast and easy way to
install, configure, update, provision and audit the software stacks
running on Sun systems. Sun Management Center Change Manager
software lets users roll out a software update or make changes
to their servers while the servers continue to operate.
There are now several Web-based courses available for customers who are
transitioning to StarOffice software from other office productivity
tools. Instruction is available on word processing, spreadsheet,
drawing, database, presentation and scheduling programs.
Microsoft Office's licensing program, called Volume Licensing 6.0,
provides organizations a compelling reason to adopt competing office
productivity suites such as StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite - A Sun
ONE Software Offering. While technology managers report they lack
sufficient funds to upgrade to Microsoft Volume Licensing, StarOffice
Office Suite offers simplified, affordable licensing and competing
value.
Nathan Wiger and Roger Blythe, authors of "Sun Fire Systems Design and
Configuration Guide," will hold online discussions of the subject on November
18-22.
The Sun Blade 2000 workstation is now available in standard
1.015-GHz UltraSPARC III Cu configurations, offering faster
performance than 900-MHz UltraSPARC III Cu systems. Customers with older
Sun Blade 1000 workstations and Sun Blade 2000 workstations can now
upgrade to the faster processor by purchasing the 1.015-GHz UltraSPARC
III Cu CPU module upgrade.
Sun has announced the transition of 900 MHz CPU Sun Blade 2000
configurations with the Sun XVR-1000 graphics accelerator. These
configurations will transition to new Sun Blade 2000 systems based on
1.015 GHz CPUs. The replacements are offered at similar price points as
the transitioned systems based on the 900 MHz UltraSPARC III Cu
processor.
The Sun External Assemble-to-Order (XATO) program for the Sun Blade
150 workstation allows customers to configure their own system to their
exact specifications. With the XATO Program, the customer can choose and
add up to three Sun PGX64 graphics cards or up to two Sun XVR-500
graphics cards on one Sun Blade 150 XATO workstation configuration.
Sun now offers the 1.015-GHz UltraSPARC III Cu CPU for high-end Sun
Blade 2000 workstations at no additional cost to the customer. The
Sun Blade 2000 configurations based on the higher-speed processor are
offered at $10,995, the same price point as previous Sun Blade 2000
configurations featuring the 900-MHz UltraSPARC III processor.
The Low End Entry Server product group has announced substantial
price cuts on the Sun Fire 280R server, a secure and powerful Web Services
platform. The Sun Fire 280R server is licensed, at no extra charge, with the software
required to run Web Services applications, including Solaris 8 Operating
Environment (Solaris OE) and Apache Web server software.
The Sun Low End Entry Server group has made available an
Assemble-to-Order (ATO) base with the Solaris 8 Operating
Environment (Solaris OE) 02/02 (Update 7) installed on the Sun Fire
280R server that also features reduced price 256 MB or 512 MB memory
DIMMs. ATO systems without Solaris OE installed will continue to be
available but will use another ATO system base. Internal factory test
processes have made it necessary to announce this new ATO system and
adapt the ordering system to accommodate it.
Desert Sky Software is a consulting and custom software development
firm specializing in the design, deployment and hosting of Web-enabled
applications with Oracle database back-ends. Desert Sky recently
completed a migration from Microsoft NT Servers, desktop PCs and
Macintosh systems to the Sun Fire 280R server running the
Solaris 8 Operating Environment (Solaris OE).
Sun is offering the Sun StorEdge SDLT 220 desktop tape drive and
StackLink options for the Sun StorEdge L25 and Sun StorEdge
L100 libraries. These components add value to the Sun StorEdge L25 and
L100 library offerings by giving customers another drive technology option,
while the StackLink provides the scalability to expand the libraries by
adding modules.
The Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array is a 2U-high, Ultra160 SCSI LVD
based array that is available in single RAID controller, dual RAID
controllers and JBOD/expansion configurations. The Sun StorEdge 3310
SCSI array can easily fulfill a wide variety of network computing
storage requirements by providing Sun storage customers with
midrange/enterprise-class performance/availability features, management
functionality and configuration flexibility at volume level (entry)
pricing.
Sun has added an additional 3 Phase power option of 30 Amp to the Sun
StorEdge 9980 system to help lower the Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO). For customers who don't already have 60 Amp circuitry, this
feature provides what may be a less expensive choice for power to the
Sun StorEdge 9980 system.
Sun engineer Alexander Gelfenbain made a presentation on Standard
Type Service Framework: Unicode-based Framework for Rendering
Typographically Sophisticated Text. He covers some background
on graphical user interfaces (GUI)
and early computers, the shift to digital type and WYSIWYG
applications and the plans for STSF.
The Sun ONE Studio, Community Edition, release 4, update 1 and the
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) v 1.4.0 co-bundle for
the Sun ONE Studio, Community Edition are available for download at no
charge. Developers can build standalone applications, applets, and
JavaBeans components. The Sun ONE Studio, Mobile Edition, release
4, update 1 is also available for no charge.
The Sun ONE Application Framework, a Sun component-based
development tool for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
(J2EE) platform, seeks to address the needs of developers who are new
to application development or are in need of a standards-based,
cross-platform development tool that is free of proprietary hooks and
contingencies.
Stuart J. Lawson's Sun BluePrints OnLine piece on resource
management in the Solaris 9 Operating Environment (Solaris OE)
notes the inherent multi-user capability of the UNIX system and the
enhancements to Solaris 9 OE that enable IT managers to control the
timesharing system required in a multi-user setting.
The Secure Shell Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Web page defines
Secure Shell, discusses the differences between SSH1 and SSH2, provides
information on installing Secure Shell and more.
HPC engineer Omar Hassaine provides an introduction to the features
of the latest Sun HPC ClusterTools 4 software and discusses
the administration practices for successfully configuring the Sun HPC
ClusterTools software in his Sun BluePrints OnLine document.
Matthias Laux discusses how to maintain state for button elements (such
as radio buttons and checkboxes) by using JavaServer Pages
(JSP) technology custom tags. Laux's lightweight solution can
easily be incorporated into both new and existing applications.
In the "Deploying Wireless Java Applications," article author Qusay H.
Mahmoud shows the different ways users can download local and network
applications to devices enabled with Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
(J2ME) technology, for both testing and final deployment. Mahmoud
shows how to deploy wireless applications remotely, download local and
remotely deployed applications, and download applications over the
air.
An article on Java Web Services Developer Pack focuses on RPC
calls, messaging and the Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) and
the Java API for XML-based Messaging (JAXM). The Java Web Services
Developer Pack (Java WSDP) is a package of technologies and tools for
building Web Services using the Java programming language, and for
building Java technology applications that access Web Services.
Unsolicited bulk email has adverse effects on enterprises in the form
of lost productivity, wasted system resources and inappropriate email
content, all of which cost U.S. companies millions of dollars a year.
Brightmail Anti-Spam 4.0, Enterprise Edition addresses this waste with
BrightSig, which identifies and eliminates polymorphic spam attacks by
removing the randomness inserted by spammers in the header or body of
the email message.
Westbridge Technology Inc., a provider of security and monitoring
solutions for XML Web Services has developed the Westbridge XML SOAP
Monitor, which enables enterprises to easily and effectively monitor
their networks for all XML Web Services traffic without requiring
changes to the network. Westbridge is offering the tool free to
qualified organizations.
ObjectVenture Inc., developer of Pattern and Component Markup Language
(PCML) and a provider of Java 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development platform products, has
released ObjectAssembler 2.0, which extends the Sun ONE Studio
software integrated development environment (IDE) with a simplified and
accelerated approach to the design, development, assembly and
deployment of J2EE platform applications. (Sun ONE Studio software was
formerly Forte for Java software).
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