Sun Microsystems Inc. has accelerated development of new generations of
the UltraSPARC processor through the grand opening of a new
processor design compute ranch at the company's Burlington, Mass.
campus.
Sun has enhanced its iForce Partner Program model for channel
partners and improved associated partner support programs. Sun has
established eight new incentive programs to reward and recognize any
title transfer partners who have invested heavily in Sun's business;
have a unique value-add; lead with their own application solution on
the Sun platform; or can move the team into new accounts to which Sun
has not previously had access.
Sun and Infosys Technologies Ltd. have unveiled a new iForce solution
based on the Retail Banking Reference Architecture. Based on a
Web-based architecture, the Retail Banking Reference Architecture has
been documented through implementation and sizing guides to help banks
accelerate the delivery of Web-based, end-to-end banking solutions.
Sun is expanding its initiatives in financial services. In the past,
Sun's focus on Securities and Capitals market has led to considerable
success by helping Wall Street build today's robust infrastructure for
financial institutions. After significant success in Retail Banking,
Sun has broadened its footprint into Core Banking Systems.
Sun Microsystems has listed five myths regarding the Solaris Operating
Environment (Solaris OE) versus Windows NT solutions. One of them is that
Solaris OE doesn't
run in an NT environment. In fact, Sun says Windows desktops and
servers coexist with Sun workstations and servers frequently. For the other
four myths, check out the Web version of this article.
RiboTargets Ltd., a privately owned pharmaceutical company that
specializes in anti-infective research and development, has developed a
unique computational screening platform technology, RiboDock, that
supports the rapid and effective generation of lead compounds from
target structures. RiboDock is run on a Sun compute farm that has
enabled the researcher to burn through more than 400,000 processor
hours in the study of the bacterial ribosome.
Sun is offering a new and improved Return of Material
Authorization (RMA) process -- SunReturns. SunReturns is a new
Web site designed to help customers return old Sun and other
systems tied to their new system purchase using Sun's Upgrade Allowance
Program. It offers a simplified six-step process.
Gartner has positioned Sun Microsystems Inc. in the top right leader
quadrant of its Messaging Servers Magic Quadrant, identifying it as a
company that is performing well today, has a clear vision of market
direction and is actively building competencies to sustain its
leadership position in the market with its Sun Open Net Environment
(Sun ONE) communications platform.
The Sun ONE Studio 7, Enterprise Edition for Solaris
(previously Forte Developer 7, Enterprise Edition) software enables
mixed language development with C++ and Java programming language
within the same integrated development environment (IDE).
StarOffice 6.0 Office Suite, a Sun ONE Software offering, is
available from retail stores and e-tailers worldwide. The StarOffice
6.0 Office Suite provides everything users need to get up and running
in one convenient package.
Sun ONE Grid Engine 5.3 (formerly Sun Grid Engine 5.3) software
has been repackaged and now offers support for both Linux and the
Solaris Operating Environment (Solaris OE). The improved direct
value of Sun ONE Grid Engine 5.3 software stems from increased
utilization of and transparent access to resources.
The Java Embedded Server software framework allows development,
deployment and installation of applications and services to embedded
devices on a just-in-time basis. It enables companies to respond
quickly to changing market requirements by installing and managing new
software and services over the network dynamically and securely.
iForce partners are uniquely qualified to support midsize enterprises.
Sun presents questions for midsize market businesses to consider when
assessing their strengths and weaknesses in order to improve their business.
Sun has added a Sun StorEdge 9900 series Implementation Service to
provide project management and consulting services to complement the
existing Sun StorEdge 9900 Installation Service. Implementation Service
customers get a site audit, build specifications, project management and
testing. Both installation and implementation services are offered together.
There are new Sun StorEdge SDLT 320 tape drive SunSpectrum
Instant Upgrade (SUI) parts for Sun StorEdge L180 tape libraries and Sun
StorEdge L700 tape libraries. Benefits of the SUI program include
ease of ordering and increased customer satisfaction.
A new 12-month consulting license for the Sun StorEdge Availability
Suite software gives consultants, resellers and integrators the right
to use the software to perform services such as migration or
consolidation between heterogeneous storage devices for their customers.
The license can be installed at an end user customer site for up to 45
days per engagement. After that point it will need to be re-installed
for the next 45 days as needed until the 12-month expiration.
Sun ONE Studio 4 update 1 (formerly Forte for Java) software
product documentation available includes release notes, installation guides,
quick start reference guides and tutorials.
Sun's Web pages on migrating from Linux to Solaris Operating
Environment (Solaris OE) cover Linux and Solaris OE application
development environments, including IDEs, compilers and source code
control software. The differences and similarities between Linux and
the Solaris OE are considered in
terms of architecture, memory management and system calls.
Developers of applications for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment (Solaris OE)
can promote their Solaris OE ready applications for free on the Sun Developer Connection
Partner program Web site with the Sun Developer Offering for the Solaris OE.
The new Solaris OE can help organizations increase service levels,
while reducing service costs and risk.
CASPUR, a consortium of six Italian universities delivering
supercomputer services, has used Sun Grid Engine software for three years.
"Our Campus Grid architecture has increased our
computer utilization to almost 95 percent, while improving our
supercomputing services and reducing our IT support and turnaround
time," says Federico Massaioli, STO of CASPUR. (Sun ONE Grid Engine
software was formerly Sun Grid Engine software.)
Using a Sun IT infrastructure, the University of Hawaii has developed a
sophisticated student information system (SIS), consolidating data for
simplified reporting and email so effectively that the SIS has practically
replaced the telephone as the communication channel of choice for many of
the university's 45,000 students and 5,000 faculty and staff members.
Michael Haines and Joep Vesseur complete their two-part Sun
BluePrints OnLine article on using Pluggable Authentication Modules
(PAM) to extend authentication in the Solaris 9 Operating
Environment (Solaris OE).
In a Sun BluePrints OnLine article, "Configuring Boot Disks with
Solaris Volume Manager Software," authors Erik Vanden Meersch and
Kristien Hens focus on the Solaris 9 Operating Environment
(Solaris OE), Solaris Volume Manager
software, and VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 software. The article describes
how to partition and mirror the system disk, and how to create and maintain
a backup system disk.
The second edition of "Linux System Security: The Administrator's
Guide to Open Source Security Tools" by Scott Mann, Ellen L. Mitchell
and Mitchell Krell covers firewalls, intrusion detection,
authentication, secure Web Services, VPNs and much more. This new
edition includes coverage of Bastille and OpenSSH, plus key tools such as
sudo, portmap, xinetd, tiger, tripwire, ipchains, pam and crack. The
authors show how to prepare systems for production environments,
prevent common attacks, even protect mixed Linux/UNIX environments.
Michael Yawn's new book, "J2EE and JAX: Developing Web Applications and
Web Services," is the first to cover the Java 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Java APIs for XML (JAX) in a
single volume.
John R. Vacca has written a definitive guide to dealing with the
fastest growing crime in America, identity theft. "Identity Theft" was
written for technology professionals, security specialists, law
enforcement professionals and technologically-aware laypeople.
Thousands of enterprises are cutting costs, gaining flexibility and
discovering powerful new sources of business value through the use of
Linux and open source. Now, the task has been made easier with the
publication of Martin Fink's new book, "The Business and Economics of
Linux and Open Source."
Eric Giguere, a software developer for iAnywhere Solutions, offers two
tech tips for developers: "Using the MIDP Choice Group Component" and
"Wireless Messaging API Basics." Both can be found on the wireless Java Web
site. For the complete address see the Web version of this
newsmagazine.
In his second article on Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
application security, Jonathan Knudsen describes Transport Layer Security
(TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and shows how MIDP 1.0 and 2.0
support both TLS and SSL.
Deployments of Java Card products in digital identity solutions
have grown by more than 400 percent during the past year, according to
data from Frost & Sullivan. Java Card technology usage has experienced
tremendous growth in government, military, healthcare and corporate ID
markets. 'Contactless' capability now allows users to simply pass Java
cards within 10 cm of the reader device.
The Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) provides an easy to
develop programming model for development of SOAP-based Web Services.
Developers use the RPC programming model to develop Web service clients
and endpoints. JAX-RPC enables JAX-RPC clients to invoke Web Services
developed across heterogeneous platforms.
Borland Software Corporation has released InterBase 7, a
high-performance, embedded database designed to strengthen Borland's
deployment arm, improve developer productivity and enhance application
performance. Unlike most databases, InterBase requires little to no
administration, is relatively quick to install and is designed to lower
maintenance costs.
DataFlux Corporation has introduced the Version 5.0 release
for dfPower Studio, Blue Fusion SDK, and dfIntelliServer
(formerly called Blue Fusion CS). Version 5.0 from DataFlux allows
customers to apply data quality to all
data types and link data together seamlessly and effortlessly from any
location/line of business within an organization.
Audium delivers complete voice solutions to leading businesses across
market sectors. The provider of VoiceXML applications has now released
Audium 3.1, which gives businesses more choices when deploying VoiceXML
applications with support for the Sun Solaris Operating Environment
(Solaris OE) platform and the latest version of Nuance ASR.
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