Sun announced products and programs designed to increase Java
technology's reach from three million developers today to nearly 10
million. Sun expects growth to come from developers who are currently
using other, less efficient platforms. In support of this rapid growth,
Sun has made enhancements to the Java programming language to make
it easier to use.
Macromedia and Oracle have achieved Java Verified program status
under Sun's Java technology Verification Program. The
program adds an indicator for enterprise solutions buyers that the
applications are compatible with all products based on Java technology
for the enterprise and have the Write Once, Run Anywhere promise.
In his keynote speech at the JavaOne Conference 2003, Sun's
Chairman, President and CEO, Scott McNealy compared Java technology
and .NET and handed out Duke Choice Awards to the Mars Rover and a NYPD
crime analysis and reporting tool.
Sun and Intel Corporation will work together to optimize Sun's
Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) HotSpot
Implementation on Intel's XScale technology-based family of processors
for mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs. Sun will deliver the
optimized Virtual Machines (VM) to leading mobile device manufacturers
who can integrate Java technology-based software programs onto
their devices and help to improve the performance of applications.
The 2003 JavaOne Conference started with a keynote from Jonathan
Schwartz, executive vice president of software, and many announcements
such as a new logo for Java technology, a new Web site for
developers and one highlighting consumer products using Java
technology. Other announcements from the conference include WS-I Basic
Profile support.
To help service providers and enterprises quickly extend their current
IT investments into 2.5 and 3G wireless networks, Sun will provide an
end-to-end mobile enterprise development platform. Motorola, Nokia,
Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Sun plan to unify their application testing
and certification programs into a single initiative.
The Desktop Java technology Initiative is meeting developers' needs
for collaboration and exchange. Sun is also working directly with major
PC original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to bundle the core Java
2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) with new systems shipping from
the factory. Sun is also launching a new Web site for the desktop
community.
Sun made a number of announcements at the JavaOne Developer
Conference about the convergence of Web Services with Java
Technology for the Enterprise, version 1.4.
Sun has unveiled the new java.net Web site, created to facilitate
collaboration on applied technology and vertical industry solutions
involving the use of Java technology. The Sun-sponsored site will
also benefit from the editorial resources of CollabNet Inc. and
O'Reilly & Associates. java.net is designed to expand the existing Java
technology portfolio of applications, tools and services.
Hundreds of partners and independent software vendors (ISVs) showcased
their products and solutions based on Java technology and Sun
Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) software. The companies include Novell,
Business Objects and others.
Sun and Aldata Solutions have partnered to expand their joint sales,
marketing and collaborative engineering activities. The agreement aims
to deliver open, scalable and dependable supply chain solutions that
can provide retailers with greater efficiency, customer satisfaction
and profitability.
The introduction of the latest Intel-based servers -- the Sun Fire
V60x server and the Sun Fire V65x server -- and the price reductions on the Sun
Fire V880 and Sun Fire V480 servers were seen by leaders in the
retail industry and its IT vendors as evidence of Sun's determination
to be a major player in the retail arena.
A number of testimonials lauding the efforts of Sun Microsystems in the
retail marketplace were voiced at the Retail Systems 2003 conference in
Chicago. Executives from Ross Stores, Ratner Companies and Wegman's Food
Stores were among those expressing support for Sun's efforts in retail.
Sun plans to assist the HBO and Cinemax networks with the creation of a
digital programming repository that would stage and manage video
content for the 15 networks. HBO intends to move from a
tape/server based platform to a fully digital server architecture over
a three-year period.
Sun and Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson plan to unify their
application testing and certification programs into a single initiative
that will help accelerate the availability of applications and services
for Java technology-enabled wireless devices. Sun will provide a
Java technology logo under license for applications that have passed
certification testing.
Vodafone will use Sun middleware software, including the Sun ONE
Application Server and Sun ONE Directory Server (both were formerly
iPlanet products) for a worldwide deployment to streamline its
global software strategy. Vodafone will base a majority of its data
services on Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) software.
ACS and Sun are providing a Web-based HR solution to Motorola that has
improved the response time for transactions by 50 percent. The solution
is called Enet, Employee Self-Service Network, and it is based on the
Sun ONE Application Server (formerly iPlanet Application
Server). Enet enables employees and supervisors to update information
in real time.
HP has joined an industry group that will ship Sun's current compatible
Java technology on their products, allowing consumers and
enterprise users to have immediate access to Java desktop applications.
The move demonstrates the growing support for Java technology on the
desktop, and underscores developer commitment to the Java platform.
Writing for CRN, Elizabeth Montalbano reported on a new series of
utility computing service pilot programs being launched by Sun
Services in an effort to foster a more amicable relationship with its
solutions providers. Engineers are studying the runtime attributes of the Sun Web site to assess the blade servers which the site is housed on.
Cindee Mock, director of competitive intelligence at Sun, has some good
advice for IT managers who are in the market for new or upgraded
infrastructure. Benchmarks, she suggests, especially vendor benchmarks,
often tell you what you want to hear but not necessarily the whole
story. Other factors are every bit as telling as benchmarks, she says.
These include real-world performance, availability, upgradability and
application choice.
Sun Labs is at work on the Conceptual Indexing Project, an effort to
provide Internet users with a search tool with more subtlety than the
standard keyword approach that counts the words in a query and matches
them against those words in a document.
Sun Linux 5.0 platform is being replaced by the new distribution of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, WS and ES, which will now ship with new
and existing x86 systems from Sun. Sun will also provide support,
training and professional services for these products.
Sun has debuted the Sun Streaming Server 2.1, designed to be a
high-performance, open-standards compliant and industrial-strength
streaming services platform. The Sun Streaming Server supports MPEG-4,
QuickTime and 3GPP's file formats, and streams Live and Video-on-Demand
multimedia over IPv4 and IPv6 networks, as well as through firewalls.
Sun is releasing the Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0.1
software. The solution aims to provide a quick and simple way to install,
configure, upgrade, provision and audit the integrated software
application payloads running on a Sun-based system. It also
allows enterprises to facilitate the provisioning of Sun Open Net
Environment (Sun ONE) software stacks.
The new Sun Management Center 3.5 software aims to make it easier
to install, deploy and use Sun Management Center software to manage the
Sun systems in the enterprise. The software is designed with new
enhancements that should help increase service levels and decrease
administrative costs in enterprise computing environments.
The 38th annual Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) will offer sessions
for automotive manufacturers, suppliers, the UAW and the media.
Participants include the Center for Automotive Research, the University
of Michigan's Center for Professional Development and the Office for
the Study of Automotive Transportation.
The upcoming Sun Net Talk on June 18 and 19, 2003, will be held in
two parts. The first part is titled "Going Mobile: Extending the
Enterprise -- Securely and Effectively," and part two is a Sun Inner
Circle chat. Discussions will focus on mobility solutions and Java
technology-powered solutions from Sun and its partners.
The Sun Fire V60x server and Sun Fire V65x server are Sun's
next-generation, x86-based, entry-level servers. These
second-generation servers contain 1 or 2, 2.8 GHz or 3.06 GHz
Intel Xeon processors (note: the 3.06 GHz processor is available only
for the Sun Fire V65x server), and support up to 6 hard disks and 12 GB
of memory (Sun Fire V65x server) or 3 hard disks and 6 GB of memory
(Sun Fire V60x server).
The "Sun Ray (server appliance) Building Blocks" promotion bundles
the Sun Fire V210 server, fifteen (15) Sun Ray 1 server appliances
or Sun Ray 150 thin clients, 20 smart cards and Sun Ray Server Software
2.0 media kit. Also included are sizing guidelines with configuration
information and the third-party software trial version of secure, remote
access application broker software from Tarantella. This promotion will
run until December 31, 2003.
Sun Fire V880 servers are being offered with 1050 MHz processors,
increasing the price/performance advantage of these systems. With
faster processors, these servers are capable of supporting more complex
applications and larger user communities. Customers can also receive
trade-in value towards the purchase of a new 1050 MHz CPU/Memory board
by trading in their 750 MHz or 900 MHz CPU/Memory board.
The Sun Fire V210 server and Sun Fire V240 server are now
supported in the SunPlex environment with Sun Cluster 3.0 and
3.1 software. Sun Cluster 3.1 provides a highly available and highly
scalable framework that allows multiple Solaris Operating System
(Solaris OS) images to interoperate in a tightly coupled and
easy-to-manage fashion, enabling customers to achieve higher service
levels at lower cost and minimized risk.
Sun's standard Enterprise Installation Services (EIS) are now available
for the Sun Fire B1600 Intelligent Shelf and the Sun Fire B100s
Blade Server. The services include a site audit, installation planning,
system installation specification and testing.
Sun is announcing the transition (EOL) of certain server configurations
and options such as Sun Cobalt Control Station appliance, the 550
MHz configurations of the Sun Fire V120 server, Sun Fire 280R
configurations (900 MHz and 1.015 GHz) and more.
Release of the Sun StorEdge L8 Tape Autoloader with the LTO Gen 2
SCSI drive augments the Sun StorEdge L8 autoloader platform product family,
increasing overall capacity to 1.6 TB native and providing 30 MB/sec.
native throughput.
Sun has just price listed the McData Sphereon 4500 switch, which
supports the Sun StorEdge SAN 4.2 release and provides a price-competitive edge switch to complement Sun's growing portfolio of fibre
channel switch products. Occupying only 1U of rack space, the McData
Sphereon 4500 switch provides a very high port density.
With the announcement of Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Dynamic Link
Manager (SDLM) Software for Solaris Version 4.1, Sun is transitioning
its predecessor releases, SDLM for Solaris OS versions 3.0, 3.2 and 4.0,
from the price list.
Some of the new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.3 are
integration of the ProPolice stack protection technology into the
system compiler, reduction in setuid and setgid binaries, and a more
complete collection and better tested set of "ports."
A feasibility study by the Swedish Agency for Public Management
(Statskontoret) on free and open source software evaluates the
strengths and weaknesses of open source; provides examples of
successful open software products; examines the support, security,
financial and legal aspects open source software use; and describes
the current IT situation within public administration in Sweden.
The Center of Open Source and Government announces that it will publish
"The Open Source Reference Book 2003." The Center is accepting
submissions to create a resource list of open source software Generally
Regarded As Safe (GRAS) and to summarize important government and
corporate open source policy statements made during the year. The book
will also highlight important open source conferences and provide an
Open Source Year in Review section, cataloging open source milestones.
A Web seminar (Webinar) on how Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
developed a single sign-on integrated environment will be held July 1,
at 4 p.m. EST. The discussion will also include information on an Information
Technology Grant that will be available to five institutions of higher
education.
The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business has
deployed Tarantella remote access software to provide its faculty,
staff and students with access to all applications through the school's
Sun ONE Portal Server platform (formerly known as the iPlanet Portal
Server).
Sun has debuted the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) source
code for Global Education and Research customers, to whom the code will
be restricted. Customers must accept the license terms in writing for
the product they are purchasing, or have previously purchased Solaris
OS Source under a Sun Technology License and Distribution Agreement or
Sun Internal Use Technology License Agreement.
The BigAdmin Web site offers a new Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL)
section. It provides compatibility information on resources for
Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) (x86 Platform Edition).
The site provides a way to submit a component or system, HCL tier
definitions and HCL lists for Solaris 8 OS and Solaris 9 OS.
Portal administrators and Sun Professional Services personnel
are working to solve portal server integration problems with Microsoft
Exchange, 2000 SP3, and the Sun ONE Portal Server software,
versions 3 and 6, (formerly iPlanet Portal Server). The author of
the Sun BluePrints document, Rob Baker of the Sun ONE Portal Server
Group, outlines the integration requirements and best practices of
advanced rewriting techniques and content pitfalls.
To help customers understand what Web Services can do for their
business, Sun Services is offering the Architecture Workshop for
Web Services, a two-day service to create a plan to implement Web
Services. The workshop goals include reviewing the current state of
your Web Services infrastructure and identifying technology options.
The Sun Cluster 3.1 software administration course covers the
essential information and skills needed to install and administer Sun
Cluster 3.1 software systems. Topics in the course include an
introduction to the Sun Cluster product features, hardware
configuration and software installation, data service configuration and
system operation.
Sun's new site for developers of Java technology,
http://www.java.net, has been formed as a central meeting place for
developers and Java technology enthusiasts to collaborate on projects,
share ideas, and create the next "big thing." There are links for
communities such as NetBeans software, Jini technology, Project
JXTA, and games, desktop and patterns for Java technology.
Sun is offering new pricing options for its Java Verified program
Trademark, which provides a key market differentiator for developers
who have Java Verified applications. Customers who purchase the
Java Application Verification Kit for the Enterprise (Java AVK
Enterprise) and the Java Verified Trademark License can test
applications to provide support to Java 2 Platform, Enterprise
Edition (J2EE) compatible application servers.
The Java technology Web site describes the Java Web Services Developer Pack
(Java WSDP) 1.2 as an integrated toolkit that allows Java
programming language developers to build, test and deploy XML
applications, Web Services and Web applications with the latest Web
Services technologies and standards implementation.
The Java technology white paper, "CDC: An Application Framework
for Personal Mobile Devices," examines how the Connected Device
Configuration (CDC) rises to meet the current challenges for software
developers to quickly create mobile applications for a variety of
different kinds of personal mobile devices.
JavaServer Faces technology is used to easily create user
interfaces for JavaServer product family applications. By providing
a structured programming model, developers can quickly and easily build
Web applications. The technology allows users to: assemble reusable UI
components in a page, connect the components to an application data
source and wire client-generated events to server-side event handlers.
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