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Sun Chosen to Develop High Productivity Computing System
DARPA Awards Contract Worth $50 Million
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in conjunction
with the Department of Interior, has awarded funding to Sun for Phase
II of the High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) Program. This
portion of the project focuses on research and development that will
lead to a high performance computing system capable of delivering high
programmer productivity.
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The EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service
EDA Revenue Shows Overall First Quarter Decline
The EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service (MSS), a timely
barometer of quarterly revenue and employment data, has estimated first
quarter 2003 revenues for the electronic design (EDA) industry at $908
million. This figure comes in six percent below the same quarter (Q1)
2002, but remains an improvement on the recent Q4 2002 13 percent
year-over-year decline.
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Sun and Waveset Partner on an Integrated Identity Management Solution for PeopleSoft
Secure Lifecycle Management of Workforce
Sun is partnering with Waveset Technologies, a provider of identity
management solutions, to provide an integrated, standards-based
identity management solution for use with PeopleSoft applications. The
first part of the development sequence is designed to allow business
process integration between Human Capital Management and IT
security/identity management.
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Features
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Finding Success with Sun's Enterprise Data Warehouse Reference Architecture
Giga Report Highlights Four Success Stories
A recent Giga Information Group report
describes how four unnamed companies were recently able to realize
gains with the Sun Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Reference
Architecture. The Reference Architecture is designed to help customers
save money by reducing risk and complexity, speeding time to revenue
and increasing ROI.
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Linux and the Sun Open Net Environment
Trusted Solaris Software and Solaris Operating System for x86-based Machines
Sun has combined the strengths of its Solaris Operating System
(Solaris OS) -- the leading UNIX systems environment -- with the
mil-spec security of Trusted Solaris software to run on x86-based
machines, such as the Sun Fire V60 servers, Sun Fire V65 servers and
blade servers capable of bringing enterprise-class computing to the
commodity server market. This makes the Sun Open Net Environment
(Sun ONE) product family available to Linux users.
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Software
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Jini Network Technology Holds Promise For Distributed Systems
Accommodating Change on the Run
Although Jini network technology is still with the early adopters
for the most part, it is increasingly winning favor in such sectors as
mobility and telematics, embedded systems, grid computing, ad hoc
networking and self-managing systems. A number of mainstream IT
applications are discovering the utility of Jini network technology in
creating adaptive systems from distributed clients as well as services
over dynamic networks.
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"Reducing Software TCO: The Benefits of Sun's Enterprise Infrastructure Software System"
How and Where to Begin the Project Orion Adoption
Paul Kalin, CTO of Back Bay Technologies Inc., has written a white
paper entitled "Reducing Software TCO: The Benefits of Sun's Enterprise
Infrastructure Software System," which urges enterprises facing the
challenge of increasing IT cost and complexity and the confusing
responsibility for managing a variety of applications from numerous
vendors to seek relief in Project Orion from Sun Microsystems.
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Events
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MSI Technology Broadcast With National Semiconductor, IFS And Sun
October 15, Online
An online MSI Technology Broadcast with National Semiconductor, IFS and
Sun will take place October 15, at 11 a.m. EST. The event is titled,
"Not for even five minutes: How National Semiconductor attacks
production downtime," and will focus on how National Semiconductor found
business applications that supported its business strategy and recouped
its investment in less than 12 months.
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e-Smart 2003: Smart Card Industry Update
September 17-19, Sophia Antipolis, French Riviera
This year's e-Smart 2003 Conference will take place September 17-19, in
Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera. The event is designed to provide
a global and objective overview of the smart card (SC) industry, as well
as an update of the latest technological and business trends. The future
of smart card technology will also be discussed.
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Customer Relationship Management Conference And Exposition
August 26-28, New York City
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The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Conference and Exposition
will be held August 26-28 in New York City. The event is for those
executives and professionals interested in capitalizing on their
This year's e-Smart 2003 Conference will take place September 17-19, in
Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera. The event is designed to provide
a global and objective overview of the smart card (SC) industry, as well
as an update of the latest technological and business trends. The future
of smart card technology will also be discussed.
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Point-And-Click Programming With Ace
Making the Java Programming Language Accessible with Graphical Representations
The New Scientist discussed "point-and-click" programming in its May 19,
2003, issue, explaining how non-programmers using the new language
developed by Sun Microsystems in its Ace Project can use graphical
representations of computer code to modify existing Java technology
programs.
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Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2003
November 4-7, Cannes, France
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The Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2003 will be held November 4-7 in Cannes,
France. The event will focus on practical solutions at the cutting edge
of innovation. The tech showcase will also offer opportun
The Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2003 will be held November 4-7 in Cannes,
France. The event will focus on practical solutions at the cutting edge
of innovation. The tech showcase will also offer opportunities to learn
about the latest breakthroughs in technology.
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Smart Card Alliance Conference: Focus On Government Adoption
July 15-17, Arlington, Virginia
The Smart Cards in Government 2003 conference will take place July
15-17, in Arlington, VA. The event will include a wide range of industry
speakers as well as sessions and panels discussing the recent surge in
government adoption of smart card technology. Special Industry Executive
Roundtable Lunch Meetings will also be held on "The Politics of Trust
and Privacy."
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Southern California Linux Expo 2003
November 22, Los Angeles, California
The second annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 2X), jointly
sponsored by the USC, Simi/Conejo and UCLA Linux User Groups and Sun, is
scheduled for November 22 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Storage
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Transitioning The 181 GB Drives For The Sun StorEdge 9910 And 9960 Systems
Manufacturer Ceases Production
Effective immediately, Sun has transitioned the 181 GB drives for the
Sun StorEdge 9910 and Sun StorEdge 9960 systems from its price
list. Availability of the drives had been continued with existing
supplies through the Data Center Customer Investment Protection program,
but that is no longer possible since the manufacturer has ceased
production.
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Transitioning The 181 GB Drives For The Sun StorEdge 9910 And 9960 Systems
Manufacturer Ceases Production
Effective immediately, Sun has transitioned the 181 GB drives for the
Sun StorEdge 9910 and Sun StorEdge 9960 systems from its price
list. Availability of the drives had been continued with existing
supplies through the Data Center Customer Investment Protection program,
but that is no longer possible since the manufacturer has ceased
production.
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Sun StorEdge Open SAN Architecture
Meets Growing Storage Requirements with Reduced TCO
Sun helps IT departments meet the challenge of providing increased
storage capacity with diminishing resources through its open storage
area network (SAN) architecture. This consistent SAN infrastructure is
scalable, reduces TCO, simplifies management by providing a centralized
management platform for viewing and managing the SAN environment and
optimizes resource utilization.
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Publications
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"Secure Coding: Principles & Practices"
Weeding Out Flawed Code to Achieve Greater Security
In their new title from O'Reilly, "Secure Coding: Principles &
Practices," Mark G. Graff and Kenneth R. van Wyk state that flawed code
is the chief cause for vulnerabilities in security.
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"JDBC API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition"
Includes Coverage of the java.sql Package and the javax.sql Package
The new book, "JDBC API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition," aims to
provide the definitive tutorial and reference to the Java DataBase
Connectivity (JDBC) API, which is the technology that allows
universal data access for the Java programming language. This
latest edition includes updates and has been expanded to cover the
JDBC 3.0 API.
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"Perl 6 Essentials"
Sneak Preview of the Upcoming Programming Language
The book "Perl 6 Essentials" provides a preview of the forthcoming
rewrite of the Perl programming language. Currently in ongoing
development, the Perl 6 project is eagerly awaited by many in the
developer community. The new book details the development of the language
and Parrot, the language-independent interpreter developed as part of
the Perl 6 design strategy.
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Java Technology
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Java Technology Courses From The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition Learning Path For GUI Developers
Basics to Exam Preparation
Visual Basic programmers who are transitioning to the Java
programming language can learn about object-oriented programming in
course number SL-255. For the basics of the Java programming language,
see course SL-275. Course SL-265 helps students prepare for the Sun
Certified Programmer for Java Platform exam. SL-320 covers GUI
Construction with the Java Foundation Classes/Swing (JFC/Swing) API.
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Tutorial on Java DataBase Connectivity API Database Access
"Keeping Simple Things Simple"
The tutorial on Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) API Database
Access by Maydene Fisher covers the basics of the API features of
version 2.0. Fisher states, "The JDBC API was designed to keep simple
things simple. This means that the JDBC API makes everyday database
tasks, like simple SELECT statements, very easy." This trail (section
in the tutorial) is divided into two lessons, JDBC basics and new
features in the JDBC 2.0 API.
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Security
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Improve Security With The Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board
Offloads Encryption Tasks to Hardware, Frees Processor
The Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board is a cryptographic hardware
accelerator board with 1Gbps Ethernet functionality, designed for FIPS
140-2 level 3 certification. This board encrypts and decrypts IPsec and
SSL packets in hardware, offloading this high overhead operation from
the UltraSPARC processor.
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"Enterprise Cryptography For Enhanced Security"
Sun White Paper Examines IPsec Protocols, SSL Protocols and Sun Products
Sun's white paper, "Enterprise Cryptography for Enhanced Security,"
examines how data is scrambled or encrypted for secure transfer across
private networks and the Internet. Additionally, the article looks at
the broad line of Sun's hardware-based cryptographic products.
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The Top Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
From the Open Web Application Security Project
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has chosen the top ten
most critical Web application security vulnerabilities. Unvalidated
parameters, broken access control, and broken account and session
management were the top three on the list of selections chosen by the
open source community project.
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"Web Services: A Manager's Guide"
Using Web Services for Application Integration
"Web Services: A Manager's Guide" by Anne Thomas Manes is a new
Addison-Wesley title that examines Web Services as a tool for
application integration.
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Protect Network Resources with the Firewall Reference Architecture from Sun and Check Point
Tested, End-to-end Solution
Sun Reference Architectures define recommended sets of applications,
storage and server configurations to provide specific functionality for
applications such as Java technology Web Services, business
intelligence, security and others. Sun and Check Point have designed a
Firewall Reference Architecture that describes a proven firewall
solution and helps enterprises define and enforce a single,
comprehensive security policy that protects all network resources.
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