Sun and SGI have entered into a new agreement to jointly develop
Java technology bindings to the OpenGL application-programming
interface (API). OpenGL is a cross-platform graphics API that has
support for almost all operating systems. The aim of the cooperation is
to enable the OpenGL and Java platforms to work together seamlessly.
Documentum's Webtop and the components provided by the Documentum Web
Development Kit (WDK) are now certified for the Sun ONE Application
Server (formerly iPlanet Application Server). Availability of
Documentum Portlets has been extended for the Sun ONE Portal Server
(formerly iPlanet Portal Server). The portlets enable users to
easily access content services provided by the Documentum ECM
platform.
For small and mid-sized companies that want to increase the security of
their Web applications, Sun and the Swiss application security software
company, Seclutions AG, are offering a turnkey Enterprise Security
solution. Seclutions will bundle its application security gateway,
AirLock, with Sun server hardware and professional services.
The Web Services Composite Application Framework -- a collection of the
Web Service Context (WS-CTX) specification, Web Service Coordination
Framework (WS-CF) specification and Web Service Transaction Management (WS-TXM) specification --
has been published to solve problems that arise when multiple Web
services are used in combination to support information sharing and
transaction processing.
Sun and Tech Data Corporation are expanding their distribution
agreement to allow Tech Data to sell more Sun products and solutions,
especially to midsize enterprises. Some of the added products include
Sun's entry-level servers like the Sun Fire V60x server and Sun
Fire V65x server. Tech Data and Sun have also created two new
partner categories: Registered Volume Reseller and Authorized Volume
Reseller.
The Extensible 3D (X3D) specification has been successfully reviewed,
implemented and evaluated by the Web3D Consortium. The specification
also received the necessary approvals for advancement to final-form
Draft International Standard by the International Standards
Organization (ISO). X3D is a substantial upgrade from the Virtual
Reality Modeling Language (VRML) 97 standard.
A document released by Sun takes issue with the recent media reports
that medium to large servers are rapidly being replaced by racks and
clusters of smaller servers. Sun's "Vertical and Horizontal Computing
Architectures -- Trends and Attributes" document is aimed at giving readers
information on the appropriate times to select a horizontal computing
architecture and a vertical computing architecture.
IT outsourcing services provider BlueStar Solutions maintains a number
of industry certifications, including SunTone certification for high
availability, in order to demonstrate its service capabilities to
customers. Aware of the value of SunTone certification, BlueStar
Solutions recently began a recertification audit to retain the SunTone
Certified seal for its fully hosted SAP service.
Sun believes that offering customers choice and flexibility is the most
realistic way to deal with today's consumer needs. A recent Sun Web
site article discusses the depth of choice the company tries to present
consumers. Specifically looking at the decisions involved with
multitier computing environments.
Jini Technology Starter Kit v2.0 contains new components to the
programming model and infrastructure categories of the architecture.
There is an overview to the starter kit available that discusses these
new components and how they fit together and fit within the existing
Jini technology infrastructure.
One of Sun's collaboration tools is SunForum software. This
real-time conferencing software uses industry-standard protocols. It can be used
for audio and video conferencing and whiteboard sessions, to share
applications and transfer files and multimedia information seamlessly
among Sun systems, PCs and other computers running standards-based
video-conferencing software. There is also a version available for
collaborating and sharing of three-dimensional applications.
Supercomputing Conference 2003 (SC2003) will be held from November
15-21, in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference, which has been running for
15 years, aims to highlight the most innovative developments taking
place in the high-performance computing and networking sector.
Scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, system
administrators and managers all come together to discuss new ideas and
industries.
This year's cycle of Sun Tech Days is about to begin. Every developer
will want to attend a session in order to enhance skill levels and
absorb information about the latest technology being featured in Sun
solutions. The first event is in Seattle during September.
Sun's vice president of Corporate Software Services, Bill Vass, will
discuss the lessons he learned during his years as a CTO and CIO for
the Department of Defense (DoD) in a Sun Net Talk on August 14. The
online presentation, titled, "Best Practices in Security Architecture:
Lessons from the U.S. Department of Defense," will be held from 9-10
a.m.
With the new Sun Rack 900 rack kit, a maximum of ten 3RU trays of
Sun StorEdge 6120 arrays can now be installed in the Sun Rack 900.
The installation can be a factory or field installation. 0.8 meter LC
to LC fibre channel cables are also being introduced with the rack
kit.
Get load balancing and server-based dynamic path failover with the Sun
StorEdge Traffic Manager software. A download is now available for
the AIX, HP-UX, HP-UNIX, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 platforms in
English, French, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. The software improves
the reliability and availability of business and mission-critical
applications by enabling multiple data paths to Sun storage systems and
multi-platform operating environments.
The DLT8000 drive for the Sun StorEdge L180 and L700 tape libraries
is being transitioned off the Sun price list. The last order date is
October 17, 2003. The last ship date is January 16, 2004. Sun is also
transitioning the Sun StorEdge L7 tape autoloader, Sun StorEdge L7
VERITAS NetBackup and Solstice Backup software bundles, and Sun
StorEdge L7 Barcode Reader Option. The last order date is October 17,
2003.
The Sun Developer Network solicits the input of developers by providing
them with its CoolStuff program, a java.net Federated site, which gives
users access to new technologies not yet released commercially.
Interactions with Sun engineers give developers an opportunity to lend
their suggestions to the R & D process. There are plans to add mailing
lists and forums to the Web site as well.
The link-editor in the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS)
12/02 release, contains enhancements that allow it to perform dead code
elimination by excluding program data sections which don't contribute
to the object being built. These enhancements are included in the
linker patches, making them available to earlier releases of the
Solaris OS. Andrew Walton provides a how-to for performing dead code
and dead variable elimination when creating executables and shared
objects.
Upgrading to the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS) is easy to
do and will give you a faster and more secure OS that could reduce
costs. Performance improvements include Multiple Page Size Support
(MPSS) and Remote Shared Memory API (RSMAPI).
Part two of Amy Rich's how-to article on the request tracker (RT) picks
up where she left off in part one. Part one defined the RT help
desk/ticketing system and its installation. Part two covers RT concepts
and configuration options, creating a user, assigning rights and more.
Would you like a guarantee that existing applications written to the
Solaris Application Binary Interface (ABI) will run on the Solaris
9 Operating System (Solaris OS)? Wish granted: The Solaris Application
Guarantee program from Sun will guarantee, at no cost, that existing
applications written to the Solaris OS ABI will run without
modification on the recently released Solaris 9 OS.
Two new books from Sun BluePrints Publications focus on security:
"Secure Shell in the Enterprise" by Jason Reid and "Securing Systems with
the Solaris Security Toolkit" by Alex Noordergraaf and Glenn Brunette.
A new book from Java programming language experts at Sun aims to be
a complete guide to the Java security platform. "Inside Java 2 Platform
Security: Architecture, API Design and Implementation, Second Edition,"
has been updated with key additions and revisions to better
reflect Java platform security technologies currently in use by the top
companies in the industry.
"Kerberos: The Definitive Guide," by Jason Garman, provides readers
with a guide to implementing Kerberos for secure authentication. The
book covers the basic principles behind cryptographic authentication as
well as everything from basic installation to advanced topics like
cross-realm authentication, defending against attacks on Kerberos and
troubleshooting.
"Practical RDF"
XML Application at the Heart of the W3C's Semantic Web
The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is an application of XML that
lies at the heart of World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Semantic Web.
The W3C hopes its Semantic Web efforts will produce an extension of the
Web that brings meaning and order to Web data. The new book "Practical
RDF" focuses on using RDF with information from library catalogues,
worldwide directories and more.
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) software is now included
in the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP). The JAXB
software is a new Java technology that allows the user to generate
Java classes from XML schemas. An article on the Sun Web site provides
further details on the new software.
As robotics becomes an increasingly important field, a technology
infrastructure is needed that is both robust and compatible with future needs.
Java technology offers strong, device-neutral, platform-neutral
systems that can answer many of these needs. Both the Java Speech
API and the Java Media Framework are powerful tools with
significant potential for the robotics market.
Java Advanced Imaging API
Develop Image Processing Applications and Applets in Java Programming Language
The Java Advanced Imaging application programming interface (API)
allows developers to take advantage of high-performance,
network-enabled, scalable, platform-independent image processing by
placing it in Java technology-based applications and applets. Java
Advanced Imaging 1.1.2-FCS (First Customer Shipping) and Java Advanced
Imaging Image I/O Tools 1.0-FCS are currently available to customers.
The Mobile Media API (MMAPI) allows MIDlets to play and record audio
and video data. Depending on how the device is implemented, the
specific capabilities can vary. The Java technology Web site
article, "Taking Pictures with MMAPI," by Jonathan Knudsen, explains
how a simple camera application can be built using MMAPI.
Version 4.6 of the WASP Server for the Java platform from Systinet
is a Web Services infrastructure platform that is portable across a
variety of platforms and servers. It supports SOAP 1.2, OASIS Web
Services Security (WS-S), Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC),
Java API for XML Messaging (JAXM) and SOAP with Attachments API for
Java (SAAJ), and enhanced support for asynchronous Web Services.
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