Sun's Project Mad Hatter is designed as a secure, low-cost alternative
for the Linux and Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).
Details of the integrated, open-source desktop environment such as a full suite of desktop applications were
displayed as Sun previewed Project Mad Hatter at the
LinuxWorld Conference.
Sun is providing Java technology support for the 64-bit AMD Opteron
processor through a new collaboration with AMD. Sun hopes that
supporting 64-bit Linux and Windows platforms on the Opteron processor
will allow companies to migrate their Java technology applications from
a 32-bit to a 64-bit computing platform with little or no code
changes.
Sun has announced its intent to acquire the application provisioning
software developer CenterRun to help fill out its N1 computing
initiative. With the new acquisition, Sun would be able to automate at
the application layer. The $66 million deal is expected to close in
September.
Sun and SuSE Linux have engaged in an alliance designed to push the
reach of Java technology. The agreement will make SuSE a Java 2
Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) source licensee, as well as a
distributor of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
The Sun Fire V480 server now features 1.05 GHz UltraSPARC III Cu
processors and is able to provide customers with more processing power,
offering a 22 percent performance increase and a 26 percent
price-performance increase. In recent industry-standard benchmark
tests, the newly equipped server proved to be the best price-performance
four-way system on the market.
The new version of the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform 8.1 is now
available to customers on Sun's network computing infrastructure. Sun
and BEA have joined together to create a solution that can be
integratable, reliable, scalable and secure. The pair hopes customers
can use the solution to increase profitability, protect their
investment and quickly respond to changing business conditions.
To help push forward the development of open standard software,
including Linux, Sun has joined with the Open Source Development Lab
(OSDL) to lend its expertise in the data center and carrier-grade
markets. Sun will take part in the Carrier Grade Linux and Data Center
Linux working groups.
The Sun Fire V65x server is now available for a lower price. The
Sun Fire V60x server will receive an Intel Xeon processor upgrade
to 3.06 GHz. Successful implementations of these entry-level, x86-based
servers include the University of Queensland for their molecular-scale
computations and the University of Namur in Belgium for High
Performance Technical Computing (HPTC) applications.
Mozilla 1.2.1 for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) is
now available. It includes the Browser, Mail, Composer and ChatZilla.
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has been replaced with ChatZilla, an
Internet Relay Chat Client (IRC) client. With Mozilla 1.2.1 for the
Solaris OS, users can surf the Web, communicate with colleagues,
participate in discussion groups and create dynamic Web pages. Mozilla
1.2.1 for the Solaris OS is free; there are no licensing fees.
Sun has announced the release of the Solaris 9 8/03 Operating
System (SPARC and x86 Platform Editions). This new release includes
scalability, availability, manageability and security enhancements and
integrates fixes, performance improvements and select new
technologies such as Gnome 2.0 and IP Multipathing Query Interface.
Sun Software Support services have been repriced to meet
market/competitive requirements. Sun Software Support services offers
two distinct levels of service: Standard and Premium. Many software products
from the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) group have been repriced.
Java Specification Request (JSR) 168, the Portlet Specification,
will be the topic of an upcoming Java technology live chat on
August 12, 2003, 11:00 a.m. PDT/6:00 p.m. GMT. Featured will be Adam
Abramski and Alejandro Abdelnur, the specification lead. JSR 168 will
define a set of APIs for Portal computing addressing the areas of
aggregation, personalization, presentation and security in order to
enable interoperability between Portlets and Portals.
The 15th annual Hot Chips Symposium addresses the latest topics in the
high performance chips market. Designers and architects of high
performance chips, software and systems will find three days of
presentations, tutorials and technical sessions on the most recent
developments and leading-edge designs. Session topics include testing
and reliability and cryptographic engineering.
Sun will be one of the sponsors of the multi-sponsor XChange '03 event.
This conference for solution provider executives will present keynotes,
lectures, debates and discussions focused on critical channel issues and
trends. There will be educational tracks, the Annual Report Card (ARC)
awards event and the Solutions Pavilion.
Trade in and upgrade existing UltraSPARC III 750 MHz, 900 MHz (Cu)
or 1.05 GHz (Cu) Uniboards to receive a trade-in allowance of 35
percent towards the purchase of select new UltraSPARC III Cu 1.2 GHz
Uniboards. This promotion applies to upgrades for the Sun Fire 4800
servers, Sun Fire 6800 servers, Sun Fire 12K servers and Sun
Fire 15K servers. The expiration date of the promotion is March 30,
2004.
Due to continued demand, the last order date of Sun Enterprise
10000 server systems has been extended to September 30, 2003. The Sun
Enterprise 10000 server is being replaced by the high-end Sun Fire
15K servers with the UltraSPARC III processors. Certain key
configure-to-order (CTO) options and standalone x-options such as
system boards, CPUs and memory, will continue to be available beyond
September 2003.
Sun is introducing a lower-priced base cabinet (F6800-1) for the Sun
Fire 6800 server. The cabinet also has new warranty terms. Sun is
also now offering an optional earthquake restraint kit for the Sun Fire
6800 server. And, the configuration requirement which mandated that all four I/O assembly slots be occupied with either PCI, cPCI or Sun Fire
Link assemblies has been reduced.
This section reviews the top articles of the past month, grouped by topic, to recap the most important recent news from Sun. Top news stories include the finalization of Sun's acquisition of Pixo, Sun's earnings report and its HP Away program. New services offered by Sun are highlighted, as are some Java technology courses, security solutions and success stories from industry and education.
The "Cisco Cookbook" from O'Reilly by Kevin Dooley and Ian J. Brown
provides recipes of the most common tasks network engineers perform to
solve Cisco router problems. Examples of the problems include
configuring interfaces of many types, from serial to ATM and Frame
Relay; and configuring authentication and other services, including
DHCP and NTP.
The java.sun.com Web site profiles two new Java technology books.
"Java Web Services Architecture" and "Tomcat Kick Start" offer
developers insight into Java programming language development issues.
"AspectJ in Action: Practical Aspect-Oriented Programming," by Sun
Certified Architect of Java Technology, Ramnivas Laddad, is a
512-page book that contains reusable code examples, presents design
patterns and idioms and new AspectJ patterns. The book is aimed at
intermediate to advanced Java technology developers.
Registration has begun for the SunNetwork Conference 2003. The
three-day event is aimed at allowing attendees to network with
innovators and technologists, take part in interactive educational and
panel sessions and share ideas with partners, colleagues and potential
customers. Registration is available by phone or online.
The SunNetwork Conference 2003 will offer Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF)
sessions, over 200 technical sessions, news such as new hardware and
software features for designing, implementing and managing
architectures that support future growth, and information on Project
Orion and Project Rave. Other topics include security functionality and
taking advantage of tomorrow's multi-threaded processors.
Sun ONE Web Proxy Server 3.6 SP3 is now available for download. The
service pack includes support for the HTTP/1.1 protocol and Web-based
Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocols in addition to
security fixes. Sun strongly recommends that users of previous versions
of Sun ONE Web Proxy Server install the service pack. (Sun ONE Web
Proxy Server was formerly known as iPlanet Web Proxy Server.)
The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) platform delivers a
two-to-one total cost of ownership (TCO) advantage in messaging over
IBM and Microsoft, according to a recent study by The Radicati Group.
The study, titled "Messaging Total Cost of Ownership 2003," calculated
annual TCO over a three-year period for enterprise messaging and
collaboration.
VERITAS offers an end-to-end solution to help achieve top business
efficiency while providing high availability, data protection and
disaster recovery. VERITAS i3 allows mission-critical applications
based on Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere,
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft to run
faster while ensuring less downtime.
To manage increasingly complex applications in today's business
environment, VERITAS offers VERITAS i3. The new solution aims to
fill the need for businesses to provide customers, users and partners
with optimal service. By optimizing interactions VERITAS i3 is designed
to offer benefits to a range of users, from the business user to IT
staff.
VERITAS i3 for Oracle gives businesses software and services that
improve the performance of applications running on Oracle. The
Application Performance Management solution focuses on the end-user's
response-time experience to reduce the application slowdowns that can
impact an entire business's profitability.
Sun and VERITAS are helping Carnival Cruise Lines meet its growing
business needs by supplying Sun Enterprise servers and the
Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) in combination with Oracle
databases. This new system helps Carnival run all of its shipboard
and shoreside operations, and the Oracle databases are administered by Sun's performance
management partner, VERITAS.
The Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) has been
published to solve problems that arise when multiple Web Services are
used in combination to support information sharing and transaction
processing. The Framework was jointly published by Arjuna Technologies, Fujitsu
Software, IONA Technologies, Oracle and Sun.
Sun and Oracle are engaged in a joint sales training and telemarketing
campaign to inform customers of the benefits of running Oracle
solutions on Sun servers, specifically the newly released Oracle
Collaboration Suite, release 2. Together Sun and Oracle want to reduce
costs and give customers an improved collaboration platform.
Gas turbine manufacturer Mitsubishi Power Systems (MPS) needed to
improve its remote monitoring system by making it accessible over the
Web. They replaced their Microsoft system with a new one based on a
combination of Oracle and Sun technology. The close Sun and Oracle
relationship played a major role in MPS's selection of Sun and Oracle technology such as Sun Fire servers and Oracle 8i.
Celequest 2.0 is an integrated software suite for building and
deploying business activity monitoring (BAM) solutions across the
enterprise. The solution consists of a server, modeler, dashboard and a
workbench. It monitors events such as increases in call volume in a
call center or a drop in inventory levels.
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