Fans the world over are keeping the fervor for baseball going at
MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball. MLB Advanced
Media, LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major
League Baseball, and Sun have developed a powerful,
interactive Web site that supports data- and bandwidth-intensive
features that drive baseball fans to the Internet.
Sun and Texas Instruments (TI) will collaborate on optimized end-to-end
wireless solutions for 2.5G and 3G networks. TI will also license Sun's
CLDC HI for integration into the TI family of TCS chipsets for GPRS,
EDGE, CDMA and UMTS-enabled handsets and wireless OMAP applications
processors. They will also work on an optimized implementation of MIDP
2.0 on TI's TCS wireless chipsets and OMAP processors.
Lehman Brothers has earned a seat on Sun's Solaris Technical
Advisory Board for its innovative implementation of Solaris Live
Upgrade, enabling it to work with third-party volume management software.
Sun is now offering the Sun
Java Enterprise System, a consolidation of Sun's entire network
services architecture, to schools at the rate of $50 per
faculty/administrator per year. Customers get infinite right to use in Internet applications and an integrated Java Web Services platform.
Sun joined forces with Cornell University, Stanford
University and WGBH at the recent EDUCAUSE conference to showcase
solutions designed to help campuses and media organizations manage
intellectual property on the network, furthering the evolution
of the digital campus into a true knowledge enterprise.
The new iForce Solution Center for Digital Asset Management, jointly
opened in Boston by WGBH and Sun, is a proof-of-concept testing
facility dedicated to showing broadcasters and other digital
media-intensive businesses how to develop architectures for the economical
management of their digital assets and to derive additional
revenue from the content.
The U.S. Army Accessions Command (USAAC) is responsible for recruitment
efforts and matching newly enlisted and commissioned personnel with the
requirements of the first unit to which they become assigned. Faced
with the imperative to lower costs, the USAAC turned to Sun
to support its integrated portal and identity management
solutions and its document management solution.
Sun solutions have achieved a world record with Oracle Application
Server 10g running on a heterogeneous Sun configuration in the
SPECjAppServer 2002 benchmark. The multi-tier operating system and
processor architecture included a seven-node Sun Fire V65x server
cluster, each equipped with two Intel Xeon 3.06 GHz processors running
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and linked to the SPARC processor-based Sun
Fire 6800 database server running the Solaris Operating System
(Solaris OS) (SPARC Platform Edition) and the Sun Fire V65x
server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 with x86 chip technology.
A recent Sun benchmark run in Sun's Newark, CA, Customer Benchmark
Center tested real-world scenarios for inventory and supply chains
using Sun technology and an i2 solution. The results demonstrated
improved forecast accuracy and optimized inventory to meet customer
demands.
For customers running Oracle Real Application Clusters with Sun Cluster
software (now rebranded as Sun Java System Cluster), Sun is
offering a promotion with savings of up to 50 percent. The promotion
reduces the license fees for Sun Cluster 3 agent licenses and
SCI cards and switches. The promotion will run
until April 28, 2004.
Sun announced plans to open an RFID test center in Dallas, TX, where
Wal-Mart suppliers can test their RFID solutions to guarantee
compliance with the Wal-Mart standard.
The Sun Java Desktop System scored high with the New Rowley Group,
who see the product as wedging a significant opening in the market
dominated by Microsoft's Windows and Office. Aside from the name, which led
many analysts to assume the solution was a desktop for running Java
technology applications, the New Rowley Group is encouraged to think that
this Sun product and similar solutions from other vendors will shortly pose a challenge to Microsoft's market share.
Among the new features in Sun Java Studio Standard 5 update 1
(formerly Sun ONE Studio 5 update 1, Standard Edition), which is
based on the NetBeans platform, is a Model-view-controller based
application framework and associated tools that make for improved
developer productivity. The update comes pre-configured with the
Sun ONE Application Server 7. The update also features Extended Web
Services Support, Unit Testing support with JUNIT and Inherited
advanced NetBeans Platform features.
Sun Cluster 3.1 10/03 software powers SunPlex Systems to manage
application services while optimizing both their availability and
scalability. Sun Cluster software is the key to building highly
available SunPlex systems, including the Solaris Operating System
(Solaris OS), agents, applications, Sun servers, Sun StorEdge
solutions, interconnect products and services.
Sun and Texas Instruments (TI) recently marked the 15th anniversary of
their relationship working on advanced semiconductor design and
manufacturing technologies (See article [11272]). The benefits of the
research are reduced operating costs and increased performance and
efficiency for customers.
SunHSI hardware is a high speed serial interface adapter for
connecting remote Sun systems to a WAN. The Serial Asynchronous
Interface Adapter Card (PCI), SunSAI, is a fast and reliable
solution for connecting multiple serial devices.
The SANS Network Security 2003 Annual Conference is designed to provide
several in-depth, hands-on, immersion training tracks for technical and
management people interested in improving security for their employers.
The event will include large security product expositions, the highest
rated instructors, bonus sessions on new technology and
birds-of-a-feather meetings.
Sun, PeopleSoft and BearingPoint present a seminar on "Financial
Consolidation & the Sarbanes-Oxley Act" November 13, 2003, in Atlanta,
GA. The focus will be on the reporting requirements, gaining increased
vision into your corporate financial data and reducing time spent on
the books via a solution from Sun, PeopleSoft and BearingPoint.
The Rocky Mountain Software Symposium is designed to cover the latest
in trends, best practices and newest developments in Java
technology software application development. The event provides focused
exposure to the technical aspects of Java technology, XML, Java 2
Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Open Source.
The schedule has been announced for the Sun Tech Days Conference
scheduled for Prague. The lineup includes a Sun keynote on current
software industry trends and future directions the industry may take.
Sun Tech Days -- Prague will be held November 18 in the Czech
Republic.
The California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA)
will base its annual conference on the theme of: "Engineering the
Future of Educational Technology." Break out sessions, hands-on
sessions, a technology center, tech talks and a vendor exposition will
all be available to conference attendees. The conference will be held
on November 16-21, in Santa Barbara, CA. Sun will be conducting a session on Linux and open source
systems in K-12.
Enterprise IT Week CDXPO aims to provide a vertically focused,
enterprise IT event that includes a state-of-the-art exhibition and
conference. The event brings together IT professionals from all over
the globe for a range of tracks and sessions, including a Web Services
standards roundtable and a session on Web services management using
Java Management Extensions (JMX) APIs.
BAI's Retail Delivery Conference and Expo 2003 aims to bring together
some of the best in the business to examine critical business issues
with proven strategies and important information. Workshop topics include
the future of retail financial channels. Sessions will cover CRM and more.
Release 7.1 of Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup software (EBS)
(formerly Solstice Backup) features a PowerSnap Module for Sun
StorEdge Availability Suite, Windows 2003 Volume Snapshot (VSS)
support, ClientPak for Mac OS-X, and a module for SAP R/3 on Oracle,
Linux client. The software provides greater resiliency, reduces
management overhead and enables faster completion of backups and
restores.
Sun introduces two storage softwares: Sun StorEdge 9900 Series
HiCommand Tuning Manager Software Version 3.0, designed for
organizations that have a large storage infrastructure, and Sun
StorEdge 9900 Dynamic Link Manager Software for Solaris Version
5.1, designed for use with the Sun StorEdge 9900 storage array
systems and for organizations running mission-critical applications.
The Executive Review of last month's top news and stories features Sun's push into Asia, new product offerings, the Microsoft JVM and much more. The review also highlights some of Sun's recent corporate news and financials and includes coverage of last month's telco, financial services and retail sections.
Manufacturers of the numerous Java technology-based handsets have
traditionally relied on the Java Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) to
test their products for compatibility and standards-compliance before
introducing them to market. Now, with the introduction of the Java
Device Test Suite (JDTS), there is a tool that measures quality
assurance as well.
Get a Sun ONE Starter Kit when you take a course from a selected
list of courses covering Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) and
Java technology. The starter kit includes a tutorial on getting
started with Java technology, APIs, a demo of Project JXTA and other
tools.
A new book explains how to program Bluetooth applications using the
Java Application Programming Interface (API). Written by the
specification lead for Java Specification Request (JSR) 82 and two other key participants in the
definition of Java APIs for Bluetooth wireless technology (JABWT),
"Bluetooth Application Programming with the Java APIs" should offer
readers some valuable insight.
"Software By Numbers" aims to address the difficulty of software
development straight-on and offer realistic answers to the problem.
Authors Mark Denne and Dr. Jane Cleland-Huang present Incremental
Funding Methodology (IFM), an ROI-informed approach to software
development.
The book, "Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving," looks at
the complicated task of finding solid software for the toughest
problems. While much of today's complex problem solving software offer
advanced features or alluring visuals, the user experience often leaves
much to be desired. Barbara Mirel's new book helps readers figure this
complicated subject out.
For a tech tip on improving the threading of Swing applications, see the java.net site. Also covered recently on the site is a new
NetBeans IDE module, Project JXTA and the Colorado Software Summit
on Java technology and XML.
The Final Release of the Java Specification Request (JSR) 168
Specification is available. The goals of the specification are to define
a set of APIs for Portal computing addressing the areas of aggregation,
personalization, presentation and security to enable interoperability
between Portlets and Portals.
Chapter 16 of the Java Web Services Tutorial, "JavaServer Pages
(JSP) Technology", starts with an overview of the technology,
examples, how-to's on creating custom and static content, tips on using
custom tags and more.
TopCoder Inc. has joined the OSS through Java Initiative (OSS/J) as
a Focus Member. TopCoder will be responsible for two projects: One a
test proxy, and another project working with Java Management
Extensions (JMX).
Joe Keller, vice president, Marketing for Java Web Services and Tools,
participated in a recent question and answer session addressing topics
such as how Sun is attracting new groups of Java technology developers.
Tendu software uses Java technology as its platform to create a
database of stats and information for coaches, players and fans. It
provides contextual tendency analysis which was used by some Major
League teams to assess the tendencies of players up to bat. Jon Byous
outlines the software and its abilities in a feature story on the Java
technology developer Web site.
Sun has given the Sun ONE Unified Development Server (formerly
iPlanet Unified Development Server) a new lease on life. While there
will be few or no new features or functionality developed for the
solution, Sun will continue to provide product and engineering support
(e.g., bug fixes, patches, service packs) for the next several years.
At the same time, users will be encouraged to migrate to the Java 2
Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and the Sun ONE Application
Server.
Christian Candia's Sun BluePrints paper "Sun ONE Portal Server 6
Best Practices" presents some architectural guidelines that are
frequently applied to Sun Java System Portal Server 6 (formerly
Sun ONE Portal Server 6) software implementations. Candia presents
this information to assist users in identifying and understanding
potentially conflicting requirements among the functional and
non-functional aspects of implementing a technical solution to a
particular problem.
In their Sun BluePrints paper "Network Design Patterns: N-Tier Data
Centers," Deepak Kakadia and Richard Croucher of Sun begin
their approach to the design and implementation of N-Tier architectures
for Web-based service delivery infrastructures with an analysis of the
functional and non-functional requirements and a distinction between
architecture and design. The paper documents a set of fully tested
configurations, comparing solutions from two different network
equipment providers.
Jtest 5.0 from Parasoft helps developers catch errors early in
development. New features in Jtest 5.0 include new JUnit test
generation capabilities, automated code correction capabilities, and
other features designed to simplify team-wide Java technology error
prevention.
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