Sections in this issue:
News, Software, Events, Entry Level Servers, Storage, Education and Research, Sysadmin, Publications, Java Technology, New Product Marketplace, Trademarks
click to jump to section
|
|
|
News
|
x
|
Air France Chooses Sun Java System Portal Server
Sun Solution Supports Multiple Application Servers
Air France has chosen the Sun Java System Portal Server (formerly
Sun ONE Portal Server) to provide improved communications for its
71,525 employees worldwide. Sun edged the competition with its ability
to integrate SAP, IBM Lotus Notes, Air France's corporate
directory and other key applications while providing multi-application
server support, including IBM Websphere.
|
Sun Outpaces Competitors in Volume Server Revenue
IDC Survey Shows Sun's Low-cost Strategy Bearing Fruit
The results of the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker
indicate that Sun's low cost strategy is paying off as factory revenue
grew more than twice as fast for Sun as for its competitors in the
volume server market in the $25,000 price range. IDC's survey found
that Sun had double-digit growth in unit shipments, both on a
quarter-to-quarter sequential basis, and on a year-over-year basis, in
three key categories of the volume server segment: all operating
systems, UNIX and UNIX+Linux.
|
Sun Microsystems Ends iForce Partner Relationship with SolNet in New Zealand
Predicts Minimal Effect on Delivery of Sun IT Infrastructure Products
Although its presence in the New Zealand market continues to grow, Sun
Microsystems has terminated its relationship with SolNet, a former
iForce partner in that country. Sun expects no more than a minimal
disruption in its supply of products and services to New Zealand as a
result of terminating this partnership.
|
|
Software
|
x
|
Factory Installations Now Available for Sun Java Enterprise System
Sun Customer Ready Systems Program Reduces Deployment Time
Through the Sun Customer Ready Systems (CRS) program, the Sun Java
Enterprise System can be factory installed and configured on Sun
hardware. Sun hardware can be factory-integrated with custom options,
systems can be racked, cabled and delivered to the customer's site as
a "ready-to-deploy" system.
|
Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0.1
Simplifies and Speeds Up Software Stack Configuration and Management
Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0.1 is a tool designed to
allow administrators to manage and provision software configurations as
a single, integrated software stack. What's more, combined with
Solaris Live Upgrade software, Sun Management Center Change Manager
enables software upgrades or changes to servers while they continue to
operate. An easy rollback to the previous configuration is also
possible in the event of a system failure.
|
Inca X Announces Jini 2 Plugins for NetBeans IDE
Create and Deploy Jini 2 Technology Services to Remote Hosts
NetBeans IDE and Eclipse users now have access to the Jini
technology service creation tools and the service deployment and
management semantics of the Inca X platform. Developers can create and
deploy Jini 2 technology services to remote hosts.
|
|
Events
|
x
|
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
January 20-23, New York, NY
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo will bring together participants from
all over the world interested in Linux and other open source
technologies. Linux is able to offer enterprises enormous cost savings,
efficiencies and considerable reliability benefits. The event will be
held January 20-23, in New York.
|
COMDEX Scandinavia 2004
January 20-22, Göteborg, Sweden
COMDEX Scandinavia 2004 will include five keynote speakers along with
60 other speakers focusing on highly topical areas. Several strategic
tracks and technical tracks will be available, including Digital
Enterprise, Industrial IT and IT Security. The event will take place
January 20-22, in Goteborg, Sweden, with Sun as an exhibitor.
|
Net Talk: StarOffice 7: Breaking the Microsoft Habit
December 11, Online
An upcoming Sun Net Talk will focus on "StarOffice 7: Breaking
the Microsoft Habit." The online event will look at how users can take
advantage of the new features and cost savings offered by StarOffice 7
software by migrating off Microsoft.
|
Open Source Summit and Expo
December 11, Burlingame, CA
The Open Source Summit and Expo aims to take a wide ranging look at the
technology and business aspects of open source software. The event will
include two keynote presentations and four panels on business and
technology issues as well as a question and answer follow-up discussion
with the audience.
|
|
Entry Level Servers
|
x
|
Custom Hardware Designed: Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade
Full Duplex Dual Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
Lower the cost and complexity of SSL processing with the Sun Fire
B10p SSL Proxy Blade. Features include full duplex dual Gigabit
Ethernet connectivity, seamless integration with the Sun Fire B1600
Blade Platform, tamper proof keys and certificates and more.
|
IT Budget Shift Drives Extended Supply-Chain Management
--
U.S. companies have shifted their IT expenditures from the core or
internally oriented technologies to the edge of the enterprise, where
they are spending on supply-chain mangement (SCM), distributed order
management, collaborative planning and forecasting and collaborative
logistics. The Yankee Group determined that spending in these latter
areas had increased by as much as 75 percent while overall IT budget
growth was only 3.7 percent.
|
|
Storage
|
x
|
Promotion: Save on SAN Switches from McData, Brocade & Sun StorEdge
More Ports for No Additional Cost
Select fibre channel switch products from Brocade, McData and Sun's OEM
switch vendors are on a limited time promotion. This is a limited time
offer and is only available for orders placed during the promotion
period November 11, 2003, through March 31, 2004.
|
Factory Configurable Options for the Sun StorEdge L8 Autoloader
Choice of LTO gen 1, LTO Gen 2 or SDLT 320 SCSI Drives
Factory configurable options are now available for the Sun StorEdge
L8 tape autoloader. It is available with a choice of LTO gen 1, LTO Gen
2 or SDLT 320 SCSI drives. It can be installed in the Sun StorEdge 72",
Sun Fire or Sun 900 rack, utilizing the factory configurable Sun
StorEdge L8 rackmount kit.
|
146 GB Drives for the Sun StorEdge 9960 and Sun StorEdge 9910 Systems
Lower Cost per Gigabyte
146 GB 10K RPM hard disk drives (HDD) are available for the Sun
StorEdge 9960 and Sun StorEdge 9910 systems, doubling the
capacity for these systems. This raises the maximum raw capacity of the
Sun StorEdge 9960 system to almost 75 TB and
gives the Sun StorEdge 9910 system almost 7 TB in a single integrated
controller/array cabinet.
|
|
|
Education and Research
|
x
|
First Sun Center of Excellence in Pervasive Computing in Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong Receives Donation from Sun
Recently, City University (CityU) of Hong Kong and Sun formed
the first Sun Center of Excellence (CoE) in Pervasive Computing in Hong
Kong. Sun donated over HK$11 million in hardware equipment and Sun
Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) software packages to CityU to enhance
research efforts and assist students learning about pervasive
computing.
|
Announcing the Sun EduConnection Program
Get the Email Newsletter, Net Talks and More
The Sun EduConnection Program is a free online forum for the education
and research community that delivers valuable information on technology
trends in education. EduConnection includes the EduConnection email
newsletter, Sun Net Talks, Expert Exchanges and special offers.
|
Grid Engine Presentations Available from Workshop in Regensburg, Germany
Grid Engine 6.0 Development
Grid Engine users and developers from research and industry met in
Regensburg, Germany, Sept. 22-24, 2003, to exchange information, ideas
and experiences. The workshop covered a wide variety of topics around
Grid Computing in general and Grid Engine in particular. Presentations are available.
|
|
Sysadmin
|
x
|
Download DTrace, Solaris Operating System Dynamic Tracing Guide
Diagnoses Problems in System Performance
DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for the Solaris
Operating System (Solaris OS) that provides a powerful infrastructure
to permit administrators, developers and service personnel to concisely
answer arbitrary questions about the behavior of the operating system
and user programs. The most recent draft of the Solaris Dynamic Tracing
(DTrace) Guide is available as a 1 MB PDF download from the BigAdmin
services system administration portal.
|
Keeping Current with Scheduled Changes in the Solaris Operating System
Solaris Next, Solaris Express Help Users Stay up to Date
internetnews.com reporter Michael Singer explained Sun's new strategy for
introducing Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) refinements, which
includes such programs as Solaris Next and Solaris Express.
|
Solaris 9 Operating System Labeled a Comprehensive Operating Environment
Changes, Improvements Add Up to More than an Enhanced Solaris 8 OS
More than a year ago (New Architect, October 2002), Stephanos Gosling
wrote about the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS), describing
the experience of installing and running the new version from the
perspective of a veteran user of Solaris 7 OS and Solaris 8 OS. All
indications are that Gosling's experience is being borne out by
subsequent users of Solaris 9 OS. Article [11546] in this
news report's archives concerns a Sun Net Talk on migrating to
Solaris 9 OS that should also be of interest.
|
Hitachi HiCommand Tuning Manager, Hitachi HiCommand Suite
Two New Courses from Sun
Two new courses available from suned.sun.com are Hitachi HiCommand
Tuning Manager and Hitachi HiCommand Suite. These offerings will be of
interest to Storage Administrators, SAN Solutions Architects, IT
Professionals, Marketing Representatives, System Support Engineers,
Software Consultants, Technical Support Engineers, Customer Engineers
and anyone who needs to have in-depth knowledge of the Hitachi
HiCommand Suite software.
|
|
Publications
|
x
|
"The Art of UNIX Programming"
UNIX, Linux and the Open Source Software Development Community
The "Art of UNIX Programming" is written by noted author Eric S.
Raymond, but includes a host of contributions from well known UNIX
names such as Ken Thompson, David Korn and Jim Gettys. The text aims
to embody the engineering wisdom and design philosophy of the UNIX,
Linux and open source software development community.
|
"Managing Software Deliverables"
A Software Development Management Methodology
"Managing Software Deliverables," written by John Rittinghouse, aims to
describe a set of proven successes for establishing an effective
Software Program Management Office (SPMO) function in a corporate
setting. These processes are essential for any business that has people
performing Software Project Management activities.
|
"The Grid 2"
The Impact of Large-scale Resource Sharing and Virtualization
"The Grid 2" is the second edition of the successful book by Ian Foster
and Carl Kesselman that introduced a whole new concept in computing.
The book aims to explain the huge impact of large-scale resource
sharing and virtualization within science and industry. The book
includes topics on the framework, architecture, policy domains and
twice the amount of space dedicated to applications in the first
edition.
|
"Multimedia Wireless Networks: Technologies, Standards and QoS"
With a Look at Quality of Service Problems
A new book offers readers a complete guide to understanding multimedia
wireless networks, specifically focusing on wireless local loops,
wireless LANs and wireless PANs. The book also looks to address quality
of service problems by examining the architecture, applications and
implementation of wireless networks, including a number of standards
and proposed standards.
|
|
Java Technology
|
x
|
Java Card Platform Specification, v2.2.1
Alignment with Industry Standards
The recently announced Java Card platform specification v2.2.1 is
available for download. Enhancements in this version aim to facilitate
alignment with smart card industry standards. Java Card version 2.1
applications will run on Java Card 2.2.1 products without any
modifications.
|
Streaming API for XML (StAX) Approved by Java Community Process
Now Available for Download from BEA Systems
After two years in the works, Streaming API for Java (StAX) is
available for download from BEA Systems, which spearheaded the Java
Community Process effort that took final form in Java
Specification Request 173, according to Jim Wagner reporting for
InternetNews.com. The new application programming interface (API) is
described as a pull API, which means it parses only as much information
as necessary for an application in response to a user request.
|
Taglibs Usability and Lessons
Definitions, Audience, RSS tags, Tree Menus and More
An article on the java.net Web site takes a look at usability of
taglibs and discusses the lessons that can be learned from three
redesigned case studies. Written by Joshua Marinacci, "Taglibs:
Designing Web APIs for the Non-Programmer" explains what taglibs are,
their usability and audience, RSS tags, tree menus and source code.
|
Java Card Demonstrates Interoperability
Technology Scores Well In "Plugtest"
The third annual Java Card Plugtest held in October, 2003, by the
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), demonstrated
real Java Card interoperability with full compatibility expected soon.
While a few applications required "recompiling" in order to work, the
end result was near 100 percent.
|
|
New Product Marketplace
|
x
|
More Services Possible as Borland is Available on i-mode
Collaboration to Streamline Mobile Application Development
Borland JBuilder Mobile Development is available for NTT DoCoMo's
i-mode. It integrates JBuilder and the NTT DoCoMo Doja 1.5 Overseas
Edition SDK emulator, providing a Java technology-based development
platform for GPRS based i-mode application developers worldwide.
|
|
|
|
