Sun's game server prototype integrates Java technology with IGN/GameSpy and TimesTen information to interconnect multiple game devices to a single game network. This prototype's architecture enables an infrastructure to support various games, making it appealing to developers and publishers, who'll save money deploying an online game.

Sun CEO Scott McNealy summed up his keynote presentation at the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference in Atlanta by saying: "The Java technology-powered environment is now outshipping the Microsoft world. Deal with it." Sun impressed industry watchers with a multitude of new partnerships and developments.

Get ready independent video game developers, Sun is looking for innovative game applications using Java technology. Winners will be awarded a variety of prizes including a license and deployment license from IGN/GameSpy (valued at $40,000), Athlon 64 PCs from AMD (valued at $7,500) and two Zodiacs from Tapwave (valued at $800).

Sun Microsystems Finance is offering two promotions to help customers adopt UltraSPARC IV technologies. One is a 50 percent down deal on the Sun Fire 4800 systems and Sun Fire 6800 systems, and the other offer is called the "Two Payments on Us" Lease Option.

Mobile Java Web Services technology will be extended to millions of BlackBerry customers in the near future. This current project between Sun and Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to enable the end-to-end secure delivery of enterprise data via BlackBerry, a leading wireless connectivity solution.

Sun Services is conducting a survey to see how effective their communications are. They are asking how satisfied people are with Sun Services' product information. Let them know if you'd like to get that information as part of this news report.

Coming this fall, Sun and AT&T Wireless will offer customers the EDGE-enabled Sun Java Desktop System that will provide any time, anywhere accessibility to vital business applications. This new solution takes the desktop experience outside the office.

Aligo's mobile platform is now available on the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS) (x86 Platform Edition) and the Solaris OS (SPARC Platform Edition) as an out-of-the-box solution for real-time access to mission-critical data in the field.

Sun Java Studio Enterprise 6 2004Q1 is a comprehensive development platform for the Sun Java Enterprise System. This version contains enhanced debugging and development support for Web Services and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application development.

Sun is working on a pricing program to offer the Sun Java Enterprise System to governments based on the number of citizens in the country. According to a story on CNET News, Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of Sun's software group, said the pricing will be aligned with the definitions offered by the UN of developed, developing and least developed countries.

CXOtoday recently reported on the switch ICICI OneSource, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service provider located in Mumbai, made from Microsoft Office to StarOffice 7 software. The move has already saved the company Rs 72 Lakh. Thus far the company has only deployed StarOffice software on 10 percent of its desktops, but it plans to expand that number to 25 percent soon.

Sun recently posted an interview with chief Jini network technology architect and Sun Distinguished Engineer, Jim Waldo, on its Java technology Web site. Jim discusses the future of Jini network technology and how it is currently being used. He also discusses what is happening with the "networked home."

TheServerSide Java technology Symposium is a limited attendance event of 500 people. The event focuses on server-side Java technologies and development practices and features a technical and advanced set of technical sessions.

Retail Systems 2004 conference and exposition offers retailers and suppliers opportunities to discuss both technology and business issues from a retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer perspective. Topics include RFID, IT Finance and Management, Stores of the Future, and Data Synchronization.

The Sun Fire V20z Server Maintenance and Troubleshooting Web-based course (WET-4682-90) focuses on training in replacing components in the server.

The 900 MHz configurations of the Sun Fire V1280 server and Netra 1280 server are being discontinued. The last order date is May 14, 2004. The prices of the 1.2 GHz configurations for these servers and CPU boards are being reduced. A certain configuration of the Sun Fire V240 server is being replaced.

The Sun StorEdge 3120 SCSI array supports up to four 3.5" hard disk drives and supports a wide variety of hard disk drive capacities and rotational speeds. With its Ultra320 SCSI support, it can achieve up to 320 MB/sec. data transfer per SCSI channel for fast access and I/O transfer.

The 36 GB 10K rpm configurations will be ended on these systems: Sun StorEdge T3 array, Sun StorEdge 3900 series and Sun StorEdge 6900 series.

Sun is offering its Masters of System Development degree in Java technology through the IT Masters program at Charles Sturt University in Australia.

Sun is partnering with Australian educators in order to better create and define the information economy of tomorrow. By investing in educators, Sun helps them come to grips with trends such as online learning environments, collaborative research systems, student portals, wireless campuses, streamlined administrative processes and digitized information assets.

A recent Sun BluePrints OnLine article offers readers best practices for installing, configuring, securing and maintaining availability and performance for the Sun Fire 15K server.

A recent Sun article advises readers on how to determine how much free physical RAM they have available, and how to effectively use this information. Users of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) will find the document provides a routine to determine available physical memory, as well as a sample program that demonstrates how the interface can be used.

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.5 (also called Tiger) has new language features that require bytecode changes and modifications to existing APIs such as the Reflection API. Michael Nascimento Santos outlines modifications to the Reflection API that are now available to the public as part of JDK 1.5 beta 1, and shows how you can take advantage of them in your code.

I'm Technologies of Singapore signed a Technology Licensing and Distributorship Agreement with Sun to develop its smart card operating system with Java Card technology.

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