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Sun's third quarter Network Computing announcements headline this week's edition. Topping Sun news are the new Sun FireTM V490 and Sun FireTM V890 servers [13689], [13679]; Sun StorEdgeTM 6920 and Sun StorEdgeTM 9990 arrays [13684]; promotions and programs targeting financial services [13683]; details on Sun's computing-on-demand initiative [13693] and a Sun-branded content switch with virtualization capability [13640].
New information on Sun's SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) was presented, including the latest technologies, tools and training programs [13691] and partner software support and benefits [13688].
Other stories of interest cover the Tokyo Stock Exchange's adoption of Sun architecture [13685], Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz's take on Wall Street and Linux [13671] and Sun's new team member and Roller Technology Founder Dave Johnson [13639].
Sun Server's section reports on UltraSPARCR IV Uniboards' reduced pricing [13676], HA/HAC Service Packs' features [13575] and Sun FireTM midrange server maintenance [13591].
In SysAdmin, read about Sun solutions for migrating HP customers [13564], global compliance regulations [13605] and more.
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Sun to Offer Content Switch with Virtualization Capability
Classic Load Balancing Switch with Higher Performance, Security
At Sun's NC04Q3, Sun revealed its first ever content switch - a load-balancing and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) acceleration switch based on the Nauticus N2000 products. This new networking technology is designed for integration in future Sun systems to add additional virtualization and resource optimization capabilities.
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Wall Street-Centric Promotions and Programs
Cost-Cutting Incentives Entice Financial Services Market
Financial services companies now have a wide selection of migration programs and promotional hardware and software bundles to choose from after Sun's NC04Q3 announcements this past week. These initiatives include a Xeon trade-in program that offers cash credit with the purchase of new Sun Fire Opteron processor-based systems.
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Innovative New Storage Solutions, Product Enhancements Announced
Revolutionizing Consolidation and Scalability
New Sun storage solutions and product enhancements were presented at the company's NC04Q3 including the Sun StorEdge 6920 and the Sun StorEdge 9990 arrays that offer innovative control of physical assets, ease of allocation and massive consolidation abilities on two different classes of storage.
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Selects Sun Architecture
A 20 Percent Cost Reduction, Increase in Security, Reliability Expected
Wanting to reduce costs while increasing the reliability, flexibility and security required by the global securities marketplace, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. selected Sun architecture as the common platform of choice for its multiple information systems, and expects to reduce spending on information systems by 20 percent in the next five years with Sun.
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Solaris Ecosystem's Growth Benefits Partners, Customers
More Choices, Less Cost, Higher Performance
Fifteen new financial services application software partners will be designing applications specifically for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) ecosystem, adding to the more than 1,100 solutions currently available from over 700 of Sun's business application software partners - an increase of 17 percent in the last six months.
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New Sun Fire Servers Set Performance Records
Delivers Twice the Application Throughput
The Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire V890 are two new Sun Fire servers with UltraSPARC IV technology that can add up to 50 percent more application throughput within the same physical footprint as earlier versions, while maintaining complete binary compatibility.
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Sun Unveils its Computing-on-demand Initiative
Receive Outsourcing Benefits without Long-term Contract Demands
Sun is offering computing-on-demand with access to processor Relevant Products/Services from Intel Enterprise Solutions power for USD$1 an hour, reported Keith Regan with E-Commerce Times. Announced at the NC04Q3 last week, this pricing plan starts at USD$1 per computer processing unit hour and offers "packs" of grid hours that are sold in bundles.
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Top Ten Articles for Last 3 Issues
Vol 79 Issues 1, 2 and 3
Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with the most popular articles of the current and last volumes. The top articles for the three most recent issues were:
- 79.3: Entry-level Sun Fire Servers to Offer UltraSPARC IV Chips
- 79.2: Sun is a Problem for Red Hat, Not Linux
- 79.1: Wall Street Financial Institutions Offered Taste of Solaris 10 OS
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Enamoring Wall Street with Sun Quality, Reliability, Choice
Schwartz Predicts Continued Disillusionment with Red Hat Linux
Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz predicts Wall Street will continue to be disillusioned by Linux, particularly Red Hat, and enamored by Sun's economical, high-performance Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). In an interview with Chris Murphy for Wall Street & Technology Online, Schwartz explained why he believes financial services will migrate back to Sun.
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Solaris OS Takes Center Stage on Wall Street
Advanced Technologies, Developer Tools, Training Programs Introduced
The Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) took center stage at Sun's NC04Q3 announcements in New York last week along with more than 100 of Sun's top financial services customers, who joined the company in a show of support. New technologies, developer tools and training programs targeted at accelerating migration to Sun's next-generation OS were introduced.
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Roller Technology Founder Dave Johnson Joins Sun
Evangelization of Blogging Industry-wide Primary Focus
Dave Johnson, creator and founder of Roller, has joined the Sun team to assist in merging blog technology into Sun's enterprise software and evangelize blogging. Sun initially chose Johnson's Roller technology to support its employee blogs that were designed to improve corporate communication at the grassroots level.
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The New Sun Fire V890
Features UltraSPARC IV Processors with CMT Technology
The Sun Fire V890 is part of Sun's low-cost, high-performance servers that offers the latest in UltraSPARC IV processors with Chip Multithreading (CMT) technology. This eight-way processor comes with the Sun Java Enterprise System software and the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS) preinstalled.
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Reduce Pricing on 1.05GHz UltraSPARC IV Uniboards
Promotion Extends to Related System Bundle Configurations
Sun is reducing its pricing on all existing 1.05 GHz UltraSPARC IV Uniboards and related system bundle configurations. This offer is aimed at customers interested in Sun Fire E4900 - E25K and Sun Fire 4800, Sun Fire 6800, Sun Fire 12K and Sun Fire 15K.
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HA/HAC Service Packs Offer Life Cycle Availability Solution
Consulting, Training, Support Services Delivered
When running Sun Fire servers responsible for supporting mission-critical applications, it is important that these applications are protected throughout their life cycle. Sun recommends that fundamental services and methodologies are implemented, which can be found in High Availability (HA) Service Packs and High Availability Cluster (HAC) Service Packs.
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All You Need to Know About Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance
Learn how to Self-maintain Midrange Networked Database Servers
Interested in learning how to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Sun Fire midrange servers? Sun is offering the hands-on Sun Fire Midrange Server Maintenance course designed to address these issues in relation to the following Sun Fire servers: V1280/E2900, 3800, 4800/E4900, 4810 and 6800/E6900.
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"Sun's Infrastructure Solution for Tru64 Migration"
White Paper Offers HP Customers Guide on Migration Considerations
This Sun technical white paper addresses the needs of Hewlett Packard customers that are faced with migrating to a new IT environment with the end of life of the Tru64 operating system and AlphaServer platforms by year's end. Features of Sun servers and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) are presented as a viable alternative.
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"Risk Management, Compliance and Technology White Paper"
Solution Ensures Compliance with Evolving Global Regulations
A recent Sun white paper addresses the difficulties financial institutions encounter in attempting to know and understand regulatory compliance laws worldwide. From the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to the USA Patriot Act to the Securities & Exchange Commission, keeping up with the latest rulings is an enormous task. Sun offers a solution through the SunTone certification program.
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OSS/J Initiative Pushes for Compatibility to Facilitate Telco Operations
Industry Standards to Ease Costs, Compatibility, Interoperability
A recent Sun article covers the benefits that communications service providers can receive with operating support systems through Java (OSS/J) initiative's application programming interfaces (API). These APIs allow telecommunication corporations to save their legacy systems with its plug-and-play compatibility between compliant carrier-grade OSSs.
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Using syslog-ng and Stunnel for a Centralized, Secure Log Server
Article Explains Technique in a Step-by-step Approach
A featured article on Sun's BigAdmin Web site by Amy Rich describes how to create a centralized secure log server by using syslog-ng and Stunnel. She covers everything from installing Stunnel and syslog-ng to creating certificate files for syslog-ng over Stunnel, as well as configuring both these tools.
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