Topping the News this week is the Sun-Microsoft teleconference regarding the status of their technical collaboration [13906], Sun's acquirement of SevenSpace [13904], Sun's part in a new world record set at the SCInet Bandwidth Challenge [13907] and the company's drive to establish the lead in heterogeneous storage management [13858].

The industry's first JVMTM to support 64-bit systems via the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) [13855] headlines the Software section, which also includes articles on the N1TM Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 [13876], SunTM Cluster 3.1 9/04 [13887] and a 50 percent off promotion for the Solaris 9 OS [13846].

In Storage, read about the SunTM Utility Computing for Midrange SunTM StorEdge systems [13845], repricing of select Sun StorEdgeTM 3000 arrays [13886], the Sun StorEdgeTM L500 Tape Library [13890] and EOL for Sun StorEdgeTM 9960 and 9910 systems [13874].

The Sys Admin section covers the Sun FireTM E2900 servers capacity on demand solution [13883], two Sun BluePrintsTM OnLine articles - one on IPsec deployment [13829] and the other on pGINA in a UNIXR-based and Microsoft Windows environment [13828] and a USD$500-off promotion for Sun training [13808].

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This week's edition looks ahead to 2005 reporting on a recent survey that indicates IT decision-makers plan to invest in 32/64-bit hybrid servers [13925], while Sun considers which enterprise software products to open source next year [13944]. Sun Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy discusses the company's plans on wholesaling hosted capacity computing services [13932] and he reflects on the Sun-Oracle alliance [13929].

Current and future collaborative solutions from Sun and Oracle [13917] also are covered in this week's Partners section, as is Pigeon Point Systems' contribution to the next generation of NetraTM ATCA blade server products [13926].

Read about Sun's strategy behind its support of competing technologies [13934]. And, get the latest on the Global Education and Learning Community [13931].

Future development plans of the JavaTM platform [13943] highlights the Java section, along with the new ePractice Exam for the Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer [13914] and the latest Career Accelerator Packages for Java technology [13912].

Get details on the Sun JavaTM Studio Enterprise 7 release [13918], integrating Actuate 7 with the Sun JavaTM System Access Manager [13903], migration strategies for the Sun JavaTM Enterprise System [13922] and NETed's selection of this Sun system to significantly increase its revenue [13928].

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Sun JavaTM technologies are making advancements. The final release candidate of the Sun JavaTM System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q1 [13975] and the Sun JavaTM Studio Creator 2004Q2 Update 5 [13960], are both available to download. Additionally, tutorials specifically designed for the Sun Java Studio Creator are accessible online [13963].

The Sun JavaTM Enterprise System License for Education has a new employee calculation method [13972] and the Sun JavaTM Web Communications Bundle for Education is available for the Global Education and Research Market [13973]. Sun also has announced its support for India's first institute for VLSI [13961]. And, the Digital Campus is increasing security and performance for higher education institutions [13782].

New configurations for entry-level storage products have been released that will affect the Sun StorEdgeTM 5210 NAS Appliance [13970] and the Sun StorEdgeTM 3511 SATA Array [13968].

Developers may be interested in learning to modify 32-bit device drivers to 64-bit architectures [13965] or ensure ISO images are burnt correctly onto optical discs [13956]. Plus, find out about JavaTM Electric and where to go to download a free copy [13962].

In Sys Admin, read about the evolving architecture of Project FireEngine [13957], SunSM ERP Grid Reference Architecture for Oracle Database 10g [13927] and how to quickly document a Sun system configuration [13966].

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This week's News section reports on Sun's recent submission of an open source license [13921], Sun and Sonic Software's solution that outperforms IBM on Intel [13877], a new initiative designed to deliver services for ECM solutions [13905] and Sun's agreement with AIST to advance R&D of large-scale grids [13915].

Features examines Sun in relation to the embedded space market [13908], Sun's role in building the largest academic computer system in Europe [13836], how smart IT investments result in revenue benefits for retailers [13909] and the 2004 Waters Editorial Awards recognition of Sun's innovation [13916].

Developers can gain insight into Predictive Self-Healing with the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) [13902], a new alternative to user-based runtime licenses [13884] and building powerful JavaTM GUIs with SWT and JFace [13913]. Developers also are being called to action to vote on their favorite development product for 2004 [13910].

Sun's latest workstation offerings include the Sun RayTM 170 ultra-thin client [13885], internal dual layer 16x DVD recorder [13875] and the Sun RayTM Server Software 3.0 [13889]. Plus, a white paper on Sun's leveraging of AMD64 technology is presented [13919].

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Reflecting on 2004, Sun attributes 50 percent of this year's U.S. revenue to its partners and resellers [13950]. The company continues to strengthen these ties with the recent announcements of OfficeMax's selection of Sun as its exclusive supplier of UNIXR-based IT systems [13947] and Rogue Wave Software's support of the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) [13951].

Open source Solaris OS is in its final stages, according to a Sun vice president, who shares his thoughts on the platform's future [13941]. Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz explains why the Symantec-VERITAS merger is great news for Sun [13949].

In the Servers section, learn about available financial incentives to upgrade to UltraSPARCTM IV-based servers [13935], the NetraTM 440 server's XATO program to customize configurations [13939] and the repricing of two hard disk drives that is keeping Sun competitive [13888].

Sun's entry-level servers offer customers a new Sun FireTM V40z standard configuration [13882] and lower support costs [13940], plus SunTM Control Station 2.2 [13936].

In Storage, get details on the Sun StorEdgeTM 5310 NAS appliance [13938], the Sun StorEdgeTM Enterprise Storage Manager 3.0 [13937], new Sun StorEdgeTM SDLT 600 Tape Drives [13872] and the Sun StorEdgeTM 9900 Cross-System Copy and HiCopy software [13873].

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