Topping the news this week is Sun's reported net profit of USD$19 million in its Q2FY05 earnings announcement [14017]. In other Sun business news, the company has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association [13998] and finalized its acquisition of SevenSpace [14024]. In addition, a Yankee Group white paper examines Sun's IT systems acquisition business model [14001].
Features covers Sun's role in developing the world's smallest secure Web server [14000], the DoD's reliance on RFID technology [14011], two Sun Labs technologies move to applicable products [14007] and how the SunToneSM Risk Management initiative assists in identifying operational risks and compliance hazards [14012].
In Partners, read about EqualLogic's expanded product family of enterprise-ready ISCSI SAN solutions [14020] and how native iSCSI SAN and NAS solutions are ideal for Sun environments [13994].
Find out if the J2SETM 5.0 platform is the right choice for your IT environment [14005], how to become a J2SE 5.0 Sun Certified Programmer [14016] and the latest on the J2SE 5.0 development kit, update 1 [13995]. Also in Java, a new book covers AOP and AspectJ [14004].
The Software section highlights SunTM Studio 10 software [14014], consulting services available for the Sun JavaTM Desktop System [14015], a new field guide on planning, designing and deploying RFID [14003] and recommended product replacements for the EOL'd StarOfficeTM 6.0 [14022].
Sun reported a net profit in its quarterly income of USD$19 million, or 1 cent per share, for its second quarter of its fiscal year 2005 that ended December 26, 2004. In comparison, last year during this time Sun had a loss of USD$125 million, or 4 cents per share.
To escape from the complexity and cost of traditional system acquisition, integration and maintenance, many enterprises are beginning to explore the opportunities of outsourcing and open source methods. Sun is responding to these enterprise concerns by offering a highly simplified way for corporations to acquire and operate infrastructure solutions.
Sun has joined the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) and will promote the inclusion of the Java platform within the Blu-ray Disc platform. Sun's participation in the BDA is expected to be instrumental in the continued development of the multiple interactive features characteristic of the Blu-ray Disc platform.
Sun's acquisition of SevenSpace is complete. Customers can look forward to this newly acquired company's assets to be incorporated within Sun Managed Services, which will now offer added support for Hewlett-Packard's legacy HP-UX and IBM's AIX systems, along with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux.
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Founded on the premise of simplifying networked storage, EqualLogic's new PS Series is a family of intelligent, iSCSI-based storage arrays that fundamentally change storage economics from purchase and set up to operation and upgrades. All configurations are completely interoperable and upgradable with performance and capacity scaling from a single terabyte to over 100 terabytes.
EqualLogic is the first company to ship a native iSCSI storage array, and customers are choosing it and other EqualLogic products for their enterprise rich feature set, performance and affordability. Of the 260 new customers EqualLogic gained in 2004, 40 percent of them deployed their iSCSI storage on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux platforms.
Sizzle is believed to be the world's smallest secure Web server created by Sun Labs' Next Generation Crypto team. It is the size of a US twenty-five cent coin and designed to be embedded in a variety of diminutive devices for secure monitoring and control across the Internet.
Keeping track of military supplies is of vital importance for the U.S. Department of Defense. To resolve the issue of missing merchandise, the military has turned to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to ensure the massive quantities of food, fuel, medication, clothing and weapons arrive at their allotted locations on time.
Technology transfer is an important element to Sun Labs' researchers, who creatively work to bring cutting-edge development to actual products for customers as quickly as possible. Keeping with this philosophy, Sun recently transferred one of their key personnel from the laboratory to Sun's Accessibility Program Office (APO) to assist in transferring two critical technologies.
Identifying potential operational risks and compliance hazards within IT operations is the primary goal of the SunTone Risk Management initiative. Reducing exposure and developing a culture in which operational risk management is part of the daily routine is this Sun program's objective and a key requirement under the Basel II guidelines.
Sun Studio 10 software is set to be released this year with all of the previous version's enhancements that will be available for the AMD64 processor along with an integrated tool set for developing enterprise-class applications. If you haven't tried Sun's Studio software, version 9 is being offered free for 60 days.
Release 2 of the Sun Java Desktop System offers consulting services to assist organizations in planning, validating and implementing this Linux-based offering within a corporate environment. As a practical alternative to Microsoft Windows, the Sun Java Desktop System is simple to use and works with existing infrastructure.
Two leading Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) consultants have written a guide to assist organizations plan, design and deploy this technology within their enterprises. Authors Manish Bhuptani and Shahram Moradpour present a practical guide on the true costs and benefits in implementing RFID.
Sun has announced the end of life (EOL) for StarOffice 6.0 with its last ship date scheduled for March 5, 2005, and its last day of support set for February 28, 2010. Recommended product replacements include StarOffice 7, which can be downloaded at a 50 percent discount, and OpenOffice.org 1.1.
Interested in reducing development and runtime costs? Then, the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 is for you, according to Calvin Austin, who has written an article that specifies the top five reasons moving to this platform is well-advised. The J2SE 5.0 incorporates the most significant updates to date for the Java platform.
The beta version of a revised exam for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 is being offered to experience developers, who not only can become certified for this updated Sun platform, but also can assist in setting Java technology industry standards.
The Sun Developer Network Site has the release notes of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) Development Kit 5.0 accessible for users on its Web site. These release notes are for this platform's Update 1 Edition that supports the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms.
Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a style of programming that attempts to abstract out features common to many parts of the code beyond simple functional modules, and thereby improve the quality of software. AspectJ is an open source extension of the Java programming language that explicitly supports the AOP approach.
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