Sun announced this week that the source code for the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) will be released in the second quarter of 2005 [14080], and in the meantime opened access to 1,600 active Sun patents [14053]. In addition, the company released the Sun JavaTM System Identity Auditor [14076] and is offering interest-free financing on SunSM Services [14019].
In Features, go behind the scenes in the development of the Solaris 10 OS [14077] and get the results of independent performance testing of the SunTM Secure Application Switch - N2000 Series [14055].
The Workstations section covers the Sun RayTM Building Block Bundle [14066], physical RTU licenses for the Sun RayTM Server Software 3.0 [14069] and a critique of the Sun JavaTM Workstation W2100z [14059].
New configurations have been released for the Sun FireTM V210/V240 [14064], customers evaluate the Sun FireTM V490/V890 [14049] and PC Magazine takes a look at the Sun FireTM V20z [14035].
Monitoring and managing applications headlines the Developer's section, which covers JConsole [13964] and JavaTM Management Extensions [14006].
Source code for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) will be accessible at its new community Web site deemed opensolaris.org in the second quarter of 2005. This source code will be released under the Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL).
Sun has released the largest single group of patent innovations to the open source community. Developers now can access Sun's OpenSolaris related patents under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) with the primary goal aimed at facilitating innovation and moving open source products and technologies to market faster.
Compliance is a top priority in today's market for many enterprises, who are required to comply with legislative regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. In response, Sun has released the Sun Java System Identity Auditor that is designed to improve audit and compliance performance.
Sun Microsystems Finance is offering a Services Bundle Lease that offers customers interest-free financing on Sun Services when combined with a Sun hardware lease for a 12-, 24- or 36-month term. This offer is available for the U.S. market and remains valid through June 30, 2005.
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The Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) is not just a revision of Sun's UNIX operating system, it is the result of four years of experimentation and half-a-billion dollars of R&D expertise. This product offers 600 new features, up to 80 percent system utilization and up to 30 times better application performance.
Lionbridge's VeriTest testing division recently conducted performance testing services for Sun to produce an independent report on the Sun Secure Application Switch - N2000 Series. As an independent expert, VeriTest was selected to validate the performance of this switch's SSL Security, Layer 7 Application Switching and Layer 4 Load Balancing.
Sun introduced the Sun Java Enterprise System one year ago and changed the enterprise software industry by providing essential enterprise network services all in one product. In a one-year retrospective, a Sun feature article offers one customer's experience, through its decision to deploy this system, and the efficiencies and savings that resulted.
The new Sun Ray Building Block Bundle is a complete Sun Ray solution being offered by Sun that includes the Sun Ray Server Software 3.0, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Fire V20z servers and either the Sun Ray 1G or Sun Ray 170 Ultra-thin clients, all with a single part number.
Sun is announcing new physical right-to-use (RTU) licenses for the Sun Ray Server Software 3.0. This software coexists with existing back-end infrastructure, such as Microsoft Windows and Mainframe, offers multiplatform support, including the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux, and virtually eliminates client virus threats.
The Sun Java Workstation W2100z was recently reviewed by George Maestri, whose article that was published in Computer Graphics World determined this desktop graphics workstation offers superior graphics performance and compatibility. This workstation utilizes AMD's 64-bit Opteron processors and supports the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Sun has released new configurations for the Sun Fire V210 and Sun Fire V240 that are set to increase performance by over 50 percent. These new configurations, 1.34 GHz for the Sun Fire V210 and 1.34/1.5 GHz for the Sun Fire V240, will replace the current 1/1.28 GHz configurations.
Sun's Chip Multithreading (CMT) technology that has been incorporated into the Sun Fire V490 and Sun Fire V890 servers has boded well for these application servers in regards to market acceptance. According to Sun, customers like Xerox, ESRI and Sylantro have evaluated these UltraSPARC IV-based machines with positive results.
Get the benefits of x86-compatible hardware and the portability of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux-based applications for x86 and 64-bit platforms - all with the Sun Fire V20z, summarizes a PC Magazine review that emphasized to its readers these AMD Opteron processor systems go beyond Windows-based systems.
The Java Monitoring and Management Console (JConsole) tool is incorporated within the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 and utilizes the extensive instrumentation of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)*. A Sun Developer Network Site article outlines how to use this tool to obtain information about an application running on the Java platform.
Taking advantage of the features offered by the Java Management Extensions (JMX)* can ease the administration of Java-enabled equipment for developers and make an application more viable for vendors and clients. JMX technology allows developers to monitor and manage resources as they are implemented and installed.
Persistence mechanisms are evolving with the Java platform. In a Sun research white paper, author Mick Jordan sets out to define a set of criteria by which persistence mechanisms can be judged and compared, and aims to use this criteria to compare a representative set of currently available mechanisms.
Code partioning can be a challenge for developers when dealing with large amounts of code and numerous processors. In a technical white paper entitled, "Partitioning of Code for a Massively Parallel Machine," Michael Ball, Cristina Cifuentes and Deepankar Bairagi offer their experience in designing enhancements to the classical partitioning algorithms.
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