Sun's collaborative efforts top this week's news, namely with Archipelago to buy and sell CPU usage cycles [14111], Mobeon to create open standards, IP messaging services [14119], XM Satellite Radio, which will exclusively rely on specific Sun products [14105] and Centercode's Connect, which will support the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) [14107].
Other articles of interest include a Sun VP's perspective on the democratization of network computing [14110], Sun and Oracle's record-breaking data warehousing performance [14098], the Enterprise Grid Alliance's goals to accelerate the adoption of grid solutions [13993] and the industry's drive to establish a national health information network [14057].
The latest updates in Sun Hardware include the release of the SunTM Rack 1000-42 [14040] and the announced end of life for select blade platforms, server blades and specialty blades [14067] as well as select Brocade Silkworm switches [14065].
New product releases covered include the Sun JavaTM Desktop System, Release 3 [14118], Sun JavaTM System Application Server 8.1 [14113] and Sun JavaTM System Message Queue 3 [14121]. Also in Sun Java, read about a promotional developer bundle for the Sun JavaTM Studio software [14089] and one developer's experience with the Sun JavaTM Studio Enterprise 7 [14096].
In FOSS, get details on the newly created Globus Consortium [14071], the Software Freedom Law Center [14120], why open source is driving the services market [14021], JOnAS' J2EE 1.4 certification [14117] and the latest guide on Lucene [14091].
Sun and Archipelago Holdings Inc. plan to build the world's first online compute exchange and introduce a new electronic trading environment that will allow customers to bid on CPU usage cycles. This new project will be based on the new Sun Grid and Archipelago's electronic matching technology.
Sun's new global Client Solutions engagement model brings together more than 10,000 experts through six new global Client Solutions practices to provide customers with improved access to Sun's industry expertise and iForce partner solutions. Teams of experts have been assembled to deliver solutions through six different global practice areas.
Mobeon AB, one of the world’s leading suppliers of private labeled telecom messaging software, plans on utilizing the Sun Java Enterprise System and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) to create an open, Internet Protocol (IP) standards-based messaging solution that delivers entertaining messaging features and expands carriers' services, market reach and revenue opportunities.
Sun will be the sole supplier of UNIX products, storage technology and support services for XM Satellite Radio. This long-term agreement announced February 1, 2005, is expected to maximize the performance of XM's business infrastructure applications by enhancing its back office data center with a comprehensive Sun data management and consolidation solution.
Centercode, Inc., a leading provider of beta test management software and services, will be relying on the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) to support its Connect Web-based management tool, enabling customers to deploy this product on UNIX, Microsoft Windows and Linux-based platforms.
Sun has announced that its Software Express Program is in transition due to the recent release of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS). This program is designed to offer Sun customers and partners previews of the Solaris OS under development. Expect new builds of the next Solaris OS release later this quarter.
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:
84.1: Free Downloads of Solaris 10 OS Now Available
83.4: New Configurations for the Sun Fire V210, V240
Executive Vice President of Strategic Development and Sun Financing Robert Youngjohns believes that this new era of network computing Sun is driving will bring more capabilities to a broader range of customers by simply tapping into the power of the network. In a Sun feature article, Youngjohns shares his views.
The Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-H SF3000 benchmark reported record-breaking data warehousing performance achieved by Sun's UltraSPARC systems and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) on large SMP platforms and Oracle Database 10g in demanding enterprise application environments. Recorded results demonstrated 59,435.7 QphH at 3000 GB and a price-performance of USD$114.00/QphH at 3000 GB.
The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA) has produced a white paper to support its objective of further accelerating the development and adoption of enterprise grid computing solutions. This document explains the EGA's goals and roadmap, definition of the grid by functionality, obstacles to enterprise adoption and the group's goal for standards compliance and collaboration.
In January, a group of 13 health and information technology organizations presented the Bush administration with recommendations on a technological road map that outlines its views on developing a national health information network that calls for open, nonproprietary technical standards for communication across the network.
The Sun Java Desktop System is not just for Linux platforms anymore. Release 3 of this Sun solution is now available on the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) for a uniformed desktop environment and user experience on two different platforms. Management tools and a selection of free and trial development tools are also offered.
The Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 2005Q1 is the latest release of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) that delivers enterprise class applications and Web Services. It is fully J2EE 1.4 compatible and has enhanced performance, scalability and security with class-leading management and monitoring features.
Sun is offering a special promotion on the Sun Java Studio Developer Bundle that comes with the Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7, Sun Java Studio Creator 2004Q2 and a 90-day warranty and installation support for USD$995. This collaborative development environment promotion is available through June 30, 2005.
The new Sun Java Message Queue 3 2005Q1 Platform Edition is a business integration messaging solution for small-scale deployments and development environments. This commercial-grade Java Message Service (JMS) API implementation is available for a free download. Improved enhancements include connection failure detection, client message body compression and more.
The Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 recently was reviewed by Michael Klaene with developer.com, who covers this enterprise development platform's new features, specifically code refactoring, UML 2.0 support, profiling and its team collaboration tool. The Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 is an integrated development environment (IDE).
The latest addition to Sun rack cabinets is the Sun Rack 1000-42. A tested and qualified 19-inch EIA industry standard, the Sun Rack 1000-42 offers increased vertical density with 42 Rackable Units (RUs) and is reinforced to enable as much as 1680 lbs. of products to be preloaded and shipped directly to customers.
Sun is announcing the end of life (EOL) for the Sun Fire B1600 Blade Platform, Sun Fire B100s and Sun Fire B200x Server Blades, and the Sun Fire B10n and Sun Fire B10p Specialty Blades. Currently, Sun is working on a next-generation blade platform and expects to be releasing information soon.
The next-generation of Sun StorEdge 9900 Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Sourced Brocade Silkworm Switches will be replacing the HDS Sourced Brocade Silkworm 12000 and 3800 Switches in order to remain synchronous with the Sun Direct switches. The last order date for these end of life switches is set for April 15, 2005.
New hardware spare parts are available for the Sun Blade 2500, Sun Fire V440, Sun StorEdge 6020, Sun StorEdge 6120, Sun StorEdge 6320, Sun StorEdge 6920 and Sun StorEdge 3511. Sun hardware spare parts have incorporated the latest design improvements by
Sun engineering and verified by extensive factory testing to minimize
compatibility problems.
The Globus Consortium is a new industry group whose aim is to advance the Globus Toolkit that brings an open standards building block for enterprise-level grid implementations. Sponsored by Sun, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Intel, this consortium intends to work in tandem with existing grid standards bodies.
Industry analysts are predicting a surge in service offerings for open source software and related components as the number of open source projects downloaded for corporate use are implemented. According to an article by Martin LaMonica with CNET News, corporate customers will benefit from providers drive to usurp the services market.
The linux.java.net Web site is hosting a link to a new organization that has been established to assist open source developers in the legalities of working with open source code. The Software Freedom Law Center offers free and fee-based assistance to eligible free and open source software projects.
ObjectWeb's open-source application server known as JOnAS passed the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 Compliance Test Suite, becoming the first non-commercial, open-source application server to be certified as compliant with the J2EE specifications. JOnAS is 100 percent standard-compliant and vendor-neutral, without proprietary extensions.
"Lucene in Action"
Authoritative Guide to this Open Source Java Search Engine
Learn how to integrate the open-source Java search engine Lucene into applications with the new book, "Lucene in Action" that describes indexing data from Microsoft Word to PDF to HTML and XML. Authors Erik Hatcher and Otis Gospodnetic offer practical examples that can be implemented into applications along with best practices advice.
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