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04 July, 2005 -
10 July, 2005
Issue 1
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Weekly Summary:
In the News this week, Sun teamed with Red Hat to relay to the European Parliament the importance in rejecting the Computer-Implemented Inventions directive that would have permitted the patenting of software [14750]. The D.E. Shaw group joins other financial services companies relying on Sun technology [14694]. A market access acceleration program for international games content owners is being developed by Sun and Pacific Internet Limited [14652].
Sun Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy reviews the company's direction in the Participation Age [14696] in the Features section, which also offers information from Jeff Jackson, vice president of Java Developer Platforms Group, about the challenges of keeping JavaTM technology open, innovative and reliable [14601], and Sun Vice President of Identity Management Sara Gates on an effective identity management program [14492].
The Software section links readers to a Solaris 10 OS self-help guide [14689]; an article overview of the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS) and security APIs, SPIs and frameworks [14691]; and SunSM Software Express for SolarisTM 6/05 software [14693].
Read the latest best practices on Sun FireTM midrange servers and firmware 5.18.x [14627]. Customers wanting to upgrade to UltraSPARCR IV servers can save up to 20 percent with trade-ins [14731]. Plus, two articles cover the end-of-life announcements on NetraTM 240, 440 [14666] and 120 [14665] configurations.
In the Telco section, the NetraTM server line of telecom hardware now is certified for the Solaris OS [14684]. Also covered are Sun's partnerships with Ericsson [14704], Toshiba [14724] and NTT DoCoMo [14723].
The Java Community ProcessSM is scoring high marks from developers [14695] to top the Java section, which also has information on the JDBCTM 4.0 API specification early draft release [14657] and a promotional training bundle for the JavaTM Platform, Standard Edition (JavaTM SE) 5.0 [14622].
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18 July, 2005 -
24 July, 2005
Issue 3
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Weekly Summary:
In this week's features section, you can read about Sun's efforts on
behalf of Bono's campaign to raise world consciousness about issues of
debt relief and AIDS in African nations [14725], as well as an article
on processor design culminating in the MT mediaLibTM solution for
chip multi-threaded processors [14682], and how Ciena Corporation sped
up its design and testing processes with the Sun RayTM V20z server
[14811].
Readers with an interest in FOSS will find several articles, including
one on SolarisTM Containers [14751], another on the latest release of
OpenOffice 1.1.5 [14780], an announcement of the MozillaTM Firefox
1.0.5 release and the accelerating rate of adoption for this solution
[14806], as well as a guide to customizing the Firefox browser
[14773].
The section on entry level servers features articles on the dual-core
AMD Opteron Processors now available in the Sun server line [14797],
new standard configurations for the Sun FireTM V40z server, [14798],
the Sun FireTM V20z systems [14795], and the Sun fireTM V210 and
Sun FireTM V240 server lines [14796].
The news in this week's hardware section includes an article on the new
2 GB FC HBAs for the Sun StorEdgeTM family of products [14801], a
DVD optical drive floppy blocking plate for the Sun FireTM V40z
server [14802], an XATO filler panel option for the NetraTM 440
server line [14803], and an article on a variety of new and repriced
spare parts [14800].
Readers of the JavaTM section will find an article on a developer's
test drive of the Sun JavaTM Studio Creator solution [14778], a tech
talk on JavaServerTM Faces [14654] and an article that serves as an
introduction to the JavaTM Platform, Micro Edition [14623].
This week's NetBeansTM section includes news on Project Matisse
[14781], a tutorial on NetBeansTM IDE 4.0 Profiler [14406], and a
piece on the JFluid Profiling Tool [14405].
The versatility of the Sun UltraTM 20 Workstation is highlighted in
the workstation section [14793], along with with an article on the new
Sun UltraTM 3 Mobile Workstation [14799], and a report on how the Sun
RayTM thin client offering stacks up against its Windows counterpart
[14810].
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11 July, 2005 -
17 July, 2005
Issue 2
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Weekly Summary:
Sun announced plans this week to open source its web site authentication and web single sign-on (SSO) technologies through the Open Source Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) project [14776]. The company also announced the completion of its acquisition of Tarantella, Inc. [14777].
In other Sun news, a joint initiative between Sun and National LambdaRail is expected to extend Sun's grid computing [14771]; Sun Microsystems Federal Inc. has named a COO [14775]; and the company is addressing the IT industry's global responsibility through a new strategy called Sustainable Computing [14760].
The early access release of the Sun JavaTM Studio Creator 2.0 [14700] tops the Sun Java System section, which also offers service part numbers for the Sun JavaTM System Identity Auditor [14770] and information on the latest release of the Sun JavaTM System Web Proxy Server [14769].
New storage releases include SATA configurations for the Sun StorEdgeTM 5310 NAS Appliance [14767]; tape drive options for multiple Sun StorEdge tape libraries [14764]; version 4.1 of the Sun StorEdgeTM 9900 HiCommand Tuning Manager Software [14661] and the new Sun StorEdgeTM 9900 Business Continuity Manager 4.0 and the Sun StorEdgeTM 9900 Compatible Replication for IBM XRC [14664].
Four new services have been announced, providing customers with support and remote management [14762]. Plus, read about the benefits SunSM Managed Services offers customers in comparison to outsourcing [14697].
The Developer section reports on an Evans Data Corporation survey that indicates a warming trend among developers to 64-bit technology [14583]. A Sun technical article demonstrates how to use assertions to detect program errors [14637].
Learn more about the new Sun UltraTM 20 Workstation [14717] in the SysAdmin's Section that also provides information on why Network Attached Storage (NAS) is important to business [14655].
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25 July, 2005 -
31 July, 2005
Issue 4
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Weekly Summary:
Many were pleased by the news in this week's Sun report of earnings for
Q4FY05 [14774]. Judging from the number of new customers opting for Sun
IT infrastructure in the same quarter, market share is on a positive
trend [14851]. It was certainly no small triumph that General Motors
has selected the Sun JavaTM Enterprise System and will run its
corporate IT infrastructure with the SolarisTM 10 Operating System
(Solaris OS) [14853]. It was also announced this week that more than
two million Solaris 10 OS licenses have been distributed since the
solutions debut in January of this year [14835].
This week's Features section includes an interview with Sun's VP for
Global Information Systems Strategy, Larry Singer, who takes an
optimistic view of the companys prospects [14834]. And, there is word
of Sun's plans to eventually offer its entire software line free of
charge [14832].
In Software this week are stories about mainframe software upgrade
releases [14812], employing SolarisTM Containers for allocating CPU
resources [14727] and using least privilege to maintain security in
service administration [14728].
The Sun Java System section offers readers articles about the virtues
of the Sun JavaTM Studio Creator application [14752], tips on
migrating to the Sun JavaTM System Application Server 8 [14681] and
news of the extended promotional offering for the Sun JavaTM Studio
Developer [14768].
The Sun StorEdgeTM 9985 System reveals a bit more about itself in
this week's Storage section [14814]. And there is also a story on
eWeek's evaluation of the Sun Content Infrastructure System [14805],
plus information about new, faster, higher-capacity configurations for
the Sun StorEdgeTM 6130 Array [14813] and the release of Sun
StorEdgeTM 9900 Series Dynamic Link Manager 5.6 [14815].
Walmart's migration to the JavaTM Platform, Standard Edition
(JavaTM SE) 5.0 is chronicled in this week's Java section [14701],
along with stories on a platform-neutral game controller now available
as a result of the efforts of the JavaTM Input API Project [14808].
Closing out the section are announcements of two new books on tools for
developers working with JavaTM Platform, Enterprise Edition (JavaTM
EE) [14688].
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