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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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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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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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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