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22 Aug 2005
#14975
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Build 20 of OpenSolaris Now Available for Download
Delivery Includes Source for IP and Related Modules
Build 20 of OpenSolaris is now available for download, including the source for IP and related modules, particularly the IPSec code. First-time downloaders are cautioned to install Solaris Express - Community Release Build 16 or later before installing OpenSolaris. This is recommended whether it is an initial install or an upgrade to Build 16.
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22 Aug 2005
#14954
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Eight Vendors Pass SAML 2.0 Interoperability Testing
Also Qualified for Liberty Alliance Project's Identity Web Services 1.1
Eight vendors, among them Sun, have passed the Liberty Alliance Project's Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 interoperability testing. Darryl K. Taft reports in eWeek that the other vendors include the Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Ericsson, Novel Inc., Oracle Corp., Reactivity, Symlabs Inc. and Trustgenix Inc.
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22 Aug 2005
#14948
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The Open Group Creates Certtification Program for IT Architects
Both Individuals and Organizations Eligible for Accreditation
The Open Group, a software vendor consortium, has established a program that assesses the skills of IT architects -- both individuals and organizations -- toward accreditation and vendor-neutral certification. David Rubenstein reports this development for SD Times, where he cites the attributes measured. Sun is a member of The Open Group governing board.
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22 Aug 2005
#14910
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"Open Source for the Enterprise: Managing Risks, Reaping Rewards"
A 'How-To' for Venturesome IT Managers, Corporate Administrators
Authors Dan Woods and Gautam Guliani take the middle road in their book "Open Source for the Enterprise," in that they neither tout open source as the long-sought panacea for IT departments struggling with shrinking budgets nor spread a wet blanket of pessimism over open source as some writers on the subject have felt bound to do.
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22 Aug 2005
#14940
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Liberty Alliance Project Works on Identity Theft Lexicon
Defining Terms in the Hope of Creating More Effective Regulation
Ever since the Liberty Alliance Project established ID-Theft SIG, an identity theft special interest group, in April 2005, it has been at work on a lexicon of terms designed to define exactly what identity theft is and is not, reports China Martens for IDG News Service.
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22 Aug 2005
#14918
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Open Source Development Labs Seeks to Avoid Patent Infringement
Patent Commons Project to List Patents Available for Open Source Work
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) recently announced the creation of a Patent Commons Project described as a one-stop location for the developer community by OSDL CEO Stuart Cohen. Developers who need to avoid patent infringement in their open source work will find this project a great benefit.
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