The launch of the new SunSM Partner Advantage Program [15088], which will be replacing the Sun iForceSM Partner Program, tops this week's News section. Sun's technology and other donations to the areas in the United States ravaged by Hurricane Katrina [15042] is also making news, as is an IDC study examining the impact multicore processing will have on the IT industry [15011].
Updates for the Financial Services market includes Sun's launch of a Consolidated Payments Architecture [15086] and a Transaction Control Monitor solution [15082].
Interest in the Developer Collaboration feature of the NetBeansTM 4.1 platform has generated a new community project to further advance this technology [15034].
In Storage, Mark Canepa talks about Sun's strategy following the StorageTek acquisition [14987]. Announcements include the new Sun StorEdgeTM 5310 NAS Gateway system [15073].
Several articles on the early access release of the Sun JavaTM Studio Enterprise 8 [15023], [15018], [15024] are in this week's edition, that also includes an article on maximizing SSL with the Sun JavaTM System Application Server 8.1 [15039]
The Server section reports on a new performance benchmark with SPARCR servers running the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) [15038] and enhancements for midrange servers with firmware release 5.19.0 [15007].
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta 2 is available for download [15033], which eWeek did and now offers a review [15084]. The FOSS section also covers Sun's retirement of its Industry Standards Source License [15083].
Sun is replacing its iForce Partner Program with the new Sun Partner Advantage Program, whose first phase of implementation will focus on ISVs along with enhancing its offerings to facilitate a stronger working relationship with Sun and expand business opportunities. The implementation of future phases will target resellers, system integrators and OEMs.
Sun and the Sun Foundation sent volunteers and technicians to assist the Red Cross donation sites and its communications equipment in an effort to bring relief and hope to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Sun technicians are working to put infrastructure in place to expand connectivity for evacuees and companies in the areas impacted.
IDC believes multicore processing may be one of the most significant industry developments of the past 40 years. As an innovation that threatens to disrupt the delicate IT ecosystem, according to an IDC press release, multicore processing's expected impact on IT infrastructure is accelerating with each generation of its technology, resulting in a significant market shift in the 2009–2010 time frame.
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The Inside Story on Sun's Stability, Strategy, Product Line [14920]
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The early access version of Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 is available, and Prakash Narayan, with Robin Smith and Marina Sum, provide a discussion of the solution's capabilities. Built as it is on NetBeans 4.1, Java Studio Enterprise 8 delivers a concurrent shift to the new Ant-based projects system.
How to use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) capability in Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 Early Access is the subject of two Sun Developer Network site articles. One demonstrates the building of software and the generation of code, while the other describes the use of the UML modeling to create a simple UML Activity diagram.
With SSL, the method of choice for establishing authenticated and encrypted communication between clients and servers, Carol Zhang considers the use of the Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 software to build SSL-enabled web applications. In a Sun Developer Network site article, she discusses the implementation of SSL client authentication.
Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) subjected the enterprise-class, UltraSPARC IV-based Sun Fire V890 server running the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) to the TPC-H benchmark testing process. By every measure, the Sun Fire V890 server outperformed the IBM enterprise-class servers it was pitted against.
A number of benefits accrue to end users who implement firmware release 5.19.0 for the Sun Fire midrange server line, as Tricia Wittsack points out in her Sun BluePrints OnLine article, "Auto Diagnosis and Recovery Enhancements for Sun Fire Midrange Servers Updated for Firmware Release 5.19.0."
End-of-life has been announced for the Sun Fire V210 and the Sun Fire V240 1.34 GHz and 1.5 GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processor and the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris OS) and Sun Java Enterprise System Release 2 (2004Q2) installed. The replacement products will not feature any hardware changes.
Mark Canepa, executive vice president of the Network Storage Products Group at Sun will be heading the new Sun/StorageTek division, which is expected to be housed on StorageTek's campus in Louisville, Colo. Recently, Canepa spoke to Lucas Mearian with ComputerWorld about the company's plans on incorporating StorageTek products, technologies and personnel over the coming months.
The Sun StorEdge 5310 NAS Gateway System offers a cost-effective way of adding NAS functionality to existing SAN infrastructures without burdensome reinvestment or extensive architectural modification. With a converged storage environment, organizations can realize significant enhancements in operational efficiency and resource utilization enabled by this new Sun release.
Sun is announcing the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array configurations using 146GB 15Krpm FC disk drives along with two stand-alone 146GB 15Krpm FC drive parts. These configurations will be generally available and fully regulatory compliant to be sold worldwide by September 13, 2005.
Beginning September 13th, the Sun StorEdge 3120 SCSI Array will offer a 1U high, 300GB 10Krpm and 146GB 15Krpm SCSI disk drive configurations. The 300GB 10Krpm disk drive array will support up to 1.2TB in a single array, while the 146GB 15Krpm disk drive configuration will support up to .5TB.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta 2 is available for immediate download and evaluation. Windows users are cautioned to be sure to download the file containing the latest date. Designed to resemble and perform as Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite do, OpenOffice.org 2.0 is, by contrast, entirely free.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta 2 caught the eye of Gene J. Koprowski and Sean Gallagher of eWeek, who noted the availability of the free download, which they report supports Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). The writers also observe that the reception for this free Beta will have implications for the reception of StarOffice 8 Office Suite, which builds on the OpenOffice 2.0 code.
With the retirement on September 2nd of the Sun Industry Standard Source License (SISSL), that licensing scheme will no longer be available to open source projects. Sun's move was made in cooperation with the Open Source Initiative (OSI), which has recently been encouraging a limit to license proliferation.
In a recent post on the OSGi Alliance Web site, Release 4 Core Specification for the forthcoming OSGi Service Platform is available for sneak preview. Release 4 will provide the base for new mobility services for cars, portable devices, mobile phones and other environments, while also adding powerful modularization capabilities to Java technology.
Edd Dumbill, editor-at-large for O'Reilly Network, gives readers a preview of the comments expected from Dr. Axel Hecht, a member of Mozilla Europe's board of directors, on the prospects for that solution's use as a development platform. Hecht will address O'Reilly's European Open Source Convention in mid-October.
New features in the Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 are enticing system administrators to migrate to this new version of Sun's next generation development platform. Its toolset offers complete support for enterprise software development based on the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 1.4.
Learning how to manage risk, cost and complexity without constricting an IT environment's flexibility, agility or efficiency is the challenge addressed by Glen M. Brunette, Jr. and Christoph L. Schuba in a paper entitled "Toward Systemically Secure IT Architectures." This paper identifies common architectural building blocks to achieve stronger security.
Sun and Microsoft have become cooperative competitors since the two joined in a broad collaboration agreement in April 2004 that aligned them as full and equal partners working to improve interoperability between their products. Data centers and desktops can take advantage of this interoperability immediately with products from both companies.
Interest in the Developer Collaboration feature of the NetBeans 4.1 platform has generated a new community project to further advance this technology. The NetBeans Developer Collaboration project is based on components from the Sun Java Studio Enterprise and Sun Java System Instant Messaging software products to provide a framework for developing collaboration-aware applications.
In response to growing regulatory requirements for banks and other organizations to take a more centralized approach to payment systems, Sun has launched its Consolidated Payments Architecture (CPA) based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles. This new solution allows business requirements to be mapped, captured in software and re-used across multiple payment systems.
The new Transaction Control Monitor (TCM) solution for financial services from Sun enables banking and securities companies better visibility into their financial supply chain processes. Leveraging the Sun Java Integration Suite, this solution provides a transaction state management engine, pre-configured transaction process flows and pre-built business activity dashboards.
KASIKORNBANK (KBANK) needed to consolidate its disparate security systems due to changes in its business requirements. The key challenge for KBANK was finding an ambitious solution that offered a flexible, scalable, high-performance platform with a new security infrastructure providing 2-factor authentication and centralized service management.
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