Sun's agreement with Google to incorporate the Google Toolbar into the JavaTM Runtime Environment (JRE) [15246] headlines this week's News section. Other topics making news include the OpenDocument format now available in StarOfficeTM 8 [15219]; SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) and the new Solaris Trusted Extensions drive toward certification [15221], among others.
Sun Storage also is garnering attention with Winter Corporation reporting Sun in the front rank of business intelligence data warehousing [15147], along with an Illuminata analysis that finds Sun's acquisition of StorageTek moves the company into competition with EMC, HP, Hitachi and IBM [15240]. Enterprise Strategy Group overviews the Sun StorEdgeTM 6920 [15222], as Sun reprices this solution [15183].
The Training section reports on the Sun Learning Connection [15203]; a 10 percent deal on Sun certification programs [15225] and new tutorials for the Sun JavaTM Studio Creator 2 Early Access 2 [15193].
Developers are invited to participate in guiding the future of the JavaTM Development Kit [15209]. Membership benefits offered by the Sun Developer Network are reviewed [15210]. And, Mustang speeds new JavaTM-technology splash screens [15242].
NetBeansTM IDE 5.0 beta release introduces multiple new features, including comprehensive support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications [15260]. Additionally, two new NetBeans Add-on Packs for mobility and profiling are available for download [15261].
Read how Sun's release of Open Web Single Sign-On (OpenSSO) technology is a boon to users, developers and Sun [15205] in the FOSS section, which also covers the Enterprise Grid Alliance's free end-user forums [15211] and why CTO of Sun Software Hal Stern says open source is a system, not a product [15201].
In Partners, learn how the new Sun Grid Readiness program helps ISVs create business models and solutions [15247] and how Sun solution providers can benefit from two new programs launched by Arrow's MOCA division [15259].
Under a new agreement with Google, Sun will be incorporating the Google Toolbar as an option for its consumer downloads of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Sun and Google also have agreed to promote and distribute these software technologies and the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite.
The release of StarOffice 8 at the end of September qualified it as the first commercial office suite to use the OpenDocument format, standardized at OASIS through an open, transparent process. This OASIS open standard makes sharing files easier and is becoming an important element to organizations planning for the future of their IT environments.
Sun has reported that it is pursuing Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ certification of the Common Criteria security specification for both the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) and the new early access Solaris Trusted Extensions, reported internetnews.com and The UNIX Guardian.
The Sun Java Integration Suite will be supporting the San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS) Foundation's regional health information organization (RHIO) initiative, enabling it to intelligently cross-match patient data from disparate points of care into a single patient record that is accessible to all organizations within the RHIO.
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the United States, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been working diligently to reunite separated families. Sun has joined in this effort by donating technological equipment to assist the organization's web site, which has been posting pictures of lost and searching family members.
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The Sun Learning Connection, a hosted learning solution, delivers an array of eContent maintained and managed by Sun to help increase personal and IT performance, accelerate an organization's ability to achieve high performance eLearning and minimize time, risk, complexity and costs. With over 5,000 titles, these course offerings may be tailored to meet IT professionals' specific needs.
System administrators, web component developers, Java technology programmers and others can now benefit, through December 2005, from the 10 percent discount Sun is offering to candidates who take one of their Sun certification courses. This offer applies to all Sun certification programs.
Five new tutorials are ready for Early Access 2 of Sun Java Studio Creator 2: Using Virtual Forms; Sharing Data Between Two Pages; Understanding Scope and Managed Beans; Performing Inserts, Updates and Deletes; and Developing a Portlet Application. These new tutorials have been added to the previous tutorials and sample applications on the Sun Java Studio Creator.
The "J2SE 5.0 Management, Internals and Troubleshooting course," DTJ-280, provides students with the knowledge and skills required to understand and support Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) Version 5.0. In this course, students will learn to install, configure and use tools in the J2SE 5.0 JDK, among other skills.
The self-paced Java Programming Language course, CDJ-275, now available on CD-ROM, helps experienced programmers learn how to write, compile and run Java technology applications. This course uses a new learning tool specifically created to help students more readily understand the Java programming language syntax and semantics.
To help ISVs build solutions based on Sun's grid computing technologies, the company has created the Sun Grid Readiness Offer - a comprehensive new partner solution. Part of the Sun Partner Advantage Program, this offering is designed to help ISVs create innovative new grid business models, drive sales opportunities and deliver solutions using Sun's grid technology.
Arrow Electronics' MOCA Division is introducing a new MOCA Vantage program for Sun solution providers designed to increase its distribution business around Sun products. This program offers enhanced support services and business development for Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the small to medium business (SMB) market.
Computer security software provider Sophos has engaged in a development and reseller agreement with Sun that calls for Sophos to support the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS), and in turn, Sun will offer Sophos products to its customers. IDM.net reported that this type of agreement is a global first for both companies.
Sun has teamed with mobile content enabler Bango to bring mobile phone users Java technology-based games and applications. Announced at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Conference in September, this new partnership is expected to provide a service with a streamlined user experience to more than 250 wireless carrier networks worldwide.
Customers of LSI Logic Corp. and Sun soon will be able to cost-effectively manage, protect and share information using MegaRAID systems and software with the Solaris 10 Operating System on X64/X86 processor-based systems, reported Electronic Engineering Times. The entire family of MegaRAID adapters are expected to support these Sun platforms.
The Winter Corporation's 2005 TopTen Program has found that Sun platforms run six of the top 10 data warehouses on the UNIX platform by measures of both normalized data volume and the number of rows/records. The results clearly put Sun in the front rank of business intelligence data warehousing (BIDW) providers.
When Sun acquired StorageTek the nay sayers swarmed out of the woodwork, labeling the merger short-sighted and ill conceived, among other things. Mark Ferelli and David Freund are not among that crowd, however, and have written an analysis for Illuminata that explains why.
The Sun StorEdge 6920 midrange storage system received an enthusiastic appraisal from Tony Asaro of the Enterprise Strategy Group, who called the product an impressive addition to Sun's storage portfolio. Asaro was especially impressed with its enterprise class remote replication and storage virtualization of heterogeneous storage systems.
Sun has repriced its Sun StorEdge 6920 storage system [15222] and its options, which brings enterprise-class features to the mid-range storage array market at a price that is hard to match. This storage solution is especially well suited to applications where small, highly random, non-sequential read/write transactions are part of business-critical environments.
Sun has announced the availability of the Sun StorEdge 9900 Dynamic Link Manager (SDLM) Version 5.7 Software for Windows. This solution is a high availability path management software product designed for use with the Sun StorEdge 9900 family of storage array systems.
Following up on its announcement in July 2005 [14776], Sun is proceeding with the open source release of its Web Single Sign-On technology, which it regards as a common starting point for identity management projects. This release is designed to spare developers the cost of software licenses as part of their project budgets.
The Enterprise Grid Alliance will be holding free end-user seminars in Santa Clara, London, Munich and Tokyo in an effort to spread the word about the potential and power of enterprise grid computing. These forums will focus on subjects such as real world deployments, industry standards and the future of the marketplace.
CTO of Sun Software Hal Stern shared his views on the importance of the open sourcing process and its benefits, both to the community and to Sun with Sun's Inner Circle. The chief distinction he makes is that open source is not a product but rather a system.
Sun is promoting an initiative to make the development of the Java Development Kit (JDK) more transparent and create opportunities for collaboration and early feedback from the worldwide developer community. Developers are invited to directly contribute to the implementation of the JDK, and have a hand in improving Java technology.
Developers worldwide have joined the Sun Developer Network (SDN) and are enjoying the benefits this free membership delivers. To become a member, individuals just need to complete an online registration form to gain access to a wide variety of services from SDN as well as other services across Sun.
A new feature in the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6, code named Mustang, allows an application to show a splash screen even before the virtual machine starts. Now, a Java application launcher is able to decode an image and display it in a simple nondecorated window.
Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 5.0 features an XML validation package at javax.xml.validation and XPath libraries at javax.xml.xpath. In a September Sun Developer Network site technical article, Robert Eckstein explains these two additions that are now inherent parts of this Java platform.
The process and philosophy of making software portable to other locales is known as internationalization or localization. In order for a product to be successful in this area, it needs to be technically and culturally neutral. The Java platform uses java.util.Locale objects to represent locales and a recent article by John O'Connor describes this feature's implications for programs.
The beta release of NetBeans IDE 5.0 is now available. This latest version introduces comprehensive support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications based on the NetBeans platform, the intuitive NetBeans GUI builder Matisse [14781], new and redesigned CVS support, Weblogic9 and JBoss 4 support and editor enhancements.
Accompanying NetBeans IDE 5.0 beta version and platform are two new NetBeans Add-on Packs for mobility and profiling. The NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 beta and the NetBeans Profiler Milestone 9 for NetBeans 5.0 can be downloaded free from the NetBeans Web site. NetBeans IDE 5.0 beta release must be installed before these complementary technologies can be utilized.
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