Sun and its technologies continue to reap awards with its StorageTek tape libraries earning top ranks in Diogenes Labs-Storage Magazine Quality Award program [15775] while other Sun technologies took 22 spots in SYS-CON's 10th Annual Readers' Choice Awards [15763].
Updates to Sun's entry level server product line include the end of life for Sun FireTM V20z standard configurations and options [15757]; Sun FireTM X2100 servers transition toward expected Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) replacements [15758]; new Sun FireTM V210 and Sun FireTM V240 configurations [15756]; and the x64-based Galaxy servers new support from Virtual Iron [15735].
A new Sun StorEdgeTM 6920 system with 300 GB 10k rpm HDDs has been released [15755] as has the Sun StorEdgeTM 9900 In-System Replication Suite [15754]. Read about storage vendors proposed standard for allowing reference data to be moved between multi-vendor storage devices [15655]. Plus, learn how storage consolidation can give customers value and VARs a profit [15728].
The SysAdmin's Section covers a Sun BluePrintsTMOnLine article discussing web consolidation on the Sun FireTM T1000 servers [15753], and two white papers - one on Sun's Throughput Computing Initiative [15703] and the other on VMware's ESX server [15693].
In Retail, read about this past week's National Retail Federation (NRF) Conference where Sun introduced two new customized solutions [15765], retailers Harrods [15766] and B&H Photo [15767] selected Sun for their growing operations, and the NRF Foundation's new distance learning web site powered by Sun technologies [15772].
The availability of Portable OpenOffice.org [15752] tops this week's FOSS section, which also covers the OpenSolaris kernel for PowerPC [15764], MozillaTM Thunderbird 1.5 release [15736] and Liberty Alliance Web Service's new social tool called People Service [15737].
Sun's StorageTek SL-Series tape libraries achieved the number one overall ranking via the Diogenes Labs-Storage Magazine Quality Award program in the enterprise-class library category while Sun's StorageTek L-Series tape libraries earned the second overall ranking in the midrange library category. These award winners were featured in the January 2006 issue of Storage magazine.
SYS-CON Media's 10th annual "Readers' Choice Awards" for best products and tools for the SOA, Web Services, Java and XML technologies have been announced for both SOA Web Services Journal and Java Developer's Journal with Sun taking tops honors in 12 categories and earning 10 runner-up placements.
A December 2005 IDC survey finds Western European vertical markets need to be informed and educated on network storage technologies in specific sectors, such as retail/wholesale and healthcare/education, where the lack of knowledge is hampering penetration. This survey was carried out among 1,150 companies with more than 20 employees, operating in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.
Sun is seeking US$109 million from competitor Quantum Corp. in a patent-infringement case over technology that Louisville-based Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek), which was acquired by Sun in 2005, and San Jose, Calif.-based Quantum developed separately in the 1990s, reported a Denver Post article hosted on TMCnet.com.
Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with a list of the most popular articles for each of the last three issues. The Web version of this article lists the top 10 articles for each of the last three issues. The top articles for the three most recent issues were:
95.2: Rundown on the Latest Features, Enhancements in New Solaris Release
95.1: Sun Fire T2000 Server Honored as Most Innovative Server
94.4: Customers Report Experiences with New Sun Fire Servers
Sun has deemed the end of life (EOL) for the Sun Fire V20z servers in favor of the new Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 servers. The last order date is set for April 10, 2006, last ship date is June 30, 2006, and the end of service life is June 30, 2011.
Sun Fire X2100 servers with AMD Opteron Model 152 and 175 standard configurations are being transitioned with Sun announcing the last order date as April 14, 2006, last ship date as June 30, 2006, and end of service life as June 30, 2011.
Sun plans on releasing new Sun Fire V210 and Sun Fire V240 configurations and options on January 30 that will be compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. These new models comply with the European Union's directive and consequently are environmentally preferable to earlier models.
Sun's new x64-based Galaxy servers have new found support from Virtual Iron, which develops advanced data-center virtualization and management software for Linux. As a new member of Sun's Partner Advantage Program, Virtual Iron aims to provide its resellers and Sun VARs with better tools to support product porting, migration, technical assistance and joint marketing opportunities.
The Sun StorEdge 6920 system now offers 300 GB 10k rpm HDDs along with a software (v3.0.1) that enables Sun StorEdge Data Replicator software to run on this midrange Sun system, increasing its data protection and continuity capabilities. These new HDDs increase the maximum capacity of these systems, achieving a lower cost/MB.
Earlier this month, Sun released the Sun StorEdge 9900 In-System Replication Suite for the Sun StorEdge 9985 systems. This suite provides a non-disruptive, host-independent data replication solution for creating copies of any customer accessible data within Sun StorEdge 99xx storage systems. It comes with both Copy-on-Write Snapshot and ShadowImage volume copy software.
A proposed new specification for an application/storage interface, titled eXtensible Access Method or X-Access Method (XAM), is intended to provide an interface for the longevity and mobility of reference information that is independent from any specific storage system technology, vendor solution or the location of a storage system or data.
A feature article on Storage Networking World Online by freelance writer Robert L. Scheier entitled, "How VARs Can Profit From Storage Consolidation," explains how storage consolidation can help increase the profit margin for VARs with the right skills while still solving customers' demands in today's competitive market.
Users can now download Portable OpenOffice.org, a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database, which comes in a version that users can carry around on a USB thumbdrive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device and use on any Windows computer.
The OpenSolaris kernel for PowerPC has been completed, reports Dennis Clarke, and it will be only a matter of time before GRUB2 and the PowerPC genunix will be integrated, enabling users to run on the Genesi ODW.
Among the features in the newly available Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 are "...a software update system, spell check as you type, built in phishing detector, auto save as draft and support for deleting attachments from email messages. Message filtering has also been improved with new filter actions for replying and forwarding," according to Scott MacGregor with Mozilla.
People Service, a feature of the second version of the Liberty Alliance's web services framework (ID-WSF 2.0), enables users to securely access such social applications as blogs, instant messaging and photos securely and with an increased margin of safety for identity information.
Kevin Kelly's Sun BluePrints OnLine paper "Web Consolidation on the Sun Fire T1000 Server Using Solaris Containers" examines the configuration and testing of the server as a web-tier consolidation platform and concludes that the combined solutions work well in this application.
The focus of Sun's Throughput Computing Initiative has been to address the issues of processor design (and limitations), throughput, datacenter real estate, and power consumption. The initiative has responded to this wide range of considerations with the UltraSPARC T1 processor with CoolThreads technology, designed to exploit the advantages available with chip multithreading (CMT).
In the VMware white paper "Virtualization: Architectural Considerations And Other Evaluation Criteria," the company's approach to hypervisor architecture -- virtual machines managed by a software layer installed on bare metal -- is examined through consideration of the architecture itself, solution support and enterprise readiness as it applies to x86 systems virtualization.
Sun introduced two new solutions designed specifically for retailers during the National Retail Federation Conference held January 15-18, in New York City -- the Sun Retail Store Processor, designed to rapidly rollout new capabilities to many stores across a retail chain, and the Sun Retail Integration Architecture software, an implementation for the development and deployment of retail applications.
The Sun Java Integration Suite will help support and enhance the world famous London department store Harrods in its growing multi-channel retail operations. Announced during the National Retail Federation Conference held January 15-18 in New York City, Harrods selected the Sun suite to help preserve existing IT investments while enhancing business agility and improving customer experience.
Strengthening their more than 10-year business relationship, B&H Photo has chosen Sun to power its rapidly growing Internet business. The high-end professional photo, video and audio company expects the Sun StorEdge 9985 systems to be a cornerstone to their data-centric enterprise compute environment and "always on" Internet presence.
Sun has committed its Sun Fire X2100 servers to power a new distance learning web site for National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation members as well as non-members. The new NRF Universitywired/e-learning solution has been created by the NRF Foundation, the research and education arm of the National Retail Federation (NRF), and Sun.
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