System News for Sun Users

"Protecting Back-end Operations with Reverse Proxy Servers and the Firewall" White Paper

2003-12-16T17:00:00+01:00

The variety of Web servers available, each with several updates and with security alerts that explain how to address vulnerabilities, makes it difficult to provide security to back-end environments. The white paper by Anh-Duy Nguyen of Sun ONE Product Technical Support suggests placing Web servers behind the firewall and permitting access only through reverse proxy servers as means to combat this increasingly complex problem.

Sun Java System Instant Messaging Software 6.1 Now Available

2003-12-16T17:00:00+01:00

The latest release of Sun's instant messaging product, Sun Java System Instant Messaging 6.1 software (formerly Sun ONE Instant Messaging 6.1 software), is now available. It enables secure, real-time communication and collaboration, combining presence awareness with instant messaging capabilities such as chat, conferences, alerts, news, polls and file transfers to create a rich collaborative environment.

Sun ONE Identity Synchronization for Windows 1.0

2003-12-15T17:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Identity Synchronization for Windows 1.0 enables synchronization of identity attributes between Windows NT/Windows 2000 Active Directory and Sun ONE Directory Server, including passwords. It supports up to 250,000 users. (These Sun products have been rebranded with the Sun Java System name.)

Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Edition 3.1

2003-11-24T17:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Edition 3.0 software has been replaced with the new Integration Server EAI Edition 3.1 version. Sun is providing customers with five additional licenses of the Sun ONE Integration Server, Secure Trading Agent (STA).

Sun Java Web Server Version 6.1 Replacing 6.0

2003-11-24T17:00:00+01:00

Version 6.0 of the Sun ONE Web Server is being transitioned off the Sun price list and replaced with version 6.1. The Web server has also been rebranded as the Sun Java Web Server. Reasons to upgrade include performance improvements, HTTP/GZIP compression, WebDAV publishing, NSAPI filtering and more.

Sun ONE Unified Development Server EOL Postponed

2003-11-03T17:00:00+01:00

Sun has given the Sun ONE Unified Development Server (formerly iPlanet Unified Development Server) a new lease on life. While there will be few or no new features or functionality developed for the solution, Sun will continue to provide product and engineering support (e.g., bug fixes, patches, service packs) for the next several years. At the same time, users will be encouraged to migrate to the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and the Sun ONE Application Server.

Sun ONE Portal Server 6 Best Practices: Sun BluePrints OnLine

2003-11-03T17:00:00+01:00

Christian Candia's Sun BluePrints paper "Sun ONE Portal Server 6 Best Practices" presents some architectural guidelines that are frequently applied to Sun Java System Portal Server 6 (formerly Sun ONE Portal Server 6) software implementations. Candia presents this information to assist users in identifying and understanding potentially conflicting requirements among the functional and non-functional aspects of implementing a technical solution to a particular problem.

"Network Design Patterns: N-Tier Data Centers"

2003-11-03T17:00:00+01:00

In their Sun BluePrints paper "Network Design Patterns: N-Tier Data Centers," Deepak Kakadia and Richard Croucher of Sun begin their approach to the design and implementation of N-Tier architectures for Web-based service delivery infrastructures with an analysis of the functional and non-functional requirements and a distinction between architecture and design. The paper documents a set of fully tested configurations, comparing solutions from two different network equipment providers.

Announcing Sun ONE Studio 5 Update 1, Standard Edition

2003-10-13T16:00:00+01:00

Sun ONE Studio 5 update 1, Standard Edition is a tightly integrated, single installation combination of the Sun ONE Studio 5, Standard Edition and the latest updated version of the Sun ONE Application Framework (JATO). This combination product provides developers with a fast, effective and comprehensive solution to build Enterprise grade, scalable Web-based Java technology applications within a leading Java IDE while transparently and dynamically leveraging Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specifications, industry best practices and design patterns.

"Integrating an Application into Sun ONE Portal Server 6: A Case Study"

2003-10-13T16:00:00+01:00

Applications that are integrated into Sun ONE Portal Server can collaborate with the server software and use its capabilities. An article by the Market Development Engineering Department at Sun uses Duke's Bookstore, a sample application from Sun ONE Application Server 7, to show you how to integrate an application so that it functions as a versatile channel on your portal.

Sun ONE Content Delivery Server 3.6

2003-09-29T16:00:00+01:00

Customer retention in the face of a spate of new, competing features and the declining average revenue per user are driving mobile operators and service providers to seek ways to deal with these challenges. A new resource is the Sun ONE Content Delivery Server 3.6 from Sun.

Announcing Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Edition 3.1

2003-09-29T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Integration Server Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Edition 3.1 is a software product designed for enterprises that need to integrate packaged, custom, legacy and new Java technology applications. The Sun ONE Integration Server EAI Edition 3.1 features new support for ebXML messaging, a cutting-edge technology for Web Services enablement and e-business collaboration via the SOAP Interface, providing secure and reliable messaging between trading partners.

Sun ONE Application Server 7, Enterprise Edition

2003-09-29T16:00:00+01:00

Extending the capabilities of the recently announced Sun ONE Application Server 7, Standard Edition, the new Sun ONE Application Server 7, Enterprise Edition adds high availability and horizontal scalability for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web applications and Web Services.

Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 Delivers Secure Web Services

2003-09-29T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Web Server 6.1, with a proven record in finance, government, healthcare, retail and other industries, provides a secure and reliable infrastructure for the delivery of Web Services, allowing enterprises to protect their Web applications and customer data while delivering static and dynamic content to end users at high service levels.

Sun ONE Active Server Pages 4.0.1 Free Trial Download

2003-09-15T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Active Server Pages 4.0.1 (formerly Sun Chili!Soft ASP) is available for free download. Sun ONE Active Server Pages 4.0.1 is the latest cross-platform Active Server Pages (ASP) engine for both the Sun ONE and Apache Web servers. Downloads of two add-ons are also available.

Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 Downloads

2003-09-15T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 is designed to allow users to build multiplatform, e-commerce Web applications. Add-on capabilities are available as well. The Sun ONE Web Server 6.1 Developer Edition is a fully-functional Web server for use in the development, staging and testing of Web applications. (This product was formerly known as iPlanet Web Server.)

Sun ONE Messaging Server Techniques

2003-09-15T16:00:00+01:00

A recent Sun BluePrints article focuses on the practices and techniques that enterprise customers can use with Sun ONE Messaging Server products. Author Dave Pickens describes SNMP and some alternative tools to the SNMP system of application monitoring. (This product was formerly iPlanet Messaging Server.)

Courses About the Sun ONE Portal Server, Versions 3.0 and 6.0

2003-08-27T16:00:00+01:00

Whether your role is to architect, analyze and plan, install, develop or customize, administer or maintain the Sun ONE Portal Server (formerly iPlanet Portal Server), there is a course available to help you.

Three Sun Open Net Environment Downloads

2003-08-25T16:00:00+01:00

Some Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) downloads currently available include the Sun ONE Message Queue, Platform Edition 3.0.1 Service Pack 2 and the Sun ONE Portal Server: Secure Remote Access 6.0 for Sun ONE Application Server 7 and IBM's application server. (These Sun ONE products were formerly iPlanet products.)

Sun ONE Studio Tutorial

2003-08-25T16:00:00+01:00

A recent tutorial on the Sun developer Web site describes how to simulate a common use case by taking an existing service, based on a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web container application, and exposing it as a Web service for point-to-point synchronous integration behind a firewall.

Potential of Sun ONE Web Proxy Server

2003-08-11T16:00:00+01:00

In "An Overview of Sun ONE Web Proxy Server," a recent article by Sun's Jasen Meece and Marina Sum, a history of Web proxies and the potential of Sun ONE Web Proxy Server is briefly described (This product was formerly known as iPlanet Web Proxy Server).

Sun ONE Identity Synchronization for Windows 1.0

2003-08-11T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Identity Synchronization for Windows 1.0 software solution is designed to enable synchronization of identity attributes such as passwords between Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory and Sun ONE Directory Server environments (formerly the iPlanet Directory Server). A user can change password values in one directory environment, and it is automatically propagated to the other authentication directory.

How to Integrate the Sun ONE Portal Server to My Yahoo! Enterprise Edition

2003-08-11T16:00:00+01:00

Adding My Yahoo! Enterprise Edition to a corporate portal can improve its performance and ROI. It provides content from industry and trade sources that has been aggregated before it is delivered to the portal via a single feed. The My Yahoo! Enterprise Edition Provider 1.0 connects Sun ONE Portal Server to My Yahoo! Enterprise Edition. Steps for integrating the My Yahoo! Enterprise Provider 1.0 with Sun ONE Portal Server 6 are available on the Sun Developer's Web site.

Beta Program: Sun ONE Message Queue 3.5

2003-08-11T16:00:00+01:00

Sun ONE Message Queue 3.5 software is an implementation of the Java Message Service (JMS) specification. It is available in two editions, Platform Edition and Enterprise Edition, on three platforms: Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), Linux and Windows. The Platform Edition provides the scalability and security features necessary for large-scale, enterprise deployments.

Sun ONE Web Proxy Server 3.6 SP3 Download

2003-08-04T16:00:00+01:00

Sun ONE Web Proxy Server 3.6 SP3 is now available for download. The service pack includes support for the HTTP/1.1 protocol and Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocols in addition to security fixes. Sun strongly recommends that users of previous versions of Sun ONE Web Proxy Server install the service pack. (Sun ONE Web Proxy Server was formerly known as iPlanet Web Proxy Server.)

Sun ONE Platform Offers Cost Benefit Over IBM and Microsoft

2003-08-04T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) platform delivers a two-to-one total cost of ownership (TCO) advantage in messaging over IBM and Microsoft, according to a recent study by The Radicati Group. The study, titled "Messaging Total Cost of Ownership 2003," calculated annual TCO over a three-year period for enterprise messaging and collaboration.

Sun ONE Studio 4 Update 1, Mobile Edition Software

2003-07-21T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Studio, Mobile Edition (formerly known as Forte for Java) software is designed for developing applications that can be deployed to Java technology-enabled mobile devices. The edition optimizes Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)/Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) development.

Sun ONE Portal Server: Instant Collaboration Pack 3.0.1 EOV'd

2003-07-21T16:00:00+01:00

Sun is "End of Version"-ing the Sun ONE Portal Server: Instant Collaboration Pack 3.0.1 and replacing it and its functionality with an upgraded version of Sun ONE Instant Messaging 6.0. Users of these products include enterprise customers and mid-sized service providers in vertical industries such as financial, retail, healthcare and manufacturing.

New Sun ONE Unified Development Server 5.1

2003-07-21T16:00:00+01:00

The Sun ONE Unified Development Server 5.1 (formerly know as iPlanet Unified Development Server), designed as an enterprise application development environment, is now available from Sun. The environment is for constructing, deploying and administering applications that are both scalable and flexible across heterogeneous distributed platforms.

Sun Document Looks at Linking Idle Computing Resources

2003-07-14T16:00:00+01:00

A recent Sun article, "Integrating BLAST with Sun ONE Grid Engine Software," aims to show the reader how to use a collection of computing resources to run BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) searches against something like a DNA or protein database.