http://sun.systemnews.com Education and Research http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/125/5/opt-edu/20119 The experience today's students have had with such consumer web services as Google, Amazon, and iTunes has created high and demanding expectations among them in their transactions with various online learning environments. The Sun White Paper "Moodlerooms and Sun Reference Architecture: The Next Generation of Learning Management" explores these expectations and the response of the IT technology community. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/125/3/opt-edu/20236 A new "McNealy Minute" audio podcast features Scott McNealy talking with Mike Zafirovski, President & CEO of Nortel, on "… the future of education, and how Sun, Nortel and others are working together to eliminate the digital divide by providing better access to knowledge through network technology, open systems and sharing." Scott and Mike talk about Nortel LearniT and Curriki. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/125/3/opt-edu/20218 Amity is the largest private university in India and now a new partner with Sun Microsystems India in an effort to provide students with access to Sun technologies that will reduce the gap between the expectations industry has of its employees and the skill set graduates bring to the table. Amity will draw on Sun's demonstrated expertise in Java and Solaris technologies while enhancing its curriculum through access to Sun's extensive resource library. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/121/1/opt-edu/19525 Universities from around the world continue to turn to Sun to help them meet the ever-growing demand for advanced research, digital archiving, and the "always-on" infrastructures required for their campuses. New Sun patrons include St. Francis Xavier University, Durham University, University of Calgary, University of Oxford and SIM University. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/121/1/opt-edu/19532 Sun and rSmart are working together to develop Kuali-based solutions certified to run on Sun systems and open source infrastructure software, including Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS), MySQL, GlassFish, OpenSSO and OpenESB. The Kuali Financial System (KFS) will be the first certified with other supported Kuali solutions to follow, the companies announced. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/121/1/opt-edu/19535 The just-concluded Worldwide Education and Research Conference (WWERC) featured a mix of keynotes, panels and in-depth breakout sessions conducted by Sun executives and teachers that examined the state of education, forecast where it is going and predicted how technology will help it get there. More than 500 university CIOs, professors, researchers, and delegates from the ministries of education of nearly 30 countries attended the conference. Themes included The Power of Communities, What's Next? Education 3.0 and Eco-Computing on Campus. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/121/1/opt-edu/19550 A new Sun Center of Excellence (COE) for Libraries will be established in Alberta, Canada, through the cooperative efforts of Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc., the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) and The Alberta Library (TAL). It will be focused on creating a province-wide digital library and is expected to be operational by summer 2008. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/121/1/opt-edu/19584 Through June 30, 2008, save up to 60 percent on Sun's portfolio of SPARC and AMD servers, storage and workstation products through the 2008 US Education Essentials Matching Grant Program, which can help your institution obtain Sun's innovative and open energy-efficient solutions at a fraction of the cost. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/111/3/opt-edu/18118 Through the Education Essentials Program, Global Education and Research customers can get the Sun RayTM 1G Ultra-Thin Client (US and APAC only Non-RoHS) at special education pricing. The promotion ends June 30, 2007. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/111/3/opt-edu/18119 Sun is offering the education and research communities three promotions, all of which expire on June 30, 2007. All three promotions feature special worldwide Education Market-only pricing. The featured items include the Sun FireTM X4100 M2 and Sun FireTM X4200 M2 servers; the Sun FireTM V445 servers for Education Essentials Program; and the Sun FireTM V215 and Sun FireTM V245 servers in the Extension for Education Essentials.