http://sun.systemnews.com Service http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/123/3/sev/19985 With the Solaris 8 Operating System's (Solaris OS) end of service life less than a year away (April 1, 2009), customers are trying to prepare for their next move. One option will be to sign up for a Vintage Support Plan that Sun purportedly will be offering. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/123/3/sev/19636 Sun is adding two new services to its consulting portfolio: the Sun Virtualization Architecture Service, which is designed to help customers choose the appropriate virtualization technology; and the Sun Virtualization Implementation Service, which will help reduce risk and speed deployment of a physical-to-virtual server environment. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/120/1/sev/19381 A new ERP System is being implemented by Sun to simplify and improve efficiency, the company reports. Effective January 28th, this new system is offering new Service Items, previously known as Service Part Numbers, and Asset Attach items for Sun Software Service Plans and software subscriptions. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/120/1/sev/19385 Sun's Enterprise Installation Services (EIS) and System Performance Packs have been extended to the Sun Blade 6048 Modular System. This compute-dense blade server provides 48 server modules with up to 768 processing cores, and provides the highest I/O throughput per chassis at 30.72Tbps. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/116/5/sev/18805 The Sun Message Security Solution for Symantec Brightmail Software is now delivered by the Sun Customer Ready program for the Sun Fire T2000 (UltraSPARC T1) and the Sun Fire T5120 (UltraSPARC T2) servers. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/116/5/sev/18883 If you've ever wondered about the scope of the Sun Developer Services Portfolio the answer is here in Darren Bibby's IDC white paper "Sun Developer Services Portfolio: The Whole Story," which reviews and analyzes Sun’s portfolio of developer support services. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/116/4/sev/18638 Sun is repricing its Sun StorageTek 9900 Software Service Plans and passing the savings on to customers. Both the Standard and Premium Sun Software Service Plan contracts for the Sun StorageTek 9900 software are included in the repricing. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/116/4/sev/18641 Sun is enhancing the existing subscription offerings for the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 (Java ES) and Java System Suites to include an optional Premium Plus level of service. Premium Plus support entitles the customer to such additional services as a Customer Focused Support Team and a Customer Advocate. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/114/5/sev/18544 To simplify the problem of accessing valuable information from many applications across a large organization, Sun has made a new reference architecture, the Sun Data Warehouse Reference Architecture for Structured and Unstructured Data. http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/114/5/sev/18545 If your company or organization depends on Web-based applications for a business advantage, then see what the new approach from Sun called "Sun Dynamic Infrastructure Solution for Web Services" has to offer.