Solaris 10 has been Shipping for Three Years

Solaris 10 has now been shipping for three years. In addition to the initial release, which began shipping January 2005, there have been four more releases. The current release, "Solaris 10 8/07" or "Update 4", has been in production for 5 months.

To say that Solaris 10 has been successful would be an understatement. The award winning technical features, the support for a large number of hardware platforms and the process of becoming Open Source via the OpenSolaris project have all contributed to that success. The large number of Solaris 10 downloads (11m+) and OEM agreements with IBM and Dell further validate that success. It is clear that Solaris is and will remain a major operating system for the foreseeable future.

Most of the new hardware platforms that Sun is now shipping requires Solaris 10:

• UltraSPARC T1 and T2 based servers (e.g. T2000 and T5120)
  
• Sun Blade Servers (e.g. Sun Blade 6000 modular system)
• AMD Opteron based servers (e.g. Sun Fire X4100, Sun Fire X4600)
• Intel Xeon based servers (e.g. Sun Fire X5150)
  
• "M" Series SPARC64-VI based servers (M4000, M5000, M8000, M9000)

While there are still some servers that are shipping which support Solaris 9, it is anticipated that by the end of 2009, all new Sun servers will require Solaris 10.

Solaris 8 and 9 customers who have not yet upgraded to Solaris 10 will find that the many benefits of the new environment will outweigh the costs of upgrading. Simply replacing old servers with new can result is savings of space, power and cooling. As there is strong ISV support for Solaris 10 and Sun provides the Solaris Application Guarantee, most customers should find the move to Solaris 10 straightforward.

With the appropriate Solaris 10 and Sun hardware features (e.g. resource management, Solaris Containers, dynamic system domains and LDoms), many old servers can be consolidated into a smaller number of new servers resulting in even greater savings of cost, space, power and cooling.

Many IT organizations find that a large migration project can be a technical and business challenge:

• Perform an analysis of an existing Solaris 8/9 environment
• Define a new Solaris 10 environment that leverages the new software and hardware features
• Write a detailed project plan to implement then migrate to the new environment
• Continue to provide services while executing migration plan
  

If you are making the transition from Solaris 8/9, here are a few more things to consider:

• In any non-trivial migration, there will be problems - plan for them
• Be prepared to troubleshoot unexpected performance differences (DTrace can help)
  
• Become familiar with tools like Solaris 8 Migration Assistant as a backup/transition aid
• Consider leveraging data center automation tools (such as Sun Connection and Sun Management Center) to improve productivity

Any time you make a significant change to your IT environment, there are other core IT infrastructure considerations that may complicate your migration plans:

• security and auditing
• disaster recovery and business continuity
• backup and recovery
• networking
  
• storage management
• processes and procedures (ITSM)
• monitoring and management
• capacity and performance management
  
• O/S, application and firmware patch management
  
• maintenance contract management, asset tracking, ....

If you have a lot of time and available staff, you can set up a lab and experiment with the new tools and technology. If you don't then you should leverage an experienced partner who can "teach you how to fish".

Gartner on Sun's MySQL Acquisition

In a recent article, "MySQL Acquisition Edges Sun Closer to a Complete OSS Stack", Garner states,

"the MySQL purchase immediately casts Sun in the role of a major open-source database management system vendor with heterogeneous operating system solutions. IBM, Oracle and Red Hat will likely feel some market pressure."

They recommend that all enterprises

• Use MySQL and Sun to apply competitive pressure to proprietary DBMS vendors by planning to switch spending on suitable requirements to MySQL.
• MySQL is capable of supporting clusters, delivering atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (ACID) functionality and handling some mission-critical applications. Evaluate MySQL as an alternative to IBM DB2, Oracle and other DBMSs.
• Monitor Sun's effort at integrating MySQL to confirm whether Sun is succeeding in its effort to become a different breed of OSS vendor.

Gartner says that MySQL customers should, "View this deal as positive and continue with your current strategy regarding the use of MySQL."

Configuring the Sun Fire x4500 with Symantec Enterprise Vault

Symantec describes Enterprise Vault as

... software-based intelligent archiving platform that stores, manages, and enables discovery of corporate data from email systems, filer server environments, instant messaging platforms, and content management and collaboration systems. Enterprise Vault uses intelligent classification engines to manage data, improving a company's ability to retain and protect corporate information while reducing storage costs and simplifying management.

Enterprise Vault is a Microsoft Windows application which can run on Sun's AMD or Intel based servers such as the SunFire x4100.

The price and size of the x4500 makes it very attractive as an archive solution. A 4 RU, 48 Tb x4500 costs about $62k (48 x 1Tb disks); $35k for 24 Tb (48 x 500Gb disks).

Sun has published a white paper, "Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault", by Tim Thomas, (Jan 2008). This paper explains how to configure the x4500 to work with Enterprise Vault and implement

• Tiered Storage
• Transparent Backup of Archived Data
• Continuous Backup and Quick Restore
  

Tim's white paper shows that a solution with the x4500 can archive 90,000+ items/hour.

Table of Contents for White Paper

• Introduction
• Solution Description
  • Symantec Enterprise Vault
  • Topology of an Enterprise Vault Site
  • Storage Archive Manager and Enterprise Vault
• Features and Best Practices
  • WORM Storage
  • SAMBA Support
  • SAM Archiving Policies
• Testing the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for the Enterprise Vault/SAM Solution
  • Hardware and Software
  • Performance Tests
  • Test Results
• Configuring the Solution
  • Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server
  • Configuring Storage Archive Manager
  • Configuring Enterprise Vault
• Managing the Solution
  • Sun Fire X4500 Server
  • SAM
  • SAMBA
• Scaling the Solution
• Appendix: The x4500samconfig Script
  • Test Mode
  • Resetting a Configured Sun Fire X4500 Server
• For More Information

A Review of the news from 2007

Based of most accesses stories by members

By accessing the web logs, we have determined that the following list of 270 articles were the most popular with subscribers. We have grouped the articles by topic to give you a view of what were the most important news articles for 2007.

Servers (Future): Rock

• Sun Completes Tape Out of "Rock" SPARC Processor [17539]
• The 16-core Rock Chip [17951]
• Rock Processor Test Shows Sun is on Schedule in Development [18045]
• Solaris 10 OS Successfully Booted on Rock Processor [18046]
• Sun StorageTek LTO 4 FC Tape Drives Announced for Sun StorageTek SL8500, SL500 and L180/L700/L1400 Tape Libraries [18107]
• Transactional Memory in Sun's "Rock" processor [18516]
  

Servers (Future): Niagara (now T2)

• Sun Niagara 2 Processor: Designed to Scale to Meet Exponential Growth [17428]
• Niagara 2 -Key Features, Architecture and Diagrams [17688]
• UltraSPARC T2 (Niagara 2) Chip Unveiled [18461]
  
• Logical Domains: Create 64 with New UltraSPARC T2 Processor [18479]
  
• Lightweight Crypto Accelerator of the UltraSPARC T2 Processor [18539]
  

Servers: UltraSPARC T2

• The New UltraSPARC T2 Systems: T5120/T5220 Servers and Sun Blade T6320 [18776]
  
• Detailed System Overview of New T5120/T5220 Servers [18798]

Servers: UltraSPARC T1 (T1000/T2000)

• New Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 Server Standard Configurations [17510]
• Learn Tuning Basics for Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 CoolThreads Servers [17536]
• Sun Fire CoolThreads Servers Trade-in Promotion Extended to June 1, 2007 [17829]
• Sun Fire T1000 Server Technical Details [17830]
• Sun Fire V490 Server Documentation [17834]
  
• Benchmark Result: 1.4 GHz UltraSPARC T1 Chip Ten Percent Faster than IBM POWER6 Chip [18308]
• Get LDOMS Up and Running on Sun Fire T2000 Server [18376]
• Benchmark Shows Off UltraSPARC T1 for Database-, Application- & Web Tier [18560]
• Go Green and Save Some Green: Eco Promotion on Sun Fire T2000 Servers [18626]
  

The Solaris 8 Migration Assistant

• Etude: The Solaris 8 Migration Assistant [18633]
• Solaris 8 Migration Assistant (Project Etude) Now Available [18803]
  

Servers: M Series

• Fujitsu And Sun Microsystems Announce New Servers with SPARC Processors [17987]
• Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server: Up to 128 GB Memory and 2 Dynamic Domains [17993]
• Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 server [17998]
• Dynamic Reconfiguration and Capacity on Demand with Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers [18026]
• Technical Details of the New SPARC64 VI Processor [18041]
• Sun SPARC Enterprise Family Architecture White Paper [18122]
• Mid-range Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Server [18135]
• Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server Outperforms IBM and HP [18390]
  

Server Upgrades/EOL

• Transitioning of Sun Fire V210, V240 and V440 Servers [17516]
• Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboard Upgrade Promotion [18536]
  

Servers

• Sun Streaming System [18016]
• Sun Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.6.5 [18350]
  
• New Version of Cool Stack 1.2 Now Available for Download [18955]
  

Servers: Intel-based

• New Sun Blade X8420 Server Module Features 4-socket Dual-core 2.8GHz Processors [17486]
• Sun and Intel to Collaborate on New Servers with Intel Xeon Processors [17551]
• Videos and Podcasts and Interviews on the Sun-Intel Alliance [17593]
• Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300 Series Platform Previewed [18608]
• Sun's New Quad-Core x64 (x86, 64-bit) Systems [18640]
• Sun Fire X4150 and the Intel Architecture, Memory [18689]
  

Servers: Sun Blade 6000

• Sun Blade 6000 Modular System [18190]
• Versatile Sun Blade 6000 Modular System Runs on AMD, Intel or SPARC Processors [18210]
• Sun Blade Starter Kits Promotion Repriced: Bigger Discounts [18573
  

Servers: AMD-based

• New Configuration for Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server [17678]
• Higher Performance Processor in the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Standard Configuration [17682]
• Higher Performance and Lower Cooling Costs Resulted when Physics Lab Switched to Sun Fire X2100 Servers [17784]
• Selling a New Line In-house: How John Fowler Helped Launch the AMD Line of Sun Servers [17878]
• Netra X4200 M2 Server Architecture White Paper [17903]
  

xVM

• What is "True Virtualization"? [18289]
• Sun Server Virtualization Technology [18520]
• OpenSolaris Build 75 Supports xVM Platform on x86 and x64 Systems [18675]
• Sun xVM Infrastructure Previewed: Sun xVM Server and Sun xVM Ops Center [18756]
• UltraSPARC T2 Servers and Sun xVM: The Ultimate Virtualization Combo [18786]
• Sun xVM Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 1.0 [18868]
• Sun xVM Hypervisor: A Panacea? [18920]
• Sun xVM Ops Center to be Released January 8th [19096]
  

LDoms

• Beginners Guide to LDoms: Understanding and Deploying Logical Domains [17757]
• Logical Domains (LDoms) Resources and New Forum [17946]
• Updated LDoms Guide Incorporates Feedback from Customers and LDoms Team [18440]
  

ZFS

• ZFS Resources: Best Practices Guide, Veritas and Benchmark Details [17527]
• First Time Set Up of ZFS: How-To Article [17908]
• ZFS Boot Support for the x86 Platform [17937]
• ZFS Rated as "Far Superior" [18234]
• Solaris 10 ZFS Administration Course [18235]
• Solaris ZFS vs. Red Hat Enterprise Linux EXT3 White Paper [18259]
• Solaris ZFS Goes Up Against Microsoft and Veritas File Systems [18307]
• Managing NFS Performance with Solaris ZFS [18342]
• ZFS Now Stores Redundant Copies for Data [18384]
• Using ZFS for File Compression [18502]
• ZFS Snapshot to Amazon S3 [18527]
• ZFS Enhancements in Solaris 08/07 Update [18631]
• Don't Underestimate ZFS [18871]
  
• New ZFS Packages Offer Snapshots 0.9 and Backups 0.2 [18936
  

Solaris

• Guide Explains Migrating from Linux to Solaris OS [17591]
• How Views are Shifting Concerning Solaris OS [17936]
  
• IBM To Distribute the Solaris Operating System [18517]
  
• Myth Buster Jim Laurent Takes on Solaris 10 OS Detractors [18831]
• Solaris Still a Strong Contender in the OS Market [18917]
• Solaris OS/OpenSolaris to be Offered on Dell Rack and Blade Servers [18999]
• Jim Laurent on Tuning Solaris Kernels [19024]
• Solaris Costs Less, Does More, and Runs More SPARC, X86/X64 Platforms than Red Hat [19156]
  

Solaris Updates

• Installation and Upgrade Resources for Solaris 10 6/06 OS [17501]
  
• Solaris 10 11/06 OS Features Security Enhancements and More [17519]
• Installation and User Guides for Solaris Trusted Extensions [17529]
• Sun Releases Expanded Solaris OS 11/06 Media Kit [17572]
• Daylight Savings Time Information for the Solaris Operating System [17628]
• How to Use Solaris JumpStart With the Solaris 10 OS for x86/x64 Platforms [17781]
• How To Install Solaris 10 11/06 OS [18276]
• Initial Set Up of Solaris Live Upgrade Software [18279]
• What's new in the Solaris 10 8/07 OS Release [18597]
• Update Now Available: Solaris 10 8/07 OS [18625]
• Installation Guide on the Solaris 10 8/07 OS on x86 Systems [18628]
• What's New in the Solaris 10 8/07 OS Release [18629]
• Using Solaris Live Upgrade [18887]
  

Solaris Admin

• How to Create and Mount a Solaris Partition on a USB Disk Drive [17446]
• Register Your Solaris 10 Systems Before February 28, 2007 for Gift [17623]
• How to Format USB Disks in Solaris Operating System [18229]
• The Art of System Profiling -Using the sys_diag v.7.04 Solaris Utility [18525]
  
• How to Burn a CD and/or a DVD in the Solaris OS [18548]
  
• New Addition to Sun Configuration Diagram Templates [18559]
• Sun Blogs on the Solaris OS: Tech Tips [18588]
  
• Cheat Sheets Available for Sun Certified System Administrator Exam [18649]
  
• Download Now Available for Solaris Performance Tools CD 3.0 [18654]
  
• BigAdmin XPerts Offer Advice on Solaris Patching [19113]
  

OpenSolaris

• New Business Model for Solaris Subscriptions [17512]
  
• Hats Off to Solaris OS -Switching from Red Hat to Solaris 10 OS [17556]
  
• OpenSolaris Project: Sun StorageTek Availability Suite [17631]
  
• GPLv3 or CDDL for OpenSolaris? [17632]
  
• Comparison of Multilevel Security Policies of Solaris Trusted Extensions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems [17756]
  
• Wireless Networking for OpenSolaris [17885]
  
• Product Download: Solaris Express, Developer Edition Appliance for the Parallels Virtual Machine 1.0 [17967]
  
• What's a Linux Guy Doing at Sun? [17975]
  
• Elements that Make a Secure Server with Solaris 10 OS [18352]
  
• Project Indiana: A New Distribution of OpenSolaris for GNU/Linux Users [18366]
  
• The OpenSolaris pNFS Implementation [18373]
  
• The Future of Operating Systems [18453]
  
• Cost of Ownership: Solaris vs RedHat Linux [18878]
  
• OpenSolaris on IBM�s z System Mainframes [19054]
  
• New-Boot SPARC Putback Announced [19123]
  

Zones/Containers

• How-To Guide: How to Move a Solaris Container from One Computer to Another [17565]
  
• Installing and Administering Solaris Container Manager 3.6 [17566]
  
• Sun Developer Network Channel Video on Solaris Containers [17692]
  
• Zone Migration - New Feature Makes Container Migration Easier [17725]
  
• How to Increase Resource Utilization with Solaris Containers [17787]
  
• Zone Enhancements in Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 [18138]
  
• Solaris Containers Podcast -Paul Steeves, Sun Director of Solaris Marketing [18169]
  
• Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 Enhancements [18183]
  
• Performance Tests Compare Sun Fire V480 and T2000 Servers [18672]
  
• Solaris Zones and memcached [19129]
  

SunRay/SGG

• VMware and Sun Microsystems Webinar: The Virtualized Desktop [17819]
  
• Sun Virtual Desktop Access Kit for VMware Sun BluePrints Document [17820]
  
• New World Records on Sun Fire Servers with Faster UltraSPARC IV+ Processors [17909]
  
• Setting Up a Demo Based on the Sun Virtual Desktop Access Kit for VMware [17910]
  
• Sun Virtual Desktop Solution Gets a New Website [17911]
  
• Sun Secure Global Desktop 4.31 Available for Download [18145]
  
• New Podcast Available on Virtual Desktop Solution from Sun [18146]
  
• New Sun Desktop Virtualization Software Improves Desktop Security and Ease of Management [18622]
  
• Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software Could Ease Customers' Vista Woes [18668]
  
• Evaluate Solaris 10 Appliance for VMware and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) Software on the Sun x64 Platforms [19008]
  

DTrace

• DTrace by Example: Solving a Real-World Problem [17559]
  
• DTrace Course Teaches How to Diagnose Application and System Problems [17608]
  
• DTrace, Java SE 6 Synergy Gives Developers a Powerful New Tool [17826]
  
• White Paper Explains the Power of DTrace [17870]
  
• Sun Execs Detail Reasons Behind Sun's New Agreement with Microsoft [18651]
  

Windows Integration

• Setting Up a Samba Server Installation to Share a Solaris 10 OS File System [18154]
  
• Unattended Installation of Windows 2003 Server on Sun Fire Servers [18175]
  
• Sun Expert Exchange Forum July 17 on Sun/Microsoft Interoperability [18362]
  
• Sun to Sell Microsoft Windows Server on Sun x64 Systems [18624]
  
• Run Windows and Windows Apps on Solaris OS with Win4Solaris [18691]
  
• Two New OpenSolaris Projects: CIFS Server and CIFS Client for Solaris [18957]
  

FOSS

• Tech Tip: "Using PHP on Sun Java System Web Server 7.0" [17525]
  
• Blastwave.org Announces 1,522 Software Packages are in the "Stable" Tree [17550]
  
• PostgreSQL, Apache Derby and Java DB Compared [17892]
  
• Community Linux vs. Commercial Linux [17916]
  

Workstations

• Sun Develops Insurance Industry IT Solutions [17467]
  
• Competitively Priced Sun 19-inch LCD Monitor [17717]
  
• Cadalyst Editor Reviews Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation [17846]
  
• Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Product Notes [17851]
  
• Quiet, Powerful and Pricey: Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Review Verdict [17890]
  
• NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 and FX 4600 Graphics Cards Now in Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstations [18131]
  
• Review of Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation with the 3Ware 9650SE SATA RAID Controller [18188]
  
• Choice of OS with AMD Chip Nets Positive Review of Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation [18193]
  
• New 24.1-inch, 4th Generation LCD Monitor Being Introduced [18409]
  
• New Sun Ultra 24 Workstation Powered by Intel's Core 2 Duo and Quad Processors [18869]
  

Security

• Less Expensive Alternative to SSH [17491]
  
• New Features in Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 [17573]
  
• Telnet Vulnerability in Solaris 10 and 11 OS [17667]
  
• Solaris TCP/IP Kernel Memory Corruption Denial of Service on Computers Running CMT Processors [17949]
  
• Setting up Single Sign On (SSO) [18072]
  
• Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.1 [18206]
  
• Key Security Features Excluded from RHEL 5 and IBM Common Criteria Evaluation [18346]
  
• Using PAM for Authentication on Solaris OS [18475]
  
• Using JumpStart Enterprise Toolkit (JET) [18526]
  
• Best-Ever' Internet Security Practices for Solaris 10 OS [18937]
  

Performance

• World Records for Sun Fire T2000 Server and Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server [17502]
  
• Benchmark Results: for Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server and Sun Fire E25K Server [18008]
  
• Benchmark of Pro/E Shows Solaris 10 OS Outperforms Linux [18032]
  
• UltraSPARC T2 Servers Set Floating-Point Single-Chip Record on SPEComp Benchmark [18784]
  
• New World Record Sales and Distribution for SAP on Sun T2 Processors [18919]
  
• System Performance as an Aspect of CPUs and Architecture [18976]
  

Storage

• Sun Offers BakBone NetVault Backup: Automatic Configuration of Backup Devices [17718]
  
• Sun StorageTek 9900 Series Relationship with Hitachi Data Systems Reinforced [17792]
  
• 300GB SAS Drive and 750GB SATA Drive Options for Certain Sun Servers and Workstations [17835]
  
• Developer Project "FISHworks" from Sun [17888]
  
• Announcing Sun StorageTek QFS and Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager New Version 4.6 [17923]
  
• Updating Fibre Channel Drivers to Use Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software [17947]
  
• Brocade Silkworm 5000 32-port Fibre Channel Switch Now Available [17964]
  
• Sun StorageTek 2540 FC Array and 2501 SAS Expansion Array with Integrated Services [17965]
  
• Low-Cost Storage: Sun StorageTek 2500 Arrays [17985]
  
• New World-Record Setting Modular Disk Low-Cost Array: Sun StorageTek ST2500 [17988]
  
• Fibre Channel SANs [18027]
  
• Technology Brief on Advantages of SAS over SCSI [18128]
  
• Disk Allocation: What Space Are You Really Using? [18355]
  
• Sun StorageTek LTO4 Tape Drives Promotion [18546]
  
• Solaris 10 for Opteron Supported for Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.5 [18716]
  
• Treating Storage as If It Were a Utility [18774]
  
• Download Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) 6.0 Free [18830]
  
• What's in the Pipeline for Storage Products at Sun [18854]
  
• Sun's First Storage-Server Hybrid to be Released [18912]
  

Java

• Java DB 10.2.2.0 General Availability [17447]
  
• Sun Java CAPS Noted By Forrester Report [17495]
  
• Using SwingWorker to Boost the Performance of Java SE 6 [17561]
  
• How to Calculate Total Memory Footprint When Running Multiple Java Processes [17646]
  
• Struts Basics - A Lab from Sang Shin [17735]
  
• DTrace, Java SE 6 Synergy Gives Developers a Powerful New Tool [17826]
  
• GlassFish v2 Beta Released [17849]
  
• Ubuntu Now Has Java Technologies and NetBeans IDE [17995]
  
• Setting Up Java DB in NetBeans IDE and Creating a Database [18011]
  
• Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite 5.1.3 [18158]
  
• Java SE 6 Update 2 Includes JRE [18336]
  

HPC

• Sun Visualization System for High Performance Computing [17470]
  
• Sun Constellation System: HPC for Weather Forecasting and Climate Modeling [18274]
  
• Sun's HPC Portfolio Adds Sun Constellation System and Sun StorageTek 5800 System [18961]
  
• Sun Constellation System Named Supercomputing 2007 Product of the Year [19125]
  

Service

• New Support Programs for Solaris 10 OS, Migration Assistance and More [17520]
  
• Provision Solaris OS, Red Hat and SuSE Systems with New Sun Connection Service [17552]
  
• Get a Single View of Software, Systems and Storage Assets with New Sun Connection Inventory Channel [18226]
  
• Sun Explorer Data Collector 5.9 Diagnostic Data Collection Tool [18261]
  
• Sun eLearning Certification Success Packages Offer Gift [18612]
  

Software

• Project Looking Glass 1.0 Released [17444]
  
• New Sun LDAP Directory Focuses on Service Provided to Users [17569]
  
• Sun Releases Sun Java System Message Queue 3.7 Update 1 [17570]
  
• Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.4 Download Available [17806]
  
• Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1 Documentation [18224]
  
• Sun Integration 1.0 for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Download Available [18372]
  
• Sun Java System Identity Management Suite Gets Sun into Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning [18603]
  
• Sun Java System Directory Enterprise Edition 6.2 Now Available [18928]
  
• The New Sun Management Center 4.0 [18932]
  

JavaFX

• New Scripting Language JavaFX Script Simplifies Content Authoring [18081]
  
• Demos of What JavaFX Software Does [18094]
  
• Article Series Begins on JavaFX Programming Language [18442]
  

Sun Cluster

• New Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Solution: Solaris Cluster [17485]
  
• What's New in the Sun Cluster 3.2 Software: Release Notes [17652]
  
• White Paper: Benefits of Using Sun Cluster 3.2 Software with Oracle 10g R2 RAC [17740]
  
• Oracle Certifies RAC 9i/10gR1/10gR2 64-bit on Solaris 9 and 10 OS SPARC [18374]
  

Networking

• New Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Solution: Solaris Cluster [17485]
  
• Sun x8 PCI-E Quad Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [17684]
  
• Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Interface Accelerates Multi-threaded Application Performance [17707]
  
• Solaris IP Filter Firewall [18140]
  
• Need More NICs? Here's How [18959]
  
• Sun Datacenter Switch 3456 - The World's Largest InfiniBand Core Switch [19003
  

OpenOffice

• Create Professional Documents Easily with Template Pack for OpenOffice.org [17392]
  
• Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office Download Free of Charge [18208]
  
• OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 Recommended Upgrade [19106]
  

Developer

• Using jMaki to Build Web Applications [17762]
  
• Using Java Pet Store 2.0 to Understand Web 2.0 [17862]
  
• Project Creates a NetBeans Module for Google Web Toolkit [17872]
  
• Multithreaded Application Development Simplified on New Sun Studio 12 [18181]
  
• Tutorial on Building a Java Desktop Database Application [18351]
  
• Is the Eclipse Over? [19027]
  
• NetBeans 6.0 Confirmed Replacement for Sun Java Studio Developer Tools [19137]
  
• Sun Announces Backline Support for OpenOffice.org [19149]
  

Sun Leadership

• Scott McNealy: The Value of the Curriki Project, and Other Interviews [17453]
  
• Sun's Servers and Solaris OS Made an Impression in 2006 and Pave Way into '07 [17462]
  
• Sun's Kim Jones Named Finalist in 3rd Stevie Awards [17524]
  
• Sun Returns to Profitability: Second Quarter Results [17557]
  
• Project Blackbox Takes to the Road [17648]
  
• Sun Open Telecommunications Platform 1.0: Building Blocks for OEMs [17673]
  
• Schwartz and McNealy: A Comparison in Styles [17713]
  
• Three-way Server "Shootout" Pits Dell, HP, Sun Against One Another [17722]
  
• IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker Reports Sun Gained Market Share for Fourth Straight Quarter [17742]
  
• Project Darkstar's Latest Version Released at Game Developers' Conference [17782]
  
• Looking Back and Telling Stories: McNealy, Bechtolsheim, Joy and Khosla [17884]
  
• Sun Gains Market Share for Fifth Straight Quarter [18149]
  
• Sun Named to Leaders Quadrant in Gartner Report [18263]
  
• IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for Q2CY07 Results [18551]
  
• MPK20 - Sun's Virtual 3D Work Environment [18617]
  
• Sun to Acquire Cluster File Systems, Inc. [18623]
  
• Sun Plans Countersuit Against Network Appliance (NetApp) [18882]
  
• Shareholders Approve 1-for-4 Reverse Stock Split at Sun [18977]
  
• Sun Sees Red Shift in IT Infrastructure Market [19061]
  
• Sun and NetApp to Face California Judge [19181]