System News for Sun Users Vol 44 Issue 3: Oct 15 - Oct 21
John J. McLaughlin
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Table of Contents
News
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4846 Sun "dotcoms" HPC
4850 Sun, Lucent, and iPlanet
4870 Sun Laboratories: Ten Years of Impact
Features
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4869 Reasons to Avoid Microsoft Windows XP
4871 The Rocky Road that Led to Java
4882 Secrets of the Supernet: Network Security
4885 Research Projects at Sun
4901 Sun Mainframe Rehosting
4902 Top Ten Issues: Extending Your Data Center
4918 Microprocessor Forum Keynote
Software
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4868 StarOffice[TM] 6.0 Early Access Release a Success
4872 Salpep Biotechnology
4879 White paper: "Adopting the Solaris[TM] 8 Operating Environment"
4884 Sun[TM] Trunking 1.0 Software
4914 Sun Enhances Clustering Technology
Servers
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4857 Sun Cobalt[TM] Control Station
4891 Reducing Energy Prices with Sun Fire[TM] Midframe Servers
4919 Preview of UltraSPARC[TM] IIIi Processor at Microprocessor
Forum
SunTone
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4816 Simpler, Safer, and Swifter Mission Critical IT Infrastructure
4915 Sun New Floor-Tile-Ready Systems Program
Java[TM] Technology
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4783 Excerpts from "Early Adopter J2SE 1.4"
4827 JNDI/LDAP SASL Examples
4916 Interoperability of Open Java[TM] Technology Standards
4917 Forte[TM] for Java[TM] IDE Selected by Siemens
Storage
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4716 Two New Storage Software Products
4717 Sun HighGround[TM] SRM Enterprise Edition Software
4765 Sun StorEdge[TM] SAN Solution
4881 Interview with Rhonda Holt
Developer's Section
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4873 Sun Multi-Schema XML Validator
4875 Packexpo.com: Building Virtual Exhibits
4876 Tuning Your Apache Web Server
Sun Education Users
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4730 Redesigned Sun Educational Services Web Site
4745 George Washington University and Sun Professional Services[SM]
4858 Sun and Stanford University LOCKSS Program
4886 Sun Sponsors Student Design Contest
4887 Wolfgang Gentzsch Interview
4888 e-Net Supplies Supercomputer for Pioneering Research
Partners
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4770 weather.com
4889 B2E Portal Helps Biomedical Devices Company
4913 Ross Stores to Deploy New ERP System
MarketPlace
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4817 NDDS 3.0 Real-Time Middleware
4840 VistaPortal Software
4843 Planetweb Internet Browser v3.0
4848 Thunderbolt Open Database Engine
4852 IC2 Version 2.0
4853 Integration Broker Version 6.0
4859 OptimalView 2.1
4860 iSystem Enterprise OMS
4892 New Edition of "Web Design in a Nutshell"
4894 Viador E-Portal 6.4
4905 TR2020: Open Systems, Carrier-grade Platform
4906 InstallAnywhere 4.5 Software Deployment Solution
Brief Description of Articles
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News
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4846 Sun "Dotcoms" HPC
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4846
High Performance Computing (HPC) is a concept with the ultimate
goal that anyone, anywhere can have access to advanced
computational resources, anytime, from any device. This model is
rapidly becoming the key distinction in determining commercial
success. The quickly expanding access speed and security of the
Internet has opened the potential for global technical
collaboration. A new services-centric, web-centric, cooperative
approach to supercomputing is essential.
4850 Sun, Lucent, And IPlanet
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4850
Sun, iPlanet e-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, and
Lucent Technologies announced plans to offer unified
communications through a new mobile portal solution based on the
combined technologies of the three organizations. From one
"in-box," users will be able to browse the web, check, and send
voice and email messages, initiate calls from their address book
via voice command, and attach email to voicemail messages (and
vice versa).
4870 Sun Laboratories: Ten Years Of Impact
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4870
Since 1991, ideas developed and refined at Sun Labs have played a
major role in steering the direction of Sun, the high-tech
industry, and even the way people work and play. Much of what is
on the web is delivered by Sun servers and powered by SPARC[TM]
processors, which incorporate technology developed at Sun Labs.
In the decade ahead, look to Sun Labs to extend its record of
producing tangible technologies that matter. Sun Labs is working
on new authentication technologies that will help make the world
safer for e-commerce on a massive scale.
Features
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4869 Reasons To Avoid Microsoft Windows XP
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4869
Brian Livingston, author of books such as "Windows Secrets" and
"Windows ME Secrets," wrote in a recent column about Microsoft
Windows XP that "most companies and individuals avoid it" and
lists five specific reasons for that advice.
4871 The Rocky Road That Led To Java
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4871
Often technological innovation doesn't follow an easy path. After
all, it took Thomas Edison hundreds of unsuccessful attempts to
create the light bulb. The development of the Java[TM] software
platform likewise was convoluted.
4882 Secrets Of The Supernet: Network Security
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4882
In his Executive Perspectives article, "Secrets of the Supernet,"
Greg Papadopoulos discusses balancing the benefits of open
interaction on the Internet and the risk of a security breach.
The challenge is to create security solutions that fit the way we
work today, including employees on the road, in different
hemispheres, accessing corporate data through a mobile phone,
pager, or some other handheld device.
4885 Research Projects At Sun
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4885
Since 1990, Sun Labs charter have been transforming brilliant
ideas into tangible technologies that can become powerful new
products, even starting whole new industries such as Java[TM]
technology. Sun Labs current projects includes Ace, Asynchronous
Design, The Brazil Project, Computer Architecture and Performance
(CAP), Interactive Collaborative Systems, Scalable Visualization
Developers Kit, and Supernets.
4901 Sun Mainframe Rehosting
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4901
The Sun Mainframe Affinity Program from Sun helps organizations
modernize and rehost mainframe applications. The acquisition of
Critical PThe Sun Mainframe Affinity Program from Sun helps
organizations modernize and rehost mainframe applications. The
acquisition of Critical Path, Inc. brings an important new
element of the Mainframe Affinity Program. The Mainframe Affinity
Program from Sun helps organizations successfully modernize and
rehost mainframe applications. The acquisition of Critical Path,
Inc., the mainframe rehosting business, brings an important new
element of the Mainframe Affinity Program. Two new products from
Critical Path, Sun[TM] Mainframe Transaction Processing Software
and Sun[TM] Mainframe Batch Manager Software, enable migration of
current mainframe applications to a flexible, open computing
environment.
4902 Top Ten Issues: Extending Your Data Center
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4902
The white paper, "Top Ten Issues to Consider When Extending Your
Data Center in the Dot-Com Age," evaluates the key decisions that
must be made and how Sun can help. Topics include implementing
flexible technology for unpredictable requirement, managing
complexity, and supporting an adaptive, service-driven
architecture.
4918 Microprocessor Forum Keynote
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4918
The rapid market growth of networked client-server computing,
interacting with physical, electrical and design productivity
constraints faced by 50-million-plus transistor class
microprocessors are creating fundamental shifts in processor
design philosophies, according to Dave Tuttle, senior director of
the Sun Microsystems Austin, Texas, Processor Design Center.
Software
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4868 StarOffice[TM] 6.0 Early Access Release A Success
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4868
More than 200,000 users downloaded the early access version of
StarOffice[TM] 6.0 office productivity software from the Sun web
site. This response demonstrates the global demand for a
standards-based, multi-platform office productivity suite free
from restrictive licenses and aggressive pricing schemes.
4872 Salpep Biotechnology
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4872
Salpep Biotechnology, a Canadian biotechnology company working
with the University of Calgary to develop new treatments for
asthma, is using the StarOffice[TM] Software suite for its
research and publication projects. Salpep uses very large files
and images and prefers StarOffice for its superior memory
management capabilities.
4879 White Paper: "Adopting The Solaris[TM] 8 Operating Environment"
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4879
Solaris[TM] 8 Operating Environment (Solaris OE) can help IT
organizations keep pace with the Net Effect. The Solaris 8 OE
enables delivery of massive scale and continuous computing while
increasing service levels and decreasing costs and risks. This
white paper addresses how Solaris OE can help meet growing
business demands and provide better serviceability and increase
uptime.
4884 Sun[TM] Trunking 1.0 Software
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4884
The Sun web site contains a description and illustrations of how
trunking technology works and the benefits of adding Sun[TM]
Trunking 1.0 to a system. There is also a technical brief
outlining the features of Sun Trunking 1.0 Software.
4914 Sun Enhances Clustering Technology
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4914
SAP users can now run mission-critical mySAP.com e-Business
solutions on Sun[TM] Cluster 3.0 Software. The SunPlex[TM]
clustering environment offers enhanced support for users of SAP
solutions through the new Sun[TM] Cluster 3.0 7/01 High
Availability Agent (HA) for SAP solutions. The advanced
clustering technology available from Sun continues to support and
complement mySAP.com e-Business solutions.
Servers
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4857 Sun Cobalt[TM] Control Station
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4857
Sun Cobalt[TM] server appliances can be managed more easily with
the Sun Cobalt[TM] Control Station, an extensible tool that
streamlines the management of hundreds of server appliances. It
helps manage devices and monitors their status for failure
conditions before failures occur. The Sun Cobalt Control Station
simplifies the volume deployment of software packages and allows
service providers to offer unique payloads, data, or software
services.
4891 Reducing Energy Prices With Sun Fire[TM] Midframe Servers
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4891
Energy services provider Pinnacle West Capital Corp. selected Sun
Fire[TM] 6800 and 4800 Midframe Servers to run key utility
enterprise applications at its principal energy subsidiary,
Arizona Public Service. The servers will run customer data
warehouse and geographical information system applications and
accounting applications
4919 Preview Of UltraSPARC[TM] IIIi Processor At Microprocessor Forum
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4919
Sun previewed a new branch of the UltraSPARC[TM] III
microprocessor family tree in a technology disclosure
presentation delivered at the 2001 Microprocessor Forum
conference. The presentation, titled "A Dash of
Jalapeno--Introducing the UltraSPARC IIIi Microprocessor," by Sun
distinguished engineer Kevin Normoyle, described a forthcoming
version of the UltraSPARC III processor optimized for high
density one-to-four processor server and workstation systems.
SunTone
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4816 Simpler, Safer, And Swifter Mission Critical IT Infrastructure
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4816
Cluster Platforms from the SunTone[TM] Platforms Portfolio reduce
the complexity and risk of designing, assembling, and installing
a mission critical high availability infrastructure. The
SunTone[TM] Cluster Platform 15K/9960 System is Sun's premier
high availability integrated cluster product ideal for high-end
UNIX[R] system users who are looking to upgrade their data center
infrastructure and for mainframe users who have decided to
embrace open systems. It includes two 24-CPU Sun Fire[TM] 15K
Servers, a 5 TB Sun StorEdge[TM] 9960 Array system and the
software and services needed to deliver unprecedented
availability in a tested ready-to-deploy configuration.
4915 Sun New Floor-Tile-Ready Systems Program
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4915
The new Floor-Tile-Ready systems program from Sun is part of the
SunTone[SM] Platforms set of offerings and is the first
customer-specified, factory-based system integration program from
Sun. Each platform is designed and tested to meet the SunTone
programs best practices for quality delivery of web-enabled
services. The new Floor-Tile-Ready systems program is a flexible
factory integration program for customer-specified system orders,
including software, hardware and storage.
Java[TM] Technology
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4783 Excerpts From "Early Adopter J2SE 1.4"
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4783
The Java[TM] 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE[TM]) 1.4 is the
latest release of the Java[TM] 2 Platform. The book, "Early
Adopter J2SE 1.4," by James Hart assesses functions that have
been changed and the impact they will have on developers. There
are two excerpts from Hart's book available on the Java Developer
Connection[TM] web site: Input/Output (I/O) and the logging
framework in J2SE 1.4 platform.
4827 JNDI/LDAP SASL Examples
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4827
There are sample programs containing examples of SASL mechanism
drivers available for use with the Java Naming and Directory
Interface[TM] (JNDI)/LDAP 1.2.2 service provider. SASL is Simple
Authentication and Security Layer. It is used by protocols such
as the LDAP v3 (RFC 2251) and the IMAP v4 for authentication.
These examples are distributed in source form only to minimize
export restrictions.
4916 Interoperability Of Open Java[TM] Technology Standards
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4916
Sun has created a new third-party Auditing and Certification
Program supporting the community-driven Java[TM] Technology for
Service Providers (JTSP[TM]) initiative. This program helps to
accelerate the adoption of the JAIN[TM] and OSS through Java[TM]
APIs and encourages customer uptake of Java technologies among
service providers and telecommunications companies. The
compatibility testing program helps ensure that vendors'
solutions conform to API specifications, thus enabling
cross-vendor compatibility. The first product to achieve
certification is dynamicsoft's SIP User Agent-Java.
4917 Forte[TM] For Java[TM] IDE Selected By Siemens
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4917
The Forte[TM] for Java[TM] Integrated Development Environment
(IDE) has been selected by Siemens AG as part of a special
program for mobile developers. Siemens' Early Bird Developer
Program will help make it easier for Java[TM] technology language
developers to build content and applications for wireless devices
and to bring the applications to market.
Storage
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4716 Two New Storage Software Products
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4716
There are two new storage software products on the Sun web site:
Sun HighGround[TM] Storage Resource Manager (SRM) for Database
Servers Software and Sun HighGround[TM] SRM Global Reporter
Option Software.
4717 Sun HighGround[TM] SRM Enterprise Edition Software
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4717
There are new versions of storage software products available on
the Sun web site: Sun HighGround[TM] SRM Enterprise Edition
Software and Sun HighGround[TM] SRM File Prospector Option
Software.
4765 Sun StorEdge[TM] SAN Solution
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4765
The Sun StorEdge[TM] SAN Solution is available for download from
the Sun storage web page. This SAN solution combines modular
scalability of the Sun StorEdge[TM] T3 Array with the performance
and high availability of the Sun StorEdge[TM] Fiber Channel
Switch series. It delivers massive scalability, easy
manageability, maximum interoperability.
4881 Interview With Rhonda Holt
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4881
Rhonda Holt, vice president of Storage Systems Engineering for
the network storage division at Sun was recently interviewed by
Kate Evans-Correia, Senior News Editor of searchStorage at the
Storage Decisions 2001 Conference in Chicago about how Sun is
succeeding as a newcomer in the storage market and facing
challenges. They discussed the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq acquisition
and of Sun acquiring Hitachi, the dedication of Sun to software
development, storage virtualization, and disaster recovery and
planning.
Developer's Section
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4873 Sun Multi-Schema XML Validator
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4873
Kohsuke Kawaguchi’s aritcle on the Sun web site discusses the
development of the Sun Multi-Schema XML Validator (MSV) Software
and its many uses. MSV is a command-line tool to validate XML
documents for those who write XML by hand. MSV produces
high-quality error messages. MSV also serves as a Java[TM]
technology-based library for use with schema-related tasks.
Kawaguchi’s article explains how you can use the MSV as the
validator in an application. The XML MSV is also available for
download from the web site.
4875 Packexpo.Com: Building Virtual Exhibits
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4875
Packexpo.com is a leading B2B marketplace for the worldwide
packaging industry. Originally launched to facilitate online
registration for PACK EXPO Shows, the site has since grown into a
virtual trade show running year-round and featuring contact
information for 30,000 suppliers.
4876 Tuning Your Apache Web Server
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4876
Systems analyst Don MacVittie offer tips on tuning a web server
to improve performance. He focuses on tweaking configuration
settings, called "directives" in Apache configuration files. He
also provides tips on searching for the configuration files,
hardware requirements, and settings in the Apache Web Server that
control the number of copies handling requests.
Sun Education Users
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4730 Redesigned Sun Educational Services Web Site
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4730
Sun has redesigned its Educational Services web site to offer
enhanced content and features.
4745 George Washington University And Sun Professional Services[SM]
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4745
As George Washington University began to grow, they reassessed
their technology needs and chose Sun for servers and storage
solutions and for the support offered by Sun Professional
Services[SM]. Sun servers and storage solutions total over 60
percent of the university's data center.
4858 Sun And Stanford University LOCKSS Program
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4858
Maintaining the integrity of online documents such as the
"British Medical Journal" and "Science Online" is the goal of the
LOCKSS program from Sun and Stanford University. LOCKSS stands
for "Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe." It is based on Java[TM]
technology. Participating computers continually poll among
themselves to monitor files on their hard disks at random
intervals.
4886 Sun Sponsors Student Design Contest
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4886
Sun is the sponsor of the Mentor Graphics Student Design Contest
2001-2002. Mentor Graphics conducts this contest to promote
innovation and excellence in education for designers at colleges
and universities. There are four design categories and successful
entries can win up to $7000. Entries are due by May 30, 2002.
Participants in the Mentor Graphics Student Design Contest can
take advantage of a special offer and save over 30 percent on
Sun's newest workstation, the Sun Blade[TM] 100 workstation.
4887 Wolfgang Gentzsch Interview
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4887
Wolfgang Gentzsch is Director of Engineering and Grid Computing
at Sun. He joined Sun when Sun acquired Gridware. Alan Bec's
interview with Gentzsch for HPCwire covered topics such as why
Sun acquired Gridware, Gentzsch's conception of the Grid, and key
markets that will benefit from Grid computing. Gentzsch also
discusses the difference between the web and the Grid, the need
for standards, and the consumer groups that Sun has identified
such as research and education.
4888 e-Net Supplies Supercomputer For Pioneering Research
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4888
e-Net Software, the UK's largest academic reseller of Sun, has
just supplied the country's first Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000 Server
for High Performance Computing (HPC). The computer was installed
at the Chemistry Department of Cambridge to assist in research on
protein folding. Understanding protein folding, the way a
sequence of amino acids folds into a protein's unique complex
three-dimensional shape, is crucial to discovering cures for some
of the world's most problematic diseases such as Alzheimers and
cancer.
Partners
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4770 weather.Com
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4770
In less than 24 hours, the number of page views on weather.com
can jump from 10 million to more than 30 million. Sun hardware
and the Solaris[TM] Operating Environment (Solaris OE) bring
reliability, scalability and predictability to the busy site.
weather.com succeeds because it delivers the information that
people want 24 hours a day.
4889 B2E Portal Helps Biomedical Devices Company
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4889
AmedZ, a Business-to-Employee (B2E) portal was setup by
Biosensors International to serves its global network of
distributors and customers. Biosensors manufactures high
precision biomedical devices, specifically special diagnostic and
therapeutic cardiovascular catheters and international cardiology
products for use in hospital surgeries. AmedZ opted to outsource
its entire project to iGINE, a Sun ASP partner. By outsourcing
the daily IT operations to iGINE, Biosensors is able to
concentrate on its core business, manufacturing and distributing
biomedical devices.
4913 Ross Stores To Deploy New ERP System
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4913
Ross Stores, the nation's second largest off-price apparel
retailer, will use solutions from Sun for its new Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) system. Ross has used Sun technology,
including Sun Enterprise[TM] servers, Sun StorEdge[TM] arrays,
and the Solaris[TM] Operating Environment, for over eight years.
The company's new headquarter systems will include software from
Sun iForce[TM] partners Retek, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, running on
Sun Fire[TM] 6800 Servers and Sun[TM] StorEdge T3 Arrays.
MarketPlace
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4817 NDDS 3.0 Real-Time Middleware
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4817
Real-Time Innovations has released a new version of the WaveWorks
product family for original equipment manufacturers building
distributed systems that require real-time messaging. The
messaging software includes NDDS 3.0 real-time middleware that
implements an open real-time publish-subscribe data distribution
protocol. The new wire protocol is the first to provide real-time
software developers with many-to-many data distribution services
designed for extensibility, interoperability, and backwards
compatibility.
4840 VistaPortal Software
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4840
VistaPortal Software offers products and professional services
for Java[TM] technology and Sun[TM] Open Net Environment (Sun
ONE). In offering these products and services, VistaPortal builds
on its longstanding consulting relationship with Sun as well as a
new marketing partnership around its iPlanet line of products.
4843 Planetweb Internet Browser V3.0
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4843
Planetweb has made the first complete Java[TM] technology
solution for the game console market available. The inclusion of
PersonalJava[TM] technology as part of the Planetweb Internet
Browser v3.0 for the Sega Dreamcast console allows the deployment
of the Java technology-enabled solution across all
Planetweb-enabled devices from other gaming consoles to DVD
players and set-top boxes.
4848 Thunderbolt Open Database Engine
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4848
Dallas-based WhamTech Inc. has established www.billionrecords.com
as a site where users can test the capabilities of the
Thunderbolt Open Database Engine (ODE), a high-performance,
relational very large database (VLDB) technology that can manage
data and queries at near real-time speeds.
The real-time indexes that are part of ODE allow hundreds to tens
of thousands of records per second to be added to a VLDB while
simultaneously allowing complex queries by a large number of
users at sub-second responses on a billion-records database.
4852 IC2 Version 2.0
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4852
Inciscent Inc. has released Inciscent Command & Control (IC2)
Version 2.0, a complete network management tool that enhances the
capabilities of existing network management software, such as HP
OpenView, by allowing IT staff to take remedial action from
virtually any location using existing commercial packet-based
wireless data networks and devices immediately upon receiving
network alerts. Features include efficient shortcut builders for
complex commands, end-to-end encryption, and enhanced detailed
logging and tracking of system maintenance activity.
4853 Integration Broker Version 6.0
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4853
Version 6.0 of Integration Broker from Mercator Software Inc.
offers a single enterprise-level platform for integrating both
web-based and EDI transactions with enterprise systems and for
integrating applications throughout the enterprise, such as
back-office systems managing inventory, invoice, finance, CRM,
and ERP applications. Along with new event management,
monitoring, and control facilities, Integration Broker provides a
foundation for the end-to-end business integration environment,
including vertical-specific demands.
4859 OptimalView 2.1
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4859
Compuware Corporation has extended the platform support of its
business integration portal to include the Solaris[TM] 7 (32bit)
Operating Environment (Solaris OE) and IBM AIX 4.3.3 (32bit), in
addition to Windows NT and Windows 2000, with the launch of
OptimalView 2.1.
OptimalView also supports major communication standards including
Enterprise JavaBeans[TM] (EJB[TM]), COM/DCOM, and CORBA, plus
proprietary middleware such as BEA Tuxedo CICS, SAP, IMS/DC and
RDBMS stored procedures. OptimalView additionally supports every
major database including Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server and DB2.
4860 iSystem Enterprise OMS
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4860
The iSystem Enterprise Optimization and Manageability Solution
(OMS) from MetiLinx Inc. automates integration, monitoring,
optimization and manageability for the company's recently
released Analysis and Diagnostics Tool (ADT). For the first time,
CIOs and front-line IT managers have a combination of technology
and methodology to automatically extract the highest possible
performance from existing server networks and lower the
costs-per-transaction. The OMS solution has been recently
validated by Compaq Computer, which will use iSystem Enterprise
worldwide to improve the manageability and performance of servers
supporting Compaq.com.
4892 New Edition Of "Web Design In A Nutshell"
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4892
"Web Design in a Nutshell" has been thoroughly revised to reflect
today's new web design environment, focusing on the front-end
aspects of web design, such as HTML authoring, graphics
production, and media development.
4894 Viador E-Portal 6.4
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4894
E-Portal 6.4 allows enterprises to rapidly deploy custom portal
user interfaces using open standards and point and click design
tools. E-Portal 6.4 from Viador Inc. is compatible with Java[TM]
2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE[TM]) Application servers
including BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere, and Macromedia JRun.
4905 TR2020: Open Systems, Carrier-Grade Platform
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4905
TR2020 from Brooktrout Technology is an open systems,
carrier-grade platform for developing voice over packet gateways.
The TR2020 enables developers to build more powerful and higher
density voice over IP systems, up to multiple T3 capacity. It
also provides Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring, support for
GSM wireless networks and international circuit switch network
interfaces.
4906 InstallAnywhere 4.5 Software Deployment Solution
http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2001.12.all.w3.html#4906
Software deployment solution, InstallAnywhere 4.5, from Zero G
Software, has been enhanced with increased platform support,
improved installer optimization, and integration with Zero G's
software updating solution, PowerUpdate. InstallAnywhere
streamlines deploying software to different platforms, whether it
is onto a single machine, to multiple servers, or across an
international enterprise. InstallAnywhere can run an installer in
graphical, silent, or console modes. It can also install and
configure both Java[TM] technology and platform-specific
software.
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