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Sapotek Inc., a member of the Sun Startup Essentials program, has selected NaviSite, Inc. to enable delivery of its online desktop in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.
NaviSite is a provider of application management and managed hosting solutions. It will be supporting Sapotek’s free online desktops, Desktoptwo and its sister site in Spanish, Computadora.de, […]

j2 Global Communications, Inc.’s eFax faxing service has been integrated into the menu bar of StarOffice and OpenOffice.org so customers can create documents within these productivity suites and fax them instantaneously. The link includes a fax send form and links to the eFax website for account management. Documents can be attached to the form, a […]

Sun is featured in NBC11’s special Moving Pictures series. Lori Duvall with Sun shared how the company makes it easy for employees to live a greener life. The company’s sponsored shuttle bus, facilities to encourage biking to work and electronic vehicles, give you a good look at what Sun and its employees are doing to […]

The latest version of SXDE (Solaris Express Developer’s Edition), which is based on OpenSolaris Build 70, is available for download from Sun. There are three options for obtaining the s/w:

Download a DVD image

comes as three parts that are each just over 1Gb

Download a virtual machine for VMware

comes as three parts that total 2.2 Gb - […]

The Sun xVM Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 1.0 is now available for download. The product page and 4-page data sheet provide more details. Note that the s/w download and updated product page are using the “brand” of xVM, while the slightly older data sheet and the September 11th press release used the same name […]

Each week, we determine which articles have been most frequently referenced by logged-in subscribers to provide you with a list of the most popular articles for each of the last 4 issues.
Top Ten Articles for Vol 116 Issue 4

UltraSPARC T2 Servers Set Floating-Point Single-Chip Record on SPEComp Benchmark [18784]
Sun UltraSPARC T2 Servers Deliver Highest Single […]

Last month NetApp files suit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed NetApp patents. Jonathan Swartz responded in his blog entry, “Thank You, Network Appliance“, saying

Sun did not approach NetApps about licensing any of Sun’s patents and never filed complaints against NetApps
Sun is focused on innovation and winning customers, not litigation
Sun will use its patent […]

Sun announced the Sun Ultra 24 Workstation, a single socket (dual or quad core) Intel workstation - the first Intel based Sun workstation since the Sun 386i (1988). Dual core configurations start at $995, quad core at about $2,400. Sun is targeting the high-end, technical professional with this family of workstations. High-end […]

Dan Price announced that Solaris 8 Migration Assistant 1.0 (also known as Project Etude) is now available from Sun.

Download and install the product (a free 90 day evaluation license is provided)
Browse the documentation online

BrandZ provides the framework to create non-global zones that contain non-native operating environments. Branded zones are used in the Solaris Operating […]

With the release on LDoms 1.0.1, I expect that many more Sun customers will experiment with this technology and feel confident enough with it to put it into productions.
Honglin Su writes:
 
Logical Domains (http://www.sun.com/ldoms) is Sun’s server virtualization and partitioning technology, and a key element of Sun xVM Infrastructure on Sun servers with CoolThreads technology. LDoms […]