SDN Program News

Oracle OpenWorld: Video and Blogs

2009-10-12T11:56:04-07:00

Oracle OpenWorld has begun, but if you can't be there in person, you can still catch some highlights:

Watch the live stream.
Watch replays of earlier sessions: Start at the live stream, click to begin the current video feed, click under the video on Menu, then click on Browse On-Demand Library to see the choices.
View highlights of the keynote presentations.
Read about the Sun-led conference sessions.
Follow Sun bloggers attending the conference on blogs.sun.com.

Sun and Oracle: Benchmarks and the Road Ahead

2009-10-12T08:20:36-07:00

New benchmark results announced this weekend at Oracle OpenWorld indicate that the combination of Oracle software and Sun hardware can already deliver the goods. Learn more.

A new article by Rich Schwerin summarizes the exchange between Scott McNealy and Larry Ellison at Oracle OpenWorld. On the menu are innovation and dazzling opportunities.

Sun Java Communications Suite: Release 7 Goes Live

2009-10-02T11:14:54-07:00

Find out why the Sun Java Communications Suite is the number one messaging and collaboration platform for service providers.

How Green Is Your Company?

2009-09-28T16:00:25-07:00

According to Newsweek magazine, Sun Microsystems is number 14 on the list of top 500 green companies based in the United States.

Oracle and Sun

2009-09-10T11:49:39-07:00

Oracle directed this ad to Sun customers who read the Wall Street Journal today.

Tour the Sun Cloud SuperNAP Datacenter

2009-07-10T11:05:37-07:00

Take a video tour of SuperNAP, the datacenter that is home to the Sun Cloud. It highlights the security, availability, and energy-efficiency features of the facility.

Learn more at the Sun Cloud Computing site, or take a look at blog postings by Daniel Butzer, Sun's senior director of Sun Cloud operations, security, and infrastructure engineering.

Good News From Sun

2009-07-08T13:44:31-07:00

Computerworld named Sun as one of the "Best Places to Work in IT," while multiple Sun products received top industry recognition from market influencers and at key industry events. At the 2009 International Supercomputing Conference, Sun announced new additions to Constellation and a preview of the new Sun Blade. The unveiling of VirtualBox 3.0 received rave reviews and was lauded as better than the competition. Customer success stories also showed the strength of Sun's products highlighting MySQL, servers, storage and software.

Learn more in the latest issue of Sun's Good News.

Update: VirtualBox 3.0.0 Is Here

2009-07-06T15:48:54-07:00

Sun has released version 3.0.0 of VirtualBox, its powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise and home use. This major update introduces symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) in virtual machines as well as much improved 3D support. Learn more about VirtualBox and see the change log for added features.

Get a Free Sony PlayStation Portable With Sun Training

2009-07-02T09:19:41-07:00

This offer is hot, so we just extended it to September 30th. Don't put off enrolling in that training class or pursuing that certification you've been considering. Order by September 30, 2009, and you will get a Sony PSP 3000. Work hard. Play harder. Learn more.

Sun Forums Shine a Spotlight on cotton.m

2009-06-25T11:41:14-07:00

On Sun Forums, read about Max Stocker, a regular contributor who is perhaps better known as cotton.m. Stocker has published about 15,000 posts since he began using the Sun Forums in 2005. Learn more.

Updates for the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems

2009-05-05T08:37:01-07:00

Sun continues to add innovation through the following new updates to the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System. Sun has

Doubled the capacity of the Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System (4 terabytes [TB])
More than tripled the capacity of the Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System (142 TB)
Added over 15 feature enhancements in this quarter's Sun Storage 7000 update (Software 2009.Q2)

Download and experience the virtual versions of the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems from the Tech Resources page.

Audiocast: Paul Miller Interviews J.C. Soto of Sun on Cloud Computing

2009-04-27T12:37:01-07:00

Listen to Paul Miller's latest interview: Juan Carlos Soto Reaffirms Sun Microsystems' Commitment to the Cloud.

Happy Birthday, Blogs.sun.com!

2009-04-27T09:57:19-07:00

From the first posting on April 27, 2004, blogs.sun.com has been a place for Sun Microsystems employees to discuss the projects they're working on, air some dirty laundry, philosophize, express their dreams, and tell readers about special people and events in their lives.

Blogs.sun.com shows the beating heart of Sun, from its CEO to its student interns. Thanks to Linda Skrocki and all members of the BSC team (past and present) for their excellent work.

New Video: Deep Dive With Ed Ort -- Christine Dorffi of SDN

2009-04-21T11:19:30-07:00

Ed Ort of Sun Microsystems interviews managing editor Christine Dorffi to see the latest on the Sun Developer Network product pages, including Java SE and JavaFX. Watch the video.

Innovating@Sun: Hal Stern & Tim Bray on the Sun Cloud APIs

2009-04-14T16:35:54-07:00

In the newest episode of Innovating@Sun, Hal Stern, vice president of Global Systems Engineering, interviews Tim Bray, Sun Distinguished Engineer and director of web technologies, to discuss open-sourcing Sun's Cloud APIs. Read the blog and listen to the podcast.

Live Webcast Today: Sun's New Open Network Systems

2009-04-14T08:25:39-07:00

Sun's new Open Network Systems are the core building blocks for virtualization, web, business, HPC, and telco architectures. These systems are the industry's only x64 platforms that are optimized to take full advantage of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. Watch today's webcast beginning at 10:30 a.m. PDT. (See the time zone converter for your local time.)

Beginner's Guide: Creating VMs With VirtualBox

2009-04-13T16:41:28-07:00

Ken Purdy has published The Beginner's Guide to Creating Virtual Machines With VirtualBox.

Thanks to Simon Phipps, Sun chief open-source officer, for providing the link on his blog.

Upgrade of Java.net Projects Takes Place This Month

2009-04-08T11:32:00-07:00

If you own a project on java.net, read Sonia Barry's recent postings on the upcoming wiki upgrade. Beginning late in April, community-level wikis will migrate to project wikis. Get the information and deadlines on Sonia Barry's blog.

Download Sun VirtualBox 2.2.0

2009-04-08T08:48:16-07:00

Sun today released VirtualBox 2.2.0, another major milestone for the world's most popular free and open-source hypervisor. Among the many improvements are support for OVF appliances, 3D acceleration for Linux/Solaris guests, and support for up to 16GB of RAM per virtual machine. Learn more and download VirtualBox 2.2.0.

Student Intern Wanted: Dublin, Ireland

2009-04-07T09:01:42-07:00

Sun Microsystems is looking for a student willing to work full-time for 12 months in its Dublin, Ireland, center. Learn more.

Call for Papers: Kernel Conference Australia (July 15-17, University of Queensland)

2009-04-02T17:24:35-07:00

The organizing committee of the Kernel Conference Australia seeks original presentations focused on open-source kernels and technologies within those kernels for the July 2009 conference, to take place at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Papers may present theory, techniques, applications and practical experiences on topics including cross-architecture kernel development, porting an OS to a new architecture, filesystems, system performance visualisation (DTrace, SystemTap), image visualisation (GPU kernels), fault management, distributed kernel development, virtualisation, clustering (HPC and high availability, distributed systems, kernel testing...

In short, the committee will consider any kernel-focused topic for an open-source licensed operating system.

Submit an extended abstract (up to 3 pages) of your proposal in either PDF or plain text by May 1, 2009.

For more information, visit the Kernel Conference home page and wiki site.

New Article on java.sun.com: Java Card 3.0 -- Classic Functionality Gets a Connectivity Boost

2009-04-01T07:45:29-07:00

Java Card 3.0 offers connected features that maximize enhanced hardware options. Sun engineer Peter Allenbach also compares it to the Java SE, Java ME, and Java EE platforms. Read the article and learn more about Java Card technology.

Video: Ever Wonder How a Sun SPOT Is Made?

2009-03-24T17:09:10-07:00

Sun Small Programmable Object Technology, better known as Sun SPOT, consists of wireless devices that are used by students, researchers, and hobbyists. Watch this video to see how Sun SPOTs are made.

Thanks to our friends at Sun Community Voices for the link.

Video: Use Sun xVM Virtualbox to Run 64-bit Guest OS on 32-bit Host

2009-03-20T13:13:53-07:00

How can you run a 64-bit guest operating system on a 32-bit host platform? This video episode of The Fat Bloke's Shorts explains how. Take a look.

The Sun Cloud API and Hello Cloud Sample on Project Kenai

2009-03-19T17:57:05-07:00

Looking for the Sun Cloud API? It's on Project Kenai, where developers can easily and freely host open-source projects and code.

The Hello Cloud example shows the API in action, building a virtual data center to support a simple web application. Take a closer look and discuss the API with other developers.

Seeding Cloud Computing: Java Champion Alan Williamson on java.sun.com

2009-03-19T17:09:26-07:00

In a new article published today on java.sun.com -- Seeding Cloud Computing: A Conversation With Java Champion Alan Williamson -- Williamson, the UK's first Java Champion, discusses the challenges of and misconceptions about cloud computing. Read the article.

Listen to the Buzz: Touring an Internet Data Center

2009-03-19T15:28:24-07:00

Dan Butzer of Sun Microsystems is one of the people that reporter Adam Burke interviews in this audiocast from National Public Radio (NPR): Touring an Internet Data Center. You can hear the data center buzz when you listen in.

Free Online Training for Developers: MySQL University

2009-03-18T09:29:23-07:00

MySQL University is a free educational online program for engineers and developers.

Future courses include How to Use Charsets and Collations Properly (March 19), How to Write MySQL Test Cases in Perl (April 16), Programming Towards Multi-Core CPUs (May 14), and Building MySQL Releases on Unix (June 11). Learn more.

MaryMary: Seeking Two Student Interns

2009-03-16T14:45:14-07:00

Mary Smaragdis writes that Sun is looking for two good student interns. Are you one of them?

Extend Doodle, Win a Trip to Zurich, Switzerland

2009-03-13T16:41:59-07:00

A member of Sun's Startup Essentials program, Doodle allows you to schedule an event with friends and colleagues or to take a poll.

To celebrate the launch of the RESTful Doodle API (PDF), the folks at Doodle are challenging developers to create useful and innovative extensions for Doodle. You could win a trip to Zurich. The contest ends April 14, 2009.

Learn more about the Doodle contest and about RESTful services.