SN#23458 Top 50 Articles on Web Site This Week

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 151 Issue 1 2010-09-04 Article 23458 from section "Top 10" August 29th to September 4th We track how frequently each article is viewed on the web site to determine which the readers consider the most important. For last week, the top 10 articles were: - [url "http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/150/4/Solaris/23419" "Takes on the Upcoming Oracle Solaris 11"] (2010-08-27) - [url "http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/150/4/opt-dev/23424" "Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g Accelerates J

System News for Sun Users: TOC Vol 150 Issue 1: August 2 to August 8

The "System News for Sun Users" newsletters are sent each week to 50,000+ subscribers around the world. It is also posted to several newsgroups and to http://sun.systemnews.com You are encouraged to sign up for your own subscription to have a tailored newsletter delivered to you via email. The newsletter is built dynamically for each subscriber. You choose the technology areas that interest you. Each week the news is grouped into sections. Your newsletter is built from the sections that are available that match your selections. Current sections include: News, Features, Servers

System News for Sun Users: TOC Vol 149 Issue 4: July 26 to August 1

The "System News for Sun Users" newsletters are sent each week to 50,000+ subscribers around the world. It is also posted to several newsgroups and to http://sun.systemnews.com You are encouraged to sign up for your own subscription to have a tailored newsletter delivered to you via email. The newsletter is built dynamically for each subscriber. You choose the technology areas that interest you. Each week the news is grouped into sections. Your newsletter is built from the sections that are available that match your selections. Current sections include: News, Features, Servers

SN#23302 Presenter Console Extension Gives More Control to Slide Show Presentations

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 149 Issue 3 2010-07-22 Article 23302 from section "OpenOffice" Available with Oracle Open Office and Freely Downloadable with OO.o Slide presentations can be relatively stress-free according to Iain Curtain, who shares his recent experience using Open Office installed with the Presenter Console extension at the UK Hyperion conference. Its key feature is the way a presenter views the slide show versus the audience. The presenter is privy to a view of the upcoming slide, the slide notes, and a presentation timer,

SN#23286 JavaOne Early Bird Registration Ends July 16th

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 149 Issue 1 2010-07-08 Article 23286 from section "Events" Save $400 on the On-site Registration Fee If your're planning on attending JavaOne 2010, you may want to register before July 16th for the early bird entrance fee and save $400 on the on-site registration cost. Registration for JavaOne not only allows access to the Java conference, it also gives registrants access to the nearly 200 Oracle Develop sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions, an evening with the Java Posse, the Oracle Technology Ne

System News for Sun Users: TOC Vol 149 Issue 1: July 5 to July 11

The "System News for Sun Users" newsletters are sent each week to 50,000+ subscribers around the world. It is also posted to several newsgroups and to http://sun.systemnews.com You are encouraged to sign up for your own subscription to have a tailored newsletter delivered to you via email. The newsletter is built dynamically for each subscriber. You choose the technology areas that interest you. Each week the news is grouped into sections. Your newsletter is built from the sections that are available that match your selections. Current sections include: News, Features, Servers

System News for Sun Users: TOC Vol 148 Issue 5: June 28 to July 4

The "System News for Sun Users" newsletters are sent each week to 50,000+ subscribers around the world. It is also posted to several newsgroups and to http://sun.systemnews.com You are encouraged to sign up for your own subscription to have a tailored newsletter delivered to you via email. The newsletter is built dynamically for each subscriber. You choose the technology areas that interest you. Each week the news is grouped into sections. Your newsletter is built from the sections that are available that match your selections. Current sections include: News, Features, Servers

SN#23227 "Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Datacenter Lifecycle Management"

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 5 2010-07-01 Article 23227 from section "Virtualization" End-to-end Datacenter Lifesycle Management Through a Single Solution The Oracle white paper "Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: Datacenter Lifecycle Management" provides an overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center�s features and architecture and demonstrates how it can be put to use in the datacenter, where users can employ the solution to manage multiple server architectures and myriad operating systems (OSs) even when running on bar

SN#23080 Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (Sun VDI)

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23080 from section "Virtualization" Product Page Has a New Location Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), formerly Sun VDI, is a solution for managing, hosting, and providing access to virtualized desktop operating systems hosted in the datacenter. Desktop virtualization with Oracle VDI allows users to access the same desktop environment from many different client devices and locations, enabling disaster recovery, remote office and work from home, and green computing

SN#23168 'Single Pane of Glass' Monitoring Takes the Complexity Out of IT Systems Management

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23168 from section "VendorVoice" up.time -- Single Tool Monitoring of Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Windows and Virtual Systems Across Hybrid Environments up.time, by [url "http://www.uptimesoftware.com/" "uptime software"], is known by its more than 700 customers as a single tool with the ability to deeply monitor a myriad of applications and systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. [url "http://www.uptimesoftware.com/overview.php" "up.time"] maximizes performance and av

SN#23211 Top Ten Articles for last few Issues

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23211 from section "Top 10" Vol 147 Issue 1, 2, 3, 4; Vol 146 Issues 1, 2, 3, 4 We track how frequently each article is viewed on the web site to determine which the readers consider the most important. For last week, Vol 147 Issue 4, the top 10 articles were: - Solaris is Still the OS of Choice for Mission Critical Systems - Configuring Oracle Solaris ZFS for an Oracle Database - Oracle's Strategic Acquisitions - Oracle VM Server for SPARC -

SN#23162 The Purpose for IPS

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23162 from section "SysAdmin's Section" Understanding the Motive and Importance of the Image Packaging System Although Ben Rockwood proclaims himself as one of the first IPS haters, he actually makes a case for the cross-platform package management system created by the OpenSolaris community. "IPS first and foremost is about solving that very problem of patch management and going from one known state to another known state," he writes. "It's not about being easier to use ... It's

SN#23182 "Multicore Application Programming for Windows, Linux, and Solaris"

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23182 from section "Publications" Fall Release Expected for Upcoming Book Oracle Principle Software Engineer Darryl Gove is penning a new book entitled "Multicore Application Programming for Windows, Linux, and Solaris" that is set for release in the September/October timeframe. In a couple of blog entries, Gove introduces this upcoming publication and discusses what each chapter addresses. Details at http://sun.systemnews.com/g?A=23182 Have a custom version of 'System News for Sun

SN#22977 Tadpole Topaz V2 - Ultra Rugged Mobile Computer

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 22977 from section "Partners" Security, Flexibility and Speed in the Toughest Tactical Environments Tadpole Topaz is a state-of-the-art ultra rugged mobile computer designed to withstand the toughest environments, with a magnesium alloy chassis in an integrated rubber over-molding that provides exceptional protection against extreme field conditions. The newest member of the General Dynamics line of rugged computers, the ergonomic Tadpole Topaz provides the security, performance,

SN#23172 Research Group Recommends OpenOffice over Google Docs

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23172 from section "OpenOffice" Discontinuation of Microsoft Office Versions Has Organizations Considering a Switch A recent survey by Info-Tech Research Group shows that 54% of organizations that have decided to switch from the discontinuing Microsoft's Office 2003 or older suites are turning to OpenOffice. These former Microsoft Office customers are having to make the decision to either upgrade to Office 2010 or select an alternative. For those who have made the switch, OpenOffi

SN#23167 Configuring a Java EE 6 Project on GlassFish Version 3

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 148 Issue 1 2010-06-03 Article 23167 from section "Java Technology" Blog Details Process That Should Take Just 30 Minutes Find out how to set up a simple Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 project on GlassFish v3 in 30 minutes or so by following Ant Kutschera tutorial. This novice to Java EE 6 and GlassFish found the open source software quite easy to use. He discusses some of the benefits in using Java EE 6 versus his usual Spring, and details how configuring his project with JMS, JPA, Web, EJB (session bean,

SN#23156 Oracle VM Server for SPARC

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23156 from section "Virtualization" Reintroduction to the Former Sun Logical Domains The once Sun Logical Domains is now the Oracle VM Server for SPARC. Leveraging the built-in SPARC hypervisor to subdivide supported platforms' resources (CPUs, memory, network, and storage) by creating partitions called logical (or virtual) domains, the Oracle VM Server allows for the creation of up to 128 virtual servers on one system to take advantage of the massive thread scale offered by the S

SN#23185 Top Ten Articles for last few Issues

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23185 from section "Top 10" Vol 147 Issue 1, 2, 3; Vol 146 Issues 1, 2, 3, 4; Vol 145 Issues 4, 5 We track how frequently each article is viewed on the web site to determine which the readers consider the most important. For last week, Vol 147 Issue 3, the top 10 articles were: - Capitalizing on Sun Technologies - Free Oracle Solaris Training - Gartner Reports on Oracle's New Sun Support Policy - Oracle Solaris 10 Subscriptions and Support for HP

SN#23139 Using Dynamic Resource Management in Oracle VM Server for SPARC

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23139 from section "SysAdmin's Section" Defining Three Policies for Three Logical Domains Orgad Kimchi has penned a five-page article on using the Oracle VM Server for SPARC (formerly called Sun Logical Domains or LDoms) version 1.3 Dynamic Resource Management (DRM) for allocating CPUs resources based on workload and pre-defined polices. This technical paper defines three policies for three logical domains, offering commands for managing a policy along with the specific add-policy

SN#23157 Oracle's Buy of Secerno

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23157 from section "Security" Expected to Augment Oracle's Portfolio of Database Security Solutions Secerno solutions are joining the Oracle family as the company plans on acquiring the data security and control technology group. Secerno is a provider of database firewall solutions that help customers safeguard their enterprise databases and they are expected to augment Oracle�s portfolio of database security solutions to further ensure data privacy, protect against threats, and e

SN#23131 Sun Partner Frontline Discusses Shift to Oracle Practice

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23131 from section "Partners" Acquisition Adjustments Not an Interference for Growing Business Long-time Sun partner and systems integrator Frontline Systems has launched an Oracle practice, shifting its focus from hardware sales to professional services and software. Speaking with Nadia Cameron with ARN, Frontline general manager Bill Frangeskakis says staff focused specifically on Oracle�s database and middleware offerings has more than doubled since the first of this year, grow

SN#23135 Guide for Installing Oracle Siebel CRM 8 with Sun's Open Storage Systems

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23135 from section "OpenStorage" Creating Proof-of-concept Environments for Application Testing or Benchmarking Abhishek Gupta has authored a guide describing the installation of Oracle Siebel Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 8 software with Oracle�s Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems. It can be used to help customers and technical support engineers create proof-of-concept environments for application testing or benchmarking. Details at http://sun.systemnews.com/g?A

SN#23119 The GlassFish Project Heats Up

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23119 from section "Java Technology" Learn More About the Release of GlassFish 3.1 Milestone 1, Roadmap, FAQ, and More There is a lot of news coming from the GlassFish Project with development continuing as it moves toward the release of GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1 by the end of the year. Milestone 1 is expected soon, and as Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart reports it includes basic clustering (creation/deleting/start-stop), infrastructure for dynamic reconfiguration, and appl

SN#23138 Considerations for Organizations Looking Toward Open Source

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 4 2010-05-27 Article 23138 from section "Free and Open Source Software" Pondering Points Should Include Costs, Flexibility, Licensing, and Support Open-source software "has transformed over the last decade from this unknown, risky thing that hippies and garage developers do, to the basis for a market in the billions of dollars," says Jay Lyman, an analyst at The 451 Group, as reported by Mary Brandel in a ComputerWorld article that identifies what it terms are the "hidden snags" of this growing segmen

SN#23155 VirtualBox 3.2 Now Available

SYSTEM NEWS FOR SUN USERS Vol 147 Issue 3 2010-05-20 Article 23155 from section "Virtualization" Advances VirtualBox in Performance, Power, and Platforms VirtualBox 3.2 is now available for download. This release is the first Oracle-branded one since the acquisition of Sun and it offers significant improvements in performance, power, and supported guest operating system platforms. The software is free of charge for personal use. Organizations with wider deployments can obtain enterprise licenses starting at $50 (USD) per user. Partners can