Weekly Newsbytes, Issue 21

AUDIO PODCASTS:

» Cryptography Breakthroughs
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» Stop Thinking About Time with Real-Time Java
As a developer, wouldn't you love for someone to abstract all the nasty stuff underneath the APIs to allow you to think about the domain and application workload? The Java Real-Time System 2.0, recently announced at JavaOne, does just that...


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CUSTOMER NEWS:

» Deloitte & Touche LLP and Sun Unveil New Identity and Access Management Offering
The two companies have announced a new Enterprise Role Lifecycle Management (ERLM) offering that enables organisations to simplify compliance management, reporting and user administration of identity and access management (IAM) deployments.

» Customer Snapshot: eBay Inc
You can find it on eBay - even if you didn't know it existed... To power its massively-scaled resource tiers including both commercial and custom databases, eBay relies on a spectrum of Sun x64 and Coolthreads servers, storage and software solutions. In addition, Sun Managed Services provides around-the-clock responsiveness for all datacentre issues related to the database and search tiers, while Sun Educational Services delivers customised training courses for IT teams worldwide.


PRODUCT NEWS:

» Sun Launches Unique Data Management Appliance for Communication Service Providers
If you're looking for a powerful, secure and flexible end-to-end solution to help you address the EU Data Retention Directive, the new Solaris-based Sun Secure Data Retrieval Server (SDRS) may be what you need. As the industry's first end-to-end "plug-and-comply" appliance solution powered by CopperEye's revolutionary "Live Archive" technology, SDRS addresses not only the secure retention and life cycle of communications data, but also the business processes by which this data is rapidly retrieved and securely disclosed.

» Sun Introduces New Offering To Simplify IT Inventory Management
Earlier this week, Sun introduced the Sun Connection Inventory Channel -- a new, free offering for Sun customers that allows sys admins and IT operators to quickly and easily discover, organise and report on their organisation's IT assets. By delivering one-click discovery across systems running the Solaris and Linux, Sun Connection Inventory Channel enables customers to gain valuable insight into their IT operations by tracking critical information including product type, product version, licensing and registration status and support contract ID number.

» Sun Tunes Solaris Express Developer Edition for Enhanced Multicore Development
Sun has announced new functionality for Solaris Express Developer Edition, including new compilers and development tools to help application developers create better applications faster. The OpenSolaris-based distribution offers a new set of products which are optimised for the newest multicore architectures.
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Sun Introduces New Offering To Simplify IT Inventory Management Earlier this week, Sun introduced the Sun Connection Inventory Channel -- a new, free offering for Sun customers that allows sys admins and IT operators to quickly and ...

TECH CORNER:

» Ask Dr Root
Our local tech whiz, Dr. Root, answers your questions and locates all the cool resources for you on sun.com. This week, learn about Sun's Logical Domains (LDoms) technology and see how by careful architecture, a logical domains environment can help you achieve greater resource usage, better scaling and increased security and isolation...