Most Recent Subscribe Oracle to Keep Investing in Sun's Server Lines Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:08:31 -0800 Oracle on Wednesday is expected to offer assurances that it will continue to invest in all of Sun's main server platforms. Oracle Says Java Will Be Business as Usual Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:07:43 -0800 When Oracle lays its cards on the table to present its road map for the combined Oracle and Sun organization, one thing developers can expect is consistency as far as Java is concerned, according to an Oracle executive. With Sun, Oracle Aims at Giants Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:06:59 -0800 The $7.4 billion deal, which gives Oracle a vast hardware business for the first time, pits it against Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., Dell, and Cisco, all of which have made a flurry of acquisitions and alliances. Review: VirtualBox 3.1.2 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:13:59 -0800 Macworld says the latest version has acquired some substantial new features, including better support for multiple virtual CPUs and DirectX 8/9 when running Windows. With Emotion, Sun's Long Goodbye Nears the Finish Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:57:24 -0800 After James Gosling posted the image of a tombstone on his blog last week, more than 800 people posted their own comments and memories of Sun. New Whitepaper: Double Your Performance with Flash Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:54:56 -0800 "Turbocharging HPC Application Performance with Flash Storage" covers both the business benefits and technical implications of the technology. OpenOffice 3.2 and StarOffice 9.2 Coming Soon Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:53:39 -0800 There is still lots of hard work being done by dedicated engineers inside and outside Sun, including the soon-to-be-released OpenOffice 3.2 and StarOffice 9.2 updates. Oracle's Top 10 Reasons for Buying Sun Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:07:54 -0800 Bob Evans of InformationWeek offers 10 reasons why Oracle wants to acquire Sun. Interview with Java Champion Adam Bien on JavaFX Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:52:03 -0800 Bien's latest book, "Real World Java EE Patterns--Rethinking Best Practices," explores lean and pragmatic programming approaches. Sun to Present at Cloud Expo 2010 East Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:49:59 -0800 Glenn Brunette, Sun's distinguished engineer and chief security architect, will discuss specific architectural models, configuration ideas, and deployment techniques to reinforce your services from attack. Sun Piloting RFID Tagging for Financial Customers Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:48:29 -0800 Financial institutions are looking to Sun and other makers of IT equipment to place RFID tags on their products at the point of manufacture. Startup of the Day: Micello Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:45:59 -0800 Dubbed as "Google Maps Inside a Building," Micello Indoor Maps relies on a back-end Sun stack: Sun Fire X2270 servers, MySQL, and GlassFish. Oracle and Sun to Push Private Cloud Solutions Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:27:45 -0800 The Oracle and Sun road map due to be announced this week will likely include moves to forge the pair into a solutions provider in the vein of IBM and HP, according to analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. VirtualBox Brings Powerful Virtualization to Home Users for Free Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:52:29 -0800 Notebooks.com takes a look at VirtualBox, saying "there are lots of free desktop virtualization alternatives available online, but none of them can come near VirtualBox for a free desktop virtualization tool." Looking at Oracle's MySQL Commitments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:22:39 -0800 Rod Johnson, general manager of VMware’s SpringSource division said Oracle’s professed commitments to MySQL “will be a benefit to the community.” Lesser Known Solaris Features Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:53:03 -0800 Part 1 of Joerg Moellenkamp's series covers multipathing. Oracle to Provide Sun Road Map Next Week Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:50:43 -0800 Larry Ellison will outline strategy for the combined company at an event to be webcast worldwide. EU Clears Oracle to Buy Sun Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:47:37 -0800 The European Union's top antitrust enforcer cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun after an investigation of nearly six months. Apache Focuses on Java RIA Effort Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:45:20 -0800 The Apache Software Foundation is making Apache Pivot, a platform for building rich Internet applications in Java, an Apache Top-Level Project. New Java Tools Newsletter Now Available Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:44:20 -0800 The new edition includes news about two conferences that will be attended and covered by the Java Tools team next week: Campus Party and Jfokus. Sun-Oracle Deal Wins EU Approval Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:04:32 -0800 The European Union's antitrust body formally signed off on the deal following a three-month investigation into its impact on competition in the IT sector. Sun Releases Java 6 Update 18 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:53 -0800 Sun has released Java 6 update 18, which includes a new version of Hotspot, start-up performance improvements, and run-time improvements for UI applications. Oracle Schedules Sun Event Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:09:01 -0800 Oracle has scheduled a press event for January 27 to discuss details of how the company will integrate Sun. Sun + Oracle Strategy Update Webcast Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:08:01 -0800 Larry Ellison will host a live webcast on Wednesday January 27th, starting at 9:00am Pacific. Key Sun Grid Engine Updates Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:51:45 -0800 Steve Wilson highlights two new features in the latest release of Sun Grid Engine: dynamic resource reallocation and integration with Apache Hadoop. Most Popular Subscribe EU Clears Oracle to Buy Sun Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:47:00 -0800 The European Union's top antitrust enforcer cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun after an investigation of nearly six months. Sun-Oracle Deal Wins EU Approval Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:04:00 -0800 The European Union's antitrust body formally signed off on the deal following a three-month investigation into its impact on competition in the IT sector. Sun Releases Java 6 Update 18 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:10:00 -0800 Sun has released Java 6 update 18, which includes a new version of Hotspot, start-up performance improvements, and run-time improvements for UI applications. Key Sun Grid Engine Updates Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:51:00 -0800 Steve Wilson highlights two new features in the latest release of Sun Grid Engine: dynamic resource reallocation and integration with Apache Hadoop. Sun Updates Java SE 6 for Performance Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:54:00 -0800 The Java SE 6u18 release improves the startup time for Java applications and applets. Is Your Company Ready for Social Media? Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:01:00 -0800 Karie Willyerd, chief learning officer at Sun, coauthored a piece in BusinessMirror about the necessity of considering all the implications of a corporate move into social networking platforms. Sun Hopes to Improve Cloud Security Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:20:00 -0800 Sun CTO of cloud computing Lew Tucker talks to SearchCloudComputing.com about Sun's latest security products for cloud computing. JFXStudio Challenge Winner Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:07:00 -0800 Jeff Friesen's Happy Holidays applet is the winner of JFXStudio's holiday-themed programming challenge. Java EE 6 and GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Virtual Conference Replay Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:03:00 -0800 Every session of the recent Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3 Virtual Conference is now available for replay. MySQL Developers Release 5.5 Beta Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:50:00 -0800 The MySQL developer community has released the first public iteration of what will be the next version of MySQL, version 5.5.

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