June 2008 »  Everyone's Virtual Machine »  ‘The End of IT’ Strikes a Nerve »  New Economics of Data Archiving »  OpenSolaris: Best of Both Worlds »  Server Be Nimble ‘The End of IT’ Strikes a Nerve A year after my column on the “end of IT” struck a nerve with many readers, Sun continues moving aggressively towards a new IT model based on external services. Misguided? Unworkable? You decide. » Full story Bob Worrall CIO, Sun Microsystems Write me at cio@sun.com »  Product sales, training, and support »  OpenSolaris 2008.05 »  Virtual Desktop Infrastructure »  OpenSPARC T2 Source Code »  New! GlassFish v3 Preview »  See all downloads »  Virtualization in Action Learn about LDoms virtualization at a free half-day briefing, July 16, New York. »  Identity Services Webcast Explore the benefits of Sun Managed Operations for your identity management infrastructure. »  Building Web Infrastructure Get insights into building a next-generation Web infrastructure with this brief Webcast. »  New x64 Servers Launch View videos and details from Sun's launch of new x64 systems with Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. » View archive Everyone's Virtual Machine Learn about Sun's new xVM VirtualBox, open source virtualization software for PCs that lets developers and power users work on cross-platform applications and virtual server environments from any platform. » Full story » Visit the Sun News Center OpenSolaris: Best of Both Worlds Free OS packages Sun innovation in a Linux-like distribution model With innovative Solaris OS technology in a Linux-like distribution model, the new OpenSolaris caps three years of open source community development. Find out what OpenSolaris offers to you and your organization. » Full story The New Economics of Data Archiving Savvy businesses are turning to economical tape storage to archive massive volumes of data for regulatory compliance, better corporate governance, and competitive advantage. Sun Storage CTO Chris Wood explains. » Full story JavaFX as Rich Internet Application Platform This year's JavaOne conference explored Java technology's role in the future of rich Internet applications, or RIAs, in particular the newly simplified JavaFX scripting language. » Read Jonathan’s blog »  Save 30% on Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers   Trade in IBM, HP, Dell, or Sun servers for a 30 percent allowance on a new Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 or T5240 server with chip multithreading. »  Server Be Nimble, Deployment Be Quick   Save 20 percent on Sun Fire X4140, X4240, and X4440 servers, with greater performance, memory, storage, and networking than competitors. »  Virtualize Your Desktop Environment   Explore how Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 2.0 supplies a secure and reliable virtual environment for PCs and thin clients. »  Virtually Perfect: VMware and Sun   With a new OEM alliance, the VMware Infrastructure suite is optimized for Sun servers, storage, and the Solaris 10 OS for greater choice and performance. »  Travelers Goes Virtual with Sun SOA   The Travelers Companies is reaping dividends from a virtualized SOA based on Sun servers and the Java Composite Application Platform Suite. © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. For information on Sun’s trademarks see: http://www.sun.com/suntrademarks To manage your Sun subscriptions, visit the Subscription Center. Sun Microsystems, 4150 Network Circle, USCA22-106, Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. If you have any questions or feedback, please send a message to innercircle@sun.com