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»  OpenSPARC
»  CTO: The Future Is New Kinds of Communities
»  Sun SPOT Wireless Sensors
»  Western Michigan

Kim's Notebook

Dear Colleague,

Sun has announced a major step forward with the open sourcing of the industry's most advanced, multithreaded 64-bit, 32-thread microprocessor. The opportunities that OpenSPARC can enable are wide open to you.
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Kim Jones,
Kim JonesVP Global Education and Research
Sun Microsystems, Inc.


Education Events
  »  SunGard SCT Summit
Annual conference for SunGard Higher Education and BSR User Groups, Orlando, April-25

  »  HPC Consortium
See the latest in High Performance Computing, Singapore, May 14-15

  »  Net Talk: Sun Discovery Cluster
Learn about the new low-cost, turnkey solution for life sciences research

  »  2006 JavaOne Conference
Discount pricing for faculty and students! San Francisco, May 16-19

Corner Corner

Education Resources
  »  Teaming Up to Teach
Sun, Italian Ministry of Education partner to broaden use of Java technology
  »  The Java Tutorial
Check this excellent online guide for 100s of step-by-step examples — now covering J2SE 5.0
  »  Introduction to Java EE 5
Discover streamlined features and added convenience in the new Java EE 5 platform
  »  Meet the Engineer
Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun XML schema developer, discusses his work and U.S./Japan cultural differences
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Edu Insight Corner

CTO — The Future Is New Kinds of Communities : Greg Papadopoulos CTO: The Future Is New Kinds of Communities

Sun Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos shares his thoughts on "software as service" and its consequences. MORE »


Edu in Action

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University:
Improving IT Through Consolidation and Integration


The Java Enterprise System allowed IT administrators at WMU to re-examine business processes around a "student lifecycle" for the development and integration of student services. MORE »


Special Offers
  »  Sun Discovery Cluster: A Low-cost, Turnkey Solution for ResearchSun Discovery Cluster: A Low-cost, Turnkey Solution for Research
Size up the performance gains and costs savings you get with the Sun Discovery Cluster for Life Sciences, and take advantage of the breakthrough energy efficiency in the Sun Fire X2100 server.
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  »  Break the Barriers with Matching Grants for Education!Break the Barriers with Matching Grants for Education!
Discounts up to 50 percent are available for academic and research computing. Act soon — this offer expires May 31.
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Inside Technology

Sun Labs Project:
Sun SPOT Wireless Sensors


ProjectsBy simplifying the development of wireless transducer applications, the Sun SPOT System from Sun Labs will help transform the potential of wireless sensors into real-world products.
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