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EduConnection
October 2007 EduConnection
Joe's Notebook
Changes for
Education IT
Dear colleague,
The landscape is changing for education IT as institutions heighten their focus on energy efficiency, digital preservation and archiving, and secure client computing. MORE »
Joe Hartley Joe Hartley, VP, Global Government, Education and Healthcare
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Edu Resources
»  Solaris ZFS Podcast
Hear Sun's Bill Moore on how the Solaris 10 ZFS file system provides simple administration, transactional semantics, and data integrity
»  Filthy Rich Clients Vodcast
Find out what's new and cool for developing compelling desktop applications from Chet Haase, Sun client architect
»  Identity Management Buzz
Tune in to podcasts from the Sun identity management team about what's happening in the industry
»  Free Executive Brief
Learn how the Solaris 10 OS and CoolThreads technology can double your computing resources — using less space and energy than any other solution
Education Events
»  2007 Elluminati Conference
Get new ideas for leveraging Elluminate technology. October 22, Seattle
»  Sun/Blackboard Executive Event
Kick off EDUCAUSE with dinner and a Science Fiction Museum tour. October 23, Seattle
»  EDUCAUSE 2007
Visit Sun at booth #312 at the world's premier education IT conference. October 23-26, Seattle
»  Sun HPC Consortium
Join this forum for the Sun technical computing community. November 9-11, Reno, Nevada
»  Sun Tech Days
Develop your skills as Sun's Worldwide Developer Conference stops in China, Japan, and Germany
Inside Technology
Consolidating the Datacenter
New multithreaded CoolThreads
servers designed for virtualization
Academic institutions are struggling to build IT infrastructures to serve rapidly growing student populations and communities. New Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers and the Sun Blade T6320 server give you the flexibility and power of 64 virtual systems in a single server and can help you save up to $1 million in energy costs.
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Special Offers
Sun Ray 270 Education Only: Save 76% on Sun Ray Software
Take advantage of this deep discount on a secure, cost-effective solution for delivering a rich, virtual Windows, Linux, or Solaris OS desktop to Sun Ray clients. MORE »
Filthy Rich Clients Save on Filthy Rich Clients
Want your applications to ooze cool? Save 30 percent on this just-published guide to developing animated and graphical effects for desktop Java applications. MORE »
Technology Toolkit
New! Solaris OS 10 8/07
New! Solaris 10 With enhancements for virtualization, Linux, and security
Identity Manager 7.1
Identity Manager 7.1 New and improved identity auditing and scalability
Edu Insight
'Immersive Education' Gives Academia
New Frontiers for Virtual Learning
New Frontiers in Virtual Learning Open source projects offer universities new platforms for “immersive education,” which enriches learning with interactive 3D graphics, game and simulation technology, virtual reality, voice, chat, Web cams, and rich digital media.
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