Sun Inner Circle: For information technology leaders
January 2007

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The CIO Perspective


Open Source Java

Dear Colleague,

What does Sun's monumental decision to open Java technology mean for developers, CXOs, and the open source community? Get the bottom line from Sun Software CTO Bob Brewin. » More

Bob Worrall
CIO, Sun Microsystems
Write me at cio@sun.com

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Your Events


»  Solaris 10 Live Q&A Chat: Ask questions on why Sun's Solaris 10 OS is the strategic choice for Web tier deployments at this Sun Expert Exchange. 9 a.m. PST January 24.


»  OpenSPARC Net Talk: Explore the many innovation opportunities that the OpenSPARC community and open source UltraSPARC T1 CPU offers developers.


»  JavaOne 2007: With Java technology going open source, the JavaOne 2007 conference will be more exciting than ever! San Francisco, May 8-11.

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Choose Your Virtual Weapon.

Thinking beyond one-size-fits-all virtualization

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Virtualization comes in many forms and flavors, and each can dramatically increase datacenter utilization while saving resources. But which approach is right for which system? Find out as we survey the latest on virtual machines, OS virtualization, virtualized storage, and more. » Full Story

»  Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers: Virtualization in the Solaris OS

»  IDC on System Virtualization: Sun Enables Choice and Flexibility


Editor's Choices
Sun, Intel Alliance Broadens Customer Choice

Sun will introduce a new lineup of Intel x64 Xeon processor-based servers, while Intel is endorsing Sun’s Solaris 10 OS, Java technology, and the NetBeans development environment. The broad strategic alliance between the two tech titans means greater choice and flexibility for customers. » More

Just Released! The New Solaris 10 OS 11/06

Find out what's new in Solaris 10 OS 11/06, the latest release of the only multi-platform, free, and open source OS on the market. Sun's Solaris OS launch site packages up product details, multimedia presentations, and new pricing programs. » More


Your Offers


»  Solaris Operating System: Freeware for You
Browse and download utilities, productivity and development tools, and other freeware for the Solaris Operating System.


»  Start Blogging, StarOffice and OpenOffice Users
StarOffice software users and OpenOffice.org users can now post blogs to popular blog servers easily and quickly! Use the spell checker and other powerful features of the Writer to create your blogs.


»  Music Lovers, Mash It Up Yourself
Sun Labs' Snapp Radio combines music from Last.fm or Radio Paradise mashed up with images from Flickr for a slideshow tailored to your tunes.


Your Resources


»  Sun's Work With DARPA Accelerates New Technologies: Learn how Sun's work with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) drives development of new technologies for Sun's enterprise customers.


»  SGD Demo Placeholder Interoperability Unleashed: Live Online Demo: Check out how Sun Secure Global Desktop Software provides secure access to centralized Windows, UNIX, mainframe and midrange applications from a wide range of client devices.


»  Developers, Get Hands-on with Java EE 5: Learn how to implement AJAX functionality in legacy Web applications with these hands-on Java EE 5 articles.


»  Predictive Self-Healing Becomes Reality: Learn how Sun Distinguished Engineer Mike Shapiro worked on the design and engineering of the fault-management and service-management features that comprise self-healing in the Solaris 10 OS.


»  Because Benchmarks Are Made to Be Broken: Explore benchmark data for Sun's AMD Opteron and UltraSPARC processor-based servers. Discover how Sun is outperforming the competition.

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