Newsletter: November - December 2005
Previous issues of Sun Grid News are available at our Grid Community web page To receive future issues subscribe by sending an email. 1. Sun to Offer More Free Software CNET, Stephen Shankland and Martin LaMonica; November 30, 2005Sun announces it will offer access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris OS. 2. Sun Grants Princeton University 100,000 CPU Hours on the Sun Grid SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- December 12, 2005 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), today announced Princeton University is a recipient of the Sun Grid Education Grant for 100,000 hours of central processing units (CPUs) on the Sun Grid Compute Utility. Sun Grid helps customers and partners derive immediate benefits from an open, grid-based computing infrastructure on a utility basis by giving them more choice and control over how they purchase and leverage IT. To date, Princeton, a leading research institution and undergraduate college, has used nearly 11,000 CPU hours on the Sun Grid Compute Utility.3. Sun Microsystems Unveils New Server Chip Associated Press, Matthew Fordhal; November 14, 2005 Sun will announces the addition of a new server chip called the UltraSparc T1 Processor code-named Niagara that claims will deliver more performance while requiring less electricity than competing microprocessors. 4. Sun Microsystems Announces CoolThreads Prize For Innovation New York - Dec. 6, 2005 - Sun Network Computing 2005 Q4 (NC05Q4) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced the launch of its CoolThreads competition for innovation to inspire new software development for its breakthrough Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 server line. The CoolThreads competition sets the stage for developer communities to innovate, make money, gain international recognition and experience firsthand the new line of affordable high-performance Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers. 5. Call for Papers "Peer-to-Peer Paradigm" Minitrack Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2006)August 04-06, Acapulco, Mexico This minitrack focuses on the potential, challenges, recent developments, and current research issues pertaining to the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) paradigm. In this context, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) refers to a network of equals (peers), where by design two or more peers are able to collaborate spontaneously or share resources without the need for central coordination. 6. Sun Takes NetBeans Show on Road Enterprise Networks & Servers, Staff; December 2005 IssueSun launches the NetBeans WorldTour, an initiative for freely distributing and sharing the NetBeans software worldwide. With 10 global developer events planned from Canada to South Africa, the NetBeans WorldTour will offer developers a chance to experience first hand the modular and extensible IDE that can accelerate Java development across all platforms. 7. Sun: Back to High Performance BusinessWeek, Staff; November 14, 2005Sun Co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and VP John Fowler discuss their progress in ramping up the company's high-performance computing business in a Q&A interview that ranges from efforts to boost computer power, revamping the company following the dot com bust and the widening uses of supercomputing. They cite research saying it is an $8 billion market growing at 8% per year. They discuss both the strength of Solaris as well as Suns ability to run its software on various operating systems. 8. Sun Updates Portal Server For 'Web 2.0' IDG News, Nancy Gohring; December 16, 2005 Sun announces a new version of Java System Portal Server that will allow developers to offer collaborative and identity-based content through Web-based applications. The portal can be downloaded for free and used with Java Enterprise System, Solaris Enterprise System and Java Application Platform Suite. 9. Oracle Cuts Database Prices Again For Multicore Chips Looking to stay competitive with its rivals, business software giant Oracle has again cut its database-licensing prices, this time between 33 and 66 percent, in a move that will reduce costs for customers running their databases on servers using new multicore chips. Under the pricing change, each core that uses an AMD or Intel chip will be treated as half a processor. Meanwhile, a core based on a Sun UltraSparc T1 chip will count as one-fourth of a processor. 10. Sun's Opteron-Server Sales Proceeding 'Very Well' Forbes, David Ng; November 30, 2005 Financial analysts warm to Suns ramp in Opteron-based server sales. Caris & Co. Analyst Mark Stahlman notes the initiative is proceeding very well. Stahlman further states, "Large-scale grid-computing installations--involving hundreds or thousands of servers--appear to be particularly well suited to Sun's servers." 11. In Wake of Solaris' Renaissance, Predictions of its Death Were Obviously Premature ZDNet, David Berlind; November 17, 2005 In a recent blog post, David Berlind discusses signs of revival for Suns Solaris OS. Berlind cites recent OEM blade endorsements with IBM and Egenera as evidence the OS is far from extinction. The piece notes, "Despite predictions of its demise, UNIX--and in particular, Sun's Solaris flavor--appears to be convalescing instead of following the downward spiral that's typical for operating systems that fall from grace." |
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