An open, secure, and highly affordable enterprise desktop
Is your enterprise looking for an alternative desktop solution that will lower business costs, increase productivity and be less prone to virus attacks? Do you want a systems vendor that has the software and support breadth to scale and accommodate all your business needs? If your answer is yes to both questions, then you should be looking at the Sun Java Desktop System.
Centralized software management and configuration tools
Java technology powered with developer tools
Comprehensive
The Java Desktop System is a comprehensive
alternative for individual desktop users as well
as for deployment throughout a company's
distributed desktop network. It delivers tools
for both user productivity and effective
management and deployment for administrators.
The Java Desktop System provides users with a judicious selection of integrated and tuned desktop software, most based on open source and open standards. It includes a familiar desktop look and feel based on GNOME; office productivity featuring the StarOffice 7 suite; fully-integrated e-mail and calendar; Web browser; instant messaging; and Java technology.
With connectors into the Java Enterprise
System, the Java Desktop System offers enterprises the option and convenience of a productive, simple, and affordable end-to-end system
solution from Sun.
Ease and Simplicity
While leveraging the best in open source
innovation and development, Sun is leading
the way by adding value where it matters most
to the enterprise. The Java Desktop System
sports a well-defined, integrated look and feel
throughout the GUI and the applications. The
desktop interface is simplified, yet has familiar
desktop themes and file manager views that
will enable users to be productive immediately.
In addition, the Java Desktop System provides
reliable enterprise-level interoperability that
enables users to access data, files, and printers
associated with Microsoft Windows ("Windows").
Security Commitment
As the technology provider that secures the world's highest value networks, Sun takes security seriously. The Java Desktop System was designed right from the start as a safe platform that leverages both the Java security model and the secure infrastructure of the Solaris operating system.
For Java applets and applications, the Java
sandbox security infrastructure provides another
means of preventing viruses from further
infecting the system environment. Enhanced
security
features, such as single sign-on (SSO) support
through Java Card technology and integration
with the Java System Access Manager (formerly
Java System Identity Server), are also featured
in the Java Desktop System.
Java Technology Powered with Developer Tools
The Java Desktop System fully integrates the latest Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The JRE includes
all the latest features, such as:
The new GTK+ look and feel that enables Java technology-based applications to look just like the desktop
Performance tuning
The renowned Java security model
The ability to run tens of thousands of Java applets and applications - and more
Java development free or trial tools are now available with Sun's Java Desktop System to enable fully customized desktop applications and Web services. Java Studio Enterprise 7 is a powerful yet intuitive integrated development environment (IDE) for the Java platform, providing a comprehensive set of features and functionality. In addition, the NetBeans IDE 4.0 delivers tightly integrated deployment and debugging of Web applications with Apache Tomcat server built in, and is the first, free opensource IDE to support J2SE 5.0.
User Desktop Features
Feature
Functionality
Tightly integrated and tuned
desktop client
Desktop applications are tightly integrated, allowing for drag and drop
and copy/paste of text, graphics, and other elements between applications
Universal printer selection of available printers on the network,
to include printers available on Windows networks
Single point of entry for directory and file management and networked
computers
Direct access to content in data and files by "single-click application
launch" for files contained in e-mail, Web pages, and file manager
Easy to use and learn
Intuitive, easy-to-use, single install mechanism that ensures users can
quickly become productive
Easy to learn and use, especially for traditional Windows users, featuring:
Familiar desktop themes for file management and desktop configuration
Standard keyboard shortcut conventions
Direct access to files and servers using the "Documents" and "Network
Places" directories
Familiar access to networked computers from a single "Network
Places" directory
Full product documentation, including a Quick Start User Guide and other
reference documentation
Full-featured desktop client software
Includes a selection of great productivity tools, including office suite,
browser, e-mail/calendar, instant messaging, project management,
drawing, and video conferencing applications
Multimedia-ready with essential video and audio players plus a sound
recorder; features the Java Media Player with support for MP3 playback
and a CD Player
Complete plug-and-play capability, enabling users to connect to
existing USB-compatible devices
Interoperability
Users can access data stored in the office productivity files of Microsoft
users and printers connected to existing Windows networks
Full interoperability with Microsoft Office files
Interoperability with POP3, LDAP, and SMTP mail servers
System Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements
Proper installation of Solaris 10 requires a SPARC-based or x64/x86-based system with:
Minimum of 256 MB of physical RAM (or 512 MB for PXE booting)
Minimum of 2 GB of available hard drive space
For SPARC platform-based processors, 250-MHz minimum
For x64- or x86-based processors, 120-MHz minimum
DVD or CD-ROM drive
Supported Languages Available
English
French
German
Italian
Swedish
Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Open Source Components, Protocols, and Standards
Open Source Components
GNOME 2.6
Evolution 1.4.6
Mozilla 1.7 browser
OpenOffice.org 1.1 (basis for StarOffice 7 suite)
Internet
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE); XML (eXtensible Markup Language); DOM (Document Object
Model)1 and 2; DHTML; HTML (HyperText Markup
Language); HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol); CSS1
and CSS2 (Cascading Style Sheets); RDF (Resource
Description Framework); P3P (Platform for Privacy
Preferences); MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions); S/MIME(Secure MIME); vCard
