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Sun executives, GlassFish adopters, and bloggers highlight seven ways that Sun's GlassFish Portfolio could change the game for open source middleware.
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eWeek covers the release of the JavaFX Mobile platform and the related agreements with leading handset manufacturers.
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Peter Wayner reviews JavaFX 1.0, giving it an "Excellent" overall (8.7 out of 10) rating, and calling it "a crisp, simple way to leverage existing Java code, Java 2D, and Java Web Start technology for more Web-savvy interfaces."
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Commenting on CEO Jonathan Schwartz' blog, Samir Balwani says "it's not the number of hits that make his blog a social media success, but the openness on it ... Transparency from the highest position in a company trickles down and increases trust from consumers."
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Computerworld highlights Sun's protection of information technology, noting that although tapes are created at datacenters around the world and each center handles its own data-retention procedures, there are several overarching, companywide processes.
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Profiles will offer vendors and users a smaller, friendlier Java EE. Simply put, a profile is a slimmer Java environment, bereft of old APIs and libraries.
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Sun CIO Bob Worrall offers IT tips to help CIOs handle the economic downturn: "Just as every crisis presents an opportunity, this economic climate gives CIOs the chance to be more intelligent and more efficient in managing IT."
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Sun has confirmed it's on track to ship its Supernova servers based on its "Rock" UltraSparc-RK processors before the end of 2009, and a few extra details are now available.
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Sun cloud computing executive David Douglas explains why U.S. businesses want a green stimulus plan. The article notes: "A green economic recovery package from Congress will allow America to shape its financial and energy future. Strong green financial incentives in the recovery plan can put Americans back to work, provide a foundation for a new, clean economy, decrease our country's dependence on foreign energy sources, and help defuse the worst impacts of climate change."
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Sun's CEO thinks the economic downturn will make IT managers more open to change than ever before, which will benefit Sun and its open source strategy.
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Internetnews.com takes a comprehensive look at Sun's new highly efficient Broomfield, Colorado datacenter and the lessons learned from the project.
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Sun's new Broomfield, Colorado datacenter is estimated to save more than $1 million in electricity costs and 11,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year via energy-efficient SPARC and x64 servers and other Sun hardware and software.
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Sun's president and CEO Jonathan Schwartz said in an earnings conference call that the company's "Rock" UltraSPARC-RK processors remain on schedule for release this year. The Rock chips are expected to have 16 SPARC cores, each with two execution threads.
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Open source storage software is freely available, but it's the rare IT department that's willing to cobble it together with hardware to build a storage system. Organizations are typically so worried about data loss that they tend to favor storage products from established vendors. That's why Sun's new Unified Storage Systems have created a stir in the market.
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As the recession continues, consumers and businesses are operating with a cost-cutting mindset, lending momentum to Sun and other players in open source software. Sun distributes 65,000 downloads a day of its MySQL database, which has turned into the favored business software of new companies.
