Friday Jul 11, 2008

Join Sun's Ross Altman at the ebizQ
roundtable discussion for an Open Source Market Update. This session will present an overview
of ebizQ research findings into the various ways that open source
software (OSS) enables both infrastructure and applications software.
Panelists include representatives of the two leading industry
consortia for those categories, the Linux Foundation for
infrastructure software and the Open Solutions Alliance for
applications. The panel will discuss opportunities, risks, and best
practices for adopting Open Source technology for both these needs in
your enterprise.
Featured Speakers:
- Dominic Sartorio, President, Open Solutions Alliance
- Ross Altman, CTO for SOA and Business Integration, SUN Microsystems
- Jim Zemlin, Executive Direction, Linux Foundation
- Dennis Byron, Analyst, ebizQ
What you will learn:
- The types of applications and solutions where open source software has been most successfully implemented
- How enterprise software users base the choice of an open source stack depending on what application/services/solution type (TP, BI, ECM, etc.) (and why)
- The maturity of open source software in various industries
- How involvement with the open source community can help your industry
Date: August 20, 2008
Time: 12:00 pm US Eastern
Register for the event
Hope you can join us!
Wednesday Jul 09, 2008
Join Sun's David Codelli at the ebizQ roundtable discussion on MDM's
Role as a Critical Enabler for SOA and learn about the key issues and
identify best practices for using MDM to maximize the value of
enterprise information. As organizations move toward distributed and
federated SOA architectures, there is increased value on making
enterprise information readily available and increased pressure to
ensure its quality and integrity. Enterprise application integration
(EAI) offered proprietary mapping tools. Organizations are now looking
for more open and enterprise wide solutions.
What you will learn:
- The types of practices and tools required to provide a unified and
consistent view of business entities common to the organization
- Best practices for implementing processes and tools
- How MDM can benefit other enterprise initiatives
Date: July 16, 2008
Time: 12:00 pm US Eastern
To learn more about Sun's MDM offerings visit our booth on Wednesday, July 16
Register for the event
We look forward to you joining us!
Thursday Jul 03, 2008
By now you've heard that Java CAPS 6 and the new
Sun Master Data Management Suite is now available. Here are more
supporting documents to help you understand what's been improved and
what you can expect with this release.
Java CAPS 6
Datasheet Learn about this flexible, modular, open source service-oriented architecture integration platform.
Sun's
Bruce Tierney, Kevin Schmidt and Senior Product Architect Michael
Jenkins discuss the Early Access Program, round tripping, easy ways you
can upgrade to 6.0. Plus you'll hear about the open source component of
the release and Open ESB.
David Codelli and Kevin Schmidt discuss how the newest release aligns with NetBeans and GlassFish.
Sun Master Data Management Suite
Datasheet Learn how connectivity, integration, and this middleware infrastructure solution can help you create and synchronize master data.
Whitepaper This white paper illustrates the problems created when multiple databases reside in multiple locations, across systems supplied by multiple vendors. Recognizing the challenges faced by multiple industries that require a unified approach to service-enabling MDM, this paper explores how the Sun MDM suite solves this need with a prepackaged, preintegrated product.
Sun's
Ashesh Badani and David Codelli discuss MDM, what customers can expect
and what it's trying to solve. Plus you'll hear operational versus
analytical MDM and how MDM is open sourced.
Video at JavaOne
Kevin
Schmidt and David Codelli discuss what Master Data Management (MDM) is
and problems it solves. Plus you'll hear about open source and the MDM
community.
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
Check out the three latest videos we have on Inside SOA TV.

Ashesh Badani discusses features an benefits of Java CAPS 6 including the enhanced platform, single customer view and open source.

Sun customer Medavie Blue Cross talks about their plan to use OpenESB in their SOA adoption.
Slides
Sun customer Carrefour describes how it's leveraging Java CAPS for enterprise-wide integration.
Slides
Wednesday Jul 02, 2008
In an effort to get our news and information to you faster we've stopped sending the Integration Insights newsletter and have opted for a multi-media approach. We just went live with the new Inside SOA home page where you can find the latest podcasts, videos and a link to this blog.
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Friday Jun 20, 2008
While we were at the Gartner AADI event last week launching Java CAPS 6 and our new MDM Suite, David Codelli had a chance to record a podcast with Peter Shooff from ebizQ titled It's Not Just Integrated Data, It's Complete Data: A Talk With Sun. It's short, so have a listen and take a look at our new pages on MDM.
Thursday Jun 12, 2008
We have a brand new podcast for you.
Open Source Anyone?
Sun's Ross Altman and Bill Wilkins discuss the open source development process and how it works, how you can contribute to Open ESB and blending open source with enterprise class software.
Show Notes:
http://java.net/
https://open-esb.dev.java.net/
sun.com/javacaps
Monday Jun 09, 2008
Today is the launch day for Sun's new Java CAPS 6.0!
We have two new podcasts for the occasion.
Sun Releases Java CAPS 6.0
Sun's Bruce Tierney, Kevin Schmidt and Senior Product Architect Michael Jenkins discuss the Early Access Program, round tripping, easy ways you can upgrade to 6.0. Plus you'll hear the open source component of the release and Open ESB.
Listen Now 19:44 
Show Notes: https://open-esb.dev.java.net/
Sun.com/javacaps
Master Data Management!
Sun's Ashesh Badani and David Codelli discuss MDM, what customers can expect and what it's trying to solve. Plus you'll hear operational versus analytical MDM and how MDM is open sourced.
Listen Now 21:22 
Show Notes: https://mural.dev.java.net/
Sun.com/mdm
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Monday Jun 09, 2008
Today Sun announced Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) Release 6 -- a major update that offers enterprises more flexibility and less risk when taking an SOA approach to business integration. Key highlights of the new release include:
- Open source, modular enterprise service bus
- Enhanced business process management
- Intelligent event processing
Sun also introduced a new Master Data Management Suite, a preintegrated software suite to help enterprises improve the integration and management of customer, citizen, subscriber, and other data.
Learn more about Java CAPS
Learn more about Sun MDM Suite
Read the press release
Tuesday May 27, 2008
Meet Mark Herring, the new Vice President of Software Infrastructure
for Sun. In this recently written article, Mark shares some customer
stories that show how different organizations are successfully handling
the balancing act of reach, risk, and return.
Check it out!
Tuesday Apr 29, 2008
JavaOne is almost here and there is a host of sessions, BOFs, labs, pods, and more to take in, but here is a short primer.
Actually, before JavaOne is CommunityOne, the free event on the day before JavaOne. There will be demos for Open ESB and Mural, our new open-source community for Master Data Management (MDM), so stop on by.
For JavaOne itself there is a host of activity. There are a bunch of sessions in the SOA and Enterprise Integration track and in the Pavilion there will be 4 pods covering Java CAPS (pod 170), Open ESB (pod 171), Event Driven SOA (pod 179), and Mural (pod 180).
Please stop by to learn more about what Sun is doing around SOA and Business Integration. Enjoy the show!
Friday Apr 18, 2008
Check out this presentation by Gartner's Daryl Plummer and Sun's Ross Altman as they discuss the tools and best practices to enable composite application development in an SOA.
Go to the presentation
Thursday Apr 17, 2008
Check out the latest Inside SOA podcast featuring Sun's Ashesh Badani and David Codelli.
Listen in as they discuss why MDM is actually on the SOA podcast, talk at the MDM Summit and how you can participate in Open Source.
Show notes:
mural.dev.java.net
Harrods flash video
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Comments and questions?
Thursday Apr 17, 2008
Learn how Sun and Accenture's combined approach to business integration, leveraging an SOA, can benefit you.
Watch now
Thursday Apr 10, 2008
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