Sun Web Server: The Essential Guide

Sun Web Server is the secure web serving platform of choice for large-scale enterprises. Here comes the authoritative, comprehensive guide to Sun Web Server 7.0, with foreword by Scott McNealy. Order it now.

Posted at 09:59AM Aug 31, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Securing REST Web Services With OAuth

In this article, learn how to use the open-source protocol OpenAuth and OpenSSO extensions to secure a RESTful web service.

Posted at 09:57AM Aug 31, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

BigAdmin XPert Q&A on OpenSolaris Installation

A BigAdmin XPerts Q&A session on OpenSolaris Installation is scheduled with Dave Miner, coauthor of OpenSolaris Bible. (The session is planned for August 31st through September 4th.) Interact with a Sun expert and get your questions answered for the whole community to see. You can view previous questions and answers or pose a question yourself.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 31, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Improvements to Recommended and Sun Alert Patch Clusters for Solaris 10 OS

The Patch Corner blog describes improvements to the Solaris 10 Recommended and Sun Alert patch clusters. Contract customers can find these in the current clusters available from the Patch Cluster and Patch Bundle downloads on SunSolve.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 28, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Immutable Service Containers: Addressing Security in a World of Changing Deployment

Glenn Brunette, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Security Architect, is working on a project that attempts to solve some of the bigger problems around the security of virtualized environments using Immutable Service Containers (ISCs)--an architectural deployment pattern for highly secure service delivery. Listen to this edition of Innovating@Sun in which Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering, and Brunette discuss ISCs.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 27, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun Support Resources for System Administrators

The new BigAdmin Support Resource Center covers Sun services and solutions of interest to sys admins, such as different support scenarios for the Solaris OS and OpenSolaris OS. For another perspective on our Support hub, see Rick's latest entry in the BigAdmin blog.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 26, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

New Article: Combine JAR Files Into One Jar File With NetBeans IDE

In this new article by SDN staff writer Robert Eckstein, learn how to concatenate your user and library classes into a single JAR file, so that you can upload your applications to the Java Warehouse. Read the article.

Posted at 03:06PM Aug 25, 2009 by GD in Sun Developer Network  | 

Turbo Charge Your AMP Deployments With GlassFish Web Stack

Join this free webinar replay led by Jeff Trawick that features a demo of the new Enterprise Manager in GlassFish Web Stack. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 08:57AM Aug 25, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Free GlassFish Webinar: What's New with Java EE 6?

This webinar on Wednesday, August 26, at 10:00 a.m. PDT will cover Java EE evolution, Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3 features, and get you started with Java EE 6. Sign up today!

Posted at 08:54AM Aug 25, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Java EE SDKs Refreshed

The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 16. Download the latest versions.

Posted at 08:52AM Aug 25, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Enterprise Java  | 

Provisioning MySQL Enterprise Server Using Sun Ops Center

A new case study shows how to use Sun xVM Ops Center v2.0 to provision a user application to the target servers in a data center. A Sun engineer gives an example of provisioning MySQL Enterprise Server to managed servers and configuring the database replication environment.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 25, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

End of Life Plans for Solaris Express Community Edition

Sun is announcing the intent to discontinue production of the Solaris
Express Community Edition (SXCE) by the end of October timeframe. For more information, see the OpenSolaris announcement: end-of-life plans. Dave Miner's blog offers more information: SXCE Coming to a Close.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 24, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Java SE 6 Update 18 Early Access is now available

The early access of Java SE 6 Update 18 is available. This release includes:
- HotSpot version 16
- Support for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- JavaFX performance improvements
- Java WebStart related improvements for Java Store requirements
- and, a list of deployment features and enhancements.
For more information, please see the release note.

Please report any bugs to http://bugreport.sun.com and share your comments with us at our 6uN Early Access Forum.

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Posted at 05:40PM Aug 21, 2009 by Roger Yeung in Java SE 6 Update N  |  Comments[14]

Tech Note on "inetd" Warning Messages for Solaris 10 Updates

This tech note explains inetd warning messages in /var/adm/messages after patches are applied in the Solaris 10 5/08 or Solaris 10 8/07 releases. The Japanese-language original is on the BigAdmin Multilingual hub.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 21, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Introduction to OpenSolaris 2009.06

Read the OpenSolaris 2009.06 supplement that was provided to readers of India's premier IT magazine in July.

Posted at 11:11AM Aug 20, 2009 by GD in OpenSolaris  |