Two Sun Software Engineer Openings on OpenSolaris Web Stack

Sun is hiring two entry-level software engineers, one in Burlington, MA, and another in Santa Clara, CA, for the OpenSolaris Web Stack Project. In addition to becoming involved in the development, enhancement, and integration aspects of the project, the incumbents will actively participate in the open-source communities concerned.

Posted at 04:42PM May 12, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Creating a Java EE Appliance on OpenSolaris

At the JavaOne conference, Sun technical evangelists Peter Karlsson and Chuk-Munn Lee discussed how to build a Java EE platform-based appliance with the GlassFish application server on OpenSolaris. Read more in this article.

Posted at 06:33PM May 08, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Java-Centricity -- Java Technology at the Hub of Your Digital Life

This year's JavaOne Conference technical general session hosted by Sun Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer for Software, Bob Brewin, highlighted what's new in the Java EE and Java SE platforms. It was also spiced up by a variety of cool JavaFX-driven demos.

Posted at 05:38PM May 07, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

An Overview and Demonstration of OpenSSO and Federation

At CommunityOne 2008, Sun's identity management experts describe the latest model of effecting single sign-on and the process of federating across enterprises with OpenSSO. Read this overview.

Posted at 10:10AM May 07, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

A Rundown on OpenDS

Ludovic Poitou, community lead for OpenDS; and Jim Yang, project lead for Penrose, a Java technology-based directory server, presented at CommunityOne on the topic, "Getting Started on OpenDS." This recap summarizes the goals, status, installation, and extensibility of OpenDS, also the infrastructure of Penrose, whose default provider is OpenDS.

Posted at 12:17PM May 06, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Project SailFin and Ericsson Application Competition

Create or enhance an IMS client-server application for a chance to win USD $5,000 or a Sony Ericsson phone. See contest details.

Posted at 03:27PM May 05, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Preview GlassFish v3

Technology Preview 2 gives you an early look at GlassFish v3 and its modular, lightweight, and extensible architecture. This milestone release contains web-tier technologies and the Java Persistence API from Java EE 5. In addition, you can use the Update Center to access new early access versions of EJB 3.1 and the JAX-RS API. Try it now.

Posted at 10:07AM May 05, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Free Training Course: Introduction to GlassFish

New to GlassFish? Sun's Web-based introductory course GlassFish Application Server: Introduction (WMT-SAS-1536), is a great way to get your feet wet with GlassFish. This one-hour course is available at no cost until June 30, 2008 -- regular price $70 USD. Learn more about free and discounted training offers from Sun.

Posted at 09:06AM Apr 28, 2008 by GD in Training and Learning  |  Comments[0]

URL Redirection in Sun Java System Application Server

Here's a new article from the docs.sun.com group. The author's examples show how to configure web application URLs in Sun Java System Application Server or GlassFish.

Posted at 09:00AM Apr 16, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Introducing the GlassFish Awards Program (GAP)

Help grow the GlassFish community in size, quality, and innovation -- and earn some of the $175,000 in prizes for bug reports, code, documentation, blue prints, courseware, portals, user groups, and other contributions. Read program details and get more information.

Posted at 07:30AM Mar 04, 2008 by GD in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

2008 JavaOne Conference Schedule and Java University Tracks Published

Sun has announced that out of nearly 1,700 submissions, approximately 350 sessions have been accepted for the 2008 JavaOne conference. Details on all the Technical and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are now available at the JavaOne sessions page. For more information, read the press release.

Posted at 04:02PM Feb 21, 2008 by GD in JavaOne  |  Comments[0]

Programming With Passion: Sang Shin on Video

Java technology evangelist Sang Shin teaches the free "Programming ... With Passion" online training courses. Ed Ort, staff writer for java.sun.com, interviewed Sang at Sun Tech Days in December to get more information about his courses, Tech Days, enterprise development, and OpenESB. Watch the video.

Posted at 11:32AM Feb 08, 2008 by GD in Sun  |  Comments[0]

Connect and Participate With GlassFish

GlassFish v2 UR1 is a world-class, production-ready, Java EE 5-compliant, open-source application server. It provides enterprise features such as clustering, a centralized management console for administration, Web Services Interoperability Technologies (WSIT), NetBeans IDE integration, native service-oriented architecture (SOA) support through Java Business Integration (JBI), and load balancing to support highly scalable, volume enterprise deployments for SOA and Web 2.0 applications.

Try GlassFish for a chance to win an iPhone. This sweepstakes ends on March 23, 2008. Submit your entry today.

Posted at 10:34AM Jan 23, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

GlassFish v2: Open for Business

Find out why the open-source GlassFish v2 application server is a good choice for handling critical business applications and the demands of a production environment.

Posted at 02:43PM Jan 09, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]

Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 2: Advanced Authorization

As a sequel to Part 1, this article describes how to extend the authorization of Sun Java System Access Manager with a hierarchy-based resource model and interoperable Web services for .NET applications.

Posted at 01:18PM Jan 04, 2008 by cw, managing editor in Enterprise Java  |  Comments[0]