Campus Ambassadors Report on Software Freedom Day

Sun campus ambassadors blog about the recent events for Software Freedom Day.

Posted at 12:06PM Sep 22, 2009 by GD in Students  | 

Multilingual Subtitles for Sun Videos

Some Sun videos now offer subtitles, available in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese. To find multilingual versions, click on the language link in the tag cloud on the right of the videos page. Then click on the Captions pull-down menu (upper left of video screen) to select the desired language.

Posted at 10:38AM Sep 22, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[2]

Sun, Social Media, and Communities

The latest issue of Sun Inner Circle newsletter has interviews with industry experts and Sun folks who are active in social media:

* Embracing Social Communities: A CIO's Crib Sheet. Read about the success of Sun blogs, forums, etc.

* Social Media and the Enterprise: Inner Circle interviews social media industry analyst Charlene Li. Excerpt from interview: "For many companies, it’s a mixture of excitement and terror."

Posted at 08:00AM Sep 18, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun's OSUM Student Clubs Prepare for Software Freedom Day (Sept. 19)

OSUM members are preparing more than 300 community events in more than 30 countries.

Posted at 03:38PM Sep 17, 2009 by GD in Students  | 

Java Performance Tuning Workshop With Kirk Pepperdine (Nov. 9 & Jan. 11 in Calif.)

Sun training has added two California workshops with Java Champion and performance-tuning expert Kirk Pepperdine.

Posted at 12:50PM Sep 15, 2009 by GD in Training and Learning  | 

Get a Free Certification Retake With a Java Certification Package

Save up to 20% with a Java Certification Package and get two tries to pass the exam. All Java packages include the training to help you prepare, an ePractice exam, a certification voucher, and now a retake voucher. Learn more.

Posted at 12:45PM Sep 15, 2009 by GD in Training and Learning  |  Comments[2]

Oracle and Sun

Oracle directed this ad to Sun customers who read the Wall Street Journal today.

Posted at 11:49AM Sep 10, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

Deep Dive Video: What's New in JDK 7, With Danny Coward

Sun Developer Network's Ed Ort interviews Danny Coward of the Java client team to see what's new and exciting in JDK 7. Watch Deep Dive - What's New in JDK 7.

Posted at 09:44AM Sep 02, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

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  | 

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  | 

Java Performance Tuning Workshop With Java Champion Kirk Pepperdine: Sept. 29-Oct. 2, New York, N.Y.

Attend this comprehensive four-day Extreme Learning workshop with Kirk Pepperdine.

Posted at 12:13PM Aug 07, 2009 by GD in Training and Learning  | 

Java Programming (With Passion!): Register and Start Learning Today

If you're a high-school or college student with some extra time on your hands, try your skills in this self-paced course. Older students are also welcome.

Posted at 10:28AM Aug 01, 2009 by GD in Students  |  Comments[3]

Interview With Sten Anderson, Grand-Prize Winner of the JavaFX Coding Challenge

Chhandomay Mandal talks with Sten Anderson, winner of the grand prize in the JavaFX Coding Challenge for the application "Music Explorer FX," about developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) in the Java ecosystem. Listen to the interview on Blog Talk Radio or read the PDF transcript.

Posted at 08:00AM Jul 31, 2009 by GD in JavaFX  | 

Interview With Diego Benna, Student Winner of the JavaFX Coding Challenge

Maijaliisa Burkert interviews Diego Benna, who won in the student segment of the JavaFX Coding Challenge for the application "Real Track Car Race." Listen to the interview on Blog Talk Radio or read the PDF transcript.

Posted at 04:37PM Jul 30, 2009 by GD in JavaFX  | 

MySQL Librarian: Cherry-Picking the Best Community Content

Giuseppe Maxia has announced a new resource for developers who use MySQL: MySQL Librarian. The MySQL Librarian collects and cherry-picks the best community-generated MySQL content on the Web. Take a look.

Posted at 09:29AM Jul 23, 2009 by GD in Sun Developer Network  |