LINKS: Sun Campus Ambassador Tech Lead, NITK SURATHKAL INDIA

Catch all the latest happenings and initiatives from Sun India University Program. CampusWorld Newsletter Link. You can also download in PDF Format. Congratulations to the entire team and special thanks to Ganesh Hiregoudar, Rajesh Umashankar, Vijaya , Coordinators, All the Campus Ambassadors and the volunteers for making all the wonderful things happen.

Register for content rich Sun software webcasts at http://www.sun.com/software/webinars . You can also play the replay of sessions.

Some of the topics currently available for registration are-

1. Access Management, Federation and Secure Web Services with OpenSSO Enterprise
2. From Integrated Information to Complete Information: Managing Master Data

Replays -
1. GlassFish High Availability in Virtualized Environments
2. Enterprise-Ready Database, Monitoring and Support with MySQL Enterprise
3. Automating the access certification challenge with Sun's solution for Identity Compliance
4. Sun's Open Source SOA - Less Risk and Cost, More Flexibility

Sun Studio Express
11/08 is now available!
The latest Sun Studio Express release with updated features and
enhancementss is now available for download. Available on
OpenSolaris 2008.05, Solaris 10 and Linux (RHEL 5/SuSe 10/Ubuntu
8.04/CentOS 5.1),
Sun Studio Express 11/08 features:
1. Full OpenMP 3.0 compiler support
2. Enhanced Performance Analysis of
MPI applications
3. Updated IDE based on NetBeans 6.5
4. Remote Development and Debugging
capabilities
5. New stand-alone lightweight GUI
debugger, dbxtool
Improved Performance for Intel
x86, AMD x86, UltraSPARC and SPARC64-based systems 

Download
a free unrestricted copy today
Also folks that register their Sun Studio
product can register Sample chapter from the book
Solaris
Application Programming by Darryl Gove titled, Correctness and
Debug.  This offer is also available for SDN members.

Register for Sun Tech Days 2009 at Hyderabad and get an early bird discount plus a Gift. Learn more about Sun Tech Days here.

Student Opportunity at OpenSPARC/ Haskell at Haskell.org

Article on OpenStorage Adoption at HPC Portal

LinkedIN Upgrades with SUN and MYSQL

LinkedIn Clicks With Sun Microsystems and MySQL to Power Over 25
Million Professionals Worldwide

Sun Web Stack: Optimized AMP Stack for Solaris and Linux

Tomcat today, Glassfish tomorrow

Getting Started With OpenSolaris Project Crossbow or Network
Virtualization

Project Spotlight - GlassFish Resources for Students/Teachers

New Multicore e book - free download

Sun Microsystems To Provide Technology Platform For NBC's
Online Coverage Of The Beijing
Olympic Games

Catch all the latest action in the world of Javafx  HERE

Like Cool sun Goodies / Merchandise ? Go to http://sunwear.sun.com/  .Get cool Bags, Hats, Shirts, Geeky Java Gadgets etc. 

Sun Microsystems and Amity Join Hands to Provide Globally Renowned Curriculum to Students in India

2 steps 2 win a SUNSPOT 

1. Register to the SUN DEVELOPER NETWORK (SDN)  here


2. Read the Sun quest Chronicles and win one of the 7 SUNSPOTS. Hurry.
   

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Sun Technologies are the most important in the web space and web companies especially web 2.0 start ups need to make the best use of Sun technologies to be technically relevant in todays fast paced world.

Most Important Reasons being to prove it :
UltraSparc - Worlds First true System on a Chip
Solaris Operating System
Crossbow - Network Virtualisation and Resource Control
ZFS
Glassfish - Open Source Application Server
MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaDB
Java
Javafx for generating Rich Internet Applications
Sun's Next Generation Web Technologies
Now let me
explain each Technology in detail so that you get to know why SUN
technologies are the best for web and solve the myth.
Let us start
from server side. Typically a web company ( Web 2.0 Social networking
sites, Web application Service providers and others) needs a Good Web
Server ( Hardware and Software)
Web Servers need good computing speed and power. Sun has the perfect stack for running the latest Technologies.
Lets Start from the microelectronic layer - Yes UltraSparc T2 Processor powered Server.
Some of its cool features:
Higher performance and throughput, more network bandwidth, integrated security, low power consumption
Optimized to run multithreaded applications rapidly, efficiently, and securely
Superior consolidation and virtualization capabilities: Up to 64 domains on a single processor
Leverages Solaris 10, the most advanced OS available
Built in Virtualisation facilities like Ldoms
Features and Benefits
Revolutionary Multithreaded Networking
Unprecedented Throughput
Faster I/O Expansion
The Consolidation Processor
"Zero Cost" Security
Advantages for OEMs and Developers
With All
these cool features its no doubt Sun Ultra Sparc supported Processors
can handle the load efficiently which a Typical Web Application (
Example Online Transaction Analytical Processing ) would impose on the
underlying OS /Hardware.
Next we come
to Solaris Operating System - The Best and Most Advanced OS on the
Planet. Lot of innovation has been happening in OS like Dynamic Tracing
(Dtrace) , Zetta Byte File System (ZFS) , Service Management Facility
(SMF), Predictive Self Healing, Virtualisation using Zones ( Containers
), Network Virtualisation and Resource Management using Project
Crossbow etc.
Perhaps the most revolutionary Technology applicable to the web is the Database. And Sun has 3 databases to offer.

The best in the pack being MySQL which it recently acquired. The coolest features based on my personal experience are :
Easy to use and very Developer Friendly - even a newborn can start creating tables and forms.
Well integrated with PHP , Python , Java , Ruby etc. The Database ODBC Drivers are easily available.
Open Source , Hence No vendor Lock in.
Free . Customer needs to just pay for the Support / Service. Hence lower TOTAL cost of ownership (TCO).
Has a pluggable Database Engine which is a great innovation unique to MYSQL.
All these amazing Database Technologies Along with ZFS storage
solutions can store really large amounts of Data at very cheap cost and
also retrieve data within a flash giving a good experience for a user
visiting a user.
Now we get to Application Layer where you have a plethora of
technologies supported by SUN. Java leads the way. You have JavaFX to
develop sexy rich internet Applications ( RIAs) . JavaFX Script allows
you to make cool Applications in a very short time. You also have
visual tools to help ease of Development. And wait..... JavaFX is not
just for web. It also takes care of Mobile clients too. The processing
and networking capabilities in today's mobile handsets have the
potential to deliver a new class of rich, Internet-enabled content. To
allow content creators to tap into this power, Sun Microsystems is
bringing JavaFX technology to mobile devices. Moreover, JavaFX Mobile
builds on top of the market-leading Java ME platform to take advantage
of its powerful, device-level capabilities.

Just check the following web pages to experience Javafx.
JavaFX Technology at a Glance
JavaFX Home
JavaFX Learning Centre