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Get Connected

Finally! The Sun Update Connection service was announced! It is the first service delivered under the Sun Connection umbrella of services and products.

Think of it as a way to make it easier to update servers and workstations. You can manage them through the Update Manager, which is a rich client application residing on the Solaris 10 system. Or you can use the Sun Update Connection portal to manage more than one system at a time. This works for both Sparc based systems as well as x86 and x64 systems. A big emphasis was put in making sure that the x86 and x64 systems were fully supported.

If you watched the NC05Q2 keynote, you had the chance to watch the demo of the Sun Update Connection. You wouldn't believe how much work and preparation went into a 90 seconds demo. I do think that it is all worthwhile though.

I must admit that it is a Big Deal[tm] to have this product introduced by people such as Jonathan Schwartz and Johnny Loicano (EVP of Software). it shows how much excitement and energy was created by this product in the upper management teams.

There's still a lot of work to be done before we go live for full general access. But it is looking good so far, and there is some light at the end of the tunnel :)

-- Fred
( May 03 2005, 03:42:54 PM MDT ) Permalink Comments [0]