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VULNERABILIDADES. Nuevas variantes que afectan a productos de Sun Java

komz — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:21:38 +0000

Sun Java Runtime Environment XML Data Processing Multiple Vulnerabilities
Sun Java Runtime Environment Multiple Unspecified Same Origin Policy Violation Vulnerabilities

Sun Java SE Java Management Extensions (JMX) Unspecified Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Sun Java Runtime Environment Virtual Machine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

fuente: securityfocus.com

Sun Solaris

Achmad — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:38:03 +0000

Biasanya, istilah Sistem Operasi sering ditujukan kepada semua software yang masuk dalam satu paket

OSUM

brokenz1 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:07 +0000

OSUM adalah singkatan dari Open Source University Meetup. OSUM (baca: awesome) merupakan sebuah komunitas yang diluncurkan oleh Sun Microsystem yang didalamnya terdapat banyak sekali member dari seluruh dunia tak terkecuali Indonesia sendiri. Komunitas ini berfungsi untuk mendorong mahasiswa berpartisipasi dan berkontribusi dalam bidang FOSS (Free Open Source Software). Penampilan web OSUM yang tampak mirip seperti Facebook ini membuat banyak member baru cepat beradaptasi dengan bagaimana cara mengunakan situs ini, tak hanya untuk menambah teman dalam komunitas ini namun juga banyak resource yang di dapat seperti Java, MySQL, OpenOffice, Netbeans, Opensolaris dan OpenSPARC serta Glassfish.

Selain resource diatas, OSUM juga mempunyai program SAI (Sun Academic Initiative) yaitu pembelajaran secara online dan gratis yang tentu di dalamnya adalah digunakan untuk mempersiapkan sertifikasi Sun seperti SCJA, SCJP, SCSA, SCNA, SCSAS dll. Tak hanya pembelajaran yang diberikan namun juga diskon ujian sertifikasi yang hampir 75% dari US$300 menjadi US$40. Wah, andaikan saja saya masih kuliah saat ini. Tentu SAI akan saya manfaatkan dengan baik, karena SAI ini hanya diperuntukan untuk kalangan akademisi saja.

OSUM yang didalamnya juga terdiri dari banyak komunitas lagi seperti komunitas Java, MySQL, Netbeans dan yang terakhir adalah OSUG (Open Solaris User Group). Kita bisa berdiskusi sesuai dengan topic dan komunitas yang tepat, tentu saja di web portal OSUM, kita juga bisa menulis blog yang tentunya nanti bisa dibaca oleh member OSUM yang tak hanya dari Indonesia namun juga dari seluruh dunia tentunya jika tulisan kita berbahasa Inggris. Komunitas yang sedang berkembang dan memang masih seumur jagung adalah OSUG, di Indonesia sendiri sudah banyak berdiri OSUG daerah seperti OSUG Medan, OSUG Riau, OSUG Jakarta, OSUG Bandung, OSUG Jogja, OSUG Malang dan OSUG Surabaya. Walaupun masih seumur jagung, namun perkembangan penggunanya begitu cepat.

Sekarang, OSUM sudah mencapai 180+ group yang tersebar di seluruh Indonesia dengan member total 10.000+ menjadikan komunitas OSUM Indonesia layak diperhitungkan di Sun Global. Semua itu tak lepas dari peran OSUM Leader dari seluruh nusantara tentunya juga berkat bimbingan dari mas Alex Budiyanto (OSUM Community Manager). Anda ingin bergabung, silahkan kunjungi http://osum.sun.com . Mungkin jika kampus anda belum terdaftar, segera saja create group untuk kampus anda, caranya adalah setelah anda berhasil login di OSUM klik group -> add a group atau anda bisa langsung ke link ini. Selamat anda menjadi creator sekaligus OSUM Leader dan tentunya anda bisa bergabung di milist OSUM Leader Indonesia. Disana ada banyak rekan-rekan OSUM Leader yang menanti anda untuk belajar dan berkembang bersama.

Μαζικές απολύσεις προανήγγειλε η εταιρία πληροφορικής Sun Microsystem

xollothnews — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:46:38 +0000

Μαζικές απολύσεις προανήγγειλε η εταιρία πληροφορικής Sun Microsystem – Pathfinder Tech

Νέα Yόρκη: Σε απολύσεις 3.000 εργαζομένων της, ή αλλιώς του 10% των 29.000 υπαλλήλων της παγκοσμίως, θα προχωρήσει η εταιρία πληροφορικής Sun Microsystems, εξαιτίας -όπως υποστηρίζει η διοίκησή της- της καθυστέρησης της εξαγοράς της, έναντι 7,4 δις δολαρίων ΗΠΑ, από την Oracle, η οποία εξετάζεται από τις αντιμονοπωλιακές αρχές της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.

Οι απολύσεις θα γίνουν μέσα στους επόμενους 12 μήνες, σύμφωνα με έγγραφο της Sun το οποίο στάλθηκε στην επιτροπή κεφαλαιαγοράς των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών (SEC).[next]

SFD Polban 2009

brokenz1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:19:58 +0000

SFD singkatan dari Software Freedom Day merupakan salah satu perayaan yang diselenggarakan pada tanggal 19 September. Acara ini diselenggarakan setahun sekali ini dan dirayakan di semua tempat di berbagai belahan dunia termasuk di Indonesia. Namun karena di Indonesia tanggal 19 September berdekatan dengan hari raya Iedul Fitri 1430H, maka acara ini dilaksanakan secara serentak di kampus-kampus di seluruh Indonesia pada tanggal 3 Oktober (walaupun ada beberapa kampus yang mengadakannya menyusul dikarenakan teknis, birokrasi dll).

Acara yang di dukung dan di support oleh Sun Microsystem ini memang sangat menarik antusias mahasiswa khususnya. Kami dari rekan-rekan OSUM Polban dan bekerja sama dengan Divisi IPTEK HIMATEL (Himpunan Mahasiswa Telekomunikasi) Polban mengadakan acara di Lab Telematika Prodi Telkom. Acara yang bertema seminar dan workshop ini dihadiri oleh sekitar 60 mahasiswa yang dibagi dalam 2 sesi karena keterbatasan tempat. Acara ini memperkenalkan OSUM yang diisi oleh Yudha Gunawan (OSUM Leader Polban), Opensource yang diisi oleh Ismail Faruqi (Creator OSUM Polban) dan Instalasi Opensolaris serta Ubuntu 9.04 oleh Lukman Prihandika (OSUG Leader II Bandung).

Acara ini juga di hadiri oleh mas Alex Budiyanto (OSUM Community Manager, Campus Ambassador Coordinator, Community Development Officer Sun Microsystems Indonesia). Secara singkat acara ini berlangsung sukses walaupun ada beberapa kendala sedikit mengenai masalah perangkat hardware yang kurang memadai namun antusias peserta untuk lebih mengenal apa itu opensource baik Opensolaris maupun Linux lewat segudang pertanyaan yang diajukan peserta membuat saya menjadi senang.

Dalam acara ini juga di selipkan pembagian berbagai macam doorprize atau biasa disebut rekan OSUM sebagai goodies seperti buku Guide Opensolaris, tas, CD chase, kaos OSUG Indonesia, sticker dll untuk menambah kemeriahan acara SFD ini.

Kami mengucapkan terimakasih pada pihak Sun Microsystem, Birokrasi Polban, Prodi Telkom dan IPTEK HIMATEL Polban serta tak lupa pada rekan OSUM di seantero negeri ini yang juga ikut memeriahkan acara SFD ini. Semoga acara ini bisa dilaksanakan lagi tahun depan dengan kegiatan yang lebih baik dari tahun ini.

Sun Developer Days 2009

Wasu-Karnlakorn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:22:55 +0000

เมื่อวันศุกร์ที่ผ่านมา ผมได้มีโอกาสได้ไปร่วมงาน Sun Developer Days 2009 ที่โรงแรม Intercontinental ใ

Cloud still on top

AJx — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:43:25 +0000

Hi everyone, I have a reason to share another post with you and its another blissful moment which strikes the right cord in my life.

We(Nachi, Peri and me) were dazed to witness a mail from Sandra Davis, Technical Engineer, Sun Microsystems Inc. stating that she absolutely LOVED our paper on ‘Enhancing portable Environment using Cloud and Grid’ and has asked us to keep the good work on and write more about Technology. Sandra has also quoted that

I absolutely LOVE the article on cloud computing! It is easy to understand and really sparked my interest to learn more about this technology! I would like to see more articles written by you.

The words from Sandra Davis has impelled us and we are proud that we have done something which has been useful for someone who is gaining knowledge out of it. When we finished implementing our project we received flak reviews and i wrote it in my previous post ‘Efforts in Vain’ where i would have mentioned about how hard it was to get such a review from people who doesn’t know what Cloud Computing and Grid Computing deserves.

Some people hurled our project by just saying this has been already implemented by someone else. We thought our 4 months efforts were in vain, but now we are elated about the mail sent by Sandra. Thus Cloud and Grid kept our hopes alive!

Cloud and Grid Rocks!!

AJx

Asus Eee PC 1002HA

snkillerbeast — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:51:22 +0000

Last Saturday was an amazing Saturday.

El Rey brought me (after our debates and me acting like a child) to Low Yat to buy myself a netbook. A small 10 inch portable PC enough to run word-related programs. This is an effort to continue on with my writing career and allowing me to catch up on private, and quiet writing time when he’s away for business in the next coming months.

Please see here for a clear overview of the PC.

Operating System	Genuine Microsoft Windows® XP (*Pre-installed with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 60-day Trial) GNU Linux
Display	10.1″ LED Backlight
Intel CPU & Chipset	Intel Atom N270 & Intel 945GSE / ICH7-M
Wireless Data Network	WLAN: 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth V2.0
Memory	1GB (DDR2) *Memory size may differ and is upgradable, please contact local dealers for more details.
Hybird Storage	160GB HDD 10GB Eee Storage *Eee Storage service is complimentary for the first 18 months. Please register account information for 6 months extension (depend on country)
Camera	1.3M Pixel
Audio	Build-in stereo speakers High-Definition Audio CODEC Digital Array Mic.
Storage Cards	4-in-1 MMC, SD, Memory Stick and MS-PRO flash card slot
Input / Output	1 x VGA port (D-sub 15-pin for external monitor) 3 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x LAN RJ-45 2 x audio jacks: Headphone / Mic-in
Battery	Li-polymer Battery 5 hrs* *Operation lifetime subject to product model, normal usage conditions and configurations. Learn more about battery life >>
Dimension	264 mm (W) x 181 mm (D) x 27.6 mm (H)
Weight	1.2kg
Infusion	Argent Grey

Well to me, it is not that important to get the latest technology (although it’ll be nice to have) because all I’m using it for is to surf the net, talk on MSN and just keep writing. Also, it’s small and lightweight enough to carry around in my handbag so I dont have to bring another bulky laptop bag everywhere I go.

So far, it’s been great and that I have no trouble with the small QWERTY keyboard. Although, I might have to get used to the small backspace and Enter buttons on the sides. I always miss those.

So I’m trying to download Open Office from Sun Microsystems for FREE so I don’t have to buy Microsoft Word etc. Open Office is 100% compatible with Microsoft Word and can do everything that Word can do and more!

And I got the go ahead to adopt another cat! This is for the company of Puddie. IK, you owe us so much, if you’re reading this. So study harder!

Win – WIn – Win situation for me.

Also just to let you guys know that I have the best husband ever. EEEEVVVEEERRRR…

Thanks babe!

I Became OSUM Leader of My University

burakddd — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:11:10 +0000

First start with what is OSUM(i think it pronounce like awsome at least thats what people in the sit

Evento EVOLUTION: JAVA MASTERS DAY’S 2009

rogertrips — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:08:36 +0000

Con el fin de mostrar las últimas tendencias y tecnología Java en los diversos modelos de negocios q

Sonid-Osum promocional e intro

sonidosum — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:16:27 +0000

Promocional SONID-OSUM

El podcast para los osumembers y todo aquel iniciado en los lenguajes mas usados pero menos conocidos

noticias, eventos y los mas importante en OSUM y las tecnologías Sun Microsystem

Sun Java SE Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

komz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:16:09 +0000

Sun has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Java SE.

Very little technical information is currently available on these issues. This BID will be updated as the vendor advisories are released.

These issues are addressed in the following releases:

JDK and JRE 6 Update 15
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 20
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_22
SDK and JRE 1.3.1_26

Published: Aug 03 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 04 2009 10:24PM

REFERENCIAS

Advance notification of Security Updates for Java SE (Sun)

Java SE 6 Update Release Notes (Sun)

fuente: securityfocus.com

NUEVAS VULNERABILIDADES. Tres nuevas vulnerabilidades que afectan a Sun Solaris

komz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:54:16 +0000

Sun Solaris NFS Version 4 Kernel Module Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris SCTP Packet Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sun Solaris IP Filter (ipf(5)) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published: Jul 15 2009
Updated: Jul 16 2009

REFERENCIA SUN
fuente: securityfocus.com

Open Jive 2009

Wasu-Karnlakorn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:14:32 +0000

หลังจากหนึ่งเดือนอันยาวนานในการตรากตรำปั่นโค้ดทั้งวันทั้งคืน (ทั้งวันทั้งคืนนี่รวมเวลากินข้าว เล่นเก

Virtual Box

raymondcardoza — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:01:09 +0000

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Its feature rich,in high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See “About VirtualBox” for an introduction.

Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.

VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Sun ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.

For more info : http://www.virtualbox.org/

Download : Virtual Box

VirtualBox 3, beta ke 2

kulinet — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:02:44 +0000

Silakan dicicipi :

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.0.0_BETA2/

Ini dia kutipan dari pengumuman rilisnya via Forumnya VirtualBox:

Please do not use this VirtualBox Beta release on production machines. A VirtualBox Beta release should be considered a bleeding-edge release meant for early evaluation and testing purposes.

You can download the binaries here.

Please do NOT open bug reports at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads but use this forum to report any problems with the Beta.

Changes since Beta 1: (regressions and fixes for new features only; additional fixes below)

High CPU usage with certain idle Windows guests (e.g. XP SP2)

Performance improvements for SMP guests

Reset issues with SMP guests

Windows 7 x64 boot problems with SMP

Windows 7 shutdown hangs with SMP

Hanging VM when unmounting an ISO with SMP guests

Several OpenGL & Direct3D related fixes

Version 3.0 will be a major update. The following major new features were added:

Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only)

Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games (experimental)

Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests

In addition, the following items were ﬁxed and/or added:

Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826)

Solaris hosts: tighten the restriction for contiguous physical memory under certain conditions

Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE

Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264)

VMM: ﬁxed occassional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only)

VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don’t support this feature (most do); bug #638)

VMM: ﬁxed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927)

VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels)

VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227)

VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040)

GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo)

GUI: redesigned settings dialogs

GUI: allow to create/remove one host-only network adapters

GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters (non Windows hosts)

GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export)

GUI: Fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157)

3D support: fixed VM crashes for client apps using incorrect opengl states

VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client

Networking: ﬁxed another problem with TX checksum ofﬂoading with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18

NAT: allow to conﬁgure socket and internal parameters

VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080)

VHD: ﬁxed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image

VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes

VBoxManage: ﬁxed incorrect partition table processing when creating VMDK ﬁles giving raw partition access (bug #3510)

OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility ﬁxes

Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782)

Shared Folders: sometimes a ﬁle was created using the wrong permissions (2.2.0 regression; bug #3785)

Shared Folders: allow to change ﬁle attributes from Linux guests and use the correct ﬁle mode when creating ﬁles

Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain conditions (bug #1187)

Shared Folders: ﬁxed incorrect ﬁle timestamps, when using Windows guest on a Linux host (bug #3404)

X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes

Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time syncronization and guest property lookup

Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users, basic network information)

Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically (requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed)

USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional devices to work, notably webcams

Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented web service.

Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface inheritance correctly, fixed

Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously unavailable

Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now

Application Development: Sun's Java Store Targets Millions of Desktop, Online Users

prehiringtest — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:18:17 +0000

At the 2009 JavaOne conference, Sun Microsystems gave the first public demonstration of its Java Store—a new distribution channel for developers to directly connect with the more than 800 million desktop Java technology users, Sun says.

The Java Store is a consumer-facing storefront for the discovery and purchase of Java and JavaFX applications. Sun is aiming high with the Java Store, which it released as a beta for developers at JavaOne. The company is first targeting the desktop, but will later enable Java-based applications for smartphones and other devices to be sold through the store. More information on the Java Store can be found at http://store.java.com.

Open Solaris 2009.06

Slamet Budi Santoso — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:56:58 +0000

Ups… siapa tuh? Eh, ternyata pak Pos, bawa kiriman buatku. Apa ya? Ternyata, commercial sample Open Solaris 2009. Buka bungkusnya, ternyata Open Solaris 2009.06 versi LiveCD.

Open Solaris 2009.06

Dan baru malam ini dicoba… hasilnya, sbb:

Desktop: berbasis Gnome, sama seperti Linux (Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, dll)
Internet: biasa juga, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin.
Aplikasi perkantoran: saat kucoba LiveCD, ternyata cuma ada Evince, document reader.
Permainan: standar seperti di Linux
Aplikasi pengembangan: tidak ada

Tapi bagusnya, wireless atheros bawaan Dell Vostro A840-ku bisa digunakan pada mode LiveCD. Fasilitas lainnya miriplah dengan Linux. Mungkin karena Open Solaris juga keturunan *Nix. Efek 3D juga tersedia. Aplikasi multimedia juga ada, standar. Aplikasi grafis, hanya ada penampil foto/gambar.

Firefox di Open Solaris 2009.06

Jadi pikir-pikir… Linux, Open Solaris, BSD??? Mana ya yang cocok buat ngegantiin tugas si Vista di rumah. O iya, karena Open Solaris ini produk dari Sun Microsystem, sudah dilengkapi dengan dukungan terhadap Java (baik standar environment atau development). Sayangnya, NetBeans belum dimasukkan dalam paketnya.

Satu lagi, Open Solaris juga sudah menyediakan shortcut untuk instalasi pada mode LiveCD, dan tidak ketinggalan… bahasa Indonesia juga sudah didukung!

No hay nada dicho : Accionistas de SUN votaran la oferta de Oracle el 16 de julio

mimomellamo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:29:38 +0000

Sun Microsystems ha programado una reunión especial de accionistas para el 16 de julio para una vota

Virtualization For Dummies

mimomellamo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:14:38 +0000

Más presentación no necesita este libro, nunca está de más. Click en la Imagen.

OpenSolaris Kit

w3hol — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:26:23 +0000

Baru saja kemaren saya menerima kiriman opensolaris kit, bagi OpenSolaris freak yang berada di jogja jika membutuhkan cd gratis opensolaris hubungi saya saja. saya akan berikan cd tersebut kepada anda, semoga bermanfaat untuk digunakan.

thanks :
Rachmat Febrianto
Jogja OpenSolaris Leader

Oracle bought Sun hopefully not to be succumbed like Microsoft

ryansa — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:40:49 +0000

Oracle acquired Sun, finally. I knew that someday this inorganic growth strategy will happen as Orac

Oracle Corp Buoyancy and Plan Post Sun Microsystem Acquisition

Ryan Stephanus — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:15:14 +0000

News and interview of Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle Corp) of his plan post the acquisition of Sun Miscrosystem

Oracle CEO to IBM, HP: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up. We’re Keeping Sun’s Hardware.

by John Paczkowski
Posted on May 8, 2009 at 4:55 AM PT

Larry Ellison’s got some news for skeptics predicting Oracle will dump the Sun Microsystems hardware business when its $7.4 billion acquisition of the company closes: It’s not gonna happen. In an interview with Reuters subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Oracle CEO said he plans to maintain that part of Sun’s business. “We are definitely not going to exit the hardware business,” Ellison explained. “While most hardware businesses are low-margin, companies like Apple and Cisco enjoy very high-margins because they do a good job of designing their hardware and software to work together. If a company designs both hardware and software, it can build much better systems than if they only design the software. That’s why Apple’s iPhone is so much better than Microsoft phones.”Zing.

Ellison went on to note that Oracle has big plans for Sun’s SPARC chips as well. “Once we own Sun we’re going to increase the investment in SPARC,” he said. “We think designing our own chips is very, very important. Even Apple is designing its own chips these days. Right now, SPARC chips do some things better than Intel chips and vice-versa. For example, SPARC is much more energy efficient than Intel while delivering the same performance on a per socket basis. This is not just a green issue, it’s an economic issue. Today, database centers are paying as much for electricity to run their computers as they pay to buy their computers. SPARC machines are much less expensive to run than Intel machines….our primary reason for designing our own chips is to build computers with the very best performance, reliability and security available in the market. Some system features work much better if they are implemented in silicon rather than software. Once we own Sun, we’ll be able to plan and synchronize new features from silicon to software, just like IBM and the other big system suppliers. We want to work with Fujitsu to design advanced features into the SPARC microprocessor aimed at improving Oracle database performance. In my opinion, this will enable SPARC Solaris open-system mainframes and servers to challenge IBM’s dominance in the data center. Sun was very successful for a very long time selling computer systems based on the SPARC chip and the Solaris operating system. Now, with the added power of integrated Oracle software, we think they can be again.”

Oracle’s (ORCL) intentions for Sun’s (JAVA) hardware business come as great news for engineers worried they might lose their jobs as a result of Oracle’s surprise acquisition of the company. Bad news for rivals like Dell (DELL), Hewlett Packard (HPQ), and IBM (IBM), though. Having Oracle out there in the market peddling an integrated hardware and software solution is going to make their lives more difficult.

Download the Oracle Released Ellison’s intervew

Route 128...Technology Innovation...Then...And Now!

bostonkayakguy — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:28:05 +0000

Image via Wikipedia “It’s very seductive to live here…,” says Virtual Comput

Welcome hanuman on board

Arjun Ram — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:13:35 +0000

: Image via Wikipedia

Things have been pretty busy for us here at Taazza, more people on-board (announcements in a few) and loads of work. But the workhorse that is helping do all the work is Hanuman, the SUN machine(x4150) that has been gracefully given to us by SUN Microsystems. For those who don’t know Hanuman, he is a character from the Indian Mythology who personifies strength, belief & the will to accomplish things, something we expect from our server

I have pleasant memories of SUN Microsystems, as it was the first UNIX machine that I started my career with. They bring strong R & D experience and support to our organization. I would like to thank Bakshish Dutta of SUN Startup Essentials for making this happen. They have been an invaluable partner and have been helpful in getting us started.

And trust me we are putting Hanuman’s strength to good use Our Hadoop clusters, crawlers are pounding the server pretty good.

The churn has begun.. Interesting times ahead

Looking forward to a great partnership with SUN!

Hanuman took a great ride home from the shipping center (Indian style). I leave you with some pictures of his journey.