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Does the market really want an open source stack from Sun?

Does the market really want an open source stack from Sun?'Openess'I believe you've used the words 'groundswell of interest' a few times in different blogs.That applies to what SUN is doing with Solaris and will do if and when Java becomes 'truly' Open Source.You just can't underestimate 'openess'! ;The only...

Tags: Web servers, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Servers, open source, Web server, iPlanet, Sun Microsystems Inc., Postgres, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2005-12-01

Sun Case Study: Government of Singapore

In a country where half of the population's families have Internet access, the goals of an integrated and electronic government in Singapore are to simplify the lives of its citizens and businesses through customer-centric services which are not only of higher quality but also more efficient. To realize this goal,...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., iPlanet, Government, Directory Services, Vertical Industries, Sun Solaris, Web Servers, Application Servers, Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Hardware

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Ldap Admin Tool (msi)

LDAP Admin Tool is the premier GUI administration tool for Ldap management, control and development. LDAP Admin Tool allows you to access OpenLDAP, Netscape/iPlanet, Novell eDirectory, Oracle Internet Directory, IBM Tivoli Directory, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Active Directory or any other LDAP v2 or LDAPv3 directory server. LDAP Admin Tool provides...

Tags: Administrator, Tool, LDAPSoft, LDAP Admin Tool, LDAP, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Ldap Browser (msi)

LDAP Browser is the premier GUI browser for directory browsing. LDAP Browser allows you to access OpenLDAP, Netscape/iPlanet, Novell eDirectory, Oracle Directory, IBM Tivoli Directory, Microsoft Active Directory or any v2/v3. LDAP Browser provides you with the ability to perform all the necessary read-only LDAP routines such as viewing entries,...

Tags: LDAPSoft, Ldap Browser, LDAP, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-14

Sun to acquire MySQL

Sun to acquire MySQLSo long, MySQL, you go to a slow lingering death...This is *NOT* good news for MySQL fans.If Sun does it right, they CAN satisfy both camps. And, it IS GPL, so itCAN be forked and Sun knows that. Look for Sun to play nice.RE: Sun to...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, SUN Now, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Conversation with Javier Soltero, CEO of Hyperic

title Javier Soltero, CEO and co-founder of Hyperic, and I had a fast moving discussion about management of virtualized environments, management architectures, the history of modern computing and came to the conclusion that a well designed architecture offers people freedom to select the best of new technology without fearing that...

Tags: Managing virtualized environments

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Details in tech journalism - a Sun Shiny example

Last Thursday Sun issued two sequential press releases signed by the same spokesman. The first, under the title "Sun Expands Solaris/SPARC CMT Innovation Leadership", announced the widespread availability of the 4GB DIMMS in the UltraSPARC T1 line, the corresponding megahertz rate increase to 1.4Ghz, progress on the "Neptune" TCP/IP...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp.

Blog posts 2007-01-22

Migrating Sun Java System Messenger Express Personal Address Book Using the PAB2ABS. Pl Utility

The Messenger Express Web-based email client both Sun Java Enterprise System and iPlanet versions includes a Personal Address Book PAB application for storing and managing user's personal information, such as email addresses and phone numbers. Sun Java System Communications Express, the unified Web client introduced in Sun Java Enterprise System...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, E-mail, Java, Online Communications, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2006-12-08

Red Hat-JBoss points up seismic shift to an open source stack model

It's a seismic shift, this proposed acquisition of JBoss by Red Hat. The open source code/commercial support business model is no longer just riding a commoditizing wave among certain IT stack runtime and tools components. The model is now carving out a disruptive place on a full, modern IT stack...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2006-04-10

Eco Sun rising with the UltraSPARC T1

Eco Sun rising with the UltraSPARC T1Sun is the next Digital ....Jonathan is correct in that "volume begets value", however Sun is not a volume company. In 2001 we at META Group wrote an article called "Sun is the next digital unless…" on the basis that server infrastructure had shifted...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Processors, IT Services, IT Management, T1, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2005-11-14

McNealy holds hope for 'iPod moments'

McNealy holds hope for 'iPod moments'Soon Sun will take back the crown....and destroy both Microsoft and IBM! YES! GO SUN!!!:-) :-) :-)PersistenceI think Apple's success is because of its persistence. They release new product after new product after new product each a little better than the last and even when...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iPod Moment, Apple iPod, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-09-20

One man's corporate standard--another man's monoculture?

One man's corporate standard--another man's monoculture?Or just turn automatic update on and be done with it.Seems pretty simple...Corporate standardStandards certainly reduce the costs of running an IT department, and since an IT department is a G&A cost center reductions are unqualified Good Things.For example, we're in the process of some...

Tags: Linux, Quality, UNIX, Operating systems, One-Man, Active Technology, DeFacto Standard, monoculture

Discussion threads 2005-08-19

License management still a big business

Even with the danger of the SCO case fading, license management is proving to be a vital niche in the open source universe. Proof comes with today's announcement that former Sun chief marketing and strategy officer Mark Tolliver is the new CEO of Palamida, a license compliance service. (The picture...

Tags: Mark Tolliver, Palamida

Blog posts 2005-05-02

Active Directory: adoption rates reveal extent of pervasiveness

Active Directory: adoption rates reveal extent of pervasivenessOK, so businesses have upgraded their serversI bet that most of these businesses haven't used most of the features of Active Directory, they're just using it for user management.Still a Third Rate DirectoryIt doesn't matter what MS says. AD is still a...

Tags: Directory services, Operating systems, Novell NDS, advertisement, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, pervasiveness, adoption rate, Novell NetWare

Discussion threads 2004-11-17

Red Hat drafts Sun exec for desktop Linux push

Red Hat drafts Sun exec for desktop Linux pushIs there anybody in there?Don't know about you, but anyone who wants to incoporate 5 year old code into OSS needs their head examined.Red Hat drafts Sun exec for desktop Linux pushRed Hat needs all the help it can get. First...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, desktop, Linux, Red Hat Inc., server, Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop Linux

Discussion threads 2004-10-18

Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server software

Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server softwareHuh?I thought that by now most Linux users had gone to Apache because it was better than the competition, including Netscape fasttrack server.Huh, Huh?I was not aware that AOL kept the rights to the server software. I thought Sun took the server, and AOL...

Tags: Directory services, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, software, Netscape Server, Red Hat Inc., content management system, Netscape Communications Corp., server, directory server, America Online Inc., Huh, Netscape Directory Server

Discussion threads 2004-09-30

Sun's Big Blue bluff?

Sun's Big Blue bluff?I smell a set-upClearly Sun and MS both would benefit from a wounded IBM.Sun settles with MS and collects approx $1.9 bil along with long term cooperative agreements. There is an ongoing attack against GNU/Linux which will intensify. MS has already attacked Linux and IBM by ...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-08-05

LDAP Browser (msi)

LDAP Browser is a premier Windows Explorer-like LDAP Directory client available for Win32 platforms. LDAP Browser is indispensable if someone is involved in the creation and maintenance of complex systems comprised of various LDAP-based components. For example, these systems could be LDAP-based distributed emailing or public key management using various...

Tags: LDAP Browser, LDAP, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2002-01-25

Osterman Research Case Study: WorldCom

This case study presents an overview of WorldCom's application of iPlanet directory solutions. WorldCom found itself growing along side a myriad of acquisitions. In addition to its traditional communications business, the company needed to address new lines of business, which include the switching fabric, data multiplexing, services provisioning and some...

Tags: Osterman Research, WorldCom Inc., Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

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Imanami Case Study: King's College Hospital

Damian had to share key identity data with an external system. It had limited time, a very limited budget, and it was not sure if your data is accurate in the first place. DTM looked like an ideal solution to Damian's problem. DTM is designed to synchronize Active Directory with...

Tags: Hospital, DTM, LDAP, Microsoft Excel, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Microsoft Office, Databases, Software, Office Suites, Data Management

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