This NEWS.COM article tells about Sun’s plans for some of
its upcoming CPUs, including the UltraSPARC IV and V, as
well as multi-core processors and designs based on technologies
from recently-acquired Afara Microsystems.Link

According to this NEWS.COM article, Sun will be releasing the
Sun ONE Instant Messaging Server software sometime this spring.
Link

Sun talks about the Orion project, aiming towards making
a version of Solaris that contains its entire collection
of software – but yet making it easier to license, install,
and manage, in this NEWS.COM article.Link

According to this NEWS.COM article, Sun will be using
AMD processors in the x86 versions of their upcoming blade
servers.Link

N1 Provisioning Server technology brings extensive virtualization and
provisioning capabilities to Sun’s N1 architecture. N1 Provisioning
Server software helps lower the cost of computing by creating a
centralized pool of IT resources that can be repurposed in minutes using
a Web browser.
Link

Sun has released the SunFire V1280 (12-way server), faster 1.2Ghz
CPUs for the Sun Fire 12K and 15K, the Sun Fire V880Z “Visualization
Server”, and the Sun Fire Blade platform, using “blade” servers in
the B1600 “Intelligent Shelf” chassis. Also announced was the Sun
N1 Provisioning Server 3.0 Blades Edition, for use with the new
“blade” hardware.Link

NextCom LLC announces today the availability of the first USB Ethernet
adapter with Solaris 8 and 9 support. Unix professionals now can add
this portable network adapter to any Sun Microsystems SunBlade,
Netra, SunRay Appliance with Sun Ray Server Software 2.0+ as well as
NextCom’s complete line of UltraSPARC notebooks and mobile servers.
Link

Sun invites you to join the Sun Net Talk Program, an online discussion
series. This series will enable IT professionals to obtain the relevant
business and technology intelligence needed to meet the demands of their
evolving profession.
Link

Steven Beebe has published a new book, “Learn Solaris 9 Through
Step-By-Step Lessons”. He has a free downloadable demonstration
version of the book available.
Link

Join us February 26 and 27 for our first NYC Solaris Tools (Sun ONE
Studio Compiler Collection/Forte Developer) and NYC Java Tools (Sun
ONE Studio for Java/Forte for Java) User Group sessions. These meetings
will be held in the Sun Microsystems office located at 101 Park Ave. in
New York City. To register for one or both of these sessions, please
visit:
http://developer.iplanet.com/usergroups/signup.jsp. If you are not
currently a member of this User Group, we will consider your
registration request an application for membership. Our regional User
Groups meet twice yearly and provide our customers an opportunity to hear
updates from the product groups at Sun, meet their peers in other customer
organizations, and provide feedback on our products.
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A supposedly internal memo from Sun published on internalmemos.com
outlines current problems with Sun’s implementation of Java on
Solaris, compares it performance-wise to other languages such as
Python, and outlines specific issues with the Solaris JRE that need
to be fixed.Link

Sun has a good Blueprints series article up about building
OpenSSH on Solaris.Link

I found Solaris (for Sol7, but works fine on Sol9) binaries
for the “Phoenix” browser, based on Mozilla, today. Works
so far so good on my SunBlade 100.Link

Peritek Corporation, the leading provider of mezzanine graphics boards for
embedded systems, has announced that it will begin distributing, at no cost,
Peritool, a suite of software utilities designed to aid in the testing and
debugging of PC hardware. PC functionality that can be analyzed with
Peritool includes PCI (probe, map, access config registers), memory (read,
write, test, etc.) and I/O (read, write). Peritool will be offered free to
hardware developers.Link

Peritek Corporation, the leading provider of mezzanine graphics boards for
embedded systems, has announced the addition of Solaris 9 support to its broad
family of single and dual-display SPARC/Solaris-compatible PMC, CompactPCI and
PCI graphics boards. In addition to updated Solaris DDX drivers, Peritek has
also released accelerated 3D OpenGL and VTS test software for Solaris 9.
Link