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> > **CommunityOne Coverage Report ? 06/01/09, 4:00 p.m. PT** > > Coverage continues to appear as a result of today?s CommunityOne > announcements. Articles have been generally positive, with 44 > stories appearing in key business and trade publications and across > the blogosphere including InternetNews, InfoWorld and Dr Dobb?s > Journal. > > OpenSolaris has remained a key coverage driver with 80 percent of > articles referencing this news. Articles have focused on the > enhanced networking, virtualization and storage capabilities for the > open source operating system in addition to the new commercial > support on offer. 68% of stories referenced Project Crossbow and the > significance of this networking technology development with > InternetNews.com commenting that ?Crossbow will also give the > OpenSolaris networking stack a greater degree of performance, with > optimized delivery for newer networking standards.? The Register > also highlighted the great performance of OpenSolaris 2009.06 > stating that ?OpenSolaris 2009.06 has 35 per cent better memory > management, 22 per cent better integer math performance, and 18 per > cent better multithread scheduler management compared to the latest > Linux releases.? 57% of articles also featured a quote from a Sun > executive. > > Preview pieces ahead of the first day of JavaOne have continued to > appear. Dr Dobb?s Journal comments that ?the show floor is packed > with cool Java-related demos from a lot of companies. There's no let- > up in Java-related activity despite the state of the economy? while > ZDNet has also published a look ahead at what to expect from JavaOne > 2009 with speculation around announcements on GlassFish, Java SE 7 > and JavaFX. > > Analysts have been quoted throughout today?s coverage with both > RedMonk and Gartner discussing the future of the JavaOne community. > RedMonk?s Stephen O?Grady stated that "Java is here to stay for the > foreseeable? while Gartner?s Mark Driver commented that ?the Java > platform is a huge standard for developing next generation IT > solutions.? > > More than 600 tweets have appeared using the CommunityOne Twitter > hashtag with analysts, reporters and developers all continuing to > join the conversation. This morning?s keynotes generated a > significant amount of discussion with both the cloud and OpenSolaris > announcements, and specifically the open networking capabilities of > Project Crossbow, being a major conversation driver. To view > aggregated tweets, please click here > <http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23communityone > >. > > Coverage is expected to continue to appear following today?s keynote > and panel discussions. Another report will be circulated at > 11:00a.m. tomorrow covering both CommunityOne and JavaOne news. > > *_KEY QUOTES_* > > As a follow on to Sun's ZFS technology, which reinvented the > fundamental concept of file systems, Project Crossbow's complete re- > architecture of the network stack becomes the new standard for how > networking at the operating system level is done. ? Sys-Con > > With this announcement, Sun continues to deliver on a holistic, > built-in virtualization design for networking, storage and > application abstraction, raising performance and scale to new highs > for the industry. ? Sys-Con > > Crossbow will also give the OpenSolaris networking stack a greater > degree of performance, with optimized delivery for newer networking > standards like 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 40 Gigabit InfiniBand. ? > Internetnews.com > > I can tell you that the show floor is packed with cool Java-related > demos from a lot of companies. There's no let-up in Java-related > activity despite the state of the economy. ? Dr. Dobb?s Journal > > The team at Sun behind OpenSolaris has unleashed OpenSolaris 2009.06 > upon the world. This new release comes packed with new features, > changes, improvements, and fixes, and is the first release of > OpenSolaris for SPARC. ? OS News > > Because Sun is competing against Linux for a lot of accounts, it is > always comparing OpenSolaris to Linux. On its Project libMicro > performance benchmark suite, OpenSolaris 2009.06 has 35 per cent > better memory management, 22 per cent better integer math > performance, and 18 per cent better multithread scheduler management > compared to the latest Linux releases on the same iron. ? The Register > > The OpenSolaris 2009.06 release is notable for a few reasons. Unlike > other development operating systems, such as Red Hat's Fedora and > Novell's openSUSE, OpenSolaris is available with the full suite of > support services from Sun. -- The Register > > Oracle's stewardship is important, agreed RedMonk's O'Grady. But he > said the Java community has its own critical mass. "Java is here to > stay for the foreseeable future, almost independent of what Oracle > does." -- San Jose Mercury News > > Sun is making an aggressive push into cloud computing with its > upcoming Sun Cloud, which officials said will be based on open- > source technology, including MySQL, Glassfish and the ZFS file > system. --eWeek > > "Sun is taking a very aggressive position here," said Objective > Analysis analyst Jim Handy. "SSDs are nice, but without proper > software support, they really don't do much to help the system out. > That's why SSDs' penetration in the PC is still significantly below > 1 percent. There is a lot of value in the kind of SSD support > software that ZFS includes. -- Enterprise Storage Forum > > The new version, however, will be offered with an enterprise-grade > support contract that puts it on an equal footing with Solaris 10, > and it now supports Sun's high-end Sparc processor. The support > contract is a sign that OpenSolaris is becoming enterprise-ready, > the company said. -- ZDNet > > *_HEADLINES_* > > * JavaOne conference opens as Sun prepares to exit the stage > <http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12478412 > > -- San Jose Mercury News (also appeared on Contra Costa Times), 6/1 > > ** *Sun Launches Cloud Services Portfolio > <http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Sun-Launches-Cloud-Services-Portfolio-126808/%20 > > > -- eWEEK (also appeared on eChannelLine), 6/1 > > ** *OpenSolaris is becoming more like regular Solaris > <http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/305247/opensolaris_becoming_more_like_regular_solaris > > > -- InfoWorld (also appeared on PC World, CIO, The Industry > Standard, Computerworld UK, Australian Techworld, Computerworld > Australia and Techworld), 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris: Foreshadowing Next Solaris? > <http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3822886/OpenSolaris+Foreshadowing+Next+Solaris.htm > > > -- InternetNews.com, 6/1 > > ** *Sun Adds Solid State Drive Management to ZFS > <http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/technology/news/article.php/3822801 > > -- Enterprise Storage Forum, 6/1 > > * Swan Song for JavaOne? Better Not, Larry > <http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3822751/Swan+Song+for+JavaOne+Better+Not+Larry.htm > > > -- InternetNews, 6/1 > > * Sun rolls out OpenSolaris 2009.06 release > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/sun_rolls_opensolaris_2009_06/ > > -- The Register, 6/1* *(also appeared on Dominic Fallows) > > * Adobe buffs and brands full Flash suite > <file:///C:%5CDocuments%20and%20Settings%5Cjcheney%5CLocal%20Settings%5CLocal%20Settings%5CTemporary%20Internet%20Files%5CContent.Outlook%5CZ5F6POUU%5CAdobe%20buffs%20and%20brands%20full%20Flash%20suite > > > -- The Register, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris updated > <http://gcn.com/articles/2009/06/01/web-opensolaris-tech-brief.aspx > > -- Government Computer News, 6/1 > > * Sun Rolls Out OpenSolaris 2009.06 > <http://www.ddj.com/hpc-high-performance-computing/217701050 > > -- Dr. Dobb's Journal, 6/1 > > * JavaOne/CommunityOne Day .5 > <http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=JavaOne-CommunityOne-Day-.5.html&Itemid=29 > > > -- Dr. Dobb's Journal, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris 2009.06 Released > <http://www.osnews.com/story/21596/OpenSolaris_2009_06_Released > > -- OS News, 6/1 > > * Sprint Developer Sandbox launches at JavaOne > <http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/sprint-developer-sandbox-launches-javaone/2009-06-01 > > > -- FierceMobileContent, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris 2009.06 Is Here > <http://news.softpedia.com/news/OpenSolaris-2009-06-Is-Here-113075.shtml > > -- Softpedia, 6/1 > > * Sun Achieves Major Milestone with New Release of OpenSolaris > <http://java.sys-con.com/node/983976 > > -- Sys-Con, 6/1s > > *_BLOG HEADLINES_* > > ** *Live Blogging from CommunityOne > <http://sellmic.com/blog/2009/06/01/live-blogging-from-communityone/ > >* *-- Sellmic.com, 6/1 > > * CommunityOne first impressions > <http://cmaki.blogspot.com/2009/06/communityone-first-impressions.html > > -- Chris Maki?s Blog, 6/1 > > * Sun rolls out OpenSolaris 2009.06 release > <http://www.sharecatalog.com/technology/sun-rolls-out-opensolaris-2009-06-release/ > > > -- Sharecatalog, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris at CommunityOne!! > <http://ekschi.com/technology/2009/06/01/opensolaris-at-communityone-2/ > > -- Technology Center of Tech, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris Arrives in a New Version > <http://ostatic.com/blog/opensolaris-arrives-in-a-new-version > > -- OStatic, 6/1 > > * Sun Achieves Major Milestone with New Release of OpenSolaris; > Incorporates Open Networking to* *Deliver Latest Features for Next > Generation of Solaris > <http://ekschi.com/technology/2009/06/01/sun-achieves-major-milestone-with-new-release-of-opensolaris-incorporates-open-networking-to-deliver-latest-features-for-next-generation-of-solaris/ > > > -- Technology Center of Tech, 6/1 > > * LongJump at JavaOne This Week (Booth 511) > <http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/ > > -- Cloud-Based Application Platform and PaaS -- LongJump, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris 2009.06 > <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=opensolaris_200906&num=1 > > -- Phoronix, 6/1 > > * Sun Announces New Professional Services Designed to Build Global > Customer?s Clouds > <http://ekschi.com/technology/2009/06/01/sun-announces-new-professional-services-designed-to-build-global-customers-clouds/ > > > -- Technology Center of Tech, 6/1 > > * OpenSolaris 2009.06 released > <http://www.h-online.com/open/OpenSolaris-2009-06-released--/news/113425 > > -- The H Open, 6/1 > > ** *There's Still a Ton Going On at Sun: Sun CEO > <http://ceo.ulitzer.com/node/982986 > >-- Utilizer.com, 6/1 > > * Cloud Computing Expo: Sun To Build Clouds > <http://cloudcomputing.ulitzer.com/node/982240 > > -- Utilizer.com (also appeared on Sys-Con), 6/1 > > * Sun adds enterprise features to OpenSolaris > <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39658763,00.htm > > -- ZDNet (also appeared on CNET and Astalavista), 6/1 > > * Sun shoots its final Open Solaris arrows > <http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4271 > > -- ZDNet, 6/1 > > * What to expect from Sun's JavaOne 2009 > <http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012853o-2000458459b,00.htm?new_comment > > > -- ZDNet, 6/1 > > * Last preparations and first impressions from JavaOne 2009 > <http://technology.amis.nl/blog/5512/last-preprations-and-first-impressions-from-javaone-2009-guess-who-is-not-a-sponsor-not-even-an-iron-or-wood-level > > > -- AMIS, 6/1 > > *_COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS_*__ > > OpenSolaris: Foreshadowing Next Solaris? > > InternetNews.com > > Sean Michael Kerner > > June 1, 2009 > > http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3822886/OpenSolaris+Foreshadowing+Next+Solaris.htm > > Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced a major new update to > its OpenSolaris operating system. Technically called OpenSolaris > 2009.06, the new release includes enhanced networking, > virtualization and storage capabilities for the open source > operating system. > > The new release is not considered by Sun to be a replacement for its > flagship Solaris 10 operating system, though Sun is now extending > commercial support for OpenSolaris 2009.06 for up to five years. The > 2009.06 release comes at a critical time for Sun and is likely the > last OpenSolaris release before Sun is acquired by Oracle (NASDAQ: > ORCL) later this year. > > "This is really a transparent development step toward the next > generation of the Solaris platform," Dan Roberts, director of > product management datacenter software marketing at Sun, told > InternetNews.com. "Initially, OpenSolaris had a developer-and > desktop-centric flavor, but in this release we've moved from just > desktop and developer to a datacenter-capable mission-critical > operating system." > > OpenSolaris first debuted in 2005 as Sun's effort to build the next > generation of Solaris in the open. It is updated frequently, with > the last major release, 2008.11, out last November. > > With OpenSolaris 2009.06, Sun is adding something that it calls > "Project Crossbow," which is a major rewrite of the Solaris > networking stack to support greater speeds. Project Crossbow also in > effect virtualizes the entire operating system network stack, > including the network interface cards (NICs) on a server. > > Roberts explained that in a traditional datacenter network topology, > there is a collection of servers in front of which are networking > switches, routers, load balancers and other appliances to manage > application traffic flow. With the move toward server > virtualization, Roberts noted that the same sort of consolidation > can be had from a networking perspective as well. > > "With Crossbow we are able to deliver a framework for virtualizing > the network stack to include virtual switches and routers inside of > the server to simplify connections," Roberts said. > > From a management point of view, Sun is adding the ability to do > resource management control from a bandwidth perspective for the > applications sitting on the Crossbow stack. As such, an OpenSolaris > administrator can in effect perform application traffic shaping on a > server for network optimization. > > Crossbow will also give the OpenSolaris networking stack a greater > degree of performance, with optimized delivery for newer networking > standards like 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 40 Gigabit InfiniBand. > > "We need to re-write the existing stack to be able to take advantage > of those higher speeds," Roberts said. "That's a lot of bandwidth, > and you need a stack that understands it." > > Roberts added that Sun is also previewing its next generation > clustering system which leverages Crossbow for optimized server > synchronization and hardware failover capabilities. > > OpenSolaris 2009.06 also includes native Microsoft CIFS (define) > integration for better Microsoft server compatibility. OpenSolaris > already includes support for Samba, which is a widely deployed open > source solution for accessing Microsoft file servers. Roberts > explained that having native CIFS is a better option. > > "Samba is a tunnel protocol that is just a little more complex for > people to set up and doesn?t have the same performance," Roberts > said. "By using CIFS, you have a native protocol in kernel that will > allow Windows systems to connect to it directly without having to do > the level of configuration that you often have to do with Samba." > > Roberts added that the CIFS integration is being licensed by Sun > from Microsoft as part of a cross-licensing deal with Microsoft. > > Solaris Next? > > As part of the 2009.06 rollout, Sun is also now set to provide up to > five years of commercial support for OpenSolaris. Yet even with > commercial support and new features, Sun does not consider > OpenSolaris to actually be a full replacement for Solaris 10 -? yet. > Sun updated Solaris 10 in April with the 5/09 release, including new > performance and security features. > > "You can consider it a preview of Solaris Next, but it is not yet > Solaris Next," Roberts said. "In this release, we are very clearly > positioning OpenSolaris towards deployment and as a preview for what > might be in the next version of Solaris, but we're not quite there > yet. We don?t have the same level of enterprise-class, ten-to-twelve > years of guaranteed support, or the same level of ISV support as we > have today with Solaris 10." > > +++ > > JavaOne/CommunityOne Day .5 > > Dr. Dobb's Journal > > Eric Bruno > > June 1, 2009 > > http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=JavaOne-CommunityOne-Day-.5.html&Itemid=29 > > > <http://dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=JavaOne-CommunityOne-Day-.5.html&Itemid=29 > > > > > Although tomorrow is the official start of JavaOne, the festivities > kick off today at CommunityOne, also held in Moscone in San > Francisco. To start things off, Sun announced the latest version of > OpenSolaris with three big new features: Project Crossbow (network > virtualization), Project COMSTAR (heterogeneous storage support), > and a plethora of server virtualization options. Read more here: > http://opensolaris.com > , or http://opensolaris.org > > Initial Impressions > > Being that I have exhibitor access, I can tell you that the show > floor is packed with cool Java-related demos from a lot of > companies. There's no let-up in Java-related activity despite the > state of the economy. I did notice that much of the JavaOne signage > outside of Moscone seems to be designed to have the Java trademark > stand on its own, without any hint of the Sun logo except in a far > corner of one of the windows. Perhaps this is intentional given the > pending acquisition, or perhaps I'm just looking for things like > that? Stay tuned for updates and news as they occur. > > +++ > > OpenSolaris 2009.06 Released > > OS News > > Thom Holwerda > > June 1, 2009 > > http://www.osnews.com/story/21596/OpenSolaris_2009_06_Released > > The team at Sun behind OpenSolaris has unleashed OpenSolaris 2009.06 > upon the world. This new release comes packed with new features, > changes, improvements, and fixes, and is the first release of > OpenSolaris for SPARC, adding support for UltraSPARC T1, T2 (Sun4v), > and UltraSPARC II, III and IV (Sun4u). Read on for some of the > improvements that stand out. > > Starting with features meant for us home users first, the Time > Slider feature in Nautilus has received a number of improvements and > new features. Time Slider is, simply put, a front-end to the > revision and snapshot features of ZFS, allowing easy access to these > otherwise technical aspects of ZFS. New in this release is the > ability to create a snapshot of your filesystem at any given moment, > and you can now also delete individual snapshots at your leisure. > The interface has also been polished up, and when looking under the > hood, you'll notice that they've multithreaded the entire thing, > meaning that browsing directories with as many as 4000 snapshots > (3000 years!) will cause no slowdown. > > Codeina is a new utility in this release which allows you to easily > install multimedia codecs, drawing them from the Fluendo store. Some > of those are available for free, while others require you to pay for > them. Also included in OpenSolaris 2009.06 is the Elisa media > centre. It's available in the repositories under SUNWgnome-media- > center. > > Moving on to the administrator side of things, OpenSolaris 2009.06 > comes with improved support for CIFS. "OpenSolaris CIFS service now > includes many new features such as host-based access control which > allows a CIFS server to restrict access to specific clients by IP > address, ACLs (access control lists) on shares, and client-side > caching of offline files and synchronization when reconnected." > Better interoperability with Window is always a good thing, so many > people will welcome these improvements. > > Another feature which I'm sure some of you will be very happy with > is Crossbow. "Crossbow network virtualization promotes more > effective sharing of network resources and enhances the ability to > consolidate server workloads. Using the basic building block of > Virtual Network Interface Controllers (VNICs), virtual switches and > interconnects, Virtual LANs (VLANs), plus OpenSolaris routing and > firewall functionality, it is possible to consolidate an entire > distributed computing environment on a single system for > prototyping, testing and even deployment scenarios." > > Obviously, hardware and laptop support have been further improved as > well. Get it from their download page. > > ###
