[advocacy-discuss] Fwd: CommunityOne coverage report
Dan Roberts
Dan.Roberts at Sun.COM
Thu Jun 11 10:51:48 PDT 2009
Thought folks might be interested in this... :)
>
> **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.
>
> ###
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