sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun Information/Product Abstracts SunFLASH Vol 64 #32 April 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64.32 Sun Information/Product Abstracts This article contains brief descriptions of several Sun announcements. I'm sorry that I've had to bunch so many Sun announcements together in this abstract. As I was in CA attending a Sun event and the Solaris Devlopers Conference, it was hard to keep up with producing SunFlash. For the same reason, I have not processed many of your requests to moved to the weekly, monthly or full distributions lists. All requests will be processed in the next week or so. These articles have not been previously posted to SunFlash. They are available from flashadm@sun.com by email only. 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If the autoresponder does not respond to your requests within a reasonable time - please resubmit and include in the body of your email request email-to followed by your email address. -johnj (13 articles, 102Kb, 1985 lines - about 31 US pages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Size In Title Number Kb/lines 64.19 11 206 SunSoft Debuts Solaris 2.4 64.20 7 120 Solaris: UNIX Platform Of Choice 64.21 6 106 Roadmap For Solaris Distributed Objects 64.22 8 143 Latin American Stock Exchanges and Sun 64.23 6 112 Enterprise Computing Summit at Moscone 64.24 7 143 SunSoft: NetWorker for Solaris 64.25 9 198 Sun: Details of Third Quarter Results 64.26 15 329 SunPics Announces SPARCprinter II 64.27 7 131 STB Exhibits at Solutions Fair 64.28 7 134 SunConnect, Network Peripherals 64.29 6 120 Trusted Solaris 1.1 64.30 6 118 Solaris and MS-Windows, DOS, MAC Apps 64.31 7 125 Solaris x86 Key To Big SunSoft Wins Totals:102 1985 How To Request An Article - Example ----------------------------------- %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 ^D % Place the list articles numbers on the same line as the Subject keyword. Separate article numbers with a space (e.g 63.39 63.40). If Articles Don't Arrive After a Reasonable Time ------------------------------------------------ I get a number of requests that come from sites that do not have their mail system set up properly. Some requests have their return path or the From: lines mangled as they travel through the net. If you suspect that your requested article is not getting to you because of an email address problem, then resubmit and add the keyword "email-to" in the body of the message: %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 email-to foo%bar@name.domain ^D % -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 64.19 SunSoft Debuts Newest Version Of Solaris 2 SunSoft, Inc. unveiled its upcoming release of Solaris 2 for SPARC, x86 and Pentium processors. The new release, called Solaris 2.4, is a feature-for-feature compatible product for both SPARC and Intel platforms and is derived from a single source base -- a first in the UNIX industry. SunSoft has created the most powerful Intel-based system software environment available to the marketplace, by providing all of the power, scalability and features historically available only to high-end RISC systems to the x86 platform. This new release was demonstrated and delivered to 2,000 developers, OEMs and customers at the company's third annual Solaris Developer Conference. (206 lines) 64.20 Solaris Continues Momentum As UNIX Platform Of Choice SunSoft Inc. announced that there are now nearly 8,800 applications available for Solaris, the industry's leading UNIX operating environment. Nearly 2,500 applications are shipping today for Solaris 2 on SPARC -- a 300 percent increase from a year ago. And, nearly 2,000 more applications are currently being ported and tested. Currently, more than 850 applications are shipping or being tested for Solaris x86. The company also announced that the industry's leading database vendors are making their products available on Solaris x86: Oracle Corporation, Informix Software, Inc., Progress Software, The ASK Group and Borland International, Inc. This announcement was made in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 customers, OEMs and developers at the company's third annual Solaris Developer Conference. (120 lines) 64.21 SunSoft Unveils Roadmap For Solaris Distributed Objects SunSoft, Inc. revealed its roadmap for the delivery of Project DOE (Distributed Object Environment), the industry's first mainstream, distributed object environment based on Object Management Group (OMG) standards for corporate developers and end users. SunSoft plans to deliver the first release of Project DOE in early 1995, which will bring distributed object capability to the Solaris system software solution. The DOE environment will significantly reduce the overall cost of software development and management through the use of "snap-together" software components, or objects, to create large-scale, distributed, mission-critical applications. (106 lines) 64.22 Two Latin American Stock Exchanges Choose Sun The Chile and Costa Rica electronic stock exchanges will be among the first in Latin America to automate their trading floors with advanced computer technology. Both exchanges have selected low-cost, high-performance workstations from Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). These exchanges will be automated with more than 100 SPARCstation computers and a SPARCserver 1000 system running the Solaris distributed computing environment. (143 lines) 64.23 Enterprise Computing Summit at Moscone Sun commandeered the Moscone Center (San Francisco, CA) for the week of April 5 to demonstrate its unique vision for enterprise computing, reinforcing its position as a leader in the $19.6 billion UNIX(R) systems marketplace*. A sold-out crowd attended the SMCC Enterprise Computing Summit, which demonstrated how Sun's newest products serve the entire corporate computing market. The foundation for Sun's vision and delivery of solutions today is its 12-year legacy of open, network computing, a key differentiator from PC-based solutions and offering many advantages over centralized mainframe/minicomputer environments. (*) Dataquest, total UNIX preliminary factory revenue (excluding PCs) for calendar year 1993. (112 lines) 64.24 SunSoft Introduces Solaris Enterprise Data Management Products NetWorker for Solaris -- Addresses Growing Data Management Crisis SunSoft, Inc. introduced NetWorker for Solaris, a heterogeneous backup product that extends the company's robust array of data management technologies. NetWorker for Solaris, based on Legato Systems' award-winning NetWorker software, provides a suite of backup, recovery and archiving features for users of Solaris, NetWare, PCs and UNIX platforms. Solaris data management capabilities help IS managers and end users easily organize, access, store and recover critical information located across the enterprise. This announcement was made in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 developers, OEMs and customers at the Solaris Developer Conference. (143 lines) 64.25 Sun Microsystems Reports Details of Third Quarter Results Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ:SUNW) reported revenues of $1.196 billion, up 5 percent from the $1.141 billion reported for the corresponding period of fiscal 1993. Net income for the third quarter was $57.5 million, or $0.60 per share, compared with $51.7 million, or $0.47 per share, for the same period a year ago. The company's computer systems subsidiary, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, shipped more than 67 thousand systems. SunSoft, Inc., the company's system software subsidiary, distributed 91 thousand Solaris(R) and UNIX(R) licenses. (198 lines) 64.26 SunPics Announces SPARCprinter II SunPics, the printing and imaging business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., introduced SPARCprinter(TM) II, a feature-packed network printer that offers the best price/performance available for entry-level Sun(R) workgroups. SPARCprinter II builds on the original SPARCprinter design, Sun's best-selling printer for Sun environments. The new laser printer offers a complete package of features for demanding workgroups, including an advanced print engine from Lexmark(TM) International, Inc., 600 x 600 dot-per-inch (dpi) resolution, 12 page-per-minute rated production speed, image smoothing, PostScript(TM) language compatibility, and a 500-page feeder tray option. It also conserves power and resources with an Energy Star-compliant rating and a customer-installable duplex printing option for two-sided printing. (329 lines) 64.27 STB Exhibits at Solutions Fair in San Francisco SPARC Technology Business (STB) announced that Codonics, Inc., Cray Research Systems, GNP Computers and Opus Systems will demonstrate various products, all based on SPARC(R) technology, at the first ever Solutions Fair to be held April 5 - 7, 1994, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Solutions Fair will feature some of the most innovative technologies being developed for enterprise computing by Sun and more than 150 of Sun's key partners. (yes, this has happened already and as I was there, I couldn't get the SunFlash out until now. -johnj) (131 lines) 64.28 SunConnect, Network Peripherals Joint Agreement Provides complete, high-performance FDDI solutions for SPARC SunConnect announced it has entered into a development agreement with Network Peripherals Inc. to deliver high-performance FDDI network solutions for the SPARC platform. The new agreement is aimed at providing Sun system users with broader, more cost-effective ways to leverage FDDI technology for high-speed, bandwidth-intensive applications such as multimedia, CAD/CAM, factory automation, and enterprise network backbones. (134 lines) 64.29 Sun Federal Introduces Trusted Solaris 1.1 Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. introduced Trusted Solaris(tm) 1.1, the second release of Sun's distributed, secure operating environment for networked computer systems. Trusted Solaris 1.1 meets relevant security standards (NCSC B1 and DIA CMW requirements), as well as applicable industry standards including the OPEN LOOK(R) Graphical User Interface, MaxSix (tm) and SPARC(R) ABI. It is the only distributed operating system for which network security is being evaluated by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States; and in the United Kingdom, it is being tested against the Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC). Competitive products are being evaluated only as stand-alone systems. (120 lines) 64.30 SunSoft introduces Wabi 1.1. Solaris to support MAE SunSoft, Inc introduced Wabi 1.1, an enhanced version of its popular Wabi technology which enables users to run Microsoft Windows applications on the Solaris software environment without compromising performance. SunSoft also introduced Merge for Solaris which offers MS-DOS-application support for the Solaris x86 software environment. In addition to MS-Windows and MS-DOS, Solaris also will support Macintosh applications through the Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) offered by Apple Computer. The three products, shown at the third annual Solaris Developer Conference being held in San Francisco this week, create a complete PC-Macintosh desktop environment for Solaris SPARC- and Solaris x86-based systems. (118 lines) 64.31 Solaris x86 Key To Big SunSoft Wins Worldwide SunSoft, Inc. announced three new wins for its Solaris x86 operating environment. The Oberfinanzdirektion (OFD) of Lower Saxony, one of Germany's tax authorities, has chosen Solaris x86 to run on 8,800 Siemens-Nixdorf desktop systems, in 68 tax offices throughout the Lower Saxony region. This was the largest procurement of its type in Germany in recent years. In addition, the Australian Army has just chosen Solaris x86 for 500 installations, where it will be bundled with a range of commercial, off-the-shelf software packages, giving all Army locations a standard office software environment. Solaris is expected to be installed in all Army sites over the next five years. (125 lines) ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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