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New Features in OpenDS 2.0
Posted by marinasum on July 27, 2009 at 1:22 PM PDT
OpenDS community manager and architect Ludo Poitou has posted a series that highlights the new features in OpenDS 2.0, which he announced on July 17.
OpenDS 2.0 Ships
Posted by marinasum on July 19, 2009 at 9:07 PM PDT
OpenDS community manager and architect Ludo Poitou has announced that OpenDS 2.0 is now available along with Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0. Among the many enhancements and features are a graphical administration panel, an administration connector, and support for binary transfers.
Running the OpenSolaris OS From a Browser
Posted by marinasum on June 25, 2009 at 1:09 PM PDT
Interested in exploring the capabilities of the OpenSolaris OS? A Sun Learning Services beta program makes it really easy: You can run the OS from a browser—with no downloads or installations, for one hour at a time.
OpenDS and OpenSSO on FISL's Presentation Agenda in Brazil This Week
Posted by marinasum on June 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM PDT
This Friday, June 26, architects Ludo Poitou and Pat Patterson of OpenDS and OpenSSO, respectively, will present at FISL [Forum Internacional Software Livre in Portuguese for International Free Software Forum, "South America's biggest open-source conference," according to Pat],
OpenDS 2.0.0 Release Candidate 2 Ships
Posted by marinasum on June 15, 2009 at 8:12 AM PDT
OpenDS community manager and architect Ludo Poitou has announced the release of OpenDS 2.0.0 Release Candidate 2. Besides bug fixes, the release includes many new capabilities, including enhanced multimaster replication and recurring tasks.
Transcript of OpenSolaris Slashdot Chat
Posted by marinasum on June 10, 2009 at 3:28 PM PDT
Have a look at the transcript of the May 28 OpenSolaris live chat, at which several senior OpenSolaris folks answered questions posted by the attendees.
Catching Up With OpenDS Community Manager at JavaOne
Posted by marinasum on June 5, 2009 at 9:39 AM PDT
It's always a pleasure to visit with Ludo Poitou, community manager and architect for OpenDS, Sun's open-source project for a next-generation directory service.
An Eye-Opening Talk on UI Design
Posted by marinasum on June 4, 2009 at 9:28 AM PDT
I much enjoyed listening to Ben Galbraith of Mozilla expound on user-interface design at JavaOne yesterday afternoon. Not only is the title, Creating Compelling User Interfaces, eye-catching, the content is well supported by quotations from experts.
The Importance of UI
Technical Session on SOA's Deployment Challenges
Posted by marinasum on June 3, 2009 at 11:29 AM PDT
The presentation by eBay distinguished architect Sastry Malladi at JavaOne on Tuesday afternoon illuminated the benefits, misconceptions, and deployment challenges of service-oriented architecture (SOA). He also described how eBay tackles the issues.
On Java University at JavaOne
Posted by marinasum on June 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM PDT
Java University at 2009 JavaOne was held on Sunday afternoon, May 31, and all day Monday, June 1. Earlier today, I caught up with Joe Boulenouar, senior Java specialist at Sun, and asked him how everything went in those 1-1/2 days.
"Wonderfully," Joe beamed.
