Hi all, you can find the finalists’ list from this link for the NetBeans 6.1 Beta version.

We hope you are all having great summer and getting ready for the up coming semester.

See you soon again !!!

After a very successful organization, brilliant participants and perfect games Swedish Game Award finally finished. Congratulations to organizers, students and sponsors. As Sun Microsystems, we were there and in our small stand, we gave away free t-shirts, CDs/DVDs, pens and much more. Also we showed the OpenSolaris 2008.05 from live CD and people really liked it.

After a very long day, we had a lovely dinner at the top of the Kultur Huset in the heart of Stockholm city and mingled around. As far as we observed from the game developers, they are quite familiar with Sun’s products and they like  using them.

We hope to see more and more projects for next years competition. See you next year !!!!

After having several workshops, events and a tough competition, Swedish Game Awards 2008 final event, the Grand Finale, will take place on the 24th of May 2008, at Kulturhuset Stockholm, Hörsalen on the 3rd Floor. Here is a brief timeplan of what will happen:

Grand Finale Timeplan

11:00-16:00 – Games Career Expo
During the day, the Games Career Expo will be open to the public in Hörsalen on the 3rd floor, Kulturhuset Stockholm. At the Expo you will be able to try out the nominated games and meet our partners. During the Expo, all submitted trailers will be shown in segments, you will also be able to meet some of last years winners and see how their games have evolved.

17:00-18:30 – Prize Ceremony
The Price Ceremony starts at 17:00 in Hörsalen on the 3rd floor, Kulturhuset Stockholm. Orvar Säfström will be hosting the Prize Ceremony where the the winners of Swedish Game Awards 2008 will be announced.

19:00 – Exlusive Dinner and Afterparty
All nominees will be invited to the exlusive Dinner and Afterparty after the Price Ceremony.

Two excellent mobile games have been nominated for the Java ME/Netbeans prize for 10 000 SEK, Swarm and Blocko; both teams will show off their games during the expo.

A decade ago, the server market looked very different than it does today. It was a market based on proprietary, closed technology, with limited opportunity for innovation. Then, the landscape changed, and server technology opened up around us.

Today, a similar sweeping change is happening in the storage marketplace, but this time, Sun is leading the way. Open Storage represents an important transition from proprietary, closed storage technology to open-source software, industry-standard hardware and innovative solutions.

Since Sun first introduced the concept of open storage one year ago, the OpenSolaris storage community has grown significantly with Sun- and non-Sun contributions, and OpenSolaris has become the industry’s best storage operating system. Many customers and original equipment manufacturers have already created storage infrastructure from general-purpose Sun servers and OpenSolaris with ZFS at a fraction of the cost of proprietary alternatives — without sacrificing any data integrity.

Because of the exciting hardware and software technology that’s emerged from years of engineering development at Sun, as well as the contributions of the OpenSolaris community, we are now able to offer the world’s first Open Storage platform. This is made possible through the combination of innovative storage features like ZFS in OpenSolaris, our industry-leading storage servers, and a forthcoming set of disk storage products based on breakthrough hardware technology. These advances in Sun’s core technologies create entire new revenue opportunities for Sun, enabling conversations with current and potential customers that were never before possible.

The benefits of Sun’s Open Storage approach to customers, developers, and partners are dramatic.

Because customers can now build storage infrastructure by combining OpenSolaris with general-purpose servers and simple disk enclosures, they are set free from the last bastion of proprietary technology in the data center. Sun’s Open Storage enables customers to freely mix and match data center components to produce storage systems which can be re-purposed by simply adding new software. With this approach, customers can accelerate the pace of their businesses and save up to 90% on their storage costs over closed, proprietary storage.

Developers can now deliver network storage services more quickly, on multiple platforms, with the support of a passionate open source storage community. And, consistent with Sun’s approach to all our products, we’re making our Open Storage technologies widely available, for the advancement of everyone in the industry.

Sun’s extensive expertise across the entire technology stack - microprocessor, server, storage, software, and networking - positions us to lead in this exciting new segment of the storage market. We have now come full circle since releasing NFS two decades ago - expanding the platform to not just network-attached storage, but to various other kinds of storage and countless new kinds of applications.

Once you feel you know what Open Storage is all about, test yourself by taking the Open Storage Challenge. The first 700 people to take the quiz will receive a “Set Your Storage Free” tie-dye t-shirt.

For More Information:
OpenSolaris Storage Community: http://opensolaris.org/os/storage
Open Storage Wiki: http://wikihome.sfbay.sun.com/Systems/Wiki.jsp?page=OpenStorage
Open Storage Expert Community Wiki: http://wikihome.sfbay.sun.com/openstorage/Wiki.jsp?page=Main
Open Storage Selling Resources: http://mysales.central.sun.com/public/storage/openstorage.html
Open Storage Sun.com website: www.sun.com/openstorage
Join the Open Storage Facebook community at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12774638036

Review OpenSolaris OS and/or NetBeans IDE 6.1 for…
• a chance to win a grand prize of $250 in Visa Debit Card, and
• 5 chances to win a prize of $100 in Visa Debit Card
Simply:
1. Download OpenSolaris OS and/or NetBeans IDE 6.1.
2. Test the product and post a review!
3. Submit the URL of your review.
4. Do it before June 6, 2008.

Need ideas for what to post to claim the top prize? Here are some suggestions:
a) Describe your OpenSolaris OS installation experience and what it took for you to make it up and running on your hardware platform
b) Run benchmarks and show how OpenSolaris OS performed against a competing OS
c) Create a “how-to” on solving a specific problem using OpenSolaris OS  or NetBeans IDE 6.1 (use detailed instructions, code snippets, commands and outputs etc. as appropriate)
d) Share your deep insight about OpenSolaris OS  or NetBeans IDE 6.1, including your favorite features
e) Give suggestions on how to enhance the OpenSolaris OS or NetBeans IDE 6.1
f) Build a cool plug-in to share with the NetBeans Community.

Student Contest Description

Student Contest Flier

Student Reviews Contest Rules

We organized Sun SPOT presentations at KTH this week. First one was in main campus and the second one was in Kista campus, where all the IT students and companies are located. We got good responses from participants and we are happy to share our knowledge with the community.

Here you can watch a sample project from KTH Campus Ambassadors and Kenneth.

After the presentation some of the students asked about the presentation slides. Here you can re-check the slides. If you need more and deeper information please do not hesitate to contact with us.

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If you are a student who is studying in Swedish universities, it means that you are eligible for a free voucher to certify yourself.

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