A team of international student and Sun Campus ambassador Alper Celik, developed an open source networking solution at KTH – Stockholm, which converts a regular PC into a router !!!
OpenCASE is an Open Source project. This project’s outcome is a whole network solution completely based on open source software. Using OpenCASE solution, regular PCs can be turned into routers. But not only that, they can also run networking services like Network Administration, Traffic Monitoring, DNS, Web Server and so on.
Open source networking solution, which is 70% cheaper than proprietary alternatives in the market, developed to help capacity building in African Research and Education Networks. Open Case’s software, which is completely free, customizable and open for further improvements, has been developed to be used in regular PCs. The software provides complete network systems that include not only the routing but also the management and security means. Comparison tests against well known network companies’ products gave great results and proved what our technology can truly deliver on the promises of internet today.
If you would like learn more about the JavaEE5/GlassFish security topic, please check Jagadesh Babu Munta’s blog post about the issue. Here is some part of his post :
It useful to have a reference for all GlassFish application server related information. Here is what I could collect now ( as part1)!
Do you work on an innovative project based on FOSS technology? Have you experience with FOSS Communities and how they can change the nature of traditional project success ?
• Development and deployment in the cloud and virtualization
• Social networks and Web 2.0 trends
• RIAs, scripting, and tools
• Dynamic languages, databases, and Web and application servers
• Open-source projects, business models, and trends
• And more
Send an 150word (max) abstract to CommunityOne-Oslo@sun.com
We’re opening our doors. CommunityOne is an open developer conference sponsored by Sun Microsystems. After two capacity years in San Francisco, we’re rolling out the red carpet in Oslo in April. What can you expect at CommunityOne? No marketing hype or selling tactics, just the opportunity to evaluate open-source projects that span languages (Java(TM), PHP,Groovy, AJAX, Ruby, Python), operating systems (OpenSolaris(TM), Linux, Android), Web and application servers (GlassFish(TM), Apache), databases (MySQL(TM)), services, and more. And you can attend the CommunityOne Oslo main conference at no cost.
This course runs very much like a regular college course in which the students are expected to do weekly homework after studying the presentation material and doing the hands-on lab but it is free and can be taken online. There is also class email alias where students can ask/answer questions.
For more information, please go to the course websites below.
It is a great pleasure for us to announce that KTH Sun OSUM Club is the first club in *EUROPE* to surpass 100 members and join the *OSUM Century Club* !
We would like to thank everyone who helped us through this process. Kent Åberg, Emil Granberg, Kjell Högstrom, Thorbiörn Fritzon and Stefan Alariksson just to name a few..
We will do our best to increase Sun’s market share, mind share, and partnerships through our events at KTH.
For our members, soon we are preparing a surprise for you ! Please follow our blog to hear about the details !
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OSUM (pronounced “awesome”) is a global community of students that are passionate about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and how it is Changing (Y)Our World.
Sun created OSUM to encourage collaboration between student groups to create an even stronger open source community.
Today we organized an event under the Start-up day 2008. It was really nice to meet with 400 students and talk with them about open source, java, start up essentials, netbeans, solaris and other activities of KTH OSUM group. We believe with marketing of KTH OSUM club, we will soon reach 100 members. We proudly say that, we have a very good student community at KTH and they are really active and cool people. They are really high level students and also they have lots of entrepreneurial spirit.
Soon, we will start our Java learning seminars and we will organize at least 3-4 java seminars. We believe, we will be able to get at least 100 students again for this workshops and also try to help them to learn java and get certified by Sun Microsystems. Please continue to follow our blog and it will be nice to meet with all of you guys at java workshops. See you soon.
If you want to learn more about OpenStorage and D-Trace which are cutting edge technologies of OpenSolaris, it is time to get excited ! Because Solaris Product Specialist, Kjell Högström from Sun Microsystems is going to have a presentation about these new technologies on 28th of October, 2008 in Kista Campus (forum building) SAL-D at 5pm. We will also have a mingle session with refreshments along with Free DVDs and Operating System books.
Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to a professional and an experienced Unix administrator.
Kjell Högström, Sun Microsystems AB,Sweden. He has been with Sun for nine years and since seven years ago he holds his position as product specialist for Solaris. Before joining Sun he worked at Uppsala University. He has seventeen years of Unix experience.
We created an OSUM group for those of you who want to connect with hundreds of student clubs (OSUMs) from around the world. You can register yourself at http://osum.sun.com/group/kthOSUM
OSUM members will gain benefits that can help them prepare for an IT career by getting access to the latest open-source technologies including free media kits and student-developer resources. Training:
Hands-on training through student projects and games
Online training through the Sun Academic Initiative program
Preparation for and discounts on Sun certification3
OSUM activities that encourage team building
In addition, OSUM members can reap the following social benefits:
Global social interaction and camaraderie with other student developers
Opportunities to collaborate with each other on projects and activities in a fun and engaging way
Development of interpersonal skills
A better attitude about learning
A sense of accomplishment, with a growing sense of competency and self-esteem
Opportunities to get challenged, get motivated, and get excited
The OSUM has two elements that create the organization: Physical and Virtual.
Physical: The OSUM energizes students to participate on campus in Sun’s communities through tech demos, projects, and activities based on open-source technologies and communities that Sun supports.
Monthly meetings
Typical activities
Student projects
Games
Guest speakers
Installfests
Open-source events
Face-to-face interaction with campus OSUM members
Virtual: OSUMs enables student developers to connect to each other and to Sun through a virtual social network. New OSUMs and existing student-developer groups that affiliate with the Sun OSUM program will receive free access to the OSUM web site. Benefits of this web site include the following:
A feature-rich social networking site that can host the web site for each individual OSUM and connect it to OSUMs and their members around the world
Everyday interaction with a global community of student developers
Students will be able to do the following:
Write blogs
Post comments
Use an instant-messaging application
Upload photos and videos
Post profiles of themselves
Communicate in forums
The OSUM web site allows students to participate and create the online communities. Students can create their own subgroups by technology, language, and other special interests.
Today is the “Software Freedom Day”. It is a special day for us, because it means freedom and openness of software. Today in the morning, we met with people from Linux, Red Hat, Ubuntu communities and some more volunteers and we distributed CDs, brochures, T-shirts and tried to inform people about the free and open source software.
That was a really good and successful day for us since we have spoken with many people and celebrated the SFD 2008 in Stockholm. After having a successful event at Sergels Torg (The Centre of Stockholm), we had another event at KTH main campus. Many free and open source lovers were there as well with us and celebrated SFD 2008.
We met with each other and some students wanted us to organize more workshops about mobile programming, operating systems and java programming. Today was really a good day and we had a lot of fun. We made new friends, introduced ourselves and talked about the free and open source software and their benefits.
As we talked in the mingling session, after the presentation, we will start organizing workshops at KTH campuses. This year we will try to organize more events at main campus but we are also very interested in Kista campus. So, just keep looking at our web blog and come and join us, to learn more, to make friends, have fun and improve yourselves.
In the city, we talked with people, especially with young people, to show them that they also have another options rather than the well-known software products in the market. We also tried to educate them about Solaris Operating System and encourage them to use it. It was a lot of fun, because we even talked with some sculptures and they loved Solaris and Java.
Here is the presentation slides (You can download it if you want)
Here are the videos from event in the city center (in English and in Swedish)
It gives us a great pleasure to announce you the new SAI Learning Connection (SAILC). SAI Learning Connection will give you access to the FREE / No Cost web courses needed to get Sun Certified !
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