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The Holy See Chooses Sun Microsystems
Sun ^ | June 8 2005 | Sun

Posted on 03/10/2006 1:19:24 PM PST by theFIRMbss

Sun Java Enterprise System Provides Reliable, Secure Messaging Infrastructure

Santa Clara, Calif. - June 8 2005 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, has been chosen by the Holy See to provide a secure end-to-end infrastructure to manage its Internet Office activities. The Sun Java Enterprise System, an integrated, open standards-based software system, along with Sun Fire servers running the Solaris Operating System and connected to a Sun StorEdge array create the foundation of this collaborative infrastructure.

"E-mail is one of the most important IT services we provide at the Holy See -- enabling our internal communication, facilitating correspondence between our consulates, and aiding our worldwide evangelization efforts," said Sister Judith Zoebelein, Internet Office, Holy See. "We now have an efficient, easy-to-manage enterprise communications solution that can reliably support our massive volume of daily e-mail traffic."

As the first phase of the project, the Sun Client Solutions team designed and implemented an end-to-end messaging infrastructure in just two months, which was comprised of key components of the Sun Java Enterprise System, including the Messaging Server and Directory Server.

The Messaging Server's enhanced e-mail account management, security and filtering capabilities enable messages to be managed in a highly sophisticated way, enabling the new messaging solution to support more than 100,000 e-mails a day, with 99.999% system availability. The new infrastructure also provides the Holy See with other benefits, including a significant reduction in system administration and a substantial decrease in help-desk call volume.

"The reliability of our Solaris-based platform and Sun's experience in managing complex IT infrastructures were key to providing a complete solution to enable Holy See with the ability to handle high-volume email exchanges," said Mauro Banchero, Managing Director, Sun Microsystems Italy. "We welcome the Holy See as one of our valued customers and we are proud of our contribution to such a strategic project."

Moving forward, the Holy See plans to build a new worldwide portal to strengthen its web community and centralize its multiple external and internal Internet sites. Sun is now working with the team to implement the Portal Solution with components of the Sun Java Enterprise System. The new portal will provide users with fast, anytime access to comprehensive applications and services, including content management, streaming, e-learning, and collaboration.

Sun also provided instructor-led training for the Holy See IT staff on administering the Sun Java Enterprise System and Sun Fire servers. Because of the flexibility of the open standards-based software system, the Holy See can easily integrate third-party products for increased security services into its new infrastructure.

About Sun Java Enterprise System

The Java Enterprise System is an open, standards-based software system that delivers a core set of industry-leading shared enterprise network services as a single, integrated entity on a predictable release cycle. It serves as the strategic underpinning of Sun's software strategy. Components of the Java Enterprise System, such as Sun Java Communications Suite, can be purchased separately for as low as $50 per employee per year to deliver a rich set of communication and collaboration services--messaging, real-time collaboration, calendaring, and scheduling--at less than half the cost of alternative solutions. For more information on the Java Enterprise System or the Java System Suites please visit: http://sun.com/javaenterprisesystem


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: pope; religion; sun; unix; windows
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God don't do Windows.
I guess it's official, now.
The Pope does JAVA!

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(There's new video
at Sun's home page, upper right.
Sun's tight with The Man!)
1 posted on 03/10/2006 1:19:28 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss
nabling the new messaging solution to support more than 100,000 e-mails a day, with 99.999% system availability.

Oooh, five nines. That always gives me a warm fuzzy. I don't get to see that much since most of my work is Windows.

2 posted on 03/10/2006 1:22:41 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: theFIRMbss
sendmail.conf..... shudder...

/johnny

3 posted on 03/10/2006 1:23:19 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!nn)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I've always thought that you have the best nickname on FR. Been meaning to tell you before this.


4 posted on 03/10/2006 1:31:48 PM PST by kitkat
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To: JRandomFreeper

God is real, unless declared integer. :)


5 posted on 03/10/2006 1:32:19 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...

6 posted on 03/10/2006 1:33:09 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

First the Pope gets an ipod and now this? The Pope must like Silicon Valley.


7 posted on 03/10/2006 1:45:03 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (When Bush says "we mustn't act like clowns," the RATS don their multi-colored wigs and greasepaint.)
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To: ShadowAce

God loves unix......


8 posted on 03/10/2006 1:47:44 PM PST by Salo
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To: JRandomFreeper
sendmail.conf..... shudder...

Is the standard...reality...


9 posted on 03/10/2006 1:51:39 PM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: theFIRMbss

Son Microsystems!

10 posted on 03/10/2006 1:53:49 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: theFIRMbss

It had to be Son computers ... The only windows they're interested in are stained glass. For sure, Microsoft Windows is no work of art! Apples have had a bad rep since Adam and Eve bit the big one ...


11 posted on 03/10/2006 2:05:41 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: unixfox
Is the standard

Maybe, but it ain't pretty. I just checked the sendmail on this boxen. It handles reverse bang addresses. How long has that been a dead standard?

Only thing missing is the kitchen sink... oh, wait... there it is.

/johnny

12 posted on 03/10/2006 2:12:57 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!nn)
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To: martin_fierro

LOL!


13 posted on 03/10/2006 2:15:04 PM PST by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: theFIRMbss
The Pope does JAVA!

Well, that's apropos.

There are three things that convinced me that G-d not only exists, but that he loves us.

  1. Coffee
  2. Chocolate
  3. Beer

14 posted on 03/10/2006 2:16:31 PM PST by zeugma (Anybody who says XP is more secure than OS X or Linux has been licking toads.)
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99.999% system availability.

25% of my last admin evaluation required 0 hours 0 minutes downtime per year. I had a server up for over 1220 days before we had to physically move it. I mirrored and covered (at reduced capacity) until we got her set back up at the new location. Last I heard, she's still sucking up the kilowatt hours and pumping hot air into the server room.

Those apps were rock solid, and I had admin scripts to keep everything cooking.

/johnny

15 posted on 03/10/2006 2:19:49 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!nn)
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The Kitchen Sink

The above link might only work for Mozilla/FireFox users. IE users: get a better browser

16 posted on 03/10/2006 2:22:34 PM PST by zeugma (Anybody who says XP is more secure than OS X or Linux has been licking toads.)
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To: zeugma
I haven't seen ASCII art in ages. I've never seen animated ASCII art. Good on you. And thanks.

/johnny

17 posted on 03/10/2006 2:26:23 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!nn)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I've never seen animated ASCII art.

Get a copy of Knoppix and boot it up. Under Toys (I think) is a small programm called "bb." It's quite amazing.

18 posted on 03/10/2006 2:34:55 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: zeugma
>There are three things that convinced me that G-d not only exists, but that he loves us. Coffee Chocolate Beer

God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul of everyone

Do you know what you want? You don't know for sure
You don't feel right, you can't find a cure
And you're gettin' less than what you're lookin' for
You don't have money or a fancy car
And you're tired of wishin' on a falling star
You gotta put your faith in a loud guitar

God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to everyone (oh yeah)
God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul of everyone

Now listen...

If you wanna be a singer, or play guitar
Man, you gotta sweat or you won't get far
Cause it's never too late to work nine-to-five
You can take a stand, or you can compromise
You can work real hard or just fantasize
But you don't start livin' till you realize --

I gotta tell ya

God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to everyone
God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul
God gave rock and roll to you

(to everyone he gave the song to be sung)

Gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to everyone
God gave rock and roll to you

(to everyone he gave the song to be sung)

Gave rock and roll to you
Saved rock and roll for everyone
Saved rock and roll

I know life sometimes can get tough!
And I know life sometimes can be a drag!
But people We have been given a gift
We have been given a road
And that road's name is...
Rock and Roll!


19 posted on 03/10/2006 2:42:57 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: antiRepublicrat
>99.999
>>Oooh, five nines

It could be a trick.
If you look at the digits
up side down, they read,

"666.66."
I think we know what that means . . .
Scott's the Anti-Christ!!!

20 posted on 03/10/2006 2:48:06 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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