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Sun Cloud for Developers

Empowering Developers

Whether you're interested in the Cloud's software, platform, or infrastructure offerings, this is where you'll find the technical information you need for development and deployment.


 

Featured Content

Java Champion Pepperdine on Performance Tuning and Cloud Computing

Java Champion and Java performance-tuning expert Kirk Pepperdine talks cloud computing and explains why Java developers have a lot to learn about it.

Object-Based Access on the Sun Cloud Storage Service
This screencast introduces accessing object-based data on the Sun Cloud Storage Service via the AWS S3-compatible Object API.
 

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Cloud Computing: Show Me the Money

Panelists from six leading cloud companies talked with Rags Srinivas about the current state of cloud computing.

Cloud Architecture Guide

The Cloud Computing Primer suggests how to enforce security policies and development-process standardization.

Project Kenai Services Overview
Project Kenai is Sun's cloud computing on-ramp. Join us for an overview of the tool and learn how to get started hosting projects and connecting with like-minded developers today.
 
Project Kenai Services Overview

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Developer Technologies for the Cloud

Services

 
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Storage Service

What it is: On-demand, API-based access to scalable, highly available storage on the network.

Features:

• Ability to store and retrieve data as objects or files
• REST API with open, AWS S3-like semantics for object storage
• WebDAV for file storage
• Fast and inexpensive cloning of objects and files
• High availability
• Detailed metering of storage used, I/O requests, bandwidth


Compute Service

What it is: On-demand, scalable computing infrastructure accessed via APIs or unique Virtual Datacenter (VDC) UI model. More to come.

Tools

 

Project Speedway

What it is: Provides developers universal access to OpenSolaris on SPARC processor-based Sun systems, to develop, build, test and tune applications.

Check back soon for availability and access.

Features:

• Work within NetBeans to access services
• Access to prebuilt GNOME SPARC desktops and OpenSolaris
• Access your project on Kenai.com
• Access to compilers, Use tools, and so on

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Other Developer Technologies

Learn more about the Cloud offerings around these technologies:
Glassfish Enterprise Server: tools to help deploy applications quickly
Java CAPS: Java Composite Application Platform Suite for infrastructure development
Project Kenai: host your open source code today on Sun's developer-cloud on-ramp
MySQL: the world's most popular open source database
NetBeans: open-source IDE for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Solaris
Sun xVM VirtualBox: developer desktop virtualization for Mac, Windows, Linux, and the Solaris OS

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