Learn from the Solaris Studio OpenMP committee representative, Nawal Copty, as she talks about what OpenMP is, how it simplifies parallel programming, and what new features are available in the latest 4.0 specification. If you buy a new system today, it is going to have many cores. OpenMP is an easy way to write applications that leverage these cores to improve performance. For information and to obtain a free copy, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solarisstudio/overview/index.html
Steve Clamage, US C++ Standards Committee chair and Oracle Solaris Studio C++ compiler project lead, provides some insight on recent C++11 Standard changes. The latest C++ Standard was released in 2011. It is roughly twice the size of the previous 2003 standard, and contains extensive new features and improvements. Learn from Steve the type of changes you should expect when using this new standard, and how you can try it out with Oracle Solaris Studio 12.4 (supports Linux or Oracle Solaris). More information and a free copy of Oracle Solaris Studio go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solarisstudio/overview/index.html