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  • Java creator backs Oracle and Enterprise Edition

    James Gosling, formerly of Sun, also touts latest version of Java Enterprise Edition Oracle's commitment to Java and the ubiquity of the technology were stressed by Java founder James Gosling in a presentation that also centered on the recently…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Profile • Language • Edition • Application Server • Api

  • Ex-Sun XML envangelist Tim Bray joins Google

    Sun CEO Jonathon Schwartz started a blog upon his departure of Sun, after the acquisition, as did chief open source officer Simon Phipps.In January, Oracle closed its purchase of Sun Microsystems. One ex-Sun Microsystems employee who will not be…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Xml • Tim • Sun Microsystems • Employee • Android

  • Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

    The former CEO of Sun Microsystems has taken to his personal blog, provocatively titled "What I couldn't say.to dish some industry dirt and tell his side of the story about the demise of Sun. But he is apparently determined to tell his side of the…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Story • Productivity • Jobs • Book

  • Oracle Exadata database engine to integrate Flash storage

    It eliminates the need to buy more storage to store more data, which can help companies save on costs.The second release of Oracle's Exadata is using a Sun Microsystems server machine, as opposed to its predecessor which used an HP server.
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Transfer • Sun Microsystems • Processing • Executive • Disks • Compression

  • NexentaStor open source storage adds deduplication

    Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open source storage software with inline deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtualization • Sun Microsystems • Storing • Storage Systems • Copies • Bits

  • CloudSwitch moves virtual apps to Amazon cloud

    The CloudSwitch management team also includes veterans of BMC, EMC, RSA, SolidWorks and Sun Microsystems. A start-up that moves VMware-based applications to the Amazon cloud and creates a secure tunnel between a customer's data center and the cloud…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtualization • Vice President • Trial • Migration • Encrypted

Latest Features

  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    Several workers crawled on top of server cabinets, finishing off cabling tasks.The data centre is designed to serve clients that are purchasing IT services from HP, but it is hardware agnostic, and equipment from vendors such as Sun Microsystems…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: North • Installing • Facility • Facilities • Data Centres • Air

  • Flash memory battleground is all about speed

    Oracle is using flash memory cards developed by Sun Microsystems that are connected to the Exadata server's motherboard via fast PCI Express (PCIe) interfaces.The four 96GB cards cache the "hottest" data.
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Scott • Questions • Motherboard • Flash Memory • Cache

  • Top 10 technology stories of 2009

    Acquisitions among big vendors continued to reshape the market, operating-system wars extended to mobile battlefields, microblogging became a powerful source of real-time information, and the take-up of small, 'Net-connected devices was stronger…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Social Networking • European Commission • Events • Campaign • Forecast • Tech

  • Does Sun have a future without Oracle?

    Not likely to survive on its own, Sun would need a new buyer for itself or its technologies With Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems stalled by European Union deliberations, industry dignitaries offered mixed perspectives recently on…
    02 December 2009
    Tags: Acquisition • Mysql • Merger • Sun Microsystems • Ends • Wait

  • Reader's top stories of 2009

    IBM began to sniff around the none-too-fresh smelling Sun Microsystems, when suddenly, in jumps the young challenger Oracle. Stay tuned for our picks of the best news and features, and perhaps a few surprises as well.These are your top stories of…
    01 December 2009
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Events • Story • Readers • Hacker • Universal

  • Is open source virtualisation getting any love?

    Oracle's recent acquisitions of Virtual Iron and Sun Microsystems, and their respective virtualisation technology, could prove interesting in the long term. While most observers expect Oracle's open source virtualisation software to be a hit…
    23 November 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Hypervisor • Vm • Management Tools • Shop • Cloud Computing

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How-Tos

  • How to get started with virtual machines

    Although the virtualized operating systems themselves are not always free, several excellent virtualization utilities don't cost a cent.VMWare's VMWare Server and Sun Microsystems' VirtualBox come in multiple versions that run under either Linux…
    27 August 2009
    Tags: Capture • Boot • Microsystems • Guest • Mouse • Operating Systems

  • Case Study: Water-cooled servers gaining steam

    Because heat from servers eventually gets transferred to water anyway, even in datacentres cooled by big chiller air conditioning systems, says Jud Cooley, senior director of engineering for a Sun Microsystems water-cooled product known as the…
    09 May 2008
    Tags: Cores • Density • Heat • Decade • Architect • Campus

  • Case Study: Five MAIDs on the spine

    For Spine, LogicaCMG will develop the core database application to store and update the national patient records.In March 2004 BT said Sun Microsystems will provide the infrastructure for the project including the application server.Sun…
    24 October 2007
    Tags: Professionals • Responsibility • Storage Systems • Microsystems • Care • Data Storage

  • Case Study: Putting your datacentre on an energy diet

    Rackable Systems has a rack-mounted power supply that converts power from 220-volt AC power to -48-volt DC power in the cabinet, then distributes the power via a bus bar to the servers.On a larger scale, last summer the Lawrence Berkeley lab set…
    31 August 2007
    Tags: Supplies • Electricity • Datacentres • Ups • Institute • American

  • Case Study: Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise (part 1)

    A primarily Sun Microsystems and Solaris house, the company in 2003 found that it could get more capacity and performance with an Xserve server and Xserve RAID system at a lower cost than it was getting through its traditional network appliance…
    01 June 2007
    Tags: House • Act • Macs • Cent • Decade • Ignore

  • Case Study: Developer's 'micro-server' makes the case for Solaris on Power

    Some IT users may question the need for running Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system on IBM's Power processor -- something the chip wasn't designed for. Moreover, the two vendors, IBM and Sun, leapfrog each other in price and performance, he…
    01 February 2007
    Tags: Micro • Solaris • Ultrasparc • Sceptical • Dennis • Aix

Reviews

  • Sun VirtualBox 3.1 review

    And after years of wallowing in obscurity, VirtualBox, the desktop virtualisation solution of choice for FOSS groupies and similar anti-establishment types, is causing quite a ruckus.It all began when Sun Microsystems acquired the product from…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Attached • Vm • Account • Checking • Tech

  • VMware Workstation 7 review

    In fact, VMware Workstation has been so far out in front for so long, it's hard to imagine a world in which this bellwether product isn't the class leader in virtually every category.Yet in the past few weeks, the unthinkable has happened: VMware…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Category • Class • Vm • Bar • Guest • Leader

  • Sun Microsystems Ultra 24 Workstation

    Sun Microsystems Ultra 24 Workstation Paul Venezia, Infoworld The Sun Ultra 24 is the first Intel-based workstation ever from Sun, and its a humdinger.review,reviews At first blush, I figured the Ultra 24 to be just another small…
    16 November 2007
    Tags: Cores • Ultra • Sas • Socket • Drivers • Swap

White Papers

  • Implementing Sun Solaris on IBM BladeCenter Servers

    The Solaris operating system from Sun Microsystems is an important platform for IBM and IBM BladeCenter customers. It describes how to incorporate the latest patches to Solaris from Sun, plus updated drivers for the Ethernet and RAID devices in the…
    10 August 2007
    Tags: Fibre Channel • Sun Microsystems • Installation • Solaris • Blade Servers

  • Trend toward Open Systems and Fujitsus Related Activities

    With the subsequent formation of a core group of UNIX users in the R&D field, several computer systems incorporating the UNIX OS became commercially available, such as the workstations of Sun Microsystems.
    20 March 2007
    Tags: Characteristics • Sun Microsystems • Spread • Fujitsu • Unix • Open Systems

  • Predictive Self-Healing in the Solaris 10 Operating System

    Predictive Self-Healing in the Solaris 10 Operating System Sun Microsystems Predictive Self-Healing delivers the next generation of availability technology today whitepaper Sun has developed a new architecture for building and deploying systems and…
    15 March 2007
    Tags: Availability • Self • Handling • Unix • Error • Fault

  • Comprehensive Data Management Using Solaris Volume Manager Software

    Comprehensive Data Management Using Solaris Volume Manager Software Sun Microsystems Solaris 9 OE provides a powerful,comprehensive data management solution whitepaper With the introduction of the Solaris 9 Operating Environment, Sun is integrating…
    15 March 2007
    Tags: Downtime • Volumes • Continuous • Storage Management • Solaris • Data Management

  • Secure Identity Management at the US Department of Defense

    Secure Identity Management at the US Department of Defense Sun Microsystems Using current, off-the-shelf technology whitepaper The purpose of this white paper is to tell the story of the DoDs Common Access Card program from the perspective of the…
    15 March 2007
    Tags: Perspective • Identity • Cards • Force • Department • Defense

  • File System Performance

    Pressure to deliver results to the bottom line is forcing IT managers to find new ways to drive costs out of their operations, and they are increasingly turning to commodity, x86-based hardware for its renowned price-performance.With an unwavering…
    15 March 2007
    Tags: Demands • Solaris • Microsystems • Xeon • Benchmark • Opteron

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