Sun Enhances MySQL Enterprise with New Query Analyzer Tool to Boost Database Application Performance
Paid Subscription Service Provides Enterprise-Level Value to Corporate IT Departments Deploying the World’s Most Popular Open Source Database.
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Sun unveils open-source storage line
Sun Microsystems unveiled Monday its Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems line, as it seeks to turn around its ailing business by once again turning to open source.
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Sun readies entry Sparc T2 kicker
The details are a bit sketchy, but server maker Sun Microsystems is apparently getting ready to launch a rejiggered version of its Sparc T2 server platform that will implement an external network interface instead of using the on-chip (and very fast) networking in original Sparc T2 servers.
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Sun Reorganizes, Cuts up to 18 Percent of Workforce
Sun is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million a year, and its top software executive is leaving the company.
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IBM authorizes OpenSolaris on mainframes
A month ago, Sine Nomine Associates, the mainframe consultancy that has done most of the porting work on the “Sirius” variant of Solaris Unix to IBM’s mainframe platform, said that the code was available for people to try out on the OpenSolaris project site. And now IBM has come around to actually authorize the use of OpenSolaris on its z/VM partitioning software for mainframes.
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Sun unveils open-source storage line
Sun Microsystems unveiled Monday its Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems line, as it seeks to turn around its ailing business by once again turning to open source.
The Sun Storage 7000 line, formerly known as “Amber Road,” is intended to bolster the company’s storage business by adding open source to its hardware, in a move to make it easier for customers to install and configure the systems and reduce costs. The line will be part of the company’s Unified Storage Systems.
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Sun Microsystems Enhances OpenEco.org
Sun Microsystems Enhances OpenEco.org to Help Members Track and Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduce their Environmental Impact.
Free, Online Community Provides Tools for Organizational and Individual Users to Monitor GHG Emissions to Identify Potential Energy Savings and Reduce Consumption.
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Sun Presenter Console extension
Currently in late beta, the Sun Presenter Console (SPC) is Sun Microsystems’ latest extension for OpenOffice.org and StarOffice. Other extensions from Sun in the last year, such as the Sun PDF Import Extension, Sun Presentation Minimizer, and Sun Weblog Publisher, have sometimes been lacking in design and sometimes buggy, but all of them are so invaluable that you might wonder why they are extensions instead of new features. SPC is no exception. It gives slide show presenters a separate view of their presentation and some tools to help them organize and deliver their talks, but includes no indication of how to set it up or use it.
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Sun Microsystems Delivers Solaris 10 10/08 Release
Sun announced the latest version of the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) - Solaris 10 10/08. The new version builds on the core strengths of the Solaris 10 OS to help customers maximize asset usage and systems performance, manage datacenter complexity, preserve business continuity and reduce costs. Solaris 10 10/08 includes numerous product updates and enhancements, several of which were done through the OpenSolaris community.
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Sun Unveils New Systems and Storage Solutions for MySQL
Five New Solutions Combine Leading Open Source Database with Performance and Scalability of Sun Servers and Open Storage; Solutions Include Industry’s Only No-Cost, No-Risk 60-day Evaluation Program Plus Documented Best Practices; Customers Can Deploy MySQL on the Solaris OS, OpenSolaris, Linux or Windows.
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IBM, Sun release OpenSolaris OS on mainframe
A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is now available for download, IBM and Sun announced Monday.
Both Solaris and the System z mainframe have a huge footprint in the financial services sector, and many customers will be interested in consolidating Solaris-based applications onto mainframe servers, says Forrester Research analyst Brad Day.
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Sun reveals hidden Java and MySQL story
When the idea of making money from running an ad-funded social network was Silicon Valley’s mantra, Sun Microsystems thought the future was guaranteed.
The model was simple: make money by selling Web 2.0 sites its servers and offer subscriptions for its software, which - in theory - would guarantee on-going and predictable revenue streams.
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