Opensolaris
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Sun eyes cloudware position
News The open source vendor hopes OpenSolaris will be its entry point into becoming a platform provider for cloud computing by courting the developer community, say execs.
Tags: Open source, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Developer, Cloud Computing, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., PaaS, Microsoft Windows
Open source cuts across Sun's growth strategy
News Company says it made more money from releasing Solaris source codes, and is now focused on open source as integral part of its strategy.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Open-source Software, Asia-Pacific, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, Project GlassFish, strategy, OpenSolaris, Open source
Singapore holds string of open source events
News Three events to celebrate global Software Freedom Day are being held this week in the country, with a final enterprise-focused bash to be held this weekend.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Event, Small And Medium Enterprise, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, Novell Inc., software, marketing, open standard
Sun deal puts OpenSolaris on Toshiba laptops
News Toshiba laptops with OpenSolaris 2008.11 will be available in the United States from 2009, but availability elsewhere has not yet been announced.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Notebooks and tablets, Web Browser, File System, operating system, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, Laptop Computer, high-performance
Sun adds enterprise features to OpenSolaris
News A new support contract, processor support, and networking and storage technology are designed to put the open source OS on an even footing alongside Solaris.
Tags: Acquisitions, Open source, Operating systems, Server platforms, Networking, Data Management, Database management, Virtualization, File System, Storage
Sun updates OpenSolaris
News The second release of OpenSolaris incorporates improvements aimed at making it more competitive with desktop-orientated Linux distributions such as Ubuntu.
Tags: UNIX, Open source, Network infrastructure, Virtualization, GNOME, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., ZFS, Hardware, software
Sun steps into cloud computing fray
News Company launches its own cloud platform and services, in a move designed to challenge market leaders such as Amazon.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software engineering/development, Creative Commons, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, Cloud Application Programming Interface Specification, Compute Service, Sun Cloud Storage, Sun Cloud Storage Service
HP to sell ProLiant servers with Sun's Solaris
News The manufacturer will bundle Solaris 10, a rival to its own HP-UX operating system, with its ProLiant servers and blade systems.
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., Jonathan Schwartz, operating system, Sun Solaris, HP Compaq ProLiant, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
OpenSolaris comes to the mainframe
News Sun announces a prototype of OpenSolaris for IBM's System z mainframes, pitching the project for energy-saving and cost-cutting efforts.
Tags: Operating systems, Server platforms, Open source, Mainframe, IBM Corp., operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, data center consolidation
Sun's OpenSolaris ready for developers
News Sun launches bundled OpenSolaris in latest push for developer support.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Virtualization, Google Inc., Database, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, processor, Perl
Sun boosts open storage strategy
News The company claims the storage industry is going through a similar "radical transformation" to that experienced in the server industry a decade ago.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Storage, Network-attached storage (NAS), Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., NAS, software, Santa Cruz
Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array
News F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage, says Sun Microsystems.
Tags: Components, Memory, Intel Corp., F5100, Archiving, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., performance, I/O
Sun Fire X4270/4275
Reviews Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money.
Tags: Intel Xeon, Motherboard, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, processor, Sun Fire
'Ferociously loyal' users to stand by Sun
News Loyalty, cost and little reason to defect will help keep customers by Sun Microsystems' side, while the hardware vendor awaits approval of Oracle acquisition.
Tags: Servers, Server platforms, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., International Data Corp., Unix, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
Sun polishes up its Constellation HPC system
News Company updates its Constellation System for high-performance computing, covering software, networking and storage.
Tags: TOOLKIT, Software, Linux, Data Management
