Sun Fire Server
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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
Sun releases four-Opteron servers
News Four-processor SunFire V40z is latest addition to what is likely to be a large family of Opteron servers from Sun.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers
UnionBank moves with the times
Insight After 10 years on the mainframe, Union Bank of the Philippines migrates to a new core banking system.
Tags: Mainframes, IT Management, IT budgeting, Service level management
Sun aims HPC at small organizations
News New storage, cluster systems and software aim to take high-performance computing to smaller organizations, departments and branch offices.
Tags: Supercomputing, SMB, Open-source Software, File System, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, performance, software, high-performance computing
Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days
News Beleaguered server firm is working on a series of higher-performance processors it hopes will get profits back on track.
Tags: Processors
Sun debuts midrange "Starkitty" server
News The company unveils its Unix server, a 52-processor machine, plugging a gap in its product line that HP and IBM were able to exploit.
Sun launches Shanghai-based servers
News The company has launched an updated line of Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade systems powered by AMD's first 45-nanometer Opteron processor.
Tags: Servers, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Shanghai, Sun Blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire X4440, Sun Fire X6400 M2, Sun Fire X4240, Sun Fire X2200 M2
Utility computing: What killed HP's UDC?
Insight comment Hewlett-Packard's Utility Data Center (UDC) which used to be a proof of the company's leadership in the emerging on-demand, adaptive computing, pay-as-you-go world, is a footnote in computing history, says Dan Farber.
Tags: Utility computing
UnionBank moves with the times
Insight After 10 years on the mainframe, Union Bank of the Philippines migrates to a new core banking system.
Tags: Mainframes, IT Management, IT budgeting, Service level management
OpenBSD 3.9 adds sensor framework
News The upcoming version of OpenBSD has better buffer-overflow protection, and can ease the burden of systems monitoring through a new sensor interface framework
Tags: Open source
IBM, Sun unveil Web services tools
News The former announces a starter kit linking the Java language to Web services, while the latter unveils a reference architecture for its SunONE project.
Chinese gaming company sets up shop in S'pore
News SeaSky NetJoy is the first Chinese online gaming company to move into the island state which aims to develop into a digital media hub.
Tags: Software, Multimedia, Mobile platforms, Digital media
Sun helps manufacturers gain better visibility
News Company partners a group of software vendors to tie disparate applications together so that manufactures can get more accurate and timely information.
Tags: Software integration, Business applications, Supply chain management (SCM), Supply chain integration, SMB
Intel to unleash Itanium on server market
News At long last, Intel will lift the veil of silence from its Itanium chip, setting off a new round of competition in the market for servers and advanced workstation PCs.
