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Dell PowerEdge R710
Reviews Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited.
Tags: Motherboard, SD card, Storage, Dell PowerEdge, HP Compaq ProLiant, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Sun Fire, disk, Dell Computer Corp.
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
Seeking memorable mobile apps
Insight perspective Mobile applications are numerous but often lacking in quality. One analyst looks at what's needed to improve them.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Developer, Cisco Catalyst, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., social networking, network, handset company
Open source in action--Xi'An
Blogs Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Xi'an Software Park with Sun Microsystems, Intel and Red flag for "Open Sourc...
Right time for China to use open source as alternative
Blogs Sun Microsystems' chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, told the BBC he had been asked by the new U.S. administration t...
Need for Filipino IT firms to go global
Blogs Unlike India which has launched quite a number of successful global IT firms, mostly in the BPO (business process outsou...
The curious case of Sun Microsystems Philippines
Blogs In more ways than one, Sun Microsystems Philippines (SunPhil) is an "anomaly" among the large IT companies in the countr...
Changing of the IT guards
Blogs There's another strong storm coming to the Philippines this weekend, but I won't go into this topic again just like what...
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Insight commentary Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handhelds smells strongly of Sun Microsystems' attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. Will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, AIR 2.0, mobile, Mobile applications, Smart Phone, Stock
Mac OS X vulnerable to critical Java bug
News Apple's operating system is vulnerable to a security flaw in Java that was made public in December, according to a security researcher.
Tags: Mac OS, Web browsers, Java, Apple Inc., Security, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Sun chops heads: Can it get any respect?
Insight commentary With its open source efforts slow to pay off and the broader economy crumbling, CEO Jonathan Schwartz responds to a charge that Sun has become "toxic".
Tags: Open source, Servers, Financial, Leadership, Headcount Reduction, Forbes, Jonathan Schwartz, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., microprocessor
Sun’s missing mojo: MIA until when?
Insight commentary Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz keeps painting a sunny picture. Then come more losses, layoffs, and letdowns.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Earning reports/forecasts, Investments, Sales/revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial Company, Jonathan Schwartz, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server
Sun sheds light on its open-source future
Insight Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open software development.
Tags: Open source, Java, Security, Google Inc., Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, system administrator, database administrator, strategy
OpenOffice.org: A 'dying horse'?
Insight commentary OpenOffice.org contributor Michael Meeks calls OpenOffice.org a "dying horse", and states there are only 24 active core developers.
Tags: Open source, Office suites, OpenOffice.org, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, Linux, blog, Open source, Office suites
Sun to distribute Microsoft's toolbar
News Sun, which had been partnering with Redmond's rivals in the Internet arena, will now distribute the MSN toolbar.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Web sites, Search, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java, software
