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Sun able to 'weather' downturn
News update Company's net cash-revenue ratio of US$1.8 billion is "healthy", compared to negative cash positions of its main competitors, says APAC president.
Tags: Accounting, Sales, Global strategic management, Strategy formulation, Workforce, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff
Major Solaris features slip to 2006
News Sun delays release of ZFS and Janus, two major features the company has trumpeted as reasons to try its latest Solaris.
Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux, Open source
Sun boosts revenue with free software strategy
News Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz has created his own free software foundation, open sourcing everything from Java to Solaris as a way to grow revenue.
Tags: Open source, Software, Databases, Servers, Storage, Database, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., phone, Support Services
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 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
64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
News Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications.
Tags: Mac OS, Apple Inc., Kernel, Apple Macintosh, performance, 64-bit, software product, Apple OS, marketing, 32-bit
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
Could NetApp suit throw a wrench in Sun-IBM talks?
News NetApp's patent suit against Sun Microsystems could pose a challenging hurdle for Sun in its reported merger talks with IBM, reports American Lawyer's AM Law.com site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Open source, Business applications, IBM Corp., File System, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp
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
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, Hardware
Filesystem fragmentation--A security threat
Techguide It may not be immediately apparent, but filesystem fragmentation is more than just a minor annoyance; it can also up the level of risk to your system and data security.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security Management, Business security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Scanner, Backup, File System, Defragmentation
Apple denies use of ZFS in Leopard
News Mac OS X will not make use of the ZFS file system, despite Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz saying it would.
Tags: Mac OS, Business applications
NetApp files patent suit against Sun
News Network Appliance alleges Sun Microsystems' ZFS storage software violates seven of its patents, seeks permanent injunction.
Tags: Storage
Sun plans to countersue NetApp
News ZFS file system can't be un-open-sourced, Schwartz says on his blog. And if Sun wins, it'll donate some proceeds to open-source and patent reform causes.
Tags: Open source
Apple takes the pain out of changing file systems
Techguide There is a way to change Windows file systems to Mac file systems with less hassle.
Tags: Storage software, Storage management
