Entries tagged with 'Sun-Microsystems'

Check it out… Dell to Offer Solaris Subscriptions on Select Dell PowerEdge Servers
Wow!!! I didn’t see this one coming. Now if this isn’t a sign of the demand and quality of Solaris, I don’t know what is. First IBM, and now Dell. Who’s next?

I think NetApp may be finding themselves in a bit of a tough spot if they’re not careful. As you may know, they have filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming ZFS infringes on their patents.
Jonathan Schwartz, being a reasonable man, got in contact with Dave Hitz of NetApps to discuss how they could settle [...]

You should read the comments on Jonathan Schwartz’s blog about Sun’s decision to change the stocker ticker from SUNW to JAVA. It’s just pure pointless, and often thoughtless, hostilities. I think there are about 10 favorable comments in all, out of the 335 (and counting) comments so far.
For some reason, people seem to think [...]

As of next week, one of the most actively traded shares on the Nasdaq, will have a new ticker symbol. Sun Microsystems will change it’s ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA.
To quote Jonathan Schwartz…
… SUNW represents the past, and its not without a nostalgic nod that we’ve decided to look ahead.
JAVA is a technology whose [...]

Woohooo!!! Sun Microsystems have beaten all expectations and posted a profit for their 3rd successive quarter, and posted their first annual profit since 2001.
From the graph of the day’s trading (courtesy of Google), you can see not many people actually thought Sun would do it…

See how the share price took a dive in the first [...]

Well, almost. Sun has finally worked through all the regulatory issues and now developers, researcher and just about anyone from 24 countries across the world can take advantage of Sun’s Grid Compute Utility available from Network.com for $1/CPU hour. What’s more, if you sign up now, you will get 200 CPU-hrs free.
Why build your [...]

They’re here. Sun’s latest range of servers that have been developed and built in conjunction with Fujitsu, were announced today. This is the range of servers that were referred to as the “Advanced Product Line” (APL) prior to their release.

Check out the details of this great new kit from Sun.